A Direct measurement of the <i>W </i>boson width

CDF Collaboration

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.74.341

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A Direct measurement of the W boson width

ContributorsCDF Collaboration

CollaboratorsProduit, Nicolas

Published inPhysical review letters, vol. 74, no. 3, p. 341-345

Publication date1995

First online date1995-01-16

Abstract

This Letter describes a direct measurement of the W boson decay width, Γ(W), using the high-mass tail of the transverse mass spectrum of W→eν decays recorded by the Collider Detector at Fermilab. We find Γ(W)=2.11±0.28(stat)±0.16(syst) GeV and compare this direct measurement with indirect means of obtaining the width.

Keywords

Anti-p p: colliding beams
Colliding beams: anti-p p
Anti-p p: inclusive reaction
W: hadroproduction
Hadroproduction: W
W: width
W: leptonic decay
Leptonic decay: W
Transverse momentum: spectrum
Spectrum: transverse momentum
Mass: transverse
Transverse: mass
CDF
Experimental results
Batavia TEVATRON Coll
1800 GeV-cms

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CDF Collaboration. A Direct measurement of the W boson width. In: Physical review letters, 1995, vol. 74, n° 3, p. 341–345. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.74.341

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PID : unige:185989
DOI : 10.1103/physrevlett.74.341

Additional URL for this publicationhttps://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.341

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