A Measurement of the W Boson Mass at the Fermilab p p̄ Collider

A Measurement of the W Boson Mass at the Fermilab p p̄ Collider

We report a measurement of the W boson mass based on an integrated luminosity of 82 pb-1 from pp̄ collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV recorded in 1994-1995 by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. We identify W bosons by their decays to e v and extract the mass by fitting the transverse mass spectrum fro...

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Main Authors: Abbott, B, Abolins, M, Acharya, B, Adam, I, Adams, D, Adams, M, Ahn, S, Aihara, H, Alves, G, Amos, N, Anderson, E, Astur, R, Baarmand, M, Baden, A, Balamurali, V, Balderston, J, Baldin, B, Banerjee, S, Bantly, J, Barberis, E, Bartlett, J, Bazizi, K, Belyaev, A, Beri, S, Bertram, I
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1998
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Summary:We report a measurement of the W boson mass based on an integrated luminosity of 82 pb-1 from pp̄ collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV recorded in 1994-1995 by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. We identify W bosons by their decays to e v and extract the mass by fitting the transverse mass spectrum from 28 323 W boson candidates. A sample of 3563 dielectron events, mostly due to Z → ee decays, constrains models of W boson production and the detector. We measure MW = 80.44 ± 0.10(stat) ± 0.07(syst) GeV. By combining this measurement with our result form the 1992-1993 data set, we obtain Mw = 80.43 ± 0.11 GeV.

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