The e(+)e(-) --> W+W- cross section is measured in a data sample collected by ALEPH at a mean centre-of-mass energy of 172.09 GeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 10.65 pb(-1). Cross sections are given for the three topologies, fully leptonic, semi-leptonic and hadronic of a W-pair decay. Under the assumption that no other decay modes are present, the W-pair cross section is measured to be 11.7 +/- 1.2(stat.) +/- 0.3(syst.) pb. The existence of the triple gauge boson vertex of the Standard Model is clearly preferred by the data. The decay branching ratio of the W boson into hadrons is measured to be B(W --> hadrons) = 67.7 +/- 3.1(stat.) +/- 0.7(syst.) %, allowing a determination of the CKM matrix element \V-cs\ = 0.98 +/- 0.14(stat.) +/- 0.03(syst.).

Measurement of the W-pair cross section in e+e− collisions at 172 GeV / Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.p., Lucotte, A., Minard, M.n., Nief, J.y., Pietrzyk, B., Casado, M.p., Chmeissani, M., Comas, P., Crespo, J.m., Delfino, M., Fernandez, E., Fernandez Bosman, M., Garrido, L., Juste, A., Martinez, M., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - STAMPA. - 415:4(1997), pp. 435-444. [10.1016/S0370-2693(97)01266-5]

Measurement of the W-pair cross section in e+e− collisions at 172 GeV

CREANZA, Donato Maria;IASELLI, Giuseppe;MAGGI, Giorgio Pietro;
1997

Abstract

The e(+)e(-) --> W+W- cross section is measured in a data sample collected by ALEPH at a mean centre-of-mass energy of 172.09 GeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 10.65 pb(-1). Cross sections are given for the three topologies, fully leptonic, semi-leptonic and hadronic of a W-pair decay. Under the assumption that no other decay modes are present, the W-pair cross section is measured to be 11.7 +/- 1.2(stat.) +/- 0.3(syst.) pb. The existence of the triple gauge boson vertex of the Standard Model is clearly preferred by the data. The decay branching ratio of the W boson into hadrons is measured to be B(W --> hadrons) = 67.7 +/- 3.1(stat.) +/- 0.7(syst.) %, allowing a determination of the CKM matrix element \V-cs\ = 0.98 +/- 0.14(stat.) +/- 0.03(syst.).
1997
Measurement of the W-pair cross section in e+e− collisions at 172 GeV / Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.p., Lucotte, A., Minard, M.n., Nief, J.y., Pietrzyk, B., Casado, M.p., Chmeissani, M., Comas, P., Crespo, J.m., Delfino, M., Fernandez, E., Fernandez Bosman, M., Garrido, L., Juste, A., Martinez, M., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - STAMPA. - 415:4(1997), pp. 435-444. [10.1016/S0370-2693(97)01266-5]
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