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Precision W-Boson and Higgs Boson Mass Determinations at Muon Colliders

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-30 v1

Abstract

Precise determinations of the masses of the WW boson and of the top quark could stringently test the radiative structure of the Standard Model (SM) or provide evidence for new physics. We analyze the excellent prospects at a muon collider for measuring MWM_W and mtm_t in the W+WW^+W^- and ZHZH threshold regions. With an integrated luminosity of 10 (100) fb1^{-1}, the W-boson mass could be measured to a precision of 20 (6) MeV, provided that theoretical and experimental systematics are understood. A measurement of ΔMW=6\Delta M_W=6 MeV would constrain the mass of a 100\sim 100 GeV Higgs to about ±10\pm 10 GeV. We demonstrate that a measurement at future colliders of the Bjorken process. With an integrated luminosity of 100\fbi100\fbi it is possible to measure the Standard Model Higgs mass to within 45\mev at a μ+μ\mu^+\mu^- collider for \mh=100\gev\mh=100\gev.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9712474,
  title  = {Precision W-Boson and Higgs Boson Mass Determinations at Muon Colliders},
  author = {M. S. Berger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9712474},
  year   = {2009}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures