Precise measurements of the W mass at the Tevatron and indirect constraints on the Higgs mass
Description
I describe the latest D0 and CDF W boson mass measurements. The D0 measurement is performed with 4.3 fb-1 of integrated luminosity in the electron decay channel with a data set of 1.68 x 108 W candidates. The value of the W boson mass measured by D0 is MW = 80.375 ± 0.023 GeV when combined with the previously analyzed 1 fb-1 of integrated luminosity. The CDF measurement uses 2.2 fb-1 of integrated luminosity in both electron and muon decay channels with a total of 1.1 x 108 W candidates. The value of the W boson mass measured by CDF is MW = 80.387 ± 0.019 GeV. I report the combination of these two measurements with previous Tevatron measurements and with the LEP measurements of the W boson mass. The new world average is MW = 80.385 ± 0.015GeV. I discuss the implications of the new measurement to the indirect measurement of the Standard Model Higgs boson mass.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://lss.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/find_paper.pl?conf-12-103.pdf; PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1038944/Additional details
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 8 p.
- Report number
- FERMILAB-CONF--12-103-E
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 43081015
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- DECAY; ELECTRONS; FERMILAB COLLIDER DETECTOR; FERMILAB TEVATRON; HIGGS BOSONS; INTERMEDIATE BOSONS; LUMINOSITY; MUONS; STANDARD MODEL
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; BOSONS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; LEPTONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RADIATION DETECTORS; SYNCHROTRONS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- arXiv eprint number arXiv:1204.3260; AC02-07CH11359
- Funding organization
- DOE Office of Science (United States)