Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 2457 - 2462 (1999)

Dijet Mass Spectrum and a Search for Quark Compositeness in p̅ p Collisions at √s  =  1.8 TeV

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B. Abbott et al. (D0 Collaboration)
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Received 16 July 1998

Using the D0 detector at the 1.8 TeV p̅ p Fermilab Tevatron collider, we have measured the inclusive dijet mass spectrum in the central pseudorapidity region |ηjet|<1.0 for dijet masses greater than 200 GeV/c2. We have also measured the ratio of spectra σ(|ηjet|<0.5)/σ(0.5<|ηjet|<1.0). The order αs3 quantum chromodynamics predictions are in good agreement with the data and we rule out models of quark compositeness with a contact interaction scale <2.4 TeV at the 95% confidence level.


©1999 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.2457
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.2457
PACS: 13.87.Ce, 12.38.Qk, 12.60.Rc, 13.85.Ni

* Visitor from Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.
Visitor from IHEP, Beijing, China.

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