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A Precise Measurement of the W Boson Mass with CDF
<!--HTML-->The W boson mass measurement probes quantum corrections to the W propagator, such as those arising from supersymmetric particles or Higgs bosons. The new measurement from CDF is more precise than the previous world average, providing a stringent constraint on the mass of the Higgs b...
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author | Hays, Chris |
author_facet | Hays, Chris |
author_sort | Hays, Chris |
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description | <!--HTML-->The W boson mass measurement probes quantum corrections to the W propagator, such as those arising from supersymmetric particles or Higgs bosons. The new measurement from CDF is more precise than the previous world average, providing a stringent constraint on the mass of the Higgs boson in the context of the Standard Model. I describe this measurement, performed with 2.2/fb of data using 1.1 million candidates in the electron and muon decay channels, with three kinematic fits in each channel. The measurement uses in-situ calibrations from cosmic rays, J/psi and Upsilon data, and W- and Z-boson decays, with multiple cross-checks including independent determinations of the Z boson mass in both channels. The W-boson mass is measured to be 80387 +- 19 MeV/c^2. |
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institution | Organización Europea para la Investigación Nuclear |
language | eng |
publishDate | 2012 |
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spelling | cern-14399622022-11-02T22:31:41Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/1439962engHays, ChrisA Precise Measurement of the W Boson Mass with CDFA Precise Measurement of the W Boson Mass with CDFEP Seminar<!--HTML-->The W boson mass measurement probes quantum corrections to the W propagator, such as those arising from supersymmetric particles or Higgs bosons. The new measurement from CDF is more precise than the previous world average, providing a stringent constraint on the mass of the Higgs boson in the context of the Standard Model. I describe this measurement, performed with 2.2/fb of data using 1.1 million candidates in the electron and muon decay channels, with three kinematic fits in each channel. The measurement uses in-situ calibrations from cosmic rays, J/psi and Upsilon data, and W- and Z-boson decays, with multiple cross-checks including independent determinations of the Z boson mass in both channels. The W-boson mass is measured to be 80387 +- 19 MeV/c^2.oai:cds.cern.ch:14399622012 |
spellingShingle | EP Seminar Hays, Chris A Precise Measurement of the W Boson Mass with CDF |
title | A Precise Measurement of the W Boson Mass with CDF |
title_full | A Precise Measurement of the W Boson Mass with CDF |
title_fullStr | A Precise Measurement of the W Boson Mass with CDF |
title_full_unstemmed | A Precise Measurement of the W Boson Mass with CDF |
title_short | A Precise Measurement of the W Boson Mass with CDF |
title_sort | precise measurement of the w boson mass with cdf |
topic | EP Seminar |
url | http://cds.cern.ch/record/1439962 |
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