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FERMILAB-Pub-94/268-E

Search for Charged Bosons Heavier than the W in p F Collisions at ds=1800 GeV
F. Abe et. al The CDF Collaboration
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Search for Charged Bosom Heavier than the Win p p Collisions at 6=1800 GeV
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1Argomle National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 21stituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, University of Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy 3Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254 4University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024 llniversity of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 2708 Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 605 10 sLaboratori Nazionali di Frascati, lstituto Nazionnle di Fisica Nucleare, I-00044 Frascati, Italy Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02 138 University of Illinois, Llrbana. Illinois 61801 Institute of Particle Physics, McGill University, Montreal H3A 2T8, and University of Toronto, Toronto MSS 1A7, Canada I2The Johns Hopkins Ilniversity, Baltimore, Maryland 2 I2 18 13National Laboratory for High Energy Physics (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 303, Japan 14Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 15Massachusetts histitute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02 139 %Jniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 18 109 1Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87 13 1 190saka City Ilniversity, Osaka 568. Japan 2OUniversita di Padova, Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, I-3 5 13 1 Padova, Italy 2lUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 22University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260 231stituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare. University and Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa. I-56100 Piss, Italy 2Purdue Ilniversity, \Yest Lafayette. Indiana 4i907 2%Jniversity of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627 2Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021 2Rutgers University, Piscataway. New Jersey 08854 Academia Sinica, Taiwan 11329, Republic of China *%uperconducting Super Collider Laboratory, Dallas, Texas 75237 3%%xas A&M University, College Station, Texas 778-13 3 University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 303, Japan 32Tufts University, Medford. Massachusetts 02 I55 33University of \Visconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 34Yale llniversity. New Haven, Connecticut 06511 Visitor

13 August

1334

Abstract We have searched

W+ev

for new, heals),, charged at 6 = 1.8 TeV.

bosons,

W, through

the decay

in p$

collisions

The data used in the search represent Te\:atron Collider. standard Limits are placed on couplings of the W to

19.7 pb-1 collected

cr-B(pjF+W-+ev)

by CDF at the Fermilab

as a function

of Iz_lwl. Assuming

fermions, we establish the limit kfwl > 652 GeV/c2 (95% C.L.).

PACS numbers: 13.85.Rt-11, 12.15.cc, 14.80.Er

This paper presents a search for new, hea\y, process pp+ left-handed
Wdev. W, which
III

charged

bosons, W, through

the

its simplest

form, the W appears as a heavier version

In this case, the primary

of the decay

has a mass J,iw = 80 GeV/cl.

of the W for very large masses is W+WZ. proposed to restore left-right symmetry

However, in extended

gauge models,[l]
W can

lo rhe weak force, the right-handed

decay with large probability the coupling 5 -(fig? at the thereby

W WZ

to right-handed vertex

k)r~ pairs, since it is espectedL21 that by a left-right mixing angle

is multiplied

suppressing

the decay W+ WZO. This search assumes that the light that the process

decay W+WZo
W+k~i$

is suppressed

and that the VR is sufficiently

can occur. of the W to fermions, in pF restrict collisions, the where which determines known. coupling the production cross and form

The coupling section of the

W

is not

Lorentz-invariance to be of the

renormalizability $2

W-fermion

vda+ bY.dYpW~~jllij, connecting

a and b are constanls

i and j.

and (Jij is the CKM matrix in the Standard

element

fermions

SU(Z)L

gauge-invariance

Model leads to the V-A character Standard Model, furthermore,

of the weak inreraction

wirh ;I = 1, b = -1. In the diagonal: UL 1. No

the CKM matrix is approsimately

such constraints

esist for a and h or for the right-handed

CKhI matrix

in the context

of extended gauge models. With this couplin, u the partial wridth to fermions is

i-y W+fifj)

(a2 ;

q(i~~~~w~)

, ii

,2,

[II
The case of standard Model. It to

where Nc is the color factor of 3 for quarks and is 1 for leptons. strength also holds matter with couplings, in models equal where

k2 = $aZ+ b-) = 1, holds true in the Standard the left- and right-handed
~IIOWII

in which

gauge sectors couple Manifest left-right

strengths, implies

as left-right

symmetry. limits

symmetry

further

IJR = ~JL. The cross section

in this paper assume

UR = UL, and the mass limit further

assumes a 2 = 1.

