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Electroweak bosons. The accelerator complex. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1984/meer-lecture.pdf. W e + ν. p neutrino. UA1. θ neutrino. anti-proton. proton. Beam pipe. θ electron. p electron. Transverse plane. neutrino. (p x sin θ ) neutrino.
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The accelerator complex http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1984/meer-lecture.pdf
W e + ν pneutrino UA1 θneutrino anti-proton proton Beam pipe θelectron pelectron Transverse plane
neutrino (p x sin θ) neutrino θneutrino θelectron electron (p x sin θ) electron
W τ + ν 3 charged hadrons from τ (+ “missing” momentum)
The first Z0 boson observed Electron Electron CERN SppS, UA1 experiment, 30 April 1983
Z0 discovery paper Phys.Lett. B126 (1983) 398-410 UA1 collaboration
The Large Electron-Positron Collider 27 km circumference Electron against positron Centre-of-mass energy 90-209 GeV
Number of neutrinos Measure total widthfrom lineshapePredict hadroniccross-sectionfor different numbers of neutrinos