Measurement of the mass and width of the W boson in e+e− collisions at 189 GeV

UNSPECIFIED (2001) Measurement of the mass and width of the W boson in e+e− collisions at 189 GeV. Physics Letters B, 507 (1-4). pp. 29-46. ISSN 0370-2693

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Abstract

The mass and width of the W boson are determined in e+e− collisions at LEP using 183 pb−1 of data recorded at a centre-of-mass energy √s = 189 GeV with the OPAL detector. The invariant mass distributions from 970 W+W−→qqqq and 1118 W+W−→qqℓνℓ candidate events are used to measure the mass of the W boson, MW=80.451±0.076 (stat.)±0.049 (syst.) GeV. A direct measurement of the width of the W boson gives ΓW=2.09±0.18 (stat.)±0.09 (syst.) GeV. The results are combined with previous OPAL results from 78 pb−1 of data recorded with √s from 161 to 183 GeV, to obtain: MW=80.432±0.066 (stat.)±0.045 (syst.) GeV, ΓW=2.04±0.16 (stat.)±0.09 (syst.) GeV. The consistency of the direct measurement of MW with that inferred from other measurements of electroweak parameters provides an important test of the Standard Model of electroweak interactions.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Physics Letters B
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3100/3106
Subjects:
?? nuclear and high energy physics ??
ID Code:
82926
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Deposited On:
16 Nov 2016 10:08
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Yes
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Published
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