Measurement of W-pair production in e+e− collisions at 183 GeV

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doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00304-4

The production of W+W- pairs is analysed in a data sample collected by ALEPH at a mean centre-of-mass energy of 182.7 GeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 57 pb(-1). Cross sections are given for different topologies of W decays into leptons or hadrons. Under Standard Model assumptions for the W-pair production and decay, the W-pair cross section is measured to be 15.57 +/- 0.62 (stat.) +/- 0.29 (syst.) ph. Using also the W-pair data samples collected by ALEPH at lower centre-of-mass energies, the decay branching ratio of the W boson into hadrons is measured to be B(W --> hadrons) = 68.93 +/- 1.21 (stat.) +/- 0.51 (syst.)%, allowing a determination of the CKM matrix element /V-cs/ = 1.043 +/- 0.058 (stat.) +/- 0.026 (syst.). The agreement of the cross sections with the Standard Model prediction allows a limit to be set on the W decay rate to undetectable final states

Measurement of W-pair production in e+e− collisions at 183 GeV / Barate, R., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Jezequel, S., Lees, J.p., Martin, F., Merle, E., Minard, M.n., Pietrzyk, B., Alemany, R., Casado, M.p., Chmeissani, M., Crespo, J.m., Fernandez, E., Fernandez Bosman, M., Garrido, L., Grauges, E., Juste, A., Martinez, M., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - STAMPA. - 453:1-2(1999), pp. 107-120. [10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00304-4]