Rencontres de Moriond '98 -- QCD and Hadronic Interactions: Experimental Summary

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent experimental results from the Moriond '98 conference that address anomalies in high Q^2 events, W + jet events, and high E_T jets, generally reducing their perceived significance.

Contribution

It provides an updated experimental overview showing that recent data diminishes the significance of previously reported anomalies in high-energy physics.

Findings

New results reduce the significance of high Q^2 excesses.

Recent data diminishes anomalies in W + jet events.

Updated measurements lessen the importance of high E_T jet excesses.

Abstract

I discuss new experimental results reported at this conference that bear directly on three previously reported anomalies: the excess of high Q^2 events at HERA; the excess of W + 1 jet events, relative to W's without jets, in D0 data; and the excess of high E_T inclusive jets observed by CDF. The new results all point in the direction of reducing the experimental significance of these excesses.