Search for single-top-quark production in pp̅ collisions at √s =1.8 TeV

Authors

Darin Acosta, University of FloridaFollow
Kenneth A. Bloom, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Collider Detector at Fermilab Collaboration

Date of this Version

5-1-2002

Comments

Published by American Physical Society. Phys. Rev. D 65, 091102 (2002). http://prd.aps.org. Copyright © 2002 American Physical Society. Permission to use.

Abstract

We search for standard model single-top-quark production in the W-gluon fusion and W* channels using 106 pb^-1 of data from pp̅ collisions at √s =1.8 TeV collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab. We set an upper limit at 95% confidence level (C.L.) on the combined W-gluon fusion and W* single-top cross section of 14 pb, roughly six times larger than the standard model prediction. Separate 95% C.L. upper limits in the W-gluon fusion and W* channels are also determined and are found to be 13 and 18 pb, respectively.