Measurement of the mass and width of the w boson in e+e- collisions at 189 GeV: Opal collaboration

G. Abbiendi; K. Ackerstaff; C. Ainsley; P. F. Åkesson; G. Alexander; J. Allison; K. J. Anderson; S. Arcelli; S. Asai; S. F. Ashby; D. Axen; G. Azuelos; I. Bailey; A. H. Ball; E. Barberio; R. J. Barlow; S. Baumann; T. Behnke; K. W. Bell; G. Bella; A. Bellerive; G. Benelli; S. Bentvelsen; S. Bethke; O. Biebel; I. J. Bloodworth; O. Boeriu; P. Bock; J. Böhme; D. Bonacorsi; M. Boutemeur; S. Braibant; P. Bright-Thomas; L. Brigliadori; R. M. Brown; H. J. Burckhart; J. Cammin; P. Capiluppi; R. K. Carnegie; A. A. Carter; J. R. Carter; C. Y. Chang; D. G. Charlton; P. E.L. Clarke; E. Clay; I. Cohen; O. C. Cooke; J. Couchman; C. Couyoumtzelis; R. L. Coxe; A. Csilling; M. Cuffiani; S. Dado; G. M. Dallavalle; S. Dallison; A. de Roeck; E. de Wolf; P. Dervan; K. Desch; B. Dienes; M. S. Dixit; M. Donkers; J. Dubbert; E. Duchovni; G. Duckeck; I. P. Duerdoth; P. G. Estabrooks; E. Etzion; F. Fabbri; M. Fanti; L. Feld; P. Ferrari; F. Fiedler; I. Fleck; M. Ford; A. Frey; A. Fürtjes; D. I. Futyan; P. Gagnon; J. W. Gary; G. Gaycken; C. Geich-Gimbel; G. Giacomelli; P. Giacomelli; D. Glenzinski; J. Goldberg; C. Grandi; K. Graham; E. Gross; J. Grunhaus; M. Gruwé; P. O. Günther; C. Hajdu; G. G. Hanson; M. Hansroul; M. Hapke; K. Harder; A. Harel; M. Harin-Dirac; A. Hauke; M. Hauschild; C. M. Hawkes; R. Hawkings; R. J. Hemingway; C. Hensel; G. Herten; R. D. Heuer; J. C. Hill; A. Hocker; K. Hoffman; R. J. Homer; A. K. Honma; D. Horváth; K. R. Hossain; R. Howard; P. Hüntemeyer; P. Igo-Kemenes; K. Ishii; F. R. Jacob; A. Jawahery; H. Jeremie; C. R. Jones; P. Jovanovic; T. R. Junk; N. Kanaya; J. Kanzaki; G. Karapetian; D. Karlen; V. Kartvelishvili; K. Kawagoe; T. Kawamoto; R. K. Keeler; R. G. Kellogg; B. W. Kennedy; D. H. Kim; K. Klein; A. Klier; S. Kluth; T. Kobayashi; M. Kobel; T. P. Kokott; S. Komamiya; R. V. Kowalewski; T. Kress; P. Krieger; J. von Krogh; T. Kuhl; M. Kupper; P. Kyberd; G. D. Lafferty; H. Landsman; D. Lanske; I. Lawson; J. G. Layter; A. Leins; D. Lellouch; J. Letts; L. Levinson; R. Liebisch; J. Lillich; B. List; C. Littlewood; A. W. Lloyd; S. L. Lloyd; F. K. Loebinger; G. D. Long; M. J. Losty; J. Lu; J. Ludwig; A. Macchiolo; A. Macpherson; W. Mader; S. Marcellini; T. E. Marchant; A. J. Martin; J. P. Martin; G. Martinez; T. Mashimo; P. Mättig; W. J. McDonald; J. McKenna; T. J. McMahon; R. A. McPherson; F. Meijers; P. Mendez-Lorenzo; W. Menges; F. S. Merritt; H. Mes; A. Michelini; S. Mihara; G. Mikenberg; D. J. Miller; W. Mohr; A. Montanari; T. Mori; K. Nagai; I. Nakamura; H. A. Neal; R. Nisius; S. W. O'Neale; F. G. Oakham; F. Odorici; H. O. Ogren; A. Oh; A. Okpara; M. J. Oreglia; S. Orito; G. Pásztor; J. R. Pater; G. N. Patrick; J. Patt; P. Pfeifenschneider; J. E. Pilcher; J. Pinfold; D. E. Plane; B. Poli; J. Polok; O. Pooth; M. Przybycień; A. Quadt; C. Rembser; P. Renkel; H. Rick; N. Rodning; J. M. Roney; S. Rosati; K. Roscoe; A. M. Rossi; Y. Rozen; K. Runge; O. Runolfsson; D. R. Rust; K. Sachs; T. Saeki; O. Sahr; E. K.G. Sarkisyan; C. Sbarra; A. D. Schaile; O. Schaile; P. Scharff-Hansen; M. Schröder; M. Schumacher; C. Schwick; W. G. Scott; R. Seuster; T. G. Shears; B. C. Shen; C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous; P. Sherwood; G. P. Siroli; A. Skuja; A. M. Smith; G. A. Snow; R. Sobie; S. Söldner-Rembold; S. Spagnolo; M. Sproston; A. Stahl; K. Stephens; K. Stoll; D. Strom; R. Ströhmer; L. Stumpf; B. Surrow; S. D. Talbot; S. Tarem; R. J. Taylor; R. Teuscher; M. Thiergen; J. Thomas; M. A. Thomson; E. Torrence; S. Towers; D. Toya; T. Trefzger; I. Trigger; Z. Trócsányi; E. Tsur; M. F. Turner-Watson; I. Ueda; B. Vachon; P. Vannerem; M. Verzocchi; H. Voss; J. Vossebeld; D. Waller; C. P. Ward; D. R. Ward; P. M. Watkins; A. T. Watson; N. K. Watson; P. S. Wells; T. Wengler; N. Wermes; D. Wetterling; J. S. White; G. W. Wilson; J. A. Wilson; T. R. Wyatt; S. Yamashita; V. Zacek; D. Zer-Zion

doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00131-9

Measurement of the mass and width of the w boson in e⁺e^- collisions at 189 GeV: Opal collaboration

G. Abbiendi, K. Ackerstaff, C. Ainsley, P. F. Åkesson, G. Alexander, J. Allison, K. J. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, S. F. Ashby, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, I. Bailey, A. H. Ball, E. Barberio, R. J. Barlow, S. Baumann, T. Behnke, K. W. Bell, G. BellaA. Bellerive, G. Benelli, S. Bentvelsen, S. Bethke, O. Biebel, I. J. Bloodworth, O. Boeriu, P. Bock, J. Böhme, D. Bonacorsi, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, P. Bright-Thomas, L. Brigliadori, R. M. Brown, H. J. Burckhart, J. Cammin, P. Capiluppi, R. K. Carnegie, A. A. Carter, J. R. Carter, C. Y. Chang, D. G. Charlton, P. E.L. Clarke, E. Clay, I. Cohen, O. C. Cooke, J. Couchman, C. Couyoumtzelis, R. L. Coxe, A. Csilling, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, G. M. Dallavalle, S. Dallison, A. de Roeck, E. de Wolf, P. Dervan, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M. S. Dixit, M. Donkers, J. Dubbert, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I. P. Duerdoth, P. G. Estabrooks, E. Etzion, F. Fabbri, M. Fanti, L. Feld, P. Ferrari, F. Fiedler, I. Fleck, M. Ford, A. Frey, A. Fürtjes, D. I. Futyan, P. Gagnon, J. W. Gary, G. Gaycken, C. Geich-Gimbel, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, D. Glenzinski, J. Goldberg, C. Grandi, K. Graham, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, P. O. Günther, C. Hajdu, G. G. Hanson, M. Hansroul, M. Hapke, K. Harder, A. Harel, M. Harin-Dirac, A. Hauke, M. Hauschild, C. M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R. J. Hemingway, C. Hensel, G. Herten, R. D. Heuer, J. C. Hill, A. Hocker, K. Hoffman, R. J. Homer, A. K. Honma, D. Horváth, K. R. Hossain, R. Howard, P. Hüntemeyer, P. Igo-Kemenes, K. Ishii, F. R. Jacob, A. Jawahery, H. Jeremie, C. R. Jones, P. Jovanovic, T. R. Junk, N. Kanaya, J. Kanzaki, G. Karapetian, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, R. K. Keeler, R. G. Kellogg, B. W. Kennedy, D. H. Kim, K. Klein, A. Klier, S. Kluth, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, T. P. Kokott, S. Komamiya, R. V. Kowalewski, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, T. Kuhl, M. Kupper, P. Kyberd, G. D. Lafferty, H. Landsman, D. Lanske, I. Lawson, J. G. Layter, A. Leins, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, R. Liebisch, J. Lillich, B. List, C. Littlewood, A. W. Lloyd, S. L. Lloyd, F. K. Loebinger, G. D. Long, M. J. Losty, J. Lu, J. Ludwig, A. Macchiolo, A. Macpherson, W. Mader, S. Marcellini, T. E. Marchant, A. J. Martin, J. P. Martin, G. Martinez, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W. J. McDonald, J. McKenna, T. J. McMahon, R. A. McPherson, F. Meijers, P. Mendez-Lorenzo, W. Menges, F. S. Merritt, H. Mes, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D. J. Miller, W. Mohr, A. Montanari, T. Mori, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H. A. Neal, R. Nisius, S. W. O'Neale, F. G. Oakham, F. Odorici, H. O. Ogren, A. Oh, A. Okpara, M. J. Oreglia, S. Orito, G. Pásztor, J. R. Pater, G. N. Patrick, J. Patt, P. Pfeifenschneider, J. E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D. E. Plane, B. Poli, J. Polok, O. Pooth, M. Przybycień, A. Quadt, C. Rembser, P. Renkel, H. Rick, N. Rodning, J. M. Roney, S. Rosati, K. Roscoe, A. M. Rossi, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, O. Runolfsson, D. R. Rust, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, O. Sahr, E. K.G. Sarkisyan, C. Sbarra, A. D. Schaile, O. Schaile, P. Scharff-Hansen, M. Schröder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W. G. Scott, R. Seuster, T. G. Shears, B. C. Shen, C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, G. P. Siroli, A. Skuja, A. M. Smith, G. A. Snow, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, S. Spagnolo, M. Sproston, A. Stahl, K. Stephens, K. Stoll, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, L. Stumpf, B. Surrow, S. D. Talbot, S. Tarem, R. J. Taylor, R. Teuscher, M. Thiergen, J. Thomas, M. A. Thomson, E. Torrence, S. Towers, D. Toya, T. Trefzger, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, M. F. Turner-Watson, I. Ueda, B. Vachon, P. Vannerem, M. Verzocchi, H. Voss, J. Vossebeld, D. Waller, C. P. Ward, D. R. Ward, P. M. Watkins, A. T. Watson, N. K. Watson, P. S. Wells, T. Wengler, N. Wermes, D. Wetterling, J. S. White, G. W. Wilson, J. A. Wilson, T. R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, V. Zacek, D. Zer-Zion

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The mass and width of the W boson are determined in e⁺e^- collisions at LEP using 183 pb^-1 of data recorded at a centre-of-mass energy √s = 189 GeV with the OPAL detector. The invariant mass distributions from 970 W⁺W^- → qqqq and 1118 W⁺W^- → qqℓν_ℓ candidate events are used to measure the mass of the W boson, M_W = 80.451±0.076 (stat.) ± 0.049 (syst.) GeV. A direct measurement of the width of the W boson gives Γ_W = 2.09 ± 0.18 (stat.) ± 0.09 (syst.) GeV. The results are combined with previous OPAL results from 78 pb^-1 of data recorded with √s from 161 to 183 GeV, to obtain: M_W = 80.432 ± 0.066 (stat.) ± 0.045 (syst.) GeV, Γ_W = 2.04 ± 0.16 (stat.) ± 0.09 (syst.) GeV. The consistency of the direct measurement of M_w with that inferred from other measurements of electroweak parameters provides an important test of the Standard Model of electroweak interactions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	29-46
Number of pages	18
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	507
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00131-9
State	Published - May 17 2001

