Study of charged current epe p interactions at Q2Q^{2} > 200Gev2200-Gev^{2} with the ZEUS detector at HERA

Collaboration
Jun, 1996
40 pages
Published in:
  • Z.Phys.C 72 (1996) 47-64
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Report number:
  • DESY-96-104
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Abstract:
Deep inelastic charged--current reactions have been studied in e +pe~+p and e pe~-p collisions at a center of mass energy of about 300\,\gev in the kinematic region Q~2\greater200\,\gev~2 and x\greater0.006 using the ZEUS detector at HERA. The integrated cross sections for Q~2\greater200\,\gev~2 are found to be \sigep=30.3\,{}~{+5.5}_{\mns4.2}\,{}~{+1.6}_{\mns2.6}\,{\rm pb} and \sigem=54.7\,{}~{+15.9}_{\mns\chax 9.8}\,{}~{+2.8}_{\mns3.4}\,{\rm pb}. Differential cross sections have been measured as functions of the variables xx, yy and Q 2Q~2. From the measured differential cross sections dσ/dQ 2d\sigma/dQ~2, the WW boson mass is determined to be M_W=79\,{}~{+8} _{-7}{}~{+4}_{-4}\,\gev. Measured jet rates and transverse energy profiles agree with model predictions. A search for charged--current interactions with a large rapidity gap yielded one candidate event, corresponding to a cross section of \sigep(Q~2\greater200\,\gev~2;\eta_{\rm max}<2.5)=0.8\,{}_{-0.7}~ {+1.8}\,\pm0.1\,{\rm pb}.
Note:
  • 40 pages including 9 figures Report-no: DESY-96-104
  • positron p: colliding beams
  • colliding beams: positron p
  • electron p: colliding beams
  • colliding beams: electron p
  • lepton p: deep inelastic scattering
  • deep inelastic scattering: lepton p
  • momentum transfer: high
  • charged current
  • channel cross section
  • differential cross section