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Combination of CDF and D0 Results on W Boson Mass and Width

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2010-05-12 v2

Abstract

The results based on 1992-95 data (Run 1) from the CDF and DO experiments on the measurements of the W boson mass and width are presented, along with the combined results. We report a Tevatron collider average M_W = 80.456 +- 0.059 GeV. We also report the Tevatron collider average of the directly measured W boson width Gamma_W = 2.115 +- 0.105 GeV. We describe a new joint analysis of the direct W mass and width measurements. Assuming the validity of the standard model, we combine the directly measured W boson width with the width extracted from the ratio of W and Z boson leptonic partial cross sections. This combined result for the Tevatron is Gamma_W = 2.135 +- 0.050 GeV. Finally, we use the measurements of the direct total W width and the leptonic branching ratio to extract the leptonic partial width Gamma(W -> e nu) = 224 +- 13 MeV.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0311039,
  title  = {Combination of CDF and D0 Results on W Boson Mass and Width},
  author = {V. M. Abazov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0311039},
  year   = {2010}
}

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