Measurement of the W boson mass and W+W- production and decay properties in e+e- collisions at √s = 172 GeV

K. Ackerstaff; G. Alexander; J. Allison; N. Altekamp; K. J. Anderson; S. Anderson; S. Arcelli; S. Asai; D. Axen; G. Azuelos; A. H. Ball; E. Barberio; R. J. Barlow; R. Bartoldus; J. R. Batley; S. Baumann; J. Bechtluft; C. Beeston; T. Behnke; A. N. Bell; K. W. Bell; G. Bella; S. Bentvelsen; S. Bethke; O. Biebel; A. Biguzzi; S. D. Bird; V. Blobel; I. J. Bloodworth; J. E. Bloomer; M. Bobinski; P. Bock; D. Bonacorsi; M. Boutemeur; B. T. Bouwens; S. Braibant; L. Brigliadori; R. M. Brown; H. J. Burckhart; C. Burgard; R. Bürgin; P. Capiluppi; R. K. Carnegie; A. A. Carter; J. R. Carter; C. Y. Chang; D. G. Charlton; D. Chrisman; P. E.L. Clarke; I. Cohen; J. E. Conboy; O. C. Cooke; M. Cuffiani; S. Dado; C. Dallapiccola; G. M. Dallavalle; R. Davis; S. de Jong; L. A. del Pozo; K. Desch; B. Dienes; M. S. Dixit; E. do Couto e Silva; M. Doucet; E. Duchovni; G. Duckeck; I. P. Duerdoth; D. Eatough; J. E.G. Edwards; P. G. Estabrooks; H. G. Evans; M. Evans; F. Fabbri; M. Fanti; A. A. Faust; F. Fiedler; M. Fierro; H. M. Fischer; I. Fleck; R. Folman; D. G. Fong; M. Foucher; A. Fürtjes; D. I. Futyan; P. Gagnon; J. W. Gary; J. Gascon; S. M. Gascon-Shotkin; N. I. Geddes; C. Geich-Gimbel; T. Geralis; G. Giacomelli; P. Giacomelli; R. Giacomelli; V. Gibson; W. R. Gibson; D. M. Gingrich; D. Glenzinski; J. Goldberg; M. J. Goodrick; W. Gorn; C. Grandi; E. Gross; J. Grunhaus; M. Gruwé; C. Hajdu; G. G. Hanson; M. Hansroul; M. Hapke; C. K. Hargrove; P. A. Hart; C. Hartmann; M. Hauschild; C. M. Hawkes; R. Hawkings; R. J. Hemingway; M. Herndon; G. Herten; R. D. Heuer; M. D. Hildreth; J. C. Hill; S. J. Hillier; P. R. Hobson; R. J. Homer; A. K. Honma; D. Horváth; K. R. Hossain; R. Howard; P. Hüntemeyer; D. E. Hutchcroft; P. Igo-Kemenes; D. C. Imrie; M. R. Ingram; K. Ishii; A. Jawahery; P. W. Jeffreys; H. Jeremie; M. Jimack; A. Joly; C. R. Jones; G. Jones; M. Jones; U. Jost; P. Jovanovic; T. R. Junk; D. Karlen; V. Kartvelishvili; K. Kawagoe; T. Kawamoto; P. I. Kayal; R. K. Keeler; R. G. Kellogg; B. W. Kennedy; J. Kirk; A. Klier; S. Kluth; T. Kobayashi; M. Kobel; D. S. Koetke; T. P. Kokott; M. Kolrep; S. Komamiya; T. Kress; P. Krieger; J. von Krogh; P. Kyberd; G. D. Lafferty; R. Lahmann; W. P. Lai; D. Lanske; J. Lauber; S. R. Lautenschlager; J. G. Layter; D. Lazic; A. M. Lee; E. Lefebvre; D. Lellouch; J. Letts; L. Levinson; S. L. Lloyd; F. K. Loebinger; G. D. Long; M. J. Losty; J. Ludwig; A. Macchiolo; A. Macpherson; M. Mannelli; S. Marcellini; C. Markus; A. J. Martin; J. P. Martin; G. Martinez; T. Mashimo; P. Mättig; W. J. McDonald; J. McKenna; E. A. Mckigney; T. J. McMahon; R. A. McPherson; F. Meijers; S. Menke; F. S. Merritt; H. Mes; J. Meyer; A. Michelini; G. Mikenberg; D. J. Miller; A. Mincer; R. Mir; W. Mohr; A. Montanari; T. Mori; M. Morii; U. Müller; S. Mihara; K. Nagai; I. Nakamura; H. A. Neal; B. Nellen; R. Nisius; S. W. O'Neale; F. G. Oakham; F. Odorici; H. O. Ogren; A. Oh; N. J. Oldershaw; M. J. Oreglia; S. Orito; J. Pálinkás; G. Pásztor; J. R. Pater; G. N. Patrick; J. Patt; M. J. Pearce; R. Perez-Ochoa; S. Petzold; P. Pfeifenschneider; J. E. Pilcher; J. Pinfold; D. E. Plane; P. Poffenberger; B. Poli; A. Posthaus; D. L. Rees; D. Rigby; S. Robertson; S. A. Robins; N. Rodning; J. M. Roney; A. Rooke; E. Ros; A. M. Rossi; P. Routenburg; Y. Rozen; K. Runge; O. Runolfsson; U. Ruppel; D. R. Rust; R. Rylko; K. Sachs; T. Saeki; E. K.G. Sarkisyan; C. Sbarra; A. D. Schaile; O. Schaile; F. Scharf; P. Scharff-Hansen; P. Schenk; J. Schieck; P. Schleper; B. Schmitt; S. Schmitt; A. Schüning; M. Schroder; H. C. Schultz-Coulon; M. Schumacher; C. Schwick; W. G. Scott; T. G. Shears; B. C. Shen; C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous; P. Sherwood; G. P. Siroli; A. Sittler; A. Skillman; A. Skuja; A. M. Smith; G. A. Snow; R. Sobie; S. Söldner-Rembold; R. W. Springer; M. Sproston; K. Stephens; J. Steuerer; B. Stockhausen; K. Stoll; D. Strom; P. Szymanski; R. Tafirout; S. D. Talbot; S. Tanaka; P. Taras; S. Tarem; R. Teuscher; M. Thiergen; M. A. Thomson; E. von Törne; S. Towers; I. Trigger; Z. Trócsányi; E. Tsur; A. S. Turcot; M. F. Turner-Watson; P. Utzat; R. van Kooten; M. Verzocchi; P. Vikas; E. H. Vokurka; H. Voss; F. Wäckerle; A. Wagner; C. P. Ward; D. R. Ward; P. M. Watkins; A. T. Watson; N. K. Watson; P. S. Wells; N. Wermes; J. S. White; B. Wilkens; G. W. Wilson; J. A. Wilson; G. Wolf; T. R. Wyatt; S. Yamashita; G. Yekutieli; V. Zacek; D. Zer-Zion

