Observation of diffractively produced W and Z bosons in PP¯ collisions at sqrt[s]=1.8 TeV.

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Observation of diffractively produced W and Z bosons in PP¯ collisions at sqrt[s]=1.8 TeV. / DØ Collaboration, .; Abazov, V. M.; Bertram, I. A. , et al.
In: Physics Letters B, Vol. 574, No. 3-4, 13.11.2003, p. 169-179.

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DØ Collaboration, Abazov, VM & Bertram, IAEA 2003, 'Observation of diffractively produced W and Z bosons in PP¯ collisions at sqrt[s]=1.8 TeV.', Physics Letters B, vol. 574, no. 3-4, pp. 169-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2003.09.001

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DØ Collaboration, ., Abazov, V. M., & Bertram, I. A. . E. A. (2003). Observation of diffractively produced W and Z bosons in PP¯ collisions at sqrt[s]=1.8 TeV. Physics Letters B, 574(3-4), 169-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2003.09.001

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DØ Collaboration, Abazov VM, Bertram IAEA. Observation of diffractively produced W and Z bosons in PP¯ collisions at sqrt[s]=1.8 TeV. Physics Letters B. 2003 Nov 13;574(3-4):169-179. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2003.09.001

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DØ Collaboration, . ; Abazov, V. M. ; Bertram, I. A. , et al. / Observation of diffractively produced W and Z bosons in PP¯ collisions at sqrt[s]=1.8 TeV. In: Physics Letters B. 2003 ; Vol. 574, No. 3-4. pp. 169-179.

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title = "Observation of diffractively produced W and Z bosons in PP¯ collisions at sqrt[s]=1.8 TeV.",

abstract = "Using the D{\O} detector, we have observed events produced in collisions that contain W or Z bosons in conjunction with very little energy deposition (“rapidity gaps”) in large forward regions of the detector. The fraction of W boson events with a rapidity gap (a signature for diffraction) is 0.89±0.190.17%, and the probability that the non-diffractive background fluctuated to yield the observed diffractive signal is 3×10−14, corresponding to a significance of 7.5 σ. The Z boson sample has a gap fraction of 1.44±0.610.52%, with a significance of 4.4 σ. The diffractive events have very similar properties to the more common non-diffractive component.",

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