Measurement of the mass and width of the W boson in e(+)e(-) collisions at root s=189 GeV

Abreu, P. et al. (2001) Measurement of the mass and width of the W boson in e(+)e(-) collisions at root s=189 GeV. Physics Letters B, 511(2-4), 159 -177. (doi: 10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00453-1)

Abstract

A measurement of the FV mass and width has been performed by the DELPHI Collaboration using the data collected during 1998. The data sample has an integrated luminosity of 155 pb(-1) and an average centre-of-mass energy of 188.6 GeV. Results are obtained by applying the method of direct reconstruction of the mass of the W from its decay products in both the W+W- → l (v) over bar (l)q (q) over bar ' and W+W- → q (q) over bar '(q) over barq ' channels. The W mass result for the 1998 data set is M-W = 80.387 +/- 0.087(stat) +/- 0.034(syst) +/- 0.017(LEP) +/- 0.035(FSI) GeV/c(2), where FSI represents the uncertainty due to final state interaction effects in the q (q) over bar 'q (q) over bar ' channel, and LEP represents that arising from the knowledge of the beam energy of the accelerator Combining this result with Ghost: previously published by the DELPHI Collaboration gives the result M-W = 80.359 +/- 0.074(stat) +/- 0.032(syst) +/- 0.017(LEP) +/- 0.033(FSI) GeV/c(2). The combined value for the W width is Gamma (W) = 2.266 +/- 0.176(stat) +/- 0.056(syst) +/- 0.052(FSI) GeV/c(2).

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Battaglia, Dr Marina
• Authors: Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Adzic, P., Albrecht, Z., Alderweireld, T., Alekseev, G.D., Alemany, R., Allmendinger, T., Allport, P.P., Almehed, S., Amaldi, U., Amapane, N., Amato, S., Anashkin, E., Anassontzis, E.G., Andersson, P., Andreazza, A., Andringa, S., Anjos, N., Antilogus, P., Apel, W.D., Arnoud, Y., Asman, B., Augustin, J.E., Augustinus, A., Baillon, P., Ballestrero, A., Bambade, P., Barao, F., Barbiellini, G., Barbier, R., Bardin, D.Y., Barker, G., Baroncelli, A., Battaglia, M., Baubillier, M., Becks, K.H., Begalli, M., Behrmann, A., Bellunato, T.F., Belokopytov, Y., Belous, K., Benekos, N.C., Benvenuti, A.C., Berat, C., Berggren, M., Berntzon, L., Bertrand, D., Besancon, M., Besson, N., Bilenky, M.S., Bloch, D., Blom, H.M., Bol, L., Bonesini, M., Boonekamp, M., Booth, P.S.L., Borisov, G., Bosio, C., Botner, O., Boudinov, E., Bouquet, B., Bowcock, T.J.V., Boyko, I., Bozovic, I., Bracko, M., Branchini, P., Brenner, R.A., Bruckman, P., Brunet, J.M., Bugge, L., Buschmann, P., Caccia, M., Calvi, M., Camporesi, T., Canale, V., Carena, F., Carroll, L., Caso, C., Gimenez, M.V.C., Cattai, A., Cavallo, F.R., Chapkin, M., Charpentier, P., Checchia, P., Chelkov, G.A., Chierici, R., Chliapnikov, P., Chochula, P., Chorowicz, V., Chudoba, J., Cieslik, K., Collins, P., Contri, R., Cortina, E., Cosme, G., Cossutti, F., Costa, M., Crawley, H.B., Crennell, D., Croix, J., Crosetti, G., Maestro, J.C., Czellar, S., D'Hondt, J., Dalmau, J., Davenport, M., Da Silva, W., Della Ricca, G., Delpierre, P., Demaria, N., De Angelis, A., De Boer, W., De Clercq, C., De Lotto, B., De Min, A., de Paula, L., Dijkstra, H., Di Ciaccio, L., Doroba, K., Dracos, M., Drees, J., Dris, M., Eigen, G., Ekelof, T., Ellert, M., Elsing, M., Engel, J.P., Santo, M.E., Fanourakis, G., Fassouliotis, D., Feindt, M., Fernandez, J., Ferrer, A., Ferrer-Ribas, E., Ferro, F., Firestone, A., Flagmeyer, U., Foeth, H., Fokitis, E., Fontanelli, F., Franek, B., Frodesen, A.G., Fruhwirth, R., Fulda-Quenzer, F., Fuster, J., Galloni, A., Gamba, D., Gamblin, S., Gandelman, M., Garcia, C., Gaspar, C., Gaspar, M., Gasparini, U., Gavillet, P., Gazis, E.N., Gele, D., Geralis, T., Ghodbane, N., Gil, I., Glege, F., Gokieli, R., Golob, B., Gomez-Ceballos, G., Goncalves, P., Caballero, I.G., Gopal, G., Gorn, L., Gouz, Y., Gracco, V., Grahl, J., Graziani, E., Grosdidier, G., Grzelak, K., Guy, J., Haag, C., Hahn, F., Hahn, S., Haider, S., Hallgren, A., Hamacher, K., Hansen, J., Harris, F.J., Haug, S., Hauler, F., Hedberg, V., Heising, S., Hernandez, J.J., Herquet, P., Herr, H., Hertz, O., Higon, E., Holmgren, S.O., Holt, P.J., Hoorelbeke, S., Houlden, M., Hrubec, J., Hughes, G.J., Hultqvist, K., Jackson, J.N., Jacobsson, R., Jalocha, P., Jarlskog, C., Jarlskog, G., Jarry, P., Jean-Marie, B., Jeans, D., Johanson, E.K., Jonsson, P., Joram, C., Juillot, P., Jungermann, L., Kapusta, F., Karafasoulis, K., Katsanevas, S., Katsoufis, E.C., Keranen, R., Kernel, G., Kersevan, B.P., Khokhlov, Y., Khomenko, B.A., Khovanski, N.N., Kiiskinen, A., King, B., Kinvig, A., Kjaer, N.J., Klapp, O., Kluit, P., Kokkinias, P., Kostioukhine, V., Kourkoumelis, C., Kouznetsov, O., Krammer, M., Kriznic, E., Krumstein, Z., Kubinec, P., Kucharczyk, M., Kurowska, J., Lamsa, J.W., Laugier, J.P., Leder, G., Ledroit, F., Leinonen, L., Leisos, A., Leitner, R., Lenzen, G., Lepeltier, V., Lesiak, T., Lethuillier, M., Libby, J., Liebig, W., Liko, D., Lipniacka, A., and Lippi, I.
• Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
• Journal Name: Physics Letters B
• Publisher: Elsevier BV
• ISSN: 0370-2693
• ISSN (Online): 1873-2445