When both W⁺ and W^- decay to produce a quark and an antiquark we get events containing two quarks and two antiquarks. We therefore expect to see four "jets" of hadrons: W⁺W^-→qqqq

Example W⁺W^-→qqqq Event Number 1

End-On View of Event

Side View of Event

Side View of Event with Cones Drawn to Show 4 Jets

Example Event Number 2

End-On View of Event

Side View of Event

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