Rev. Mod. Phys. 73, 267–306 (2001)W boson physics at hadron collidersPublished 12 April 2001 The use of hadron colliders to investigate the properties of the W bosons started in 1982 at the CERN Spp̅ S collider. Since then, the Tevatron experiments at Fermilab have recorded a large sample of W events which allowed precision measurements of the properties of W bosons. In this paper the authors review W gauge boson physics at hadron colliders from 1982 to 2000. They first discuss the production mechanism and detection of W bosons in pp̅ collisions. After a brief review of the early studies, W boson physics at the Tevatron collider are thoroughly examined. Finally, possible future directions of W boson physics at hadron colliders are discussed. © 2001 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/RevModPhys.73.267
DOI:
10.1103/RevModPhys.73.267
PACS:
14.17.Fm, 13.38.-b, 12.38.-t, 12.15.Lk, 13.85.Qk, 01.30.Rr, 13.40.Ks, 12.10.-g
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