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Abbiendi, G., Ackerstaff, K., Ainsley, C., Åkesson, P. F., Alexander, G., Allison, J., Anderson, K. J., Arcelli, S., Asai, S., Ashby, S. F., Axen, D., Azuelos, G., Bailey, I., Ball, A. H., Barberio, E., Barlow, R. J., Baumann, S., Behnke, T., Bell, K. W., ... Zer-Zion, D. (2001). Measurement of the mass and width of the w boson in e⁺e^- collisions at 189 GeV: Opal collaboration. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 507(1-4), 29-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00131-9

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abstract = "The mass and width of the W boson are determined in e+e- collisions at LEP using 183 pb-1 of data recorded at a centre-of-mass energy √s = 189 GeV with the OPAL detector. The invariant mass distributions from 970 W+W- → qqqq and 1118 W+W- → qqℓνℓ candidate events are used to measure the mass of the W boson, MW = 80.451±0.076 (stat.) ± 0.049 (syst.) GeV. A direct measurement of the width of the W boson gives ΓW = 2.09 ± 0.18 (stat.) ± 0.09 (syst.) GeV. The results are combined with previous OPAL results from 78 pb-1 of data recorded with √s from 161 to 183 GeV, to obtain: MW = 80.432 ± 0.066 (stat.) ± 0.045 (syst.) GeV, ΓW = 2.04 ± 0.16 (stat.) ± 0.09 (syst.) GeV. The consistency of the direct measurement of Mw with that inferred from other measurements of electroweak parameters provides an important test of the Standard Model of electroweak interactions.",

