A MEASUREMENT OF THE W AND Z PRODUCTION CROSS-SECTIONS AND A DETERMINATION OF GAMMA-W AT THE CERN PBARP COLLIDER

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作者
ALITTI, J
AMBROSINI, G
ANSARI, R
AUTIERO, D
BAREYRE, P
BERTRAM, IA
BLAYLOCK, G
BONAMY, P
BORER, K
BOURLIAUD, M
BUSKULIC, D
CARBONI, G
CAVALLI, D
CAVASINNI, V
CENCI, P
CHOLLET, JC
CONTA, C
COSTA, G
COSTANTINI, F
COZZI, L
CRAVERO, A
CURATOLO, M
DELLACQUA, A
DELPRETE, T
DEWOLF, RS
DILELLA, L
DUCROS, Y
EGAN, GF
EINSWEILER, KF
ESPOSITO, B
FAYARD, L
FEDERSPIEL, A
FERRARI, R
FRATERNALI, M
FROIDEVAUX, D
FUMAGALLI, G
GAILLARD, JM
GAINOTTI, F
GILDEMEISTER, O
GOSSLING, C
GOGGI, VG
GRUNENDAHL, S
HARA, K
HELLMAN, S
HRIVNAC, J
HUFNAGEL, H
HUGENTOBLER, E
HULTQVIST, K
IACOPINI, E
INCANDELA, J
机构
[1] UNIV PAVIA,DIPARTIMENTO FIS NUCL & TEOR,I-27100 PAVIA,ITALY
[2] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,PAVIA,ITALY
[3] UNIV PARIS 11,ACCELERATEUR LINEAIRE LAB,F-91405 ORSAY,FRANCE
[4] UNIV PISA,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-56100 PISA,ITALY
[5] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,PISA,ITALY
[6] UNIV MELBOURNE,SCH PHYS,PARKVILLE,VIC 3052,AUSTRALIA
[7] CERN,CH-1211 GENEVA 23,SWITZERLAND
[8] UNIV BERN,HOCHENERGIEPHYS LAB,CH-3012 BERN,SWITZERLAND
[9] UNIV MILAN,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-20133 MILAN,ITALY
[10] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,MILAN,ITALY
[11] UNIV PERUGIA,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-06100 PERUGIA,ITALY
[12] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,PERUGIA,ITALY
[13] UNIV CAMBRIDGE,CAVENDISH LAB,CAMBRIDGE CB3 0HE,ENGLAND
[14] UNIV DORTMUND,LEHRSTUHL EXPTL PHYS 4,W-4600 DORTMUND,GERMANY
[15] UNIV HEIDELBERG,INST HOCHENERGIEPHYS,W-6900 HEIDELBERG,GERMANY
[16] SCUOLA NORMALE SUPER PISA,I-56100 PISA,ITALY
基金
澳大利亚研究理事会;
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D O I
10.1016/0370-2693(92)90333-Y
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The decays W --> ev and Z --> e+e- are studied in ppBAR collisions at square-root s = 630 GeV. The products of production cross section and branching ratio are measured as sigma(W)e = 682 +/- 12 +/- 40 pb and sigma(Z)e = 65.6 +/- 4.0 +/- 3.8 pb. The results are in good agreement with O (alpha(s)2) calculations of the production cross sections. Many systematic effects cancel in the ratio, R = 10.4 +/- 0.6(0.7) +/- 0.3, which can be used to give an indirect measurement of the total width of the W boson: GAMMA(W) = 2.10 +/- 0.13 +/- 0.09 GeV. The width gives a limit on the top quark mass, m(top) > 53 GeV (95% CL), which is independent of the top decay mode.
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页数:10
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