Measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in p(p)over-bar collisions

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作者
Abachi, S
Abbott, B
Abolins, M
Acharya, BS
Adam, I
Adams, DL
Adams, M
Ahn, S
Aihara, H
Alves, GA
Amidi, E
Amos, N
Anderson, EW
Astur, R
Baarmand, MM
Baden, A
Balamurali, V
Balderston, J
Baldin, B
Banerjee, S
Bantly, J
Bartlett, JF
Bazizi, K
Belyaev, A
Beri, SB
Bertram, I
Bezzubov, VA
Bhat, PC
Bhatnagar, V
Bhattacharjee, M
Biswas, N
Blazey, G
Blessing, S
Bloom, P
Boehnlein, A
Bojko, NI
Borcherding, F
Borders, J
Boswell, C
Brandt, A
Brock, R
Bross, A
Buchholz, D
Burtovoi, VS
Butler, JM
Carvalho, W
Casey, D
Casilum, Z
CastillaValdez, H
Chakraborty, D
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[1] UNIV ARIZONA,TUCSON,AZ 85721
[2] BOSTON UNIV,BOSTON,MA 02215
[3] BROOKHAVEN NATL LAB,UPTON,NY 11973
[4] BROWN UNIV,PROVIDENCE,RI 02912
[5] UNIV BUENOS AIRES,BUENOS AIRES,DF,ARGENTINA
[6] UNIV CALIF DAVIS,DAVIS,CA 95616
[7] UNIV CALIF IRVINE,IRVINE,CA 92697
[8] UNIV CALIF RIVERSIDE,RIVERSIDE,CA 92521
[9] CINVESTAV,MEXICO CITY 14000,DF,MEXICO
[10] COLUMBIA UNIV,NEW YORK,NY 10027
[11] UNIV DELHI,DELHI 110007,INDIA
[12] FERMILAB NATL ACCELERATOR LAB,BATAVIA,IL 60510
[13] FLORIDA STATE UNIV,TALLAHASSEE,FL 32306
[14] UNIV HAWAII,HONOLULU,HI 96822
[15] UNIV ILLINOIS,CHICAGO,IL 60607
[16] INDIANA UNIV,BLOOMINGTON,IN 47405
[17] IOWA STATE UNIV SCI & TECHNOL,AMES,IA 50011
[18] KOREA UNIV,SEOUL 136701,SOUTH KOREA
[19] KYUNGSUNG UNIV,PUSAN,SOUTH KOREA
[20] LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[21] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[22] UNIV MARYLAND,COLLEGE PK,MD 20742
[23] UNIV MICHIGAN,ANN ARBOR,MI 48109
[24] MICHIGAN STATE UNIV,E LANSING,MI 48824
[25] MOSCOW MV LOMONOSOV STATE UNIV,MOSCOW,RUSSIA
[26] UNIV NEBRASKA,LINCOLN,NE 68588
[27] NYU,NEW YORK,NY 10003
[28] NORTHEASTERN UNIV,BOSTON,MA 02115
[29] NO ILLINOIS UNIV,DE KALB,IL 60115
[30] NORTHWESTERN UNIV,EVANSTON,IL 60208
[31] UNIV NOTRE DAME,NOTRE DAME,IN 46556
[32] UNIV OKLAHOMA,NORMAN,OK 73019
[33] PANJAB UNIV,CHANDIGARH 160014,INDIA
[34] MOSCOW HIGH ENERGY PHYS INST,PROTVINO 142284,RUSSIA
[35] PURDUE UNIV,W LAFAYETTE,IN 47907
[36] RICE UNIV,HOUSTON,TX 77005
[37] UNIV FED RIO DE JANEIRO,BR-21941 RIO JANEIRO,BRAZIL
[38] UNIV ROCHESTER,ROCHESTER,NY 14627
[39] CENS,CEA,DAPNIA,SERV PHYS PARTICULES,GIF SUR YVETTE,FRANCE
[40] SEOUL NATL UNIV,SEOUL,SOUTH KOREA
[41] SUNY STONY BROOK,STONY BROOK,NY 11794
[42] UNIV TEXAS,ARLINGTON,TX 76019
[43] TEXAS A&M UNIV,COLLEGE STN,TX 77843
[44] TATA INST FUNDAMENTAL RES,COLABA 400005,MUMBAI,INDIA
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.1203
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We present a measurement of the <t(t)over bar> production cross section in <p(p)over bar> collisions at root s = 1.8 TeV by the DO experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron. The measurement is based on data from an integrated luminosity of approximately 125 pb(-1) accumulated during the 1992-1996 collider run. We observe 39 <t(t)over bar> candidate events in the dilepton and lepton + jets decay channels with an expected background of 13.7 +/- 2.2 events. For a top quark mass of 173.3 GeV/c(2), we measure the <t(t)over bar> production cross section to be 5.5 +/- 1.8 pb.
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页码:1203 / 1208
页数:6
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