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Measurement of the transverse momentum distributions ofW andZ bosons at the CERN\(\bar pp\) collider

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

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The transverse momentum distributions ofW andZ bosons produced in\(\bar pp\) collisions at\(\sqrt s = 630 GeV\) are examined. Comparisons are made with QCD predictions, and good agreement is found. The fraction ofW bosons produced withp T >25 GeV is found to be 3.8±0.6(stat) +0.9−1.3 (syst)%.

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  1. P. Bagnaia

    Present address: Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma, Italy

  2. B. DeLotto

    Present address: Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Udine, Italy

  3. G. F. Egan (Visitor) & S. N. Tovey (Visitor)

    Present address: University of Melbourne, 3052, Parkville, Australia

  4. M. Fraternali & L. Perini

    Present address: Istituto di Fisica, Università di Palermo, Italy

  5. C. Gössling

    Present address: Institut für Physik, Universität Dortmund, FRG

  6. K. Hara

    Present address: University of Tsukuba, 305, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

  7. E. Iacopini

    Present address: Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy

  8. M. Livan

    Present address: Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Cagliari, Italy

  9. M. Morganti

    Present address: Dipartimento di Fisica e INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Università di Bologna, Italy

  10. M. Primavera & M. Valdata-Nappi

    Present address: Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università della Calabria e gruppo INFN, Cosenza, Italy

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  1. Laboratorium für Hochenergiephysik, Universität Bern, Sidlerstraße 5, CH-3012, Bern, Switzerland

    K. Borer, A. Federspiel, K. Hara, E. Hugentobler, R. Moning, L. Müller, T. Pal & J. Schacher

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    R. E. Ansorge, R. S. DeWolf, M. Lefebvre, D. J. Munday, J. M. Pentney, S. L. Singh, P. S. Wells, T. O. White & S. A. Wotton

  3. CERN, CH-1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland

    P. Bagnaia, G. Blaylock, M. Bonesini, C. N. Booth, F. Costantini, L. DiLella, G. F. Egan (Visitor), K. F. Einsweiler, G. Fumagalli, O. Gildemeister, C. Gössling, V. G. Goggi, S. Hellman, K. Hultqvist, J. Incandela, K. Jakobs, P. Jenni, M. Lefebvre, L. Linssen, P. Lubrano, L. Mapelli, K. Meier, C. Onions, T. Pal, M. A. Parker, G. Polesello, A. Poppleton, L. Rasmussen, S. Stapnes, S. N. Tovey (Visitor), V. Vercesi, A. R. Weidberg & D. R. Wood

  4. Institut für Hochenergiephysik der Universität Heidelberg, Schröderstraße 90, D-6900, Heidelberg, Germany

    S. Grünendahl, E. E. Kluge, N. Kurz, S. Lami & H. Plothow-Besch

  5. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Milano and Sezione INFN Milano, I-20133, Milano, Italy

    M. Bonesini, D. Cavalli, G. Costa, F. Gianotti, L. Mandelli, M. Mazzanti, L. Perini & G. Polesello

  6. Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, Université de Paris-Sud, F-91405, Orsay, France

    R. Ansari, D. Buskulic, J. C. Chollet, L. Fayard, D. Froidevaux, J. M. Gaillard, B. Merkel, M. Moniez, G. Parrour, P. Petroff & J. P. Repellin

  7. Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica, Università di Pavia and INFN, Sezione di Pavia, via Bassi 6, I-27100, Pavia, Italy

    C. Conta, A. Dell'Acqua, B. DeLotto, R. Ferrari, M. Fraternali, G. Fumagalli, V. G. Goggi, M. Livan, F. Pastore, E. Pennacchio, A. Rimoldi & V. Vercesi

  8. Sezione di Perugia, Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Perugia and INFN, via Pascoli, I-6100, Perugia, Italy

    P. Cenci, P. Lariccia, M. Pepe & P. Scampoli

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UA 2 Collaboration., Alitti, J., Ansari, R. et al. Measurement of the transverse momentum distributions ofW andZ bosons at the CERN\(\bar pp\) collider. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 47, 523–531 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01552316

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