Measurement of the <i>W </i>boson mass

CDF Collaboration

doi:10.1103/physrevd.52.4784

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Measurement of the W boson mass

ContributorsCDF Collaboration

CollaboratorsProduit, Nicolas

Published inPhysical review. D. Particles and fields, vol. 52, no. 9, p. 4784-4827

Publication date1995

First online date1995-11-01

Abstract

This paper presents a measurement of the mass of the W boson using data collected with the CDF detector during the 1992–1993 collider run at the Fermilab Tevatron. A fit to the transverse mass spectrum of a sample of 3268 W→μν events recorded in an integrated luminosity of 19.7 pb−1 gives MWμ=80.310±0.205 (stat)±0.130 (syst) GeV/c2. A fit to the transverse mass spectrum of a sample of 5718 W→eν events recorded in 18.2 pb−1 gives MWe=80.490±0.145 (stat)±0.175 (syst) GeV/c2. Combining the muon and electron results, accounting for correlated uncertainties, yields MW=80.410±0.180 GeV/c2.

Keywords

Anti-p p: colliding beams
Colliding beams: anti-p p
Anti-p p: inclusive reaction
W: hadroproduction
Hadroproduction: W
W: leptonic decay
Leptonic decay: W
W: mass
Mass: W
Mass spectrum: transverse
Transverse: mass spectrum
CDF
Experimental results
Batavia TEVATRON Coll
Bibliography
Anti-p p --> W anything
W --> muon neutrino
W --> electron neutrino
1800 GeV-cms

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CDF Collaboration. Measurement of the W boson mass. In: Physical review. D. Particles and fields, 1995, vol. 52, n° 9, p. 4784–4827. doi: 10.1103/physrevd.52.4784

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PID : unige:185985
DOI : 10.1103/physrevd.52.4784

Additional URL for this publicationhttps://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.52.4784

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