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Indirect measurement of $\sin^2 \theta_W$ (or $M_W$) using $\mu^+\mu^-$ pairs from $\gamma^*/Z$ bosons produced in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at a center-of-momentum energy of 1.96 TeV

Drell-Yan lepton pairs are produced in the process $p\bar{p} \rightarrow \mu^+\mu^- + X$ through an intermediate $\gamma^*/Z$ boson. The forward-backward asymmetry in the polar-angle distribution of the $\mu^-$ as a function of the…

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Lucà , D. Lucchesi , J. Lueck , P. Lujan , P. Lukens , G. Lungu , J. Lys , R. Lysak , R. Madrak , P. Maestro , S. Malik , G. Manca , A. Manousakis-Katsikakis , F. Margaroli , P. Marino , M. Martínez , K. Matera , M. E. Mattson , A. Mazzacane , P. Mazzanti , R. McNulty , A. Mehta , P. Mehtala , C. Mesropian , T. Miao , D. Mietlicki , A. Mitra , H. Miyake , S. Moed , N. Moggi , C. S. Moon , R. Moore , M. J. Morello , A. Mukherjee , Th. Muller , P. Murat , M. Mussini , J. Nachtman , Y. Nagai , J. Naganoma , I. Nakano , A. Napier , J. Nett , C. Neu , T. Nigmanov , L. Nodulman , S. Y. Noh , O. Norniella , L. Oakes , S. H. Oh , Y. D. Oh , I. Oksuzian , T. Okusawa , R. Orava , L. Ortolan , C. Pagliarone , E. Palencia , P. Palni , V. Papadimitriou , W. Parker , G. Pauletta , M. Paulini , C. Paus , T. J. Phillips , G. Piacentino , E. Pianori , J. Pilot , K. Pitts , C. Plager , L. Pondrom , S. Poprocki , K. Potamianos , F. Prokoshin , A. Pranko , F. Ptohos , G. Punzi , N. Ranjan , I. Redondo Fernández , P. Renton , M. Rescigno , F. Rimondi , L. Ristori , A. Robson , T. Rodriguez , S. Rolli , M. Ronzani , R. Roser , J. L. Rosner , F. Ruffini , A. Ruiz , J. Russ , V. Rusu , W. K. Sakumoto , Y. Sakurai , L. Santi , K. Sato , V. Saveliev , A. Savoy-Navarro , P. Schlabach , E. E. Schmidt , T. Schwarz , L. Scodellaro , F. Scuri , S. Seidel , Y. Seiya , A. Semenov , F. Sforza , S. Z. Shalhout , T. Shears , P. F. Shepard , M. Shimojima , M. Shochet , I. Shreyber-Tecker , A. Simonenko , K. Sliwa , J. R. Smith , F. D. Snider , V. Sorin , H. Song , M. Stancari , R. St. Denis , D. Stentz , J. Strologas , Y. Sudo , A. Sukhanov , I. Suslov , K. Takemasa , Y. Takeuchi , J. Tang , M. Tecchio , P. K. Teng , J. Thom , E. Thomson , V. Thukral , D. Toback , S. Tokar , K. Tollefson , T. Tomura , D. Tonelli , S. Torre , D. Torretta , P. Totaro , M. Trovato , F. Ukegawa , S. Uozumi , F. Vázquez , G. Velev , C. Vellidis , C. Vernieri , M. Vidal , R. Vilar , J. Vizán , M. Vogel , G. 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Measurement of the Rapidity and Transverse Momentum Distributions of Z Bosons in pp Collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV

Measurements of the normalized rapidity (y) and transverse momentum (qT) distributions of Drell-Yan muon and electron pairs in the Z-boson mass region (60<M(ll)<120 GeV) are reported. The results are obtained using a data sample of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 CMS Collaboration

Measurement of the W boson mass with 4.3 fb^-1 of D0 Run II data

A measurement of the W boson mass using 4.3 fb^-1 of integrated luminosity collected with the D0 detector during Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron collider is presented. Based on a sample of 1.68 * 10^6 W->enu candidate events, the W boson…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Hengne Li

