1993/07/06 by U. Baur, F. Halzen, Baur, U. +9
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/9307227
Latex, 9 pages + 2 postscript figures encoded with uufile, FSU-HEP-930608, MAD/TH/93/4, MAD/PH/769. A postscript file with text and embedded figures is available via anonymous ftp at hepsg1.physics.fsu.edu, file is /pub/keller/fsu-hep-930608.ps
arxiv created 1993/07/06 · openalex publication_date 1993/07/06 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We investigate the prospects of measuring the strange quark distribution function at the Tevatron, using W plus charm quark events. The W plus charm quark signal produced by strange quark--gluon fusion, sg→ W-c and sg→ W+ c, is approximately 5% of the inclusive W+1 jet cross section for jets with a transverse momentum pT(j)>10~GeV. We study the sensitivity of the W plus charm quark cross section to the parametrization of the strange quark distribution function, and evaluate the various background processes. Strategies to identify charm quarks in CDF and D0\llap/ are briefly described.