Example WW (electron-neutrino/two quark) Event


When one W decays to produce an electron and a neutrino, and the other W decays to produce a quark and an antiquark we see events containing an electron, an (invisible) neutrino and two jets: WW (electron-neutrino/two quark)


End-On View of Event

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Side View of Event

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The neutrino leaves no signals in the detector. However, we can deduce its momentum by using the principal of conservation of momentum

End-On View of Event with Missing Momentum Vector Drawn

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(next event) Next take a look at an example WW (muon-neutrino/two quark) event.

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Terry Wyatt. March 1997.