W Plus Heavy Quark Production at the Tevatron

Abstract

We summarize the motivations for and the status of the calculation of the $W+$ heavy quark production process in $p\bar{p}$ colliders to Next-to-Leading Order in QCD. This process can be used to constrain the strange quark distribution function at high $Q^2$ at the Tevatron, and also to study the bottom content of $W+1$~jet events. In addition, when crossed, the calculation essentially describes the single top quark production process to Next-to-Leading Order in QCD.

Comments: Presented by S. Keller at DPF94 Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 1-6,1994. 4 pages, no macros, no figures. Fermilab-Conf-94/260-T, FSU--HEP--940817. A postscript file is available via anonymous ftp at hepsg1.physics.fsu.edu, file is /pub/keller/fsu-hep-940817.ps