Observation of Top Quark Production in [¯ over p]p Collisions with the Collider Detector at Fermilab
We establish the existence of the top quark using a 67pb[superscript −1] data sample of [¯ over p]p collisions at √s = 1.8TeV collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). Employing techniques similar to those we previously published, we observe a signal consistent with t[¯ over t] decay t...
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| author | Benlloch, J. Bokhari, W. Daniels, T. Friedman, J. Kelley, K. Maksimovic, P. Mattingly, R. Rosenson, Lawrence Sphicas, Paraskevas Tether, S. Vucinic, D. Bauer, Gerry P Sumorok, Konstanty C |
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| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Benlloch, J. Bokhari, W. Daniels, T. Friedman, J. Kelley, K. Maksimovic, P. Mattingly, R. Rosenson, Lawrence Sphicas, Paraskevas Tether, S. Vucinic, D. Bauer, Gerry P Sumorok, Konstanty C |
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| description | We establish the existence of the top quark using a 67pb[superscript −1] data sample of [¯ over p]p collisions at √s = 1.8TeV collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). Employing techniques similar to those we previously published, we observe a signal consistent with t[¯ over t] decay to WWb[¯ over b], but inconsistent with the background prediction by 4.8σ. Additional evidence for the top quark is provided by a peak in the reconstructed mass distribution. We measure the top quark mass to be 176±8(stat)±10(syst)GeV/c[superscript 2], and the t[¯ over t] production cross section to be 6.8[+3.6 over −2.4]pb. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/877612023-02-26T05:40:00Z Observation of Top Quark Production in [¯ over p]p Collisions with the Collider Detector at Fermilab Benlloch, J. Bokhari, W. Daniels, T. Friedman, J. Kelley, K. Maksimovic, P. Mattingly, R. Rosenson, Lawrence Sphicas, Paraskevas Tether, S. Vucinic, D. Bauer, Gerry P Sumorok, Konstanty C Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science Bauer, Gerry P. Benlloch, J. Bokhari, W. Daniels, T. Friedman, J. Kelley, K. Maksimovic, P. Mattingly, R. Rosenson, Lawrence Sphicas, Paraskevas Sumorok, Konstanty C. Tether, S. Vucinic, D. We establish the existence of the top quark using a 67pb[superscript −1] data sample of [¯ over p]p collisions at √s = 1.8TeV collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). Employing techniques similar to those we previously published, we observe a signal consistent with t[¯ over t] decay to WWb[¯ over b], but inconsistent with the background prediction by 4.8σ. Additional evidence for the top quark is provided by a peak in the reconstructed mass distribution. We measure the top quark mass to be 176±8(stat)±10(syst)GeV/c[superscript 2], and the t[¯ over t] production cross section to be 6.8[+3.6 over −2.4]pb. United States. Dept. of Energy National Science Foundation (U.S.) Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 2014-06-13T14:20:42Z 2014-06-13T14:20:42Z 1995-04 1995-02 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0031-9007 1079-7114 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87761 Abe, F., H. Akimoto, A. Akopian, M. Albrow, S. Amendolia, D. Amidei, J. Antos, et al. “Observation of Top Quark Production in P¯p Collisions with the Collider Detector at Fermilab.” Physical Review Letters 74, no. 14 (April 1995): 2626–2631. © 1995 The American Physical Society https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6440-2680 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1780-4569 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.2626 Physical Review Letters Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society American Physical Society |
| spellingShingle | Benlloch, J. Bokhari, W. Daniels, T. Friedman, J. Kelley, K. Maksimovic, P. Mattingly, R. Rosenson, Lawrence Sphicas, Paraskevas Tether, S. Vucinic, D. Bauer, Gerry P Sumorok, Konstanty C Observation of Top Quark Production in [¯ over p]p Collisions with the Collider Detector at Fermilab |
| title | Observation of Top Quark Production in [¯ over p]p Collisions with the Collider Detector at Fermilab |
| title_full | Observation of Top Quark Production in [¯ over p]p Collisions with the Collider Detector at Fermilab |
| title_fullStr | Observation of Top Quark Production in [¯ over p]p Collisions with the Collider Detector at Fermilab |
| title_full_unstemmed | Observation of Top Quark Production in [¯ over p]p Collisions with the Collider Detector at Fermilab |
| title_short | Observation of Top Quark Production in [¯ over p]p Collisions with the Collider Detector at Fermilab |
| title_sort | observation of top quark production in ¯ over p p collisions with the collider detector at fermilab |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87761 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6440-2680 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1780-4569 |
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