Published January 1999
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Journal article
Measurement of the Top Quark Mass with the Collider Detector at Fermilab
Creators
- Blair, R.E.1
- Byrum, K.L.1
- Kovacs, E.1
- Kuhlmann, S.E.1
- LeCompte, T.1
- Nodulman, L.1
- Breccia, L.2
- Brunetti, R.2
- Deninno, M.2
- Fiori, I.2
- Mazzanti, P.2
- Behrends, S.3
- Bensinger, J.3
- Blocker, C.3
- Kirsch, L.3
- Lamoureux, J.I.3
- Bonushkin, Y.4
- Hauser, J.4
- Lindgren, M.4
- Amadon, A.5
- Berryhill, J.5
- Contreras, M.5
- Culbertson, R.5
- Frisch, H.5
- Grosso-Pilcher, C.5
- Hohlmann, M.5
- Nakaya, T.5
- Cronin-Hennessy, D.6
- Dittmann, J.R.6
- Goshaw, A.T.6
- Khazins, D.6
- Kowald, W.6
- Oh, S.H.6
- Albrow, M.G.7
- Atac, M.7
- Beretvas, A.7
- Berge, J.P.7
- Biery, K.7
- Binkley, M.7
- Buckley-Geer, E.7
- Byon-Wagner, A.7
- Chlebana, F.7
- Cihangir, S.7
- Cooper, J.7
- DeJongh, F.7
- Demina, R.7
- Derwent, P.F.7
- Elias, J.E.7
- Erdmann, W.7
- Flaugher, B.7
- Foster, G.W.7
- Freeman, J.7
- Geer, S.7
- Hahn, S.R.7
- Harris, R.M.7
- Incandela, J.7
- Jensen, H.7
- Joshi, U.7
- Kennedy, R.D.7
- Kephart, R.7
- Lammel, S.7
- Lewis, J.D.7
- Lukens, P.7
- Maeshima, K.7
- Marriner, J.P.7
- Miao, T.7
- Mukherjee, A.7
- Nelson, C.7
- Newman-Holmes, C.7
- Klimenko, S.8
- Konigsberg, J.8
- Korytov, A.8
- Nomerotski, A.8
- Barone, M.9
- Bertolucci, S.9
- Cordelli, M.9
- DellAgnello, S.9
- Giromini, P.9
- Happacher, F.9
- Miscetti, S.9
- Clark, A.G.10
- Couyoumtzelis, C.10
- Kambara, H.10
- Baumann, T.
- Burkett, K.
- Franklin, M.
- Gordon, A.
- Hamilton, R.
- Huth, J.
- Kestenbaum, D.
- and others
- 1. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
- 2. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, University of Bologna, I-40127 Bologna (Italy)
- 3. Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254 (United States)
- 4. University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024 (United States)
- 5. University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 (United States)
- 6. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 (United States)
- 7. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)
- 8. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (United States)
- 9. Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, I-00044 Frascati (Italy)
- 10. University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 4 (Switzerland)
Description
We present a new measurement of the top quark mass in tt events in which both W bosons from top quarks decay into leptons (eν,thinspμν) . We use events collected by the CDF experiment from pp collisions at √ (s) =1.8 TeV at the Tevatron collider. We measure a top quark mass of 167.4±10.3(stat)±4.8( syst) GeV /c2 from a sample of eight events. We combine this result with previous CDF measurements in other decay channels to obtain a final mass value of 176.0±6.5 GeV /c2 . copyright 1999 The American Physical Society
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 82
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 271-276
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 30021355
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- DYNAMIC MASS SPECTROMETERS; FERMILAB COLLIDER DETECTOR; MUONS; NEUTRINOS; PROTON-ANTIPROTON INTERACTIONS; QUARKS; REST MASS; T QUARKS; W PLUS BOSONS
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; INTERACTIONS; INTERMEDIATE BOSONS; INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS; LEPTONS; MASS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEON-ANTINUCLEON INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUARKS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SPECTROMETERS; TOP PARTICLES