The three different helicity states of W(+/-) bosons, produced in the reaction e(+)e(-) --> W(+)W(-) --> lvq (q) over bar are studied using leptonic and hadronic W decays at root s = 183 GeV and 189 GeV. The W polarisation is also measured as a function of the scattering angle between the W(-) and the direction of the e(-) beam. The analysis demonstrates that W bosons are produced with all three helicities, the longitudinal and the two transverse states. Combining the results from the two center-of-mass energies and with leptonic and hadronic W decays, the fraction of longitudinally polarised W(+/-) bosons is measured to be 0.261 +/- 0.016(syst.) +/- 0.016(syst.) in agreement with the expectation from the Standard Model. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Direct observation of longitudinally polarised W +/- bosons / M. Acciarri, P. Achard, O. Adriani, M. Aguilar-Benitez, J. Alcaraz, G. Alemanni, J. Allaby, A. Aloisio, M. G. Alviggi, G. Ambrosi, H. Anderhub, V. P. Andreev, T. Angelescu, F. Anselmo, A. Arefiev, T. Azemoon, T. Aziz, P. Bagnaia, L. Baksay, A. Balandras, et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - ELETTRONICO. - 474:(2000), pp. 194-204. [10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01489-6]

Direct observation of longitudinally polarised W +/- bosons

ADRIANI, OSCAR;BECATTINI, FRANCESCO;D'ALESSANDRO, RAFFAELLO;
2000

Abstract

The three different helicity states of W(+/-) bosons, produced in the reaction e(+)e(-) --> W(+)W(-) --> lvq (q) over bar are studied using leptonic and hadronic W decays at root s = 183 GeV and 189 GeV. The W polarisation is also measured as a function of the scattering angle between the W(-) and the direction of the e(-) beam. The analysis demonstrates that W bosons are produced with all three helicities, the longitudinal and the two transverse states. Combining the results from the two center-of-mass energies and with leptonic and hadronic W decays, the fraction of longitudinally polarised W(+/-) bosons is measured to be 0.261 +/- 0.016(syst.) +/- 0.016(syst.) in agreement with the expectation from the Standard Model. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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M. Acciarri;P. Achard;O. Adriani;M. Aguilar-Benitez;J. Alcaraz;G. Alemanni;J. Allaby;A. Aloisio;M. G. Alviggi;G. Ambrosi;H. Anderhub;V. P. ...espandi
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