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Precision W-boson and top-quark mass determinations at a muon collider

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-09-15 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

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 ttˉt\bar t threshold regions. With an integrated luminosity of 10 (100) fb1^{-1}, the WW-boson mass could be measured to a precision of 20 (6) MeV, and the top-quark mass to a precision of 200 (70) MeV, provided that theoretical and experimental systematics are understood. A measurement of Δmt=200\Delta m_t=200 MeV for fixed MWM_W would constrain a 100 GeV SM Higgs mass within about ±2\pm 2 GeV, while ΔMW=6\Delta M_W=6 MeV for fixed mtm_t would constrain mhm_h to about ±10\pm 10 GeV.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9702334,
  title  = {Precision W-boson and top-quark mass determinations at a muon collider},
  author = {V. Barger and M. S. Berger and J. F. Gunion and T. Han},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9702334},
  year   = {2009}
}

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27 pages, 11 figures, postscript file available via anonymous ftp://ucdhep.ucdavis.edu/han/mumu/mwmt.ps