Top quark properties at Tevatron

The latest CDF and D0 experiment measurements of the top quark properties except the top quark mass are presented. The final combination of the CDF and D0 forward-backward asymmetry measurements is shown together with the D0 measurements of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-11-28 Roman Lysák

Measurement of W-Boson Helicity Fractions in Top-Quark Decays Using costheta*

Fully reconstructed top-antitop-events are used to determine the fractions of right-handed and longitudinally polarized W bosons produced in top-quark decays. The helicity fractions are sensitive to the couplings and the Dirac structure of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2010-05-12 T. Aaltonen

Theory of W and Z boson production

Success of precision studies in W and Z boson production at the Tevatron and LHC depends on the progress in reducing theoretical uncertainties to the level of 1-2%. I review recent developments in theoretical understanding of W and Z boson…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-03-23 Pavel M. Nadolsky

Measurement of the transverse momentum distribution of Z/gamma* bosons in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

A measurement of the Z/gamma* transverse momentum (p_T^Z)) distribution in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV is presented using Z/gamma*->e+e- and Z/gamma*->mu+mu- decays collected with the ATLAS detector in data sets with…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-03-19 ATLAS Collaboration

W + 1 jet to W + 0 jet Ratio at the Tevatron: A Hint of New Physics?

We interpret the reported disagreement between the measured ratio, R_{10}, of the W + 1 jet cross-section to the W + 0 jet cross-section at the Tevatron and the Standard Model (SM) prediction, as the effect of interactions mediated by a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-30 Debajyoti Choudhury , Sreerup Raychaudhuri , K. Sridhar

Electroweak Radiative Corrections to W and Z Boson Production at Hadron Colliders

For the envisioned high precision measurement of the W boson mass at the Tevatron and LHC it is crucial that the theoretical predictions for the W and Z production processes are under control. We briefly summarize the status of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 U. Baur , D. Wackeroth

Precision Electroweak Measurements

This talk describes some of the precision electroweak measurements from around the world, namely those related to the Z and W bosons, the top quark mass, sin2 theta_ W at NuTeV, and three other fundamental measurements: alpha-1 m2_ Z,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-25 H. Przysiezniak

q_T Uncertainties for W and Z Production

Analysis of semi-inclusive DIS hadroproduction suggests broadening of transverse momentum distributions at small x below 1E-3 ~ 1E-2 which can be modeled in the Collins-Soper-Sterman formalism by a modification of impact parameter dependent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-25 Stefan Berge , Pavel M. Nadolsky , Fredrick I. Olness , C. -P. Yuan

Determination of W-boson Properties at Hadron Colliders

Methods for measuring the W-boson properties at hadron colliders are discussed. It is demonstrated that the ratio between the W- and Z-boson observables can be reliably calculated using perturbative QCD, even when the individual W- and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-30 W. T. Giele , S. Keller

PDF uncertainties in the determination of the W boson mass and of the effective lepton mixing angle at the LHC

The precision measurement of the W boson mass allows to perform stringent consistency tests of the Standard Model by means of global electroweak fits. The accurate determination of the W boson mass is one of the legacy results of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-05-22 Juan Rojo

Measurement of the W boson mass at LHCb

Constraints on new physics in the electroweak sector are limited by the precision of direct measurements of the $W$ boson mass ($m_W$). A new measurement is hereby reported, using proton-proton collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment…

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Measurement of the production and differential cross sections of $W^{+}W^{-}$ bosons in association with jets in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV

We present a measurement of the $W$-boson-pair production cross section in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at 1.96 TeV center-of-mass energy and the first measurement of the differential cross section as a function of jet multiplicity and leading-jet…