doi:10.1007/s100520050093

Measurement of the W boson mass and W⁺W^- production and decay properties in e⁺e^- collisions at √s = 172 GeV

K. Ackerstaff^*, G. Alexander, J. Allison, N. Altekamp, K. J. Anderson, S. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, A. H. Ball, E. Barberio, R. J. Barlow, R. Bartoldus, J. R. Batley, S. Baumann, J. Bechtluft, C. Beeston, T. Behnke, A. N. BellK. W. Bell, G. Bella, S. Bentvelsen, S. Bethke, O. Biebel, A. Biguzzi, S. D. Bird, V. Blobel, I. J. Bloodworth, J. E. Bloomer, M. Bobinski, P. Bock, D. Bonacorsi, M. Boutemeur, B. T. Bouwens, S. Braibant, L. Brigliadori, R. M. Brown, H. J. Burckhart, C. Burgard, R. Bürgin, P. Capiluppi, R. K. Carnegie, A. A. Carter, J. R. Carter, C. Y. Chang, D. G. Charlton, D. Chrisman, P. E.L. Clarke, I. Cohen, J. E. Conboy, O. C. Cooke, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, C. Dallapiccola, G. M. Dallavalle, R. Davis, S. de Jong, L. A. del Pozo, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M. S. Dixit, E. do Couto e Silva, M. Doucet, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I. P. Duerdoth, D. Eatough, J. E.G. Edwards, P. G. Estabrooks, H. G. Evans, M. Evans, F. Fabbri, M. Fanti, A. A. Faust, F. Fiedler, M. Fierro, H. M. Fischer, I. Fleck, R. Folman, D. G. Fong, M. Foucher, A. Fürtjes, D. I. Futyan, P. Gagnon, J. W. Gary, J. Gascon, S. M. Gascon-Shotkin, N. I. Geddes, C. Geich-Gimbel, T. Geralis, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, R. Giacomelli, V. Gibson, W. R. Gibson, D. M. Gingrich, D. Glenzinski, J. Goldberg, M. J. Goodrick, W. Gorn, C. Grandi, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, C. Hajdu, G. G. Hanson, M. Hansroul, M. Hapke, C. K. Hargrove, P. A. Hart, C. Hartmann, M. Hauschild, C. M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R. J. Hemingway, M. Herndon, G. Herten, R. D. Heuer, M. D. Hildreth, J. C. Hill, S. J. Hillier, P. R. Hobson, R. J. Homer, A. K. Honma, D. Horváth, K. R. Hossain, R. Howard, P. Hüntemeyer, D. E. Hutchcroft, P. Igo-Kemenes, D. C. Imrie, M. R. Ingram, K. Ishii, A. Jawahery, P. W. Jeffreys, H. Jeremie, M. Jimack, A. Joly, C. R. Jones, G. Jones, M. Jones, U. Jost, P. Jovanovic, T. R. Junk, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, P. I. Kayal, R. K. Keeler, R. G. Kellogg, B. W. Kennedy, J. Kirk, A. Klier, S. Kluth, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, D. S. Koetke, T. P. Kokott, M. Kolrep, S. Komamiya, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, P. Kyberd, G. D. Lafferty, R. Lahmann, W. P. Lai, D. Lanske, J. Lauber, S. R. Lautenschlager, J. G. Layter, D. Lazic, A. M. Lee, E. Lefebvre, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, S. L. Lloyd, F. K. Loebinger, G. D. Long, M. J. Losty, J. Ludwig, A. Macchiolo, A. Macpherson, M. Mannelli, S. Marcellini, C. Markus, A. J. Martin, J. P. Martin, G. Martinez, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W. J. McDonald, J. McKenna, E. A. Mckigney, T. J. McMahon, R. A. McPherson, F. Meijers, S. Menke, F. S. Merritt, H. Mes, J. Meyer, A. Michelini, G. Mikenberg, D. J. Miller, A. Mincer, R. Mir, W. Mohr, A. Montanari, T. Mori, M. Morii, U. Müller, S. Mihara, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H. A. Neal, B. Nellen, R. Nisius, S. W. O'Neale, F. G. Oakham, F. Odorici, H. O. Ogren, A. Oh, N. J. Oldershaw, M. J. Oreglia, S. Orito, J. Pálinkás, G. Pásztor, J. R. Pater, G. N. Patrick, J. Patt, M. J. Pearce, R. Perez-Ochoa, S. Petzold, P. Pfeifenschneider, J. E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D. E. Plane, P. Poffenberger, B. Poli, A. Posthaus, D. L. Rees, D. Rigby, S. Robertson, S. A. Robins, N. Rodning, J. M. Roney, A. Rooke, E. Ros, A. M. Rossi, P. Routenburg, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, O. Runolfsson, U. Ruppel, D. R. Rust, R. Rylko, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, E. K.G. Sarkisyan, C. Sbarra, A. D. Schaile, O. Schaile, F. Scharf, P. Scharff-Hansen, P. Schenk, J. Schieck, P. Schleper, B. Schmitt, S. Schmitt, A. Schüning, M. Schroder, H. C. Schultz-Coulon, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W. G. Scott, T. G. Shears, B. C. Shen, C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, G. P. Siroli, A. Sittler, A. Skillman, A. Skuja, A. M. Smith, G. A. Snow, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, R. W. Springer, M. Sproston, K. Stephens, J. Steuerer, B. Stockhausen, K. Stoll, D. Strom, P. Szymanski, R. Tafirout, S. D. Talbot, S. Tanaka, P. Taras, S. Tarem, R. Teuscher, M. Thiergen, M. A. Thomson, E. von Törne, S. Towers, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, A. S. Turcot, M. F. Turner-Watson, P. Utzat, R. van Kooten, M. Verzocchi, P. Vikas, E. H. Vokurka, H. Voss, F. Wäckerle, A. Wagner, C. P. Ward, D. R. Ward, P. M. Watkins, A. T. Watson, N. K. Watson, P. S. Wells, N. Wermes, J. S. White, B. Wilkens, G. W. Wilson, J. A. Wilson, G. Wolf, T. R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, G. Yekutieli, V. Zacek, D. Zer-Zion

