In June 1996, the LEP centre-of-mass energy was raised to 161 GeV. Pair production of W bosons in e+e− collisions was observed for the first time by the LEP experiments. An integrated luminosity of 11 pb−1 was recorded in the ALEPH detector, in which WW candidate events were observed. In 6 events both Ws decay leptonically. In 16 events, one W decays leptonically, the other into hadrons. In the channel where both Ws decay into hadrons, a signal was separated from the large background by means of several multi-variate analyses. The W pair cross-section is measured to be σWW = 4.23 ± 0.73 (stat.) ± 0.19 (syst.) pb. From this cross-section, the W mass is derived within the framework of the Standard Model: mW = 80.14 ± 0.34 (stat.) ± 0.09 (syst.) ± 0.03 (LEP energy) GeV/c2

Measurement of the W mass in e+e− collisions at production threshold / R. Barate, D. Buskulic, D. Decamp, P. Ghez, C. Goy, J.-P. Lees, A. Lucotte, M.-N. Minard, J.-Y. Nief, B. Pietrzyk, M.P. Casado, M. Chmeissani, P. Comas, J.M. Crespo, M. Delfino, E. Fernandez, M. Fernandez-Bosman, Ll. Garrido, A. Juste, M. Martinez, et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - ELETTRONICO. - 401:(1997), pp. 347-362. [10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00460-7]

Measurement of the W mass in e+e− collisions at production threshold

FOCARDI, ETTORE;CIULLI, VITALIANO;
1997

Abstract

In June 1996, the LEP centre-of-mass energy was raised to 161 GeV. Pair production of W bosons in e+e− collisions was observed for the first time by the LEP experiments. An integrated luminosity of 11 pb−1 was recorded in the ALEPH detector, in which WW candidate events were observed. In 6 events both Ws decay leptonically. In 16 events, one W decays leptonically, the other into hadrons. In the channel where both Ws decay into hadrons, a signal was separated from the large background by means of several multi-variate analyses. The W pair cross-section is measured to be σWW = 4.23 ± 0.73 (stat.) ± 0.19 (syst.) pb. From this cross-section, the W mass is derived within the framework of the Standard Model: mW = 80.14 ± 0.34 (stat.) ± 0.09 (syst.) ± 0.03 (LEP energy) GeV/c2
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R. Barate;D. Buskulic;D. Decamp;P. Ghez;C. Goy;J.-P. Lees;A. Lucotte;M.-N. Minard;J.-Y. Nief;B. Pietrzyk;M.P. Casado;M. Chmeissani;P. Com...espandi
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