Published April 2001 | Version v1
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W boson physics at hadron colliders

Creators

  • 1. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)
  • 2. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 (United States)
  • 3. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 (United States)
  • 4. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)

Description

The use of hadron colliders to investigate the properties of the W bosons started in 1982 at the CERN Spp(bar sign)S collider. Since then, the Tevatron experiments at Fermilab have recorded a large sample of W events which allowed precision measurements of the properties of W bosons. In this paper the authors review W gauge boson physics at hadron colliders from 1982 to 2000. They first discuss the production mechanism and detection of W bosons in pp(bar sign) collisions. After a brief review of the early studies, W boson physics at the Tevatron collider are thoroughly examined. Finally, possible future directions of W boson physics at hadron colliders are discussed

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/RevModPhys.73.267;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Reviews of Modern Physics
Journal Volume
73
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 267-306
ISSN
0034-6861
CODEN
RMPHAT

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35008820
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CERN SPS SYNCHROTRON; FERMILAB TEVATRON; INCLUSIVE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; RADIATIVE CORRECTIONS; STANDARD MODEL; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES; W MINUS BOSONS; W PLUS BOSONS; WEINBERG-SALAM GAUGE MODEL
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; BOSONS; CORRECTIONS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; INTERACTIONS; INTERMEDIATE BOSONS; INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SYNCHROTRONS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES

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Notes
(c) 2001 The American Physical Society