^*この研究の対応する著者

研究成果: Article › 査読

16 被引用数 (Scopus)

抄録

This paper describes the measurement of the W boson mass, M_W, and decay width, Γ_W, from the direct reconstruction of the invariant mass of its decay products in W pair events collected at a mean centre-of-mass energy of √s=172.12 GeV with the OPAL detector at LEP. Measurements of the W pair production cross-section, the W decay branching fractions and properties of the W decay final states are also described. A total of 120 candidate W⁺W^- events has been selected for an integrated luminosity of 10.36 pb^-1. The W⁺W^- production cross-section is measured to be σ_WW = 12.3 ± 1.3(stat.)± 0.3 (syst.) pb, consistent with the Standard Model expectation. The W⁺W^- → qqℓv_ℓ and W⁺W^- → qqqq final states are used to obtain a direct measurement of Γ_W = 1.30^+0.70_-0.55 (stat.) ± 0.18 (syst.) GeV. Assuming the Standard Model relation between M_W and Γ_W, the W boson mass is measured to be M_W = 80.32 ± 0.30(stat.) ± 0.09(syst.) GeV. The event properties of the fully-hadronic decays of W⁺W^- events are compared to those of the semileptonic decays. At the current level of precision there is no evidence for effects of colour reconnection in the observables studied. Combining data recorded by OPAL at √s ∼ 161-172 GeV, the W boson branching fraction to hadrons is determined to be 69.8^+3.0_-3.2 (stat.) ± 0.7 (syst.)%, consistent with the prediction of the Standard Model. The combined mass measurement from direct reconstruction and from the W⁺W^- production cross-sections measured at √s ∼ 161 and √s ∼ 172 GeV is M_W = 80.35 ± 0.24 (stat.) ± 0.07(syst.) GeV.

本文言語	English
ページ（範囲）	395-424
ページ数	30
ジャーナル	European Physical Journal C
巻	1
号	3-4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/s100520050093
出版ステータス	Published - 1998
外部発表	はい

ASJC Scopus subject areas

工学（その他）
物理学および天文学（その他）

文献へのアクセス

10.1007/s100520050093

他のファイルとリンク

引用スタイル

Ackerstaff, K., Alexander, G., Allison, J., Altekamp, N., Anderson, K. J., Anderson, S., Arcelli, S., Asai, S., Axen, D., Azuelos, G., Ball, A. H., Barberio, E., Barlow, R. J., Bartoldus, R., Batley, J. R., Baumann, S., Bechtluft, J., Beeston, C., Behnke, T., ... Zer-Zion, D. (1998). Measurement of the W boson mass and W⁺W^- production and decay properties in e⁺e^- collisions at √s = 172 GeV. European Physical Journal C, 1(3-4), 395-424. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100520050093

