Production Dynamics of High-Mass Muon Pairs

Large Mass Time - like Muon Pairs in Radronic Interactions ?

Utilizing a simple field-theoretic model we consider the production of time-like muon pairs via a massive virtual photon in high energy hadronic collisions. We predict the differential cross section m'tbe mass-squared of the muon pair as well as the total cross section. We find that our form factors do not possess the analogue of the Bjorken scaling associated with deep inelastic electron scatt...

Search for high mass resonances decaying to muon pairs in √s=1.96 TeV pp collisions.

We present a search for a new narrow, spin-1, high mass resonance decaying to μ(+)μ⁻+X, using a matrix-element-based likelihood and a simultaneous measurement of the resonance mass and production rate. In data with 4.6 fb⁻¹ of integrated luminosity collected by the CDF detector in pp collisions at √s=1960 GeV, the most likely signal cross section is consistent with zero at 16% confidence level....

P~OTOPRODUCTION OF MUON PAIRS* I- b,

The virtual Compton corrections to muon pair production are analyzed and compared with the Bethe-Heitler cross section for symmetric pairs. The three corrections studied are the peripheral, diffraction and 'compound state processes. It is shown that the peripheral processes will be the first to give significant corrections as the photon energy and muon detection angle are increased in future ex...

Event Structure in the Production of High Mass Photon Pairs Typeset Using Revt E X 2

The event structure associated with the production of massive photon pairs is studied to O(α 2 α s). The cross sections for two photon and two photon plus one jet events are given. The Dalitz plot structure of events with two photons and a jet is also presented. These distributions will provide checks on our understanding of the production mechanisms for massive photon pairs, a signal thought t...

Search for High Mass Resonances Decaying to Muon Pairs in root s=1.96 TeV p(p)over-bar Collisions