W Boson Polarisation at LEP2

Elements of the spin density matrix for W bosons in e+e- -> W+W- -> qqln events are measured from data recorded by the OPAL detector at LEP. This information is used calculate polarised differential cross-sections and to search for CP-violating effects. Results are presented for W bosons produ...

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Autores principales: Abbiendi, G., Ainsley, C., Akesson, P.F., Alexander, G., Allison, John, Amaral, P., Anagnostou, G., Anderson, K.J., Arcelli, S., Asai, S., Axen, D., Azuelos, G., Bailey, I., Barberio, E., Barillari, T., Barlow, R.J., Batley, R.J., Bechtle, P., Behnke, T., Bell, Kenneth Watson, Bell, P.J., Bella, G., Bellerive, A., Benelli, G., Bethke, S., Biebel, O., Boeriu, O., Bock, P., Boutemeur, M., Braibant, S., Brigliadori, L., Brown, Robert M., Buesser, K., Burckhart, H.J., Campana, S., Carnegie, R.K., Carter, A.A., Carter, J.R., Chang, C.Y., Charlton, D.G., Ciocca, C., Couchman, J., Csilling, A., Cuffiani, M., Dado, S., De Roeck, A., De Wolf, E.A., Desch, K., Dienes, B., Donkers, M., Dubbert, J., Duchovni, E., Duckeck, G., Duerdoth, I.P., Etzion, E., Fabbri, F., Feld, L., Ferrari, P., Fiedler, F., Fleck, I., Ford, M., Frey, A., Gagnon, P., Gary, John William, Gaycken, G., Geich-Gimbel, C., Giacomelli, G., Giacomelli, P., Giunta, Marina, Goldberg, J., Gross, E., Grunhaus, J., Gruwe, M., Gunther, P.O., Gupta, A., Hajdu, C., Hamann, M., Hanson, G.G., Harel, A., Hauschild, M., Hawkes, C.M., Hawkings, R., Hemingway, R.J., Herten, G., Heuer, R.D., Hill, J.C., Hoffman, Kara Dion, Horvath, D., Igo-Kemenes, P., Ishii, K., Jeremie, H., Jovanovic, P., Junk, T.R., Kanaya, N., Kanzaki, J., Karlen, D., Kawagoe, K., Kawamoto, T., Keeler, R.K., Kellogg, R.G., Kennedy, B.W., Klein, K., Klier, A., Kluth, S., Kobayashi, T., Kobel, M., Komamiya, S., Kramer, T., Krieger, P., von Krogh, J., Kruger, K., Kuhl, T., Kupper, M., Lafferty, G.D., Landsman, H., Lanske, D., Layter, J.G., Lellouch, D., Lettso, J., Levinson, L., Lillich, J., Lloyd, S.L., Loebinger, F.K., Lu, J., Ludwig, A., Ludwig, J., Mader, W., Marcellini, S., Martin, A.J., Masetti, G., Mashimo, T., Mattig, Peter, McKenna, J., McPherson, R.A., Meijers, F., Menges, W., Merritt, F.S., Mes, H., Michelini, A., Mihara, S., Mikenberg, G., Miller, D.J., Moed, S., Mohr, W., Mori, T., Mutter, A., Nagai, K., Nakamura, I., Nanjo, H., Neal, H.A., Nisius, R., O'Neale, S.W., Oh, A., Okpara, A., Oreglia, M.J., Orito, S., Pahl, C., Pasztor, G., Pater, J.R., Pilcher, J.E., Pinfold, J., Plane, David E., Poli, B., Pooth, O., Przybycien, M., Quadt, A., Rabbertz, K., Rembser, C., Renkel, P., Roney, J.M., Rosati, S., Rozen, Y., Runge, K., Sachs, K., Saeki, T., Sarkisyan, E.K.G., Schaile, A.D., Schaile, O., Scharff-Hansen, P., Schieck, J., Schoerner-Sadenius, Thomas, Schroder, Matthias, Schumacher, M., Scott, W.G., Seuster, R., Shears, T.G., Shen, B.C., Sherwood, P., Skuja, A., Smith, A.M., Sobie, R., Soldner-Rembold, S., Spano, F., Stahl, A., Strom, David M., Strohmer, R., Tarem, S., Tasevsky, M., Teuscher, R., Thomson, M.A., Torrence, E., Toya, D., Tran, P., Trigger, I., Trocsanyi, Z., Tsur, E., Turner-Watson, M.F., Ueda, I., Ujvari, B., Vollmer, C.F., Vannerem, P., Vertesi, R., Verzocchi, M., Voss, H., Vossebeld, J., Waller, D., Ward, C.P., Ward, D.R., Watkins, P.M., Watson, A.T., Watson, N.K., Wells, P.S., Wengler, T., Wermes, N., Wetterling, D., Wilson, G.W., Wilson, J.A., Wolf, G., Wyatt, T.R., Yamashita, S., Zer-Zion, D., Zivkovic, Lidija
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2003
Materias:
Particle Physics - Experiment
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2004.02.003
http://cds.cern.ch/record/692753
Descripción
Sumario:Elements of the spin density matrix for W bosons in e+e- -> W+W- -> qqln events are measured from data recorded by the OPAL detector at LEP. This information is used calculate polarised differential cross-sections and to search for CP-violating effects. Results are presented for W bosons produced in e+e- collisions with centre-of-mass energies between 183 GeV and 209 GeV. The average fraction of W bosons that are longitudinally polarised is found to be (23.9 +- 2.1 +- 1.1)% compared to a Standard Model prediction of (23.9 +- 0.1)%. All results are consistent with CP conservation.

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