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, KJ, Anderson, S, Arcelli, S, Asai, S, Axen, D, Azuelos, G, Ball, AH, Barberio, E, Barlow, RJ, Bartoldus, R, Batley, JR, Baumann, S, Bechtluft, J, Beeston, C, Behnke, T, Bell, AN, Bell, KW, Bella, G, Bentvelsen, S, Bethke, S, Biebel, O, Biguzzi, A, Bird, SD, Blobel, V, Bloodworth, IJ, Bloomer, JE, Bobinski, M, Bock, P, Bonacorsi, D, Boutemeur, M, Bouwens, BT, Braibant, S, Brigliadori, L, Brown, RM, Burckhart, HJ, Burgard, C, Bürgin, R, Capiluppi, P, Carnegie, RK, Carter, AA, Carter, JR, Chang, CY, Charlton, DG, Chrisman, D, Clarke, PEL, Cohen, I, Conboy, JE, Cooke, OC, Cuffiani, M, Dado, S, Dallapiccola, C, Dallavalle, GM, Davis, R, de Jong, S, del Pozo, LA, Desch, K, Dienes, B, Dixit, MS, do Couto e Silva, E, Doucet, M, Duchovni, E, Duckeck, G, Duerdoth, IP, Eatough, D, Edwards, JEG, Estabrooks, PG, Evans, HG, Evans, M, Fabbri, F, Fanti, M, Faust, AA, Fiedler, F, Fierro, M, Fischer, HM, Fleck, I, Folman, R, Fong, DG, Foucher, M, Fürtjes, A, Futyan, DI, Gagnon, P, Gary, JW, Gascon, J, Gascon-Shotkin, SM, Geddes, NI, Geich-Gimbel, C, Geralis, T, Giacomelli, G, Giacomelli, P, Giacomelli, R, Gibson, V, Gibson, WR, Gingrich, DM, Glenzinski, D, Goldberg, J, Goodrick, MJ, Gorn, W, Grandi, C, Gross, E, Grunhaus, J, Gruwé, M, Hajdu, C, Hanson, GG, Hansroul, M, Hapke, M, Hargrove, CK, Hart, PA, Hartmann, C, Hauschild, M, Hawkes, CM, Hawkings, R, Hemingway, RJ, Herndon, M, Herten, G, Heuer, RD, Hildreth, MD, Hill, JC, Hillier, SJ, Hobson, PR, Homer, RJ, Honma, AK, Horváth, D, Hossain, KR, Howard, R, Hüntemeyer, P, Hutchcroft, DE, Igo-Kemenes, P, Imrie, DC, Ingram, MR, Ishii, K, Jawahery, A, Jeffreys, PW, Jeremie, H, Jimack, M, Joly, A, Jones, CR, Jones, G, Jones, M, Jost, U, Jovanovic, P, Junk, TR, Karlen, D, Kartvelishvili, V, Kawagoe, K, Kawamoto, T, Kayal, PI, Keeler, RK, Kellogg, RG, Kennedy, BW, Kirk, J, Klier, A, Kluth, S, Kobayashi, T, Kobel, M, Koetke, DS, Kokott, TP, Kolrep, M, Komamiya, S, Kress, T, Krieger, P, von Krogh, J, Kyberd, P, Lafferty, GD, Lahmann, R, Lai, WP, Lanske, D, Lauber, J, Lautenschlager, SR, Layter, JG, Lazic, D, Lee, AM, Lefebvre, E, Lellouch, D, Letts, J, Levinson, L, Lloyd, SL, Loebinger, FK, Long, GD, Losty, MJ, Ludwig, J, Macchiolo, A, Macpherson, A, Mannelli, M, Marcellini, S, Markus, C, Martin, AJ, Martin, JP, Martinez, G, Mashimo, T, Mättig, P, McDonald, WJ, McKenna, J, Mckigney, EA, McMahon, TJ, McPherson, RA, Meijers, F, Menke, S, Merritt, FS, Mes, H, Meyer, J, Michelini, A, Mikenberg, G, Miller, DJ, Mincer, A, Mir, R, Mohr, W, Montanari, A, Mori, T, Morii, M, Müller, U, Mihara, S, Nagai, K, Nakamura, I, Neal, HA, Nellen, B, Nisius, R, O'Neale, SW, Oakham, FG, Odorici, F, Ogren, HO, Oh, A, Oldershaw, NJ, Oreglia, MJ, Orito, S, Pálinkás, J, Pásztor, G, Pater, JR, Patrick, GN, Patt, J, Pearce, MJ, Perez-Ochoa, R, Petzold, S, Pfeifenschneider, P, Pilcher, JE, Pinfold, J, Plane, DE, Poffenberger, P, Poli, B, Posthaus, A, Rees, DL, Rigby, D, Robertson, S, Robins, SA, Rodning, N, Roney, JM, Rooke, A, Ros, E, Rossi, AM, Routenburg, P, Rozen, Y, Runge, K, Runolfsson, O, Ruppel, U, Rust, DR, Rylko, R, Sachs, K, Saeki, T, Sarkisyan, EKG, Sbarra, C, Schaile, AD, Schaile, O, Scharf, F, Scharff-Hansen, P, Schenk, P, Schieck, J, Schleper, P, Schmitt, B, Schmitt, S, Schüning, A, Schroder, M, Schultz-Coulon, HC, Schumacher, M, Schwick, C, Scott, WG, Shears, TG, Shen, BC, Shepherd-Themistocleous, CH, Sherwood, P, Siroli, GP, Sittler, A, Skillman, A, Skuja, A, Smith, AM, Snow, GA, Sobie, R, Söldner-Rembold, S, Springer, RW, Sproston, M, Stephens, K, Steuerer, J, Stockhausen, B, Stoll, K, Strom, D, Szymanski, P, Tafirout, R, Talbot, SD, Tanaka, S, Taras, P, Tarem, S, Teuscher, R, Thiergen, M, Thomson, MA, von Törne, E, Towers, S, Trigger, I, Trócsányi, Z, Tsur, E, Turcot, AS, Turner-Watson, MF, Utzat, P, van Kooten, R, Verzocchi, M, Vikas, P, Vokurka, EH, Voss, H, Wäckerle, F, Wagner, A, Ward, CP, Ward, DR, Watkins, PM, Watson, AT, Watson, NK, Wells, PS, Wermes, N, White, JS, Wilkens, B, Wilson, GW, Wilson, JA, Wolf, G, Wyatt, TR, Yamashita, S, Yekutieli, G, Zacek, V & Zer-Zion, D 1998, 'Measurement of the W boson mass and W⁺W^- production and decay properties in e⁺e^- collisions at √s = 172 GeV', European Physical Journal C, vol. 1, no. 3-4, pp. 395-424. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100520050093

