Direct measurement of the top quark mass

被引:106
作者
Abachi, S
Abbott, B
Abolins, M
Acharya, BS
Adam, I
Adams, DL
Adams, M
Ahn, S
Aihara, H
Alves, GA
Amidi, E
Amos, N
Anderson, EW
Astur, R
Baarmand, MM
Baden, A
Balamurali, V
Balderston, J
Baldin, B
Banerjee, S
Bantly, J
Barberis, E
Bartlett, JF
Bazizi, K
Belyaev, A
Beri, SB
Bertram, I
Bezzubov, VA
Bhat, PC
Bhatnagar, V
Bhattacharjee, M
Biswas, N
Blazey, G
Blessing, S
Bloom, P
Boehnlein, A
Bojko, NI
Borcherding, F
Borders, J
Boswell, C
Brandt, A
Brock, R
Bross, A
Buchholz, D
Burtovoi, VS
Butler, JM
Carvalho, W
Casey, D
CastillaValdez, H
Chakraborty, D
机构
[1] UNIV ARIZONA, TUCSON, AZ 85721 USA
[2] BOSTON UNIV, BOSTON, MA 02215 USA
[3] BROOKHAVEN NATL LAB, UPTON, NY 11973 USA
[4] BROWN UNIV, PROVIDENCE, RI 02912 USA
[5] UNIV BUENOS AIRES, BUENOS AIRES, DF, ARGENTINA
[6] UNIV CALIF DAVIS, DAVIS, CA 95616 USA
[7] UNIV CALIF IRVINE, IRVINE, CA 92697 USA
[8] UNIV CALIF RIVERSIDE, RIVERSIDE, CA 92521 USA
[9] CTR BRASILEIRO PESQUISAS FIS, LAFEX, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
[10] CINVESTAV, MEXICO CITY 14000, DF, MEXICO
[11] COLUMBIA UNIV, NEW YORK, NY 10027 USA
[12] UNIV DELHI, DELHI 110007, INDIA
[13] FERMILAB NATL ACCELERATOR LAB, BATAVIA, IL 60510 USA
[14] FLORIDA STATE UNIV, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32306 USA
[15] UNIV HAWAII, HONOLULU, HI 96822 USA
[16] UNIV ILLINOIS, CHICAGO, IL 60607 USA
[17] INDIANA UNIV, BLOOMINGTON, IN 47405 USA
[18] IOWA STATE UNIV SCI & TECHNOL, AMES, IA 50011 USA
[19] KOREA UNIV, SEOUL 136701, SOUTH KOREA
[20] KYUNGSUNG UNIV, PUSAN 608736, SOUTH KOREA
[21] LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB, BERKELEY, CA 94720 USA
[22] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY, BERKELEY, CA 94720 USA
[23] UNIV MARYLAND, COLLEGE PK, MD 20742 USA
[24] UNIV MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 USA
[25] MICHIGAN STATE UNIV, E LANSING, MI 48824 USA
[26] UNIV NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NE 68588 USA
[27] NYU, NEW YORK, NY 10003 USA
[28] NORTHEASTERN UNIV, BOSTON, MA 02115 USA
[29] NO ILLINOIS UNIV, DE KALB, IL 60115 USA
[30] NORTHWESTERN UNIV, EVANSTON, IL 60208 USA
[31] UNIV NOTRE DAME, NOTRE DAME, IN 46556 USA
[32] UNIV OKLAHOMA, NORMAN, OK 73019 USA
[33] UNIV PANJAB, CHANDIGARH 160014, INDIA
[34] MOSCOW HIGH ENERGY PHYS INST, PROTVINO 142284, RUSSIA
[35] PURDUE UNIV, W LAFAYETTE, IN 47907 USA
[36] RICE UNIV, HOUSTON, TX 77005 USA
[37] UNIV FED RIO DE JANEIRO, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
[38] UNIV ROCHESTER, ROCHESTER, NY 14267 USA
[39] CE SACLAY, CEA,DAPNIA,SERV PHYS PARTICULES, GIF SUR YVETTE, FRANCE
[40] SEOUL NATL UNIV, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
[41] SUNY STONY BROOK, STONY BROOK, NY 11794 USA
[42] TATA INST FUNDAMENTAL RES, BOMBAY 400005, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA
[43] UNIV TEXAS, ARLINGTON, TX 76019 USA
[44] TEXAS A&M UNIV, COLLEGE STN, TX 77843 USA
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.1197
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We measure the top quark mass m(t) using t(t) over bar pairs produced in the DO detector by root s = 1.8 TeV p(p) over bar collisions in a 125 pb(-1) exposure at the Fermilab Tevatron. We make a two constraint fit to m(t) in t(t) over bar --> bW(+)(b) over bar W- final states with one W decaying to q(q) over bar and the other to e nu or mu nu. Events are binned in fit mass versus a measure of probability for events to be signal rather than background. Likelihood fits to the data yield m(t) = 173.3 +/- 5.6(stat) +/- 6.2(syst) GeV/c(2).
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页码:1197 / 1202
页数:6
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