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Production ofW-bosons in high energye + e − ande − p collisions

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

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We study the processe + e −→W+hadrons from theZ 0-pole to the threshold region forW-pair production, keeping the widths of theZ 0 andW finite. Already slightly below threshold the cross section is strongly depressed. Also the total cross section at theZ 0-peak is very small. We present a simple model to account for this. We also give exact results to lowest order for the weak Compton processese + e −→e + W − v e ande − p→pW − v e and compare them with results obtained with the equivalent photon approximation.

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    A. Donnachie & K. J. F. Gaemers

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On leave of absence from the University of Manchester until 1-1-1979

This investigation is supported by the joint research programmes of FOM and ZWO

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Donnachie, A., Gaemers, K.J.F. Production ofW-bosons in high energye + e − ande − p collisions. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 4, 37–44 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01477305

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