Measurement of the Upsilon and Drell-Yan production Cross Sections at √s = 1.8 TeV using Dimuons.
| dc.contributor.author | Smith, Alexander Baird. | |
| dc.creator | Smith, Alexander Baird. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-10-31T18:35:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-10-31T18:35:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1995 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187299 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The production of heavy quarkonium in hadronic collisions is particularly interesting as a testing ground for QCD, in that both perturbative and non-perturbative QCD processes are important. Recent measurements of the J/ψ and ψ' cross sections at √s = 1.8 Te V indicate that our present understanding of these processes is incorrect by more than an order of magnitude. In this analysis, the ϒ cross section at √s = 1.8 TeV is extracted from 1992-93 dimuon data collected using the DØ detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. The differential cross section is found to be more than a factor of five higher than the O(ɑ³(s)) prediction over part of the PT range measured. The differential Drell-Yan cross section in the mass region from 6 to 35 GeV/c² is also extracted from the same data sample. The results of this measurement are in good agreement with the partial O(ɑ²(s)) prediction. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | The University of Arizona. | en_US |
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| dc.title | Measurement of the Upsilon and Drell-Yan production Cross Sections at √s = 1.8 TeV using Dimuons. | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en_US |
| dc.type | Dissertation-Reproduction (electronic) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.chair | Johns, K. | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Arizona | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | doctoral | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Shupe, M.A. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Thews, R.L. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Toussaint, D. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Fang, L.Z. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.proquest | 9604524 | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Physics | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Graduate College | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Ph.D. | en_US |
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| dc.description.admin-note | Original file replaced with corrected file October 2023. | |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-23T21:12:07Z | |
| html.description.abstract | The production of heavy quarkonium in hadronic collisions is particularly interesting as a testing ground for QCD, in that both perturbative and non-perturbative QCD processes are important. Recent measurements of the J/ψ and ψ' cross sections at √s = 1.8 Te V indicate that our present understanding of these processes is incorrect by more than an order of magnitude. In this analysis, the ϒ cross section at √s = 1.8 TeV is extracted from 1992-93 dimuon data collected using the DØ detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. The differential cross section is found to be more than a factor of five higher than the O(ɑ³(s)) prediction over part of the PT range measured. The differential Drell-Yan cross section in the mass region from 6 to 35 GeV/c² is also extracted from the same data sample. The results of this measurement are in good agreement with the partial O(ɑ²(s)) prediction. |
