Improved measurement of the left-right Z(0) cross section asymmetry

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作者
Abe, K
Abe, K
Abt, I
Akagi, T
Allen, NJ
Ash, WW
Aston, D
Baird, KG
Baltay, C
Band, HR
Barakat, MB
Baranko, G
Bardon, O
Barklow, TL
Bashindzhagyan, GL
Bazarko, AO
BenDavid, R
Benvenuti, AC
Bilei, GM
Bisello, D
Blaylock, G
Bogart, JR
Bolen, B
Bolton, T
Bower, GR
Brau, JE
Breidenbach, M
Bugg, WM
Burke, D
Burnett, TH
Burrows, PN
Busza, W
Calcaterra, A
Caldwell, DO
Calloway, D
Camanzi, B
Carpinelli, M
Cassell, R
Castaldi, R
Castro, A
CavalliSforza, M
Chou, A
Church, E
Cohn, HO
Coller, JA
Cook, V
Cotton, R
Cowan, RF
Coyne, DG
Crawford, G
机构
[1] ADELPHI UNIV, GARDEN CITY, NY 11530 USA
[2] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-40126 BOLOGNA, ITALY
[3] BOSTON UNIV, BOSTON, MA 02215 USA
[4] BRUNEL UNIV, UXBRIDGE UB8 3PH, MIDDX, ENGLAND
[5] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106 USA
[6] UNIV CALIF SANTA CRUZ, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95064 USA
[7] UNIV CINCINNATI, CINCINNATI, OH 45221 USA
[8] COLORADO STATE UNIV, FT COLLINS, CO 80523 USA
[9] UNIV COLORADO, BOULDER, CO 80309 USA
[10] COLUMBIA UNIV, NEW YORK, NY 10027 USA
[11] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-44100 FERRARA, ITALY
[12] UNIV FERRARA, I-44100 FERRARA, ITALY
[13] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, LAB NAZL FRASCATI, I-00044 FRASCATI, ITALY
[14] UNIV ILLINOIS, URBANA, IL 61801 USA
[15] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY, LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB, BERKELEY, CA 94720 USA
[16] MIT, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 USA
[17] UNIV MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST, MA 01003 USA
[18] UNIV MISSISSIPPI, UNIVERSITY, MS 38677 USA
[19] MOSCOW MV LOMONOSOV STATE UNIV, INST NUCL PHYS, MOSCOW 119899, RUSSIA
[20] UNIV OREGON, EUGENE, OR 97403 USA
[21] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-35100 PADUA, ITALY
[22] UNIV PADUA, I-35100 PADUA, ITALY
[23] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-06100 PERUGIA, ITALY
[24] UNIV PERUGIA, I-06100 PERUGIA, ITALY
[25] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-56100 PISA, ITALY
[26] UNIV PISA, I-56100 PISA, ITALY
[27] RUTGERS STATE UNIV, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855 USA
[28] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB, DIDCOT OX11 0QX, OXON, ENGLAND
[29] SOGANG UNIV, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
[30] SOONGSIL UNIV, SEOUL 156743, SOUTH KOREA
[31] STANFORD UNIV, STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CTR, STANFORD, CA 94309 USA
[32] UNIV TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE, TN 37996 USA
[33] TOHOKU UNIV, SENDAI, MIYAGI 980, JAPAN
[34] VANDERBILT UNIV, NASHVILLE, TN 37235 USA
[35] UNIV WASHINGTON, SEATTLE, WA 98195 USA
[36] UNIV WISCONSIN, MADISON, WI 53706 USA
[37] YALE UNIV, NEW HAVEN, CT 06511 USA
[38] UNIV GENOA, I-16146 GENOA, ITALY
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.2075
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We present a new measurement of the left-right cross section asymmetry (A(LR)) for Z boson production by e(+)e(-) collisions. The measurement was performed at a center-of-mass energy of 91.28 GeV with the SLD detector at the SLAC Linear Collider (SLC), The luminosity-weighted average polarization of the SLC electron beam was (77.23 +/- 0.52)%. Using a sample of 93644 Z decays, we measure the pole value of the asymmetry, A(LR)(0), to be 0.1512 +/- 0.0042(stat) +/- 0.0011(syst). which is equivalent to an effective weak mixing angle of sin(2) theta(W)(eff) = 0.23100 +/- 0.00054(stat) +/- 0.00014(syst).
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页码:2075 / 2079
页数:5
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