Observation of $WZ$ Production
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Abulencia; A; others
Published in: Phys. Rev. Lett.
2007
We report the first observation of the associated production of a W boson and a Z boson. This result is based on 1.1 fb-1 of integrated luminosity from p[overline p] collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV collected with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. We observe 16 WZ candidates passing our event selection with an expected background of 2.7$\pm$0.4 events. A fit to the missing transverse energy distribution indicates an excess of events compared to the background expectation corresponding to a significance equivalent to 6 standard deviations. The measured cross section is sigma(p[overline p]-->WZ)=5.0-1.6+1.8 pb, consistent with the standard model expectation.
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Phys. Rev. Lett.
Publication Date
2007
Volume
98
Start / End Page
161801
Related Subject Headings
- General Physics
- 51 Physical sciences
- 49 Mathematical sciences
- 40 Engineering
- 09 Engineering
- 02 Physical Sciences
- 01 Mathematical Sciences
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Abulencia, A, & others. (2007). Observation of $WZ$ Production. Phys. Rev. Lett., 98, 161801.
Abulencia, A, and others. “Observation of $WZ$ Production.” Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 (2007): 161801.
Abulencia, A, others. Observation of $WZ$ Production. Phys Rev Lett. 2007;98:161801.
Abulencia, et al. “Observation of $WZ$ Production.” Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 98, 2007, p. 161801.
Abulencia, A, others. Observation of $WZ$ Production. Phys Rev Lett. 2007;98:161801.
Published In
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Publication Date
2007
Volume
98
Start / End Page
161801
Related Subject Headings
- General Physics
- 51 Physical sciences
- 49 Mathematical sciences
- 40 Engineering
- 09 Engineering
- 02 Physical Sciences
- 01 Mathematical Sciences