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Search for hadronic decays of W and Z bosons in photon events in pp collisions at s√=1.96  TeV

ContributorsCDF Collaboration
Publication date2009
Abstract

We report on a search for the process pp→γ+W/Z with W/Z→qq in events containing two jets and a photon at the center-of-mass energy s√=1.96  TeV, using 184  pb−1 of data collected by the CDF II detector. A neural network event selection has been developed to optimize the rejection of the large QCD production background; it is shown that this method gives a significant improvement in both signal-to-noise ratio and signal sensitivity, as compared with an event selection based on conventional cuts. An upper limit is presented for the γ+W/Z production cross section with the W and Z decaying hadronically.

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CDF Collaboration. Search for hadronic decays of <em>W</em> and <em>Z</em> bosons in photon events in <em>pp</em> collisions at s√=1.96  TeV. In: Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology, 2009, vol. 80, n° 05, p. 052011. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.80.052011
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