Measurement of Diffractive Dijet Production at the Fermilab Tevatron

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Abstract

We report the observation and measurement of the rate of diffractive dijet production at the Fermilab Tevatron p¯p collider at √s=1.8TeV. In events with two jets of ET>20GeV, 1.8<|η|<3.5, and η1η2>0, we find that the diffractive to nondiffractive production ratio is RJJ=[0.75±0.05(stat)±0.09(syst)]%. By comparing this result, in combination with our measured rate for diffractive W boson production reported previously, with predictions based on a hard partonic pomeron structure, we determine the pomeron gluon fraction to be fg=0.7±0.2.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2636-2641
Number of pages6
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume79
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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