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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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Autor principal: Hays, Chris
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1439962
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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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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
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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
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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
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