Measurement of the W Mass and Width in e+e- Collisions at 183 GeV

dc.creatorThe OPAL Collaboration
dc.creatoral, G. Abbiendi et
dc.date1999-01-18
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dc.descriptionUsing a data sample of 57 pb-1 recorded at a centre-of-mass energy of 183 GeV with the Opal detector at LEP, 282 W+W- -> qqqq and 300 W+W- -> qqlnu candidate events are used to obtain a measurement of the mass of the W boson, W_W = 80.39 +- 0.13(stat.) +- 0.05(syst.) GeV assuming the Standard Model relation between M_W and Gam_W. A second fit provides a direct measure of the width of the W boson and gives Gam_W = 1.96 +- 0.34(stat.) +- 0.20(syst.) GeV. These results are combined with previous OPAL results to obtain M_W = 80.38 +- 0.12(stat.) +- 0.05(syst.) GeV and Gam_W = 1.84 +- 0.32(stat.) +- 0.20(syst.) GeV.
dc.description21 pages, LaTeX, 4 eps figs included, submitted to Physics Letters B
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9901025
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9901025
dc.identifierPhys.Lett.B453:138-152,1999
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00308-1
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/207452
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleMeasurement of the W Mass and Width in e+e- Collisions at 183 GeV
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