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Search for Quark-Lepton Compositeness and a Heavy Wprime Boson Using the e-nu Channel in p-pbar Collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.8 TeV

We present searches for quark-lepton compositeness and a heavy W&#39; boson at high electron-neutrino transverse mass. We use ~110/pb of data collected in p-pbar collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.8 TeV by the CDF collaboration during 1992--95. The data are consistent with standard model expectations. Limits are set on the quark-lepton compositeness scale Lambda and the ratio of partial cross sections sigma (W&#39; -> e nu) / sigma (W -> e nu). The cross section ratio is used to obtain a lower limit on the mass of a W&#39; boson with standard model couplings. We exclude Lambda < 2.81 TeV and a W&#39; boson with mass below 754 GeV/c^2 at the 95% confidence level. We combine the W&#39; mass limit with our previously published limit obtained using the muon channel, to exclude a W&#39; boson with mass below 786 GeV/c^2 at the 95% confidence level.