Many neutrino

previous

searches

have been conducted

for the

W.

For very light (all 90% big bang

masses, the most stringent otherwise noted): for

limits are astrophysical m, < 1 MeV

or cosmological from

C.L. unless

constraints

nucleosynthesis[31

imply kIw# > 1 TeV, and the energetics of Supernova Mw > 16 TeV. Assuming manifest left-right using experimental

1987A can in a limit muon

some models implyfhl of Mw, > 1.3 TeV

symmetry, data from

has also been derived[sl difference Bd-Td between

decay,[61 the measured branching decay.[lol established ratio

the KL and KS masses,[-/l the semileptonic and neutrinoless

W +kv

b+Mv,[81

mixing,[91

atomic at pF

double

beta have left-

Finally, the limitflll

direct

searches

for the decay

colliders

Mw, > 520 GeV/cP (95% C.L.) for the case of manifest

right symmetry.

We search for the W in 177 collisions is specific to neither rightnor left-handed

through

the decay W+ev . This search

bosons, but in the case of the WR it is It is not assumed that the VR is

assumed that the VR is noninteracting

and stable.

massless,

only

that

it is much

lighter

than

the

W (for

A~w, = 600 GeV/cP and

mV = 60 GeV/cl,

for esample, our cross section limit belo\\ is affected by < l%, and is negligible). mass (defined We search for the signature beloiv) spectrum of electron of a new + missing

the effect on the mass liinir Jacobian peak in the trans\:erse transverse momentum

data and set a limit on @B(p p+ W+ev).

This search was conducted

using a dataset with

an integrated

luminosity

of

19.7 + 0.7 pb-1 collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) during 1993 Tevatron elsewhere. 1121 collider run. Detailed descriptions of the detector releltant to this

the 1992-

can be found search are (i) range (CTC) in the and (iv) for

The portions and hadronic

of the detector calorimeters

electromagnetic

co\:ering

the pseudorapidity (ii) a drift charged chamber particles

1~1 < 4.2 and arranged immersed range

in a projective

tower geometry; field for tracking chamber located

on

in a 1.4 T solenoidal

magnetic

1771< 1.4;

(iii) a time-projection hodoscopes monitoring.

(VTX) for vertex finding; either

two arrays triggering

of scintillator and luminosity

side of the detector

To select candidate of the detector

events, we require

an electron

in the central,

barrel region

(1~1 < 1.05) with ET > 30 Ge\/Ildl and PT > 13 GeV/c, as measured in we require the electron is defined track to be isolated in the CTC, requiring as the scalar sum of the PT of all tracks on the electron . The ratio of half-angle in the is

the CTC. In addition

Iso(trk)

< 5 GeV/c, where fso(trk) the electron track within

except

a cone centered

AR = 0.25 in 77-q space, where

AR = 4 (A@)? + (Aq)

of energy

hadron required

(Had) and electromagnetic to satisfy Had/EM is required < 0.055

(EM) calorimeter + 0.045 x

towers of the electron A transverse

cluster momentum

imbalance require

to signal

the presence

of the noninteracting momentum

neutrino. (ET) is defined

We as

@- > 30 GeV, where the missing trans\:erse

the negative Finally, with

of the vector interaction

sum of the ET in all calorimeter point, about w.hich is distributed the center

towers

with

InI < 3.6. gaussian to satisfy

the pp

by, an approsimate is required

not

width

0Z = 26 cti

of the detector, energy

IZjnh < 60 cm and the total accidental collision (measured by the timing

calorimeter

in time with the pj7 is required to be

in the hadron

calorimeters)

Edout-of-time)

< 100 GeV. There are 10815 events passing these cuts. Of these, 82 tracks with PT > 10 GeV/c pointing to electromagnetic

events with second isolated, clusters are removed

from the sample as Zo candidates.

