Experimental test of the drell-yan model in p+W→μ++μ-+X

S. R. Smith; S. Childress; P. M. Mockett; J. P. Rutherfoord; R. W. Williams; H. R. Gustafson; L. W. Jones; M. J. Longo; T. J. Roberts; M. R. Whalley; D. A. Garelick; P. S. Gauthier; M. J. Glaubman; H. Johnstad; M. L. Mallary; J. Moromisato; E. Pothier; E. Von Goeler; W. P. Oliver

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.46.1607

Experimental test of the drell-yan model in p+W→μ++μ-+X

S. R. Smith, S. Childress, P. M. Mockett, J. P. Rutherfoord, R. W. Williams, H. R. Gustafson, L. W. Jones, M. J. Longo, T. J. Roberts, M. R. Whalley, D. A. Garelick, P. S. Gauthier, M. J. Glaubman, H. Johnstad, M. L. Mallary, J. Moromisato, E. Pothier, E. Von Goeler, W. P. Oliver

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We report a high-statistics study of the reaction p+W→μ++μ-+X with use of an intense 400-GeV/c proton beam, a magnetized-iron beam dump, and a wide-acceptance detector. Using data near xF=0, we have extracted the nucleon sea-quark distribution and find it to be a factor 1.6±0.3 larger than that obtained by inelastic charged-current neutrino scattering. We then compare the Drell-Yan prediction with our data including the previously unexplored region of large xF and find excellent agreement for a wide range of μ-pair invariant mass.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1607-1610
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	46
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.46.1607
State	Published - 1981
Externally published	Yes

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Smith, S. R., Childress, S., Mockett, P. M., Rutherfoord, J. P., Williams, R. W., Gustafson, H. R., Jones, L. W., Longo, M. J., Roberts, T. J., Whalley, M. R., Garelick, D. A., Gauthier, P. S., Glaubman, M. J., Johnstad, H., Mallary, M. L., Moromisato, J., Pothier, E., Von Goeler, E., & Oliver, W. P. (1981). Experimental test of the drell-yan model in p+W→μ++μ-+X. Physical review letters, 46(25), 1607-1610. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.46.1607

Smith, SR, Childress, S, Mockett, PM, Rutherfoord, JP, Williams, RW, Gustafson, HR, Jones, LW, Longo, MJ, Roberts, TJ, Whalley, MR, Garelick, DA, Gauthier, PS, Glaubman, MJ, Johnstad, H, Mallary, ML, Moromisato, J, Pothier, E, Von Goeler, E & Oliver, WP 1981, 'Experimental test of the drell-yan model in p+W→μ++μ-+X', Physical review letters, vol. 46, no. 25, pp. 1607-1610. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.46.1607

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