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Clark , C. Clarke , M. E. Convery , J. Conway , M. Corbo , M. Cordelli , C. A. Cox , D. J. Cox , M. Cremonesi , D. Cruz , J. Cuevas , R. Culbertson , N. d'Ascenzo , M. Datta , P. de Barbaro , L. Demortier , L. Marchese , M. Deninno , F. Devoto , M. D'Errico , A. Di Canto , B. Di Ruzza , J. R. Dittmann , M. D'Onofrio , S. Donati , M. Dorigo , A. Driutti , K. Ebina , R. Edgar , A. Elagin , R. Erbacher , S. Errede , B. Esham , S. Farrington , J. P. Fernández Ramos , R. Field , G. Flanagan , R. Forrest , M. Franklin , J. C. Freeman , H. Frisch , Y. Funakoshi , C. Galloni , A. F. Garfinkel , P. Garosi , H. Gerberich , E. Gerchtein , S. Giagu , V. Giakoumopoulou , K. Gibson , C. M. Ginsburg , N. Giokaris , P. Giromini , V. Glagolev , D. Glenzinski , M. Gold , D. Goldin , A. Golossanov , G. Gomez , G. Gomez-Ceballos , M. Goncharov , O. González López , I. Gorelov , A. T. Goshaw , K. Goulianos , E. Gramellini , C. Grosso-Pilcher , R. C. Group , J. Guimaraes da Costa , S. R. Hahn , J. Y. 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Lukens , G. Lungu , J. Lys , R. Lysak , R. Madrak , P. Maestro , S. Malik , G. Manca , A. Manousakis-Katsikakis , F. Margaroli , P. Marino , K. Matera , M. E. Mattson , A. Mazzacane , P. Mazzanti , R. McNulty , A. Mehta , P. Mehtala , C. Mesropian , T. Miao , D. Mietlicki , A. Mitra , H. Miyake , S. Moed , N. Moggi , C. S. Moon , R. Moore , M. J. Morello , A. Mukherjee , Th. Muller , P. Murat , M. Mussini , J. Nachtman , Y. Nagai , J. Naganoma , I. Nakano , A. Napier , J. Nett , C. Neu , T. Nigmanov , L. Nodulman , S. Y. Noh , O. Norniella , L. Oakes , S. H. Oh , Y. D. Oh , I. Oksuzian , T. Okusawa , R. Orava , L. Ortolan , C. Pagliarone , E. Palencia , P. Palni , V. Papadimitriou , W. Parker , G. Pauletta , M. Paulini , C. Paus , T. J. Phillips , G. Piacentino , E. Pianori , J. Pilot , K. Pitts , C. Plager , L. Pondrom , S. Poprocki , K. Potamianos , F. Prokoshin , A. Pranko , F. Ptohos , G. Punzi , I. Redondo Fernández , P. Renton , M. Rescigno , F. Rimondi , L. Ristori , A. 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Combined CDF and D0 measurement of WZ and ZZ production in final states with b-tagged jets

We present a combined measurement of the production cross section of VZ (V=W or Z) events in final states containing charged leptons (electrons or muons) or neutrinos, and heavy flavor jets, using data collected by the CDF and D0 detectors…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 The TEVNPH Working Group

Measurement of the W-boson mass and width with the ATLAS detector using proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV

Proton-proton data recorded by the ATLAS detector in 2011, at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, have been used for an improved determination of the W-boson mass and a first measurement of the W-boson width at the LHC. Recent fits to the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-01-29 ATLAS Collaboration

Modeling Uncertainties on the Z Boson Background in the Context of High Precision W Boson Mass Measurements

The precise determination of the $W$ boson mass, $m_W$, is a cornerstone of electroweak precision tests and a critical input to global fits of the Standard Model (SM). While most existing measurements of $m_W$ are in agreement with SM…

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Measurement of the electroweak production of W$\gamma$ in association with two jets in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV

A measurement is presented for the electroweak production of a W boson, a photon ($\gamma$), and two jets (j) in proton-proton collisions. The leptonic decay of the W boson is selected by requiring one identified electron or muon and large…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-08-29 CMS Collaboration

Top Quark Production and Decay Properties at the Tevatron

The latest results from the CDF and D0 collaborations on the top-quark pair-production cross section and limits on electroweak production are presented. Included are measurements of properties of the top quark such as charge, lifetime, and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Michael Weber