Also, 229 e\.ents with clusters the tracks and from

of tracks in the CTC in lvhich A$ < 18, w:here A@ is the angle between the ET vector, and in which the tracks point to calorimeter the search sample as mismeasured QU3 jet events (dijets),

cracks, are removed leaving 10534 events.

From a study of electrons Had/EM,

Mwl

from ZO+e+e- decays, the efficiency and vertex efficiency, cuts is found

of the isolation, % for the

out

of time
GeV/cZ.

energy,

to be (95f2)

= 80

The Had/EM

furthermore,

agrees well with

efficiency
GeV.

found

from an electron

testbeam and is observed of the detector shows

no

to be flat up to E = 175 in the Had/EM radiative

A Monte Carlo simulation up to E = 500

degradation

efficiency

GeV.

A Monte Carlo calculationllSl efficiency

including

effects indicates 600

GeV/cZ

that the isolation

will drop by w 1% between Mwf = 80 and by W electrons in the tracking

due to conversions

of photons radiated

volume.

We estimate

the efficiency

of the Z[) removal

cuts for W events to be efficient for W

(99.9+0.1)%, events.

and the dijet removal cuts are estimated to be (99.5+0.2)%

The primary

background

to the W signal is W+ev

decay.

Several

other

processes can also mimic similar

the W signal.

The process W-+rv+evvv

has a signature

to that of the W, but at much louver trans\.erse

mass. The process ZO+e+e-,

where

one electron

is detected

and

the other can produce

is lost

because

it falls

into

an

uninstrumented

region of the detector,

the signal of an electron selection criteria

and ET, and the We

as can QCD dijet events, lvhere one jet passes our electron other is mismeasured estimate the number or falls into an uninstrumented

region of the calorimeter.

of Z(j+e+e- and W-+zv decays contaminating and a detector simulation.

mB(p~-+W+ev).

the search sample We normalize to

using the ISAJfl the measured[l71 the number background by studying

Iso(trk)

Monte Carlo program[l61

cross sections @B(~~-+Z~~-+e+e-) and remaining in the sample

We find that and the

of Zo events from

is 57 + 17 events

W+zvis 150 L- 45 e\.ents. The QCL?dijet background

is estimated[l8] has

a data sample of e\:ents \vith an electron These events are presumably

+ k?y.,l%,here the electron dijets.

> 6 GeV/c.

mismeasured

We study the (229) of

efficiency

of our dijet remo\Jal cuts on this sample and normalize using these cuts. We estimate

to the number

of events in the sample removed

that the number subtraction,

dijets left in the sample is 211 + 40 events. Ncand = 10086 eligible distribution where
eleCtrOn

After background Figure

there are mass

W plus W candidates.

1 shows the transverse

of the 10534 events and the expected contribution

~I!?~ET(~-cos(A$))

of the backgrounds, angle between the

MT I

and A @ is the

azimuthal

and ET. We observe 5 events with b/~ > 200 GeV/d,

while 2.2 events are

expected from QCO dijet events and 1.8 events are espected from W+ ev decays.

The acceptance, kinematic region program decays

Aw,

is defined

as the efficiency

for W events to pass the to be in the fiducial using a Monte

qT+W,

cuts on the electron

and neutrino The acceptance

and for the electron is determined the leading order

of the calorimeter. which the generates

Carlo and

W events using

diagram

W into

an electron

and a neutrino.

We use the MRSD- structure for W production measurement[20] are mimicked of the Pr

functions.[l91 by giving the

The effects of higher order diagrams bosons PT according

to a pre\>ious

spectrum. momenta uncertainties distribution

The dependence are passed through in the

of the PI spectrum a simulation calculation

\\,ith lzwl is sma11.[21] response. the choice

The lepton Systematic of parton

of the detector come from

acceptance

functions

(1.7%), the modeling (0.8%)) [-1 uncertainty

of the detector

response (1.3%), the effect in the Py distribution

of higher-order (0.6%).

diagrams

and the uncertainty

The total relative

in AWN is found to be 3%. The W decay width is calculated from Equation The 1, and includes W acceptance the for

used in the acceptance decay

W-+th

calculation kinematically

when

al1oFved.t * 3 1

Mwf = 80 GeV/$ 57% for iz/lwl > 400 W is negligible.

is found to be AWN = 22% and to increase with Mwj to a plateau of

GeV/G.