@article{98fa2bf15972460cba084a1a44e0f57b,

title = "Measurement of the W boson mass and W+W- production and decay properties in e+e- collisions at √s = 172 GeV",

abstract = "This paper describes the measurement of the W boson mass, MW, and decay width, ΓW, from the direct reconstruction of the invariant mass of its decay products in W pair events collected at a mean centre-of-mass energy of √s=172.12 GeV with the OPAL detector at LEP. Measurements of the W pair production cross-section, the W decay branching fractions and properties of the W decay final states are also described. A total of 120 candidate W+W- events has been selected for an integrated luminosity of 10.36 pb-1. The W+W- production cross-section is measured to be σWW = 12.3 ± 1.3(stat.)± 0.3 (syst.) pb, consistent with the Standard Model expectation. The W+W- → qqℓvℓ and W+W- → qqqq final states are used to obtain a direct measurement of ΓW = 1.30+0.70-0.55 (stat.) ± 0.18 (syst.) GeV. Assuming the Standard Model relation between MW and ΓW, the W boson mass is measured to be MW = 80.32 ± 0.30(stat.) ± 0.09(syst.) GeV. The event properties of the fully-hadronic decays of W+W- events are compared to those of the semileptonic decays. At the current level of precision there is no evidence for effects of colour reconnection in the observables studied. Combining data recorded by OPAL at √s ∼ 161-172 GeV, the W boson branching fraction to hadrons is determined to be 69.8+3.0-3.2 (stat.) ± 0.7 (syst.)%, consistent with the prediction of the Standard Model. The combined mass measurement from direct reconstruction and from the W+W- production cross-sections measured at √s ∼ 161 and √s ∼ 172 GeV is MW = 80.35 ± 0.24 (stat.) ± 0.07(syst.) GeV.",

author = "K. Ackerstaff and G. Alexander and J. Allison and N. Altekamp and Anderson, {K. J.} and S. Anderson and S. Arcelli and S. Asai and D. Axen and G. Azuelos and Ball, {A. H.} and E. Barberio and Barlow, {R. J.} and R. Bartoldus and Batley, {J. R.} and S. Baumann and J. Bechtluft and C. Beeston and T. Behnke and Bell, {A. N.} and Bell, {K. W.} and G. Bella and S. Bentvelsen and S. Bethke and O. Biebel and A. Biguzzi and Bird, {S. D.} and V. Blobel and Bloodworth, {I. J.} and Bloomer, {J. E.} and M. Bobinski and P. Bock and D. Bonacorsi and M. Boutemeur and Bouwens, {B. T.} and S. Braibant and L. Brigliadori and Brown, {R. M.} and Burckhart, {H. J.} and C. Burgard and R. B{\"u}rgin and P. Capiluppi and Carnegie, {R. K.} and Carter, {A. A.} and Carter, {J. R.} and Chang, {C. Y.} and Charlton, {D. G.} and D. Chrisman and Clarke, {P. E.L.} and I. Cohen and Conboy, {J. E.} and Cooke, {O. C.} and M. Cuffiani and S. Dado and C. Dallapiccola and Dallavalle, {G. M.} and R. Davis and {de Jong}, S. and {del Pozo}, {L. A.} and K. Desch and B. Dienes and Dixit, {M. S.} and {do Couto e Silva}, E. and M. Doucet and E. Duchovni and G. Duckeck and Duerdoth, {I. P.} and D. Eatough and Edwards, {J. E.G.} and Estabrooks, {P. G.} and Evans, {H. G.} and M. Evans and F. Fabbri and M. Fanti and Faust, {A. A.} and F. Fiedler and M. Fierro and Fischer, {H. M.} and I. Fleck and R. Folman and Fong, {D. G.} and M. Foucher and A. F{\"u}rtjes and Futyan, {D. I.} and P. Gagnon and Gary, {J. W.} and J. Gascon and Gascon-Shotkin, {S. M.} and Geddes, {N. I.} and C. Geich-Gimbel and T. Geralis and G. Giacomelli and P. Giacomelli and R. Giacomelli and V. Gibson and Gibson, {W. R.} and Gingrich, {D. M.} and D. Glenzinski and J. Goldberg and Goodrick, {M. J.} and W. Gorn and C. Grandi and E. Gross and J. Grunhaus and M. Gruw{\'e} and C. Hajdu and Hanson, {G. G.} and M. Hansroul and M. Hapke and Hargrove, {C. K.} and Hart, {P. A.} and C. Hartmann and M. Hauschild and Hawkes, {C. M.} and R. Hawkings and Hemingway, {R. J.} and M. Herndon and G. Herten and Heuer, {R. D.} and Hildreth, {M. D.} and Hill, {J. C.} and Hillier, {S. J.} and Hobson, {P. R.} and Homer, {R. J.} and Honma, {A. K.} and D. Horv{\'a}th and Hossain, {K. R.} and R. Howard and P. H{\"u}ntemeyer and Hutchcroft, {D. E.} and P. Igo-Kemenes and Imrie, {D. C.} and Ingram, {M. R.} and K. Ishii and A. Jawahery and Jeffreys, {P. W.} and H. Jeremie and M. Jimack and A. Joly and Jones, {C. R.} and G. Jones and M. Jones and U. Jost and P. Jovanovic and Junk, {T. R.} and D. Karlen and V. Kartvelishvili and K. Kawagoe and T. Kawamoto and Kayal, {P. I.} and Keeler, {R. K.} and Kellogg, {R. G.} and Kennedy, {B. W.} and J. Kirk and A. Klier and S. Kluth and T. Kobayashi and M. Kobel and Koetke, {D. S.} and Kokott, {T. P.} and M. Kolrep and S. Komamiya and T. Kress and P. Krieger and {von Krogh}, J. and P. Kyberd and Lafferty, {G. D.} and R. Lahmann and Lai, {W. P.} and D. Lanske and J. Lauber and Lautenschlager, {S. R.} and Layter, {J. G.} and D. Lazic and Lee, {A. M.} and E. Lefebvre and D. Lellouch and J. Letts and L. Levinson and Lloyd, {S. L.} and Loebinger, {F. K.} and Long, {G. D.} and Losty, {M. J.} and J. Ludwig and A. Macchiolo and A. Macpherson and M. Mannelli and S. Marcellini and C. Markus and Martin, {A. J.} and Martin, {J. P.} and G. Martinez and T. Mashimo and P. M{\"a}ttig and McDonald, {W. J.} and J. McKenna and Mckigney, {E. A.} and McMahon, {T. J.} and McPherson, {R. A.} and F. Meijers and S. Menke and Merritt, {F. S.} and H. Mes and J. Meyer and A. Michelini and G. Mikenberg and Miller, {D. J.} and A. Mincer and R. Mir and W. Mohr and A. Montanari and T. Mori and M. Morii and U. M{\"u}ller and S. Mihara and K. Nagai and I. Nakamura and Neal, {H. A.} and B. Nellen and R. Nisius and O'Neale, {S. W.} and Oakham, {F. G.} and F. Odorici and Ogren, {H. O.} and A. Oh and Oldershaw, {N. J.} and Oreglia, {M. J.} and S. Orito and J. P{\'a}link{\'a}s and G. P{\'a}sztor and Pater, {J. R.} and Patrick, {G. N.} and J. Patt and Pearce, {M. J.} and R. Perez-Ochoa and S. Petzold and P. Pfeifenschneider and Pilcher, {J. E.} and J. Pinfold and Plane, {D. E.} and P. Poffenberger and B. Poli and A. Posthaus and Rees, {D. L.} and D. Rigby and S. Robertson and Robins, {S. A.} and N. Rodning and Roney, {J. M.} and A. Rooke and E. Ros and Rossi, {A. M.} and P. Routenburg and Y. Rozen and K. Runge and O. Runolfsson and U. Ruppel and Rust, {D. R.} and R. Rylko and K. Sachs and T. Saeki and Sarkisyan, {E. K.G.} and C. Sbarra and Schaile, {A. D.} and O. Schaile and F. Scharf and P. Scharff-Hansen and P. Schenk and J. Schieck and P. Schleper and B. Schmitt and S. Schmitt and A. Sch{\"u}ning and M. Schroder and Schultz-Coulon, {H. C.} and M. Schumacher and C. Schwick and Scott, {W. G.} and Shears, {T. G.} and Shen, {B. C.} and Shepherd-Themistocleous, {C. H.} and P. Sherwood and Siroli, {G. P.} and A. Sittler and A. Skillman and A. Skuja and Smith, {A. M.} and Snow, {G. A.} and R. Sobie and S. S{\"o}ldner-Rembold and Springer, {R. W.} and M. Sproston and K. Stephens and J. Steuerer and B. Stockhausen and K. Stoll and D. Strom and P. Szymanski and R. Tafirout and Talbot, {S. D.} and S. Tanaka and P. Taras and S. Tarem and R. Teuscher and M. Thiergen and Thomson, {M. A.} and {von T{\"o}rne}, E. and S. Towers and I. Trigger and Z. Tr{\'o}cs{\'a}nyi and E. Tsur and Turcot, {A. S.} and Turner-Watson, {M. F.} and P. Utzat and {van Kooten}, R. and M. Verzocchi and P. Vikas and Vokurka, {E. H.} and H. Voss and F. W{\"a}ckerle and A. Wagner and Ward, {C. P.} and Ward, {D. R.} and Watkins, {P. M.} and Watson, {A. T.} and Watson, {N. K.} and Wells, {P. S.} and N. Wermes and White, {J. S.} and B. Wilkens and Wilson, {G. W.} and Wilson, {J. A.} and G. Wolf and Wyatt, {T. R.} and S. Yamashita and G. Yekutieli and V. Zacek and D. Zer-Zion",

