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

G. Batignani;CIOCCI, MARIA AGNESE;FERRANTE, ISIDORO;MESSINEO, ALBERTO MARIA;TONELLI, GUIDO EMILIO;
1997-01-01

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
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...espandi
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