The difference

in acceptances for left- and right-handed

To determine transverse fit

a limit

on rB(p?+W+ev),

a binned

log-likelihood

fit to the is

mass spectrum of three

in Figure 1 is performed. components:

The transverse
W+ev

mass spectrum decays,

to the sum

W-+ev decays,

and other from the

backgrounds. fit.

The fraction

of the data that is from W decays is determined of events, .ui, in each bin of the transverse

The observed number

mass spectrum
+ Bckj

is compared

to the expectation,

pi, per bin, where /fi = (Nc,,d -a) Wj + aH of candidates after background subtraction.

and Ncand = 10086 is the number the background known normalization

Here, of the

is known

bin-by-bin,

and the normalization

W shape and the W shape for a given W mass is determined a

from the fit. The

parameter corresponds

is required

to lie in the range (0.0 5 CI I IV~~~~~).[*~] The case a = 0

to no Wevents.

The probability probability systematic

function

P(a) is computed

for each W mass, where P(a) is the from the likelihood. The

of obtaining uncertainties

the value

a as determined
from

in the normalization

the acceptance,

backgrounds,

efficiencies,

and luminosity

and the systematic the probabilit!. in the data

uncertainty,

in the h1-1shape from the The 95% C.L. upper the point
a

W PT are used to smear

distribution is obtained

~(a).[*;]

limit
ji&a)da

on

the

content

from

where

= 0 .35, whereP(a)

is the smeared probability,

distribution.

For very high allowed

W masses, where there are no e\ents in the data, the fit returns

a maximum

Wcontribution

of 3 e\ents, as expected from Poisson statistics.

The 95% upper limit on the W cross section times branching using the 95% C.L. for a :

ratio is obtained

sB (95% C.L.) =

a (95%) Aw~&M/$& dt

PI
luminosity, AW is

where

a (95%) is determined

from the fit, .[& dt is the integrated

the W acceptance times branching is the expected

and EW is the efficiency. ratio as a function

The 35% C.L. limit on the cross section

of the W mass is shown in Figure 2. Also shown couplings and IJR = lip, as calculated For the case of standard by the to

CPB assuming

standard

same Monte Carlo as used in the acceptances. fermions,

couplings

we establish the limit fi:lWf > 652 GeV/cZ (95% C.L.), the mass at which our prediction.

cross section upper limit intersects with the theoretical

In conclusion, through

we have conducted

a search

for

new charged

bosons

the decay W+ev

in 19.7 ph-1 of pF collisions couplings to fermions,

at &

= 1800 GeV. Assuming the right-handed

that the W has standard neutrino

Mwl

and assuming

is noninteracting,

is stable, and has a mass below MW, the 95% C.L. limit

> 652 GeV/c* is obtained.

We thank institutions Department

the Fermilab vital

staff

and the technical This Ivork

staffs

of the participating by the U.S. Nazionale the

for their

contributions.

\vas supported the Italian

of Energy and National the Ministry

Science Foundation; of Education,

Istituto

di Fisica Nucleare; Natural

Science and Culture

of Japan;

Sciences and Engineering

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Figure 1: Transverse with mass spectrum of the e\ents in the W search sample, along from \\ith backgrounds and from
W-+ev

the expected

contributions

ejlents.

The W-+ev cunre is calculated

the I\lonte Carlo program

used

to calculate the W acceptances.

Figure 2:

The 95% C.L. limit on c~f2(~-+W-+ev) expected PI?, assuming standard

\s. the W mass.

Also shown is the

couplings.

The point NW = 652 GeV/c2

is our limit, assuming standard couplings.

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