year = "1998",

doi = "10.1007/s100520050093",

language = "English",

volume = "1",

pages = "395--424",

journal = "European Physical Journal C",

issn = "1434-6044",

publisher = "Springer New York",

number = "3-4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Measurement of the W boson mass and W+W- production and decay properties in e+e- collisions at √s = 172 GeV

AU - Ackerstaff, K.

AU - Alexander, G.

AU - Allison, J.

AU - Altekamp, N.

AU - Anderson, K. J.

AU - Anderson, S.

AU - Arcelli, S.

AU - Asai, S.

AU - Axen, D.

AU - Azuelos, G.

AU - Ball, A. H.

AU - Barberio, E.

AU - Barlow, R. J.

AU - Bartoldus, R.

AU - Batley, J. R.

AU - Baumann, S.

AU - Bechtluft, J.

AU - Beeston, C.

AU - Behnke, T.

AU - Bell, A. N.

AU - Bell, K. W.

AU - Bella, G.

AU - Bentvelsen, S.

AU - Bethke, S.

AU - Biebel, O.

AU - Biguzzi, A.

AU - Bird, S. D.

AU - Blobel, V.

AU - Bloodworth, I. J.

AU - Bloomer, J. E.

AU - Bobinski, M.

AU - Bock, P.

AU - Bonacorsi, D.

AU - Boutemeur, M.

AU - Bouwens, B. T.

AU - Braibant, S.

AU - Brigliadori, L.

AU - Brown, R. M.

AU - Burckhart, H. J.

AU - Burgard, C.

AU - Bürgin, R.

AU - Capiluppi, P.

AU - Carnegie, R. K.

AU - Carter, A. A.

AU - Carter, J. R.

AU - Chang, C. Y.

AU - Charlton, D. G.

AU - Chrisman, D.

AU - Clarke, P. E.L.

AU - Cohen, I.

AU - Conboy, J. E.

AU - Cooke, O. C.

AU - Cuffiani, M.

AU - Dado, S.

AU - Dallapiccola, C.

AU - Dallavalle, G. M.

AU - Davis, R.

AU - de Jong, S.

AU - del Pozo, L. A.

AU - Desch, K.

AU - Dienes, B.

AU - Dixit, M. S.

AU - do Couto e Silva, E.

AU - Doucet, M.

AU - Duchovni, E.

AU - Duckeck, G.

AU - Duerdoth, I. P.

AU - Eatough, D.

AU - Edwards, J. E.G.

