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 sigma(ww) = 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: m(w) = 80.14 +/- 0.34(stat.) +/- 0.09(syst.) +/- 0.03(LEP energy) GeV/c(2)

Measurement of the W mass in e+e− collisions at production threshold / 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., Fernandezbosman, M., Garrido, L., Juste, A., Martinez, M., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - STAMPA. - 401:3-4(1997), pp. 347-362. [10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00460-7]

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

CREANZA, Donato Maria;IASELLI, Giuseppe;MAGGI, Giorgio Pietro;
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 sigma(ww) = 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: m(w) = 80.14 +/- 0.34(stat.) +/- 0.09(syst.) +/- 0.03(LEP energy) GeV/c(2)
1997
Measurement of the W mass in e+e− collisions at production threshold / 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., Fernandezbosman, M., Garrido, L., Juste, A., Martinez, M., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - STAMPA. - 401:3-4(1997), pp. 347-362. [10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00460-7]
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