On the Coulomb Effects on the W Line Shape at LEP2
Abstract
One of the most powerful methods for obtaining a precision measurement of M_W at LEP2 is from direct reconstruction of the invariant mass distribution of W bosons produced in e+e- --> W+W-. We investigate the effects on the W line shape, and in particular on the average invariant mass, of phase-space and first-order Coulomb corrections. The latter are shown to have a non-negligible effect on the reconstructed mass, inducing shifts of order -20 MeV at collision energies above threshold, compared to the Born approximation cross section. The sign and magnitude of the effect can be understood in a simple model calculation in which one of the W bosons is assumed to be stable.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9506203,
title = {On the Coulomb Effects on the W Line Shape at LEP2},
author = {V. A. Khoze and W. J. Stirling},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9506203},
year = {2009}
}
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11 pages + 4 uuencoded postscript figures. Figures 1 and 2 were incorrect in the original submission and have now been corrected