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Mashimo and P. M{\"a}ttig and McDonald, {W. J.} and J. McKenna and McMahon, {T. J.} and McPherson, {R. A.} and F. Meijers and P. Mendez-Lorenzo and W. Menges and Merritt, {F. S.} and H. Mes and A. Michelini and S. Mihara and G. Mikenberg and Miller, {D. J.} and W. Mohr and A. Montanari and T. Mori and K. Nagai and I. Nakamura and Neal, {H. A.} and R. Nisius and O'Neale, {S. W.} and Oakham, {F. G.} and F. Odorici and Ogren, {H. O.} and A. Oh and A. Okpara and Oreglia, {M. J.} and S. Orito and G. P{\'a}sztor and Pater, {J. R.} and Patrick, {G. N.} and J. Patt and P. Pfeifenschneider and Pilcher, {J. E.} and J. Pinfold and Plane, {D. E.} and B. Poli and J. Polok and O. Pooth and M. Przybycie{\'n} and A. Quadt and C. Rembser and P. Renkel and H. Rick and N. Rodning and Roney, {J. M.} and S. Rosati and K. Roscoe and Rossi, {A. M.} and Y. Rozen and K. Runge and O. Runolfsson and Rust, {D. R.} and K. Sachs and T. Saeki and O. Sahr and Sarkisyan, {E. K.G.} and C. Sbarra and Schaile, {A. 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Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, PF, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Anderson, KJ, Arcelli, S, Asai, S, Ashby, SF, Axen, D, Azuelos, G, Bailey, I, Ball, AH, Barberio, E, Barlow, RJ, Baumann, S, Behnke, T, Bell, KW, Bella, G, Bellerive, A, Benelli, G, Bentvelsen, S, Bethke, S, Biebel, O, Bloodworth, IJ, Boeriu, O, Bock, P, Böhme, J, Bonacorsi, D, Boutemeur, M, Braibant, S, Bright-Thomas, P, Brigliadori, L, Brown, RM, Burckhart, HJ, Cammin, J, Capiluppi, P, Carnegie, RK, Carter, AA, Carter, JR, Chang, CY, Charlton, DG, Clarke, PEL, Clay, E, Cohen, I, Cooke, OC, Couchman, J, Couyoumtzelis, C, Coxe, RL, Csilling, A, Cuffiani, M, Dado, S, Dallavalle, GM, Dallison, S, de Roeck, A, de Wolf, E, Dervan, P, Desch, K, Dienes, B, Dixit, MS, Donkers, M, Dubbert, J, Duchovni, E, Duckeck, G, Duerdoth, IP, Estabrooks, PG, Etzion, E, Fabbri, F, Fanti, M, Feld, L, Ferrari, P, Fiedler, F, Fleck, I, Ford, M, Frey, A, Fürtjes, A, Futyan, DI, Gagnon, P, Gary, JW, Gaycken, G, Geich-Gimbel, C, Giacomelli, G, Giacomelli, P, Glenzinski, D, Goldberg, J, Grandi, C, Graham, K, Gross, E, Grunhaus, J, Gruwé, M, Günther, PO, Hajdu, C, Hanson, GG, Hansroul, M, Hapke, M, Harder, K, Harel, A, Harin-Dirac, M, Hauke, A, Hauschild, M, Hawkes, CM, Hawkings, R, Hemingway, RJ, Hensel, C, Herten, G, Heuer, RD, Hill, JC, Hocker, A, Hoffman, K, Homer, RJ, Honma, AK, Horváth, D, Hossain, KR, Howard, R, Hüntemeyer, P, Igo-Kemenes, P, Ishii, K, Jacob, FR, Jawahery, A, Jeremie, H, Jones, CR, Jovanovic, P, Junk, TR, Kanaya, N, Kanzaki, J, Karapetian, G, Karlen, D, Kartvelishvili, V, Kawagoe, K, Kawamoto, T, Keeler, RK, Kellogg, RG, Kennedy, BW, Kim, DH, Klein, K, Klier, A, Kluth, S, Kobayashi, T, Kobel, M, Kokott, TP, Komamiya, S, Kowalewski, RV, Kress, T, Krieger, P, von Krogh, J, Kuhl, T, Kupper, M, Kyberd, P, Lafferty, GD, Landsman, H, Lanske, D, Lawson, I, Layter, JG, Leins, A, Lellouch, D, Letts, J, Levinson, L, Liebisch, R, Lillich, J, List, B, Littlewood, C, Lloyd, AW, Lloyd, SL, Loebinger, FK, Long, GD, Losty, MJ, Lu, J, Ludwig, J, Macchiolo, A, Macpherson, A, Mader, W, Marcellini, S, Marchant, TE, Martin, AJ, Martin, JP, Martinez, G, Mashimo, T, Mättig, P, McDonald, WJ, McKenna, J, McMahon, TJ, McPherson, RA, Meijers, F, Mendez-Lorenzo, P, Menges, W, Merritt, FS, Mes, H, Michelini, A, Mihara, S, Mikenberg, G, Miller, DJ, Mohr, W, Montanari, A, Mori, T, Nagai, K, Nakamura, I, Neal, HA, Nisius, R, O'Neale, SW, Oakham, FG, Odorici, F, Ogren, HO, Oh, A, Okpara, A, Oreglia, MJ, Orito, S, Pásztor, G, Pater, JR, Patrick, GN, Patt, J, Pfeifenschneider, P, Pilcher, JE, Pinfold, J, Plane, DE, Poli, B, Polok, J, Pooth, O, Przybycień, M, Quadt, A, Rembser, C, Renkel, P, Rick, H, Rodning, N, Roney, JM, Rosati, S, Roscoe, K, Rossi, AM, Rozen, Y, Runge, K, Runolfsson, O, Rust, DR, Sachs, K, Saeki, T, Sahr, O, Sarkisyan, EKG, Sbarra, C, Schaile, AD, Schaile, O, Scharff-Hansen, P, Schröder, M, Schumacher, M, Schwick, C, Scott, WG, Seuster, R, Shears, TG, Shen, BC, Shepherd-Themistocleous, CH, Sherwood, P, Siroli, GP, Skuja, A, Smith, AM, Snow, GA, Sobie, R, Söldner-Rembold, S, Spagnolo, S, Sproston, M, Stahl, A, Stephens, K, Stoll, K, Strom, D, Ströhmer, R, Stumpf, L, Surrow, B, Talbot, SD, Tarem, S, Taylor, RJ, Teuscher, R, Thiergen, M, Thomas, J, Thomson, MA, Torrence, E, Towers, S, Toya, D, Trefzger, T, Trigger, I, Trócsányi, Z, Tsur, E, Turner-Watson, MF, Ueda, I, Vachon, B, Vannerem, P, Verzocchi, M, Voss, H, Vossebeld, J, Waller, D, Ward, CP, Ward, DR, Watkins, PM, Watson, AT, Watson, NK, Wells, PS, Wengler, T, Wermes, N, Wetterling, D, White, JS, Wilson, GW, Wilson, JA, Wyatt, TR, Yamashita, S, Zacek, V & Zer-Zion, D 2001, 'Measurement of the mass and width of the w boson in e⁺e^- collisions at 189 GeV: Opal collaboration', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 507, no. 1-4, pp. 29-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00131-9

