Search for a W(') boson decaying to a top and bottom quark pair in 1.8 TeV p(p)over-bar collisions

Acosta D., Affolder T., Akimoto H., Albrow M., Ambrose D., Amidei D., ...More

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, vol.90, no.8, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 90 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2003
  • Doi Number: 10.1103/physrevlett.90.081802
  • Journal Name: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We report the results of a search for a W(') boson produced in p (p) over bar collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.8 TeV using a 106 pb(-1) data sample recorded by the Collider Detector at Fermilab. We observe no significant excess of events above background for a W(') boson decaying to a top and bottom quark pair. In a model where this boson would mediate interactions involving a massive right-handed neutrino (nu(R)) and have standard model strength couplings, we use these data to exclude a W(') boson with mass between 225 and 536 GeV/c(2) at 95% confidence level for M(W)(')>M(nuR) and between 225 and 566 GeV/c(2) at 95% confidence level for M(W)(')