Search for right-handed w bosons and heavy W’ in pp¯ collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV

D0 Collaboration

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Abstract

We report on a search for right-handed W bosons (WR) with mass greater than 200 GeV/c2. We used data collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron pp¯ collider at √s = 1.8 TeV to search for WR decays into an electron and a massive right-handed neutrino WR ±→e±NR. Using the inclusive electron data, we set mass limits independent of the NR decay: mWR>650 GeV/c2 and mWR>720 GeV/c2 at the 95% confidence level, valid for mNR<1/2 mWR and mNR≪mWR, respectively. The latter also represents a new lower limit on the mass of a heavy left-handed W boson (W’) decaying into eν. In addition, limits on mWR valid for larger values of the NR mass are obtained assuming that NR decays to an electron and two jets.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3271-3276
Number of pages6
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume76
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 29 1996
Externally publishedYes

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