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Rapidity Correlations in $W\gamma$ Production at the Tevatron

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We study the correlation of photon and charged lepton pseudorapidities, η(γ)\eta(\gamma) and η()\eta(\ell), =e,μ\ell=e,\,\mu, in ppˉW±γ+X±p/Tγ+Xp\bar p\rightarrow W^\pm\gamma+X\rightarrow \ell^\pm p\llap/_T\gamma+X at the Tevatron. In the Standard Model, the Δη(γ,)=η(γ)η()\Delta\eta(\gamma,\ell)= \eta(\gamma) - \eta(\ell) differential cross section is found to exhibit a pronounced dip at Δη(γ,)0.4\Delta\eta(\gamma,\ell) \approx \mp 0.4, which originates from the radiation zero present in qqˉWγq\bar q'\rightarrow W\gamma. The sensitivity of the Δη(γ,)\Delta\eta(\gamma,\ell) distribution to higher order QCD corrections, non-standard WWγWW\gamma couplings, and the cuts imposed is explored. The Δη(γ,)\Delta\eta(\gamma,\ell) distribution is compared with other quantities which are sensitive to the radiation zero.

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9307355,
  title  = {Rapidity Correlations in $W\gamma$ Production at the Tevatron},
  author = {U. Baur and S. Errede and G. Landsberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9307355},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

LaTeX, 9 pages, 3 postscript figures in a separate uuencoded file, FSU-HEP-930727, to appear in the Proceedings of the Workshop ``Physics at Current Accelerators and the Supercollider'', Argonne National Laboratory, June~2 --~5, 1993

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