TY - JOUR

T1 - Measurement of the mass and width of the w boson in e+e- collisions at 189 GeV

T2 - Opal collaboration

AU - Abbiendi, G.

AU - Ackerstaff, K.

AU - Ainsley, C.

AU - Åkesson, P. F.

AU - Alexander, G.

AU - Allison, J.

AU - Anderson, K. J.

AU - Arcelli, S.

AU - Asai, S.

AU - Ashby, S. F.

AU - Axen, D.

AU - Azuelos, G.

AU - Bailey, I.

AU - Ball, A. H.

AU - Barberio, E.

AU - Barlow, R. J.

AU - Baumann, S.

AU - Behnke, T.

AU - Bell, K. W.

AU - Bella, G.

AU - Bellerive, A.

AU - Benelli, G.

AU - Bentvelsen, S.

AU - Bethke, S.

AU - Biebel, O.

AU - Bloodworth, I. J.

AU - Boeriu, O.

AU - Bock, P.

AU - Böhme, J.

AU - Bonacorsi, D.

AU - Boutemeur, M.

AU - Braibant, S.

AU - Bright-Thomas, P.

AU - Brigliadori, L.

AU - Brown, R. M.

AU - Burckhart, H. J.

AU - Cammin, J.

AU - Capiluppi, P.

AU - Carnegie, R. K.

AU - Carter, A. A.

AU - Carter, J. R.

AU - Chang, C. Y.

AU - Charlton, D. G.

AU - Clarke, P. E.L.

AU - Clay, E.

AU - Cohen, I.

AU - Cooke, O. C.

AU - Couchman, J.

AU - Couyoumtzelis, C.

AU - Coxe, R. L.

AU - Csilling, A.

AU - Cuffiani, M.

AU - Dado, S.

AU - Dallavalle, G. M.

AU - Dallison, S.

AU - de Roeck, A.

AU - de Wolf, E.

AU - Dervan, P.

AU - Desch, K.

AU - Dienes, B.

AU - Dixit, M. S.

AU - Donkers, M.

AU - Dubbert, J.

AU - Duchovni, E.

AU - Duckeck, G.

AU - Duerdoth, I. P.

AU - Estabrooks, P. G.

AU - Etzion, E.

AU - Fabbri, F.

AU - Fanti, M.

AU - Feld, L.

AU - Ferrari, P.

AU - Fiedler, F.

AU - Fleck, I.

AU - Ford, M.

AU - Frey, A.

AU - Fürtjes, A.

AU - Futyan, D. I.

AU - Gagnon, P.

AU - Gary, J. W.

AU - Gaycken, G.

AU - Geich-Gimbel, C.

AU - Giacomelli, G.

AU - Giacomelli, P.

AU - Glenzinski, D.

AU - Goldberg, J.

AU - Grandi, C.

AU - Graham, K.

AU - Gross, E.

AU - Grunhaus, J.

AU - Gruwé, M.

AU - Günther, P. O.

AU - Hajdu, C.

AU - Hanson, G. G.

AU - Hansroul, M.

AU - Hapke, M.

AU - Harder, K.

AU - Harel, A.

AU - Harin-Dirac, M.

AU - Hauke, A.

AU - Hauschild, M.

AU - Hawkes, C. M.

AU - Hawkings, R.

AU - Hemingway, R. J.

AU - Hensel, C.

AU - