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Physics Results of the UAI Collaboration at the Cern Proton-Antiproton Collider

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Abstract

The conversion of the SPS into a p̄p collider[1] and the associated physics programs of the UA1 collaboration were motivated by three very specific physics goals, namely:

  1. (i)

    the observation of jets and a detailed comparison with predictions of QCD.

  2. (ii)

    The discovery of the charged Intermediate Vector Boson (IVB) W± in the electron and muon decay modes and the measurement of its fundamental charge asymmetry in the decay.

  3. (iii)

    The discovery of the neutral IVB, Z° both in the electron and muon decay channels.

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Rubbia, C. (1985). Physics Results of the UAI Collaboration at the Cern Proton-Antiproton Collider. In: Zichichi, A. (eds) How Far Are We from the Gauge Forces. The Subnuclear Series, vol 21. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5086-6_10

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