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A measurement of the mass of the W vector boson at CDF

  • 1. Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL (United States). Dept. of Physics

Description

We present a preliminary measurement of the mass of the W vector boson using the decays W → ev and W → μv. The mass of the W is an important parameter of the standard model. Through its relation to both the top quark and the higgs sector, it provides a sensitive probe of the electroweak theory. During the last run of Fermilab's Tevatron, CDF recorded bar pp collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.3 pb-1. An analysis of both decay channels yields a combined mass measurement of Mw = 80.38 ± 0.23 GeV/c

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
7 p.
Report number
FNAL/C--94/282-E

Conference

Title
Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society.
Dates
2-6 Aug 1994.
Place
Albuquerque, NM (United States).

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract AC02-76CH03000
Collaborations
CDF Collaboration.
Funding organization
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States).
Secondary number(s)
CONF-940816--58.