... IX. SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTIES Systematic uncertainties are assessed by varying the values of a specific parameter in the modeling of the data, and determining the effect on the distributions or MC templates of the ...
... polarized p + p collisions at √ s = ...Unpolarized crosssection results are measured for transverse momenta p T = ...for p T = 1 to 4 GeV/c and probe the higher range of Bjorken ...
... constructed, the discriminant function peaks near zero for the background, and near unity for the signal. We modeled it using simulated t¯ t and W +jets events, and a data sample selected by requiring that the leptons ...
... the crosssection and single trans- verse spin asymmetry, A N , for very forward neutron production in polarized p+p collisions at √ s=200 ...production crosssection at RHIC ...
... diction (line histogram) and the signal+background dis- tribution (dashed histogram) [9, 14]. The crosssection was calculated from the number of t¯ t and background candidates above a cut value of the N N ...
... Since hadrons are slower than photons, an additional time of flight cut is used for photon identification. Fur- thermore, the cluster must not be associated with a hit from a charged particle in the Pad Chamber (PC3) ...
... D. Observed and Predicted Numbers of Tagged Events The numbers of observed and predicted single and dou- ble tagged events are summarized in Tables IX and X, respectively. Figure 11 shows the observed number of tagged ...
... production crosssection at √s = 200 GeV as a function of pT (squares) and the results of NLO pQCD calculations for theory scales µ = pT /2 (dotted line), pT (solid line) and 2pT (dashed line), see text for ...
... duction crosssection differentially as a function of p γ T for photons with rapidities |y γ | < ...< p γ T < 200 GeV, while the b jets are required to have p jet T > 15 GeV ...
... The efficiency for W W signal events to pass the ac- ceptance and kinematic criteria is determined using the pythia 6.2 [8] event generator followed by a detailed geant -based [9] simulation of the DØ detector. All trig- ...
... C. Optimization of the discriminant function The optimization procedure, determining which com- bination of topological input variables will form the fi- nal discriminant function, is performed by estimating the expected ...
... 5 Systematic uncertainties The systematic uncertainties on the cross-section ratios are determined as follows. A systematic uncertainty on the signal extraction is determined by varying the models used in ...
... sources. Processes with light-quark (u, d or s) initi- ated jets recoiling against the W boson can produce a small fraction of charge-correlated µ-tagged jets owing to leading particle effects [15]. Background from W W ...
... with p T > 15 GeV that originate from the same vertex and separated from each other by at least ∆R = p(∆φ) 2 + (∆η) 2 > ...high p T lep- tons from the decay of the heavy gauge bosons the ...
... In order to determine the longitudinal spin asymmetry with a sample of W decays with minimal background con- tamination, two additional requirements were imposed on the candidate events. An isolation cut requiring the ...
... in p T and pseudorapidity to mimic the measured data ...for p T smearing effects on an exponential spectrum, and for the falling pseudorapidity dependence in the forward ...
... by p (p) halo if one or both of the two p (p) detectors of an elastic combination have hits in their early time ...the p halo or the p halo timing ...with p halo and ...
... J.M. Otalora Goicochea 2 , P. Owen 53 , A. Oyanguren 64 , B.K. Pal 59 , A. Palano 13,c , F. Palombo 21,u , M. Palutan 18 , J. Panman 38 , A. Papanestis 49,38 , M. Pappagallo 51 , L.L. Pappalardo 16,f , C. Parkes ...
... In addition to the MSTW2008NLO PDFs, Fig. 2 shows also predictions for CT10 PDFs [9] and the correspond- ing value of α s (M Z ) = 0.118, normalized by the pre- dictions for MSTW2008NLO and represented by the solid ...
... and p¯ p elastic cross sections at the OP could be modified if an odderon exists [1, ...and p¯ pcross sections would only occur if the pp total crosssection were ...