# Diffractive W and Z Production at Tevatron

Source: [Diffractive W and Z Production at Tevatron](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa238d2c2a3760193995fd>)

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Data updated: 2025-10-28T13:52:34.487Z

Authors: K. Goulianos

Published: 2009-05-26T19:54:01.000Z

## Abstract

Preliminary results on diffractive W and Z production in proton-antiproton collisions at a c.m.s. energy of 1.96 TeV are presented and discussed. Differential cross sections are measured from data collected with the CDF-II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider using a Roman pot spectrometer that detects leading antiprotons. The ratio of diffractive to total W production rates (diffractive fraction) agrees with that measured by CDF in Run-I using a rapidity gap diffractive signature. The W and Z diffractive fractions are equal within the measurement uncertainties, which are dominated by a 20% statistical uncertainty in the diffractive Z measurement. Prospects for extending the diffractive W a nd Z studies at the Large Hadron Collider are discussed.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.4281>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/0905.4281.pdf>)