AU - Estabrooks, P. G.

AU - Evans, H. G.

AU - Evans, M.

AU - Fabbri, F.

AU - Fanti, M.

AU - Faust, A. A.

AU - Fiedler, F.

AU - Fierro, M.

AU - Fischer, H. M.

AU - Fleck, I.

AU - Folman, R.

AU - Fong, D. G.

AU - Foucher, M.

AU - Fürtjes, A.

AU - Futyan, D. I.

AU - Gagnon, P.

AU - Gary, J. W.

AU - Gascon, J.

AU - Gascon-Shotkin, S. M.

AU - Geddes, N. I.

AU - Geich-Gimbel, C.

AU - Geralis, T.

AU - Giacomelli, G.

AU - Giacomelli, P.

AU - Giacomelli, R.

AU - Gibson, V.

AU - Gibson, W. R.

AU - Gingrich, D. M.

AU - Glenzinski, D.

AU - Goldberg, J.

AU - Goodrick, M. J.

AU - Gorn, W.

AU - Grandi, C.

AU - Gross, E.

AU - Grunhaus, J.

AU - Gruwé, M.

AU - Hajdu, C.

AU - Hanson, G. G.

AU - Hansroul, M.

AU - Hapke, M.

AU - Hargrove, C. K.

AU - Hart, P. A.

AU - Hartmann, C.

AU - Hauschild, M.

AU - Hawkes, C. M.

AU - Hawkings, R.

AU - Hemingway, R. J.

AU - Herndon, M.

AU - Herten, G.

AU - Heuer, R. D.

AU - Hildreth, M. D.

AU - Hill, J. C.

AU - Hillier, S. J.

AU - Hobson, P. R.

AU - Homer, R. J.

AU - Honma, A. K.

AU - Horváth, D.

AU - Hossain, K. R.

AU - Howard, R.

AU - Hüntemeyer, P.

AU - Hutchcroft, D. E.

AU - Igo-Kemenes, P.

AU - Imrie, D. C.

AU - Ingram, M. R.

AU - Ishii, K.

AU - Jawahery, A.

AU - Jeffreys, P. W.

AU - Jeremie, H.

AU - Jimack, M.

AU - Joly, A.

AU - Jones, C. R.

AU - Jones, G.

AU - Jones, M.

AU - Jost, U.

AU - Jovanovic, P.

AU - Junk, T. R.

AU - Karlen, D.

AU - Kartvelishvili, V.

AU - Kawagoe, K.

AU - Kawamoto, T.

AU - Kayal, P. I.

AU - Keeler, R. K.

AU - Kellogg, R. G.

AU - Kennedy, B. W.

AU - Kirk, J.

AU - Klier, A.

AU - Kluth, S.

AU - Kobayashi, T.

AU - Kobel, M.

AU - Koetke, D. S.

AU - Kokott, T. P.

AU - Kolrep, M.

AU - Komamiya, S.

AU - Kress, T.

AU - Krieger, P.

AU - von Krogh, J.

AU - Kyberd, P.

AU - Lafferty, G. D.

AU - Lahmann, R.

AU - Lai, W. P.

AU - Lanske, D.

AU - Lauber, J.

AU - Lautenschlager, S. R.

AU - Layter, J. G.

AU - Lazic, D.

AU - Lee, A. M.

AU - Lefebvre, E.

AU - Lellouch, D.

AU - Letts, J.

AU - Levinson, L.

AU - Lloyd, S. L.

AU - Loebinger, F. K.

AU - Long, G. D.

AU - Losty, M. J.

AU - Ludwig, J.

AU - Macchiolo, A.

AU - Macpherson, A.

AU - Mannelli, M.

AU - Marcellini, S.

AU - Markus, C.

AU - Martin, A. J.

AU - Martin, J. P.

AU - Martinez, G.

AU - Mashimo, T.

AU - Mättig, P.

AU - McDonald, W. J.

AU - McKenna, J.

AU - Mckigney, E. A.

AU - McMahon, T. J.

AU - McPherson, R. A.

AU - Meijers, F.

AU - Menke, S.

AU - Merritt, F. S.

AU - Mes, H.

AU - Meyer, J.

AU - Michelini, A.

AU - Mikenberg, G.

AU - Miller, D. J.

AU - Mincer, A.

AU - Mir, R.

AU - Mohr, W.

AU - Montanari, A.

AU - Mori, T.

AU - Morii, M.

AU - Müller, U.

AU - Mihara, S.

AU - Nagai, K.

AU - Nakamura, I.

AU - Neal, H. A.

AU - Nellen, B.

AU - Nisius, R.

AU - O'Neale, S. W.

AU - Oakham, F. G.

AU - Odorici, F.

AU - Ogren, H. O.

AU - Oh, A.

AU - Oldershaw, N. J.

AU - Oreglia, M. J.

AU - Orito, S.

AU - Pálinkás, J.

AU - Pásztor, G.

AU - Pater, J. R.

AU - Patrick, G. N.

AU - Patt, J.

AU - Pearce, M. J.

AU - Perez-Ochoa, R.

AU - Petzold, S.

AU - Pfeifenschneider, P.

AU - Pilcher, J. E.

AU - Pinfold, J.

AU - Plane, D. E.

AU - Poffenberger, P.

AU - Poli, B.

AU - Posthaus, A.

AU - Rees, D. L.

AU - Rigby, D.

AU - Robertson, S.

AU - Robins, S. A.

AU - Rodning, N.

AU - Roney, J. M.

AU - Rooke, A.

AU - Ros, E.

AU - Rossi, A. M.

AU - Routenburg, P.

AU - Rozen, Y.

AU - Runge, K.

AU - Runolfsson, O.

AU - Ruppel, U.

AU - Rust, D. R.

AU - Rylko, R.

AU - Sachs, K.

AU - Saeki, T.

