Measurement of the charge asymmetry of muons from W boson decay at the D-zero detector
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Narayanan, Ajay M., 1966-Issue Date
1997Advisor
Johns, Kenneth
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We have measured the charge asymmetry of muons produced in W boson decay as a function of muon pseudorapidity. The W bosons were produced in pp̄ collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron and recorded by the D⊘ detector during the run period 1992-1993 (run 1A) and 1994-1995 (run 1B). The combined data for both periods consists of 8831 W → μν decays withημ
< 1.0 selected from events corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 61.9 pb⁻¹ and 664 decays with 1.0 ≤
ημ
< 1.6 corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 44.5 pb⁻¹.
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Ph.D.Degree Level
doctoralDegree Program
Graduate CollegePhysics