Dijet mass spectrum and a search for quark compositeness in p̄p collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV

Using the D0 detector at the 1.8 TeV p̄p Fermilab Tevatron collider, we have measured the inclusive dijet mass spectrum in the central pseudorapidity region |ηjet| < 1.0 for dijet masses greater than 200 GeV/c2. We have also measured the ratio of spectra σ(|ηjet| < 0.5)/σ(0.5 <...

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Main Authors: Abbott, B, Abolins, M, Abramov, V, Acharya, B, Adam, I, Adams, D, Adams, M, Ahn, S, Aihara, H, Alves, G, Amos, N, Anderson, E, Astur, R, Baarmand, M, Babintsev, V, Babukhadia, L, Baden, A, Balamurali, V, Baldin, B, Banerjee, S, Bantly, J, Barberis, E, Baringer, P, Bartlett, J, Belyaev, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1999
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author Abbott, B
Abolins, M
Abramov, V
Acharya, B
Adam, I
Adams, D
Adams, M
Ahn, S
Aihara, H
Alves, G
Amos, N
Anderson, E
Astur, R
Baarmand, M
Babintsev, V
Babukhadia, L
Baden, A
Balamurali, V
Baldin, B
Banerjee, S
Bantly, J
Barberis, E
Baringer, P
Bartlett, J
Belyaev, A
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Abolins, M
Abramov, V
Acharya, B
Adam, I
Adams, D
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Ahn, S
Aihara, H
Alves, G
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Babintsev, V
Babukhadia, L
Baden, A
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Baldin, B
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Bantly, J
Barberis, E
Baringer, P
Bartlett, J
Belyaev, A
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description Using the D0 detector at the 1.8 TeV p̄p Fermilab Tevatron collider, we have measured the inclusive dijet mass spectrum in the central pseudorapidity region |ηjet| < 1.0 for dijet masses greater than 200 GeV/c2. We have also measured the ratio of spectra σ(|ηjet| < 0.5)/σ(0.5 < |ηjet| < 1.0). The order αs3 quantum chromodynamics predictions are in good agreement with the data and we rule out models of quark compositeness with a contact interaction scale <2.4 TeV at the 95% confidence level. © 1999 The American Physical Society.
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spelling oxford-uuid:a05d0301-ada6-4887-9277-9c0a89474ee12022-03-27T02:04:56ZDijet mass spectrum and a search for quark compositeness in p̄p collisions at √s = 1.8 TeVJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:a05d0301-ada6-4887-9277-9c0a89474ee1EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1999Abbott, BAbolins, MAbramov, VAcharya, BAdam, IAdams, DAdams, MAhn, SAihara, HAlves, GAmos, NAnderson, EAstur, RBaarmand, MBabintsev, VBabukhadia, LBaden, ABalamurali, VBaldin, BBanerjee, SBantly, JBarberis, EBaringer, PBartlett, JBelyaev, AUsing the D0 detector at the 1.8 TeV p̄p Fermilab Tevatron collider, we have measured the inclusive dijet mass spectrum in the central pseudorapidity region |ηjet| < 1.0 for dijet masses greater than 200 GeV/c2. We have also measured the ratio of spectra σ(|ηjet| < 0.5)/σ(0.5 < |ηjet| < 1.0). The order αs3 quantum chromodynamics predictions are in good agreement with the data and we rule out models of quark compositeness with a contact interaction scale <2.4 TeV at the 95% confidence level. © 1999 The American Physical Society.
spellingShingle Abbott, B
Abolins, M
Abramov, V
Acharya, B
Adam, I
Adams, D
Adams, M
Ahn, S
Aihara, H
Alves, G
Amos, N
Anderson, E
Astur, R
Baarmand, M
Babintsev, V
Babukhadia, L
Baden, A
Balamurali, V
Baldin, B
Banerjee, S
Bantly, J
Barberis, E
Baringer, P
Bartlett, J
Belyaev, A
Dijet mass spectrum and a search for quark compositeness in p̄p collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV
title Dijet mass spectrum and a search for quark compositeness in p̄p collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV
title_full Dijet mass spectrum and a search for quark compositeness in p̄p collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV
title_fullStr Dijet mass spectrum and a search for quark compositeness in p̄p collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV
title_full_unstemmed Dijet mass spectrum and a search for quark compositeness in p̄p collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV
title_short Dijet mass spectrum and a search for quark compositeness in p̄p collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV
title_sort dijet mass spectrum and a search for quark compositeness in pp collisions at √s 1 8 tev
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