AU - Sarkisyan, E. K.G.

AU - Sbarra, C.

AU - Schaile, A. D.

AU - Schaile, O.

AU - Scharf, F.

AU - Scharff-Hansen, P.

AU - Schenk, P.

AU - Schieck, J.

AU - Schleper, P.

AU - Schmitt, B.

AU - Schmitt, S.

AU - Schüning, A.

AU - Schroder, M.

AU - Schultz-Coulon, H. C.

AU - Schumacher, M.

AU - Schwick, C.

AU - Scott, W. G.

AU - Shears, T. G.

AU - Shen, B. C.

AU - Shepherd-Themistocleous, C. H.

AU - Sherwood, P.

AU - Siroli, G. P.

AU - Sittler, A.

AU - Skillman, A.

AU - Skuja, A.

AU - Smith, A. M.

AU - Snow, G. A.

AU - Sobie, R.

AU - Söldner-Rembold, S.

AU - Springer, R. W.

AU - Sproston, M.

AU - Stephens, K.

AU - Steuerer, J.

AU - Stockhausen, B.

AU - Stoll, K.

AU - Strom, D.

AU - Szymanski, P.

AU - Tafirout, R.

AU - Talbot, S. D.

AU - Tanaka, S.

AU - Taras, P.

AU - Tarem, S.

AU - Teuscher, R.

AU - Thiergen, M.

AU - Thomson, M. A.

AU - von Törne, E.

AU - Towers, S.

AU - Trigger, I.

AU - Trócsányi, Z.

AU - Tsur, E.

AU - Turcot, A. S.

AU - Turner-Watson, M. F.

AU - Utzat, P.

AU - van Kooten, R.

AU - Verzocchi, M.

AU - Vikas, P.

AU - Vokurka, E. H.

AU - Voss, H.

AU - Wäckerle, F.

AU - Wagner, A.

AU - Ward, C. P.

AU - Ward, D. R.

AU - Watkins, P. M.

AU - Watson, A. T.

AU - Watson, N. K.

AU - Wells, P. S.

AU - Wermes, N.

AU - White, J. S.

AU - Wilkens, B.

AU - Wilson, G. W.

AU - Wilson, J. A.

AU - Wolf, G.

AU - Wyatt, T. R.

AU - Yamashita, S.

AU - Yekutieli, G.

AU - Zacek, V.

AU - Zer-Zion, D.

PY - 1998

Y1 - 1998

N2 - This paper describes the measurement of the W boson mass, MW, and decay width, ΓW, from the direct reconstruction of the invariant mass of its decay products in W pair events collected at a mean centre-of-mass energy of √s=172.12 GeV with the OPAL detector at LEP. Measurements of the W pair production cross-section, the W decay branching fractions and properties of the W decay final states are also described. A total of 120 candidate W+W- events has been selected for an integrated luminosity of 10.36 pb-1. The W+W- production cross-section is measured to be σWW = 12.3 ± 1.3(stat.)± 0.3 (syst.) pb, consistent with the Standard Model expectation. The W+W- → qqℓvℓ and W+W- → qqqq final states are used to obtain a direct measurement of ΓW = 1.30+0.70-0.55 (stat.) ± 0.18 (syst.) GeV. Assuming the Standard Model relation between MW and ΓW, the W boson mass is measured to be MW = 80.32 ± 0.30(stat.) ± 0.09(syst.) GeV. The event properties of the fully-hadronic decays of W+W- events are compared to those of the semileptonic decays. At the current level of precision there is no evidence for effects of colour reconnection in the observables studied. Combining data recorded by OPAL at √s ∼ 161-172 GeV, the W boson branching fraction to hadrons is determined to be 69.8+3.0-3.2 (stat.) ± 0.7 (syst.)%, consistent with the prediction of the Standard Model. The combined mass measurement from direct reconstruction and from the W+W- production cross-sections measured at √s ∼ 161 and √s ∼ 172 GeV is MW = 80.35 ± 0.24 (stat.) ± 0.07(syst.) GeV.

AB - This paper describes the measurement of the W boson mass, MW, and decay width, ΓW, from the direct reconstruction of the invariant mass of its decay products in W pair events collected at a mean centre-of-mass energy of √s=172.12 GeV with the OPAL detector at LEP. Measurements of the W pair production cross-section, the W decay branching fractions and properties of the W decay final states are also described. A total of 120 candidate W+W- events has been selected for an integrated luminosity of 10.36 pb-1. The W+W- production cross-section is measured to be σWW = 12.3 ± 1.3(stat.)± 0.3 (syst.) pb, consistent with the Standard Model expectation. The W+W- → qqℓvℓ and W+W- → qqqq final states are used to obtain a direct measurement of ΓW = 1.30+0.70-0.55 (stat.) ± 0.18 (syst.) GeV. Assuming the Standard Model relation between MW and ΓW, the W boson mass is measured to be MW = 80.32 ± 0.30(stat.) ± 0.09(syst.) GeV. The event properties of the fully-hadronic decays of W+W- events are compared to those of the semileptonic decays. At the current level of precision there is no evidence for effects of colour reconnection in the observables studied. Combining data recorded by OPAL at √s ∼ 161-172 GeV, the W boson branching fraction to hadrons is determined to be 69.8+3.0-3.2 (stat.) ± 0.7 (syst.)%, consistent with the prediction of the Standard Model. The combined mass measurement from direct reconstruction and from the W+W- production cross-sections measured at √s ∼ 161 and √s ∼ 172 GeV is MW = 80.35 ± 0.24 (stat.) ± 0.07(syst.) GeV.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0001055841&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0001055841&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/s100520050093

DO - 10.1007/s100520050093

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0001055841

SN - 1434-6044

VL - 1

SP - 395

EP - 424

JO - European Physical Journal C

JF - European Physical Journal C

IS - 3-4

ER -