Published April 26, 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

A combined analysis of the hadronic and leptonic decays of the Z0

Description

We report on a measurement of the mass of the Z0 boson, its total width, and its partial decay widths into hadrons and leptons. On the basis of 25801 hadronic decays and 1999 decays into electrons, muons or taus, selected over eleven energy points between 88.28 GeV and 95.04 GeV, we obtain from a combined fit to hadrons and leptons a mass of Mz = 91.154±0.021(exp)±0.030 (LEP) GeV, and a total width of ΓZ = 2.536±0.045 GeV. The errors on MZ have been separated into the experimental error and the uncertainty due to the LEP beam energy. The measured leptonic partial widths are Γee=81.2±2.6 MeV, Γμμ=82.6±5.8 MeV, and Γττ=85.7±7.1 MeV, consistent with lepton universality. From a fit assuming lepton universality we obtain Γsub(l+l-)=81.9±2.0 MeV. The hadronic partial width is Γhad=1838±46 MeV. From the measured total and partial widths a model independent value for the invisible width is calculated to be Γinv=453±44 MeV. The errors quoted include both the statistical and the systematic uncertainties. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
240
Journal Issue
3/4
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
497-512
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

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Collaborations
OPAL Collaboration.