Published November 2002 | Version v1
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The study of the W boson

Creators

  • 1. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  • 2. CEA Saclay, Dept. d'Astrophysique, de Physique des Particules de Physique Nucleaire et de l'Instrumentation Associee, 91- Gif sur Yvette (France)
  • 3. Imperial College, Dept. of Physics, London (United Kingdom)

Description

the status of the measurement of the W boson mass at LEP-2 is reviewed. Properties of the W such as branching ration into quarks and leptons and couplings to other neutral gauge bosons are reported. 4-fermion production cross-sections in e+e- collisions are also presented. (authors)

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (English)
L'etude du boson W

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Comptes Rendus. Physique
Journal Issue
no.9t.3
Journal Page Range
p. 1173-1181
ISSN
1631-0705

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
34078820
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ELECTRON-POSITRON COLLISIONS; INTERMEDIATE BOSONS; MASS; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; TOTAL CROSS SECTIONS
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; COLLISIONS; CROSS SECTIONS; DECAY; ELECTRON COLLISIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; POSITRON COLLISIONS

Optional Information

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