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Measurement of the W-boson mass in pp collisions at vs=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
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posted on 2023-06-09, 13:31 authored by Benedict AllbrookeBenedict Allbrooke, Lily AsquithLily Asquith, Alessandro CerriAlessandro Cerri, C A Chavez Barajas, Antonella De SantoAntonella De Santo, Fabrizio SalvatoreFabrizio Salvatore, I Santoyo Castillo, K Suruliz, Mark SuttonMark Sutton, Iacopo Vivarelli, The ATLAS CollaborationA measurement of the mass of the W boson is presented based on proton–proton collision data recorded in 2011 at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, and corresponding to 4.6 fb-1 of integrated luminosity. The selected data sample consists of 7.8×106 candidates in the W?µ? channel and 5.9×106 candidates in the W?e? channel. The W-boson mass is obtained from template fits to the reconstructed distributions of the charged lepton transverse momentum and of the W boson transverse mass in the electron and muon decay channels, yielding mW=80370±7 (stat.)±11(exp. syst.) ±14(mod. syst.) MeV =80370±19MeV, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second corresponds to the experimental systematic uncertainty, and the third to the physics-modelling systematic uncertainty. A measurement of the mass difference between the W+ and W-bosons yields mW+-mW-=-29±28 MeV.
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ATLAS; G0275; STFC-SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL; ST/I006048/1
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European Physical Journal C: Particles and FieldsISSN
1434-6044Publisher
Springer VerlagExternal DOI
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110Volume
78Department affiliated with
- Physics and Astronomy Publications
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2018-05-29First Open Access (FOA) Date
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2018-05-29Usage metrics
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