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Measurement of the W Boson Mass and Width at the D0 experiment

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2011-10-10 v2

Abstract

I present a precise measurement of W boson mass measurement in electron decay channel using data collected by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. A binned likelihood fit method is used to extract the mass information from the transverse mass, the electron transverse momentum and missing transverse energy distributions. I also present a precise direct measurement of W boson width using the events with large transverse mass. The W mass result can be used to put stringent indirect limits on the Standard Model Higgs boson mass.

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@article{arxiv.1110.1093,
  title  = {Measurement of the W Boson Mass and Width at the D0 experiment},
  author = {Daniel Boline},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.1093},
  year   = {2011}
}

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8 pages, Proceedings of the DPF-2011 Conference, Providence, RI, August 8-13, 2011