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Measurement of the W boson mass

The W boson mass is measured using proton-proton collision data at root s = 13 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.7fb(-1) recorded during 2016 by the LHCb experiment. With a simultaneous fit of the muon q/p(T) distribution of a sample of W ->mu y decays and the phi* distribution o...

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Main Authors: Aaij, Roel (Author) , Archilli, Flavio (Author) , Bachmann, Sebastian (Author) , Berninghoff, Daniel (Author) , Borsato, Martino (Author) , Frau, Giulia (Author) , Gerick, David (Author) , Grabowski, Jascha (Author) , Günther, Paul André (Author) , Han, Xiaoxue (Author) , Hansmann-Menzemer, Stephanie (Author) , Hu, Jiangqiao (Author) , Kopecná, Renata (Author) , Leverington, Blake (Author) , Li, Peilian (Author) , Malygina, Hanna (Author) , Marks, Jörg (Author) , Meinert, Nis (Author) , Unverzagt, Daniel Joachim (Author) , Uwer, Ulrich (Author) , Viemann, Harald (Author) , Waldi, Roland (Author) , Wang, Chishuai (Author) , Witola, Lukas (Author) , Zhelezov, Alexey (Author)
Corporate Author: LHCb Collaboration (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 10 January 2022
In: Journal of high energy physics
Year: 2022, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-38
ISSN:1029-8479
DOI:10.1007/JHEP01(2022)036
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2022)036
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Summary:The W boson mass is measured using proton-proton collision data at root s = 13 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.7fb(-1) recorded during 2016 by the LHCb experiment. With a simultaneous fit of the muon q/p(T) distribution of a sample of W ->mu y decays and the phi* distribution of a sample of Z -> mu mu decays the W boson mass is determined to be m(W )= 80354 +/- 23(stat )+/- 10(exp) +/- 17(theory) +/- 9(PDF) MeV, where uncertainties correspond to contributions from statistical, experimental systematic, theoretical and parton distribution function sources. This is an average of results based on three recent global parton distribution function sets. The measurement agrees well with the prediction of the global electroweak fit and with previous measurements.
Item Description:*The LHCb collaboration: R. Aaij, F. Archilli, S. Bachmann, D. Berninghoff, M. Borsato, G. Frau, D. Gerick, J.P. Grabowski, P.A. Günther, X. Han, S. Hansmann-Menzemer, J. Hu, R. Kopecna, B. Leverington, P. Li, H. Malygina, J. Marks, N. Meinert, D.J. Unverzagt, U. Uwer, H. Viemann, R. Waldi, C. Wang, L. Witola, A. Zhelezov [und 986 weitere Personen]
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ISSN:1029-8479
DOI:10.1007/JHEP01(2022)036

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