More extensive and precise results are reported on the parameters of Z decay. On the basis of 20000 Z decays collected with the ALEPH detector at LEP we find M_Z= 91.182+/- 0.026 (exp.) +/- 0.030 (beam) GeV, Gamma_Z = 2.541 +/- 0.056 GeV and sigma_had=41.4 +/-0.8 nb. The partial widths for the hadronic and leptonic channels are Gamma_had=1804 +/- 44 MeV, Gamma_e+e- =82.1 +/- 3.4 MeV, Gamma_mu+mu- =87.9+/- 6.0 MeV and Gamma_tau+tau-=86.1 +/- 5.6 MeV, in good agreement with the standard model. On the basis of the average leptonic width Gamma_l+l- =83.9 +/- 2.2 MeV, the effective weak mixing angle is found to be sin(2)tetaw(M_Z)=0.231 +/- 0.008. Using the partial widths calculated in the standard model, the number of light neutrino families is N_nu = 3.01 +/- 0.15 (exp.) +/-0.05 (theor.).
A Precise Determination of the Number of Families With Light Neutrinos and of the Z Boson Partial Widths
CIOCCI, MARIA AGNESE;BATIGNANI, GIOVANNI;FERRANTE, ISIDORO;FIDECARO, FRANCESCO;FORTI, FRANCESCO;GIORGI, MARCELLO;MESSINEO, ALBERTO MARIA;TONELLI, GUIDO EMILIO;TRIGGIANI, GIUSEPPE;
1990-01-01
Abstract
More extensive and precise results are reported on the parameters of Z decay. On the basis of 20000 Z decays collected with the ALEPH detector at LEP we find M_Z= 91.182+/- 0.026 (exp.) +/- 0.030 (beam) GeV, Gamma_Z = 2.541 +/- 0.056 GeV and sigma_had=41.4 +/-0.8 nb. The partial widths for the hadronic and leptonic channels are Gamma_had=1804 +/- 44 MeV, Gamma_e+e- =82.1 +/- 3.4 MeV, Gamma_mu+mu- =87.9+/- 6.0 MeV and Gamma_tau+tau-=86.1 +/- 5.6 MeV, in good agreement with the standard model. On the basis of the average leptonic width Gamma_l+l- =83.9 +/- 2.2 MeV, the effective weak mixing angle is found to be sin(2)tetaw(M_Z)=0.231 +/- 0.008. Using the partial widths calculated in the standard model, the number of light neutrino families is N_nu = 3.01 +/- 0.15 (exp.) +/-0.05 (theor.).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.