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Measurement of the $W$ Boson Mass

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

A measurement of the mass of the WW boson is presented based on a sample of 5982 WeνW \rightarrow e \nu decays observed in ppp\overline{p} collisions at s\sqrt{s} = 1.8~TeV with the D\O\ detector during the 1992--1993 run. From a fit to the transverse mass spectrum, combined with measurements of the ZZ boson mass, the WW boson mass is measured to be MW=80.350±0.140(stat.)±0.165(syst.)±0.160(scale)GeV/c2M_W = 80.350 \pm 0.140 (stat.) \pm 0.165 (syst.) \pm 0.160 (scale) GeV/c^2.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/9607011,
  title  = {Measurement of the $W$ Boson Mass},
  author = {Marcel Demarteau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/9607011},
  year   = {2008}
}

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12 pages, LaTex, style Revtex, including 3 postscript figures (submitted to PRL)