First measurement of the charged current cross section at HERA

• Published in: Physics letters. B 1994-03, Vol.324 (2), p.241-248
• Main Authors: Andreev, V., Appuhn, R.-D., Bán, J., Bassler, U., Behrend, H.-J., Bergstein, H., Braunschweig, W., Bruncko, D., Büsser, F.W., Buschhorn, G., Coughlan, J.A., Courau, A., Coutures, Ch, Cussans, D.G., Dagoret, S., Dainton, J.B., De Roeck, A., Eichler, R., Eisenhandler, E., Evrard, E., Ferencei, J., Flamm, K., Garvey, J., Gellrich, A., Gerhards, R., Goerlach, U., Goerlich, L., Goldner, D., Haynes, W.J., Henderson, R.C.W., Ibbotson, M., Jacholkowska, A., Jacobsson, C., Jönsson, L., Johannsen, K., Johnson, D.P., Kant, D., Kaschowitz, R., Kasselmann, P., Kermiche, S., Kiesling, C., Klein, M., Kleinwort, C., Kolanoski, H., Kole, F., Korbel, V., Korn, M., Krücker, D., Kurča, T., Lander, R., Lanius, P., Laporte, J.F., Lindner, A., Lindström, G., Lohmander, H., Mani, S., Marshall, R., Martens, J., Mavroidis, A., McMahon, S.J., Mehta, A., Mercer, D., Meyer, C.A., Müller, G., Nagovizin, V., Newton, D., Niebergall, F., Niebuhr, C., Oberlack, H., Patel, G.D., Pitzl, D., Pope, G., Prell, S., Robertson, S.M., Royon, C., Rüter, K., Sanchez, E., von Schlippe, W., Schröder, V., Schwind, A., Sell, R., Smith, J.R., Stella, B., Stösslein, U., Strachota, J., Taylor, R.E., Tchernyshov, V., Thompson, G., Truöl, P., Tutas, J., Usik, A., Van Mechelen, P., Verrecchia, P., Wagener, A., Walther, A., Weber, M., West, L.R., Winde, M., Zhang, Z., Zimmermann, W.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Exact sciences and technology; High Energy Physics - Experiment; Photon and charged-lepton interactions with hadrons; Physics; Specific reactions and phenomenology; The physics of elementary particles and fields; Total and inclusive cross sections (including deep-inelastic processes)
• ISSN: 0370-2693; 1873-2445
• DOI: 10.1016/0370-2693(94)90414-6

The cross section of the charged current process e − p → v e + hadrons is measured at HERA for transverse momenta of the hadron system larger than 25 GeV. The size of the cross section exhibits the W propagator.