Observation of Top Quark Production in [¯ over p]p Collisions with the Collider Detector at Fermilab

We establish the existence of the top quark using a 67pb[superscript −1] data sample of [¯ over p]p collisions at √s = 1.8TeV collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). Employing techniques similar to those we previously published, we observe a signal consistent with t[¯ over t] decay t...

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Main Authors: Bauer, Gerry P. (Contributor), Benlloch, J. (Contributor), Bokhari, W. (Contributor), Daniels, T. (Contributor), Friedman, J. (Contributor), Kelley, K. (Contributor), Maksimovic, P. (Contributor), Mattingly, R. (Contributor), Rosenson, Lawrence (Contributor), Sphicas, Paraskevas (Contributor), Sumorok, Konstanty C. (Contributor), Tether, S. (Contributor), Vucinic, D. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2014-06-13T14:20:42Z.
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520 |a We establish the existence of the top quark using a 67pb[superscript −1] data sample of [¯ over p]p collisions at √s = 1.8TeV collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). Employing techniques similar to those we previously published, we observe a signal consistent with t[¯ over t] decay to WWb[¯ over b], but inconsistent with the background prediction by 4.8σ. Additional evidence for the top quark is provided by a peak in the reconstructed mass distribution. We measure the top quark mass to be 176±8(stat)±10(syst)GeV/c[superscript 2], and the t[¯ over t] production cross section to be 6.8[+3.6 over −2.4]pb. 
520 |a United States. Dept. of Energy 
520 |a National Science Foundation (U.S.) 
520 |a Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 
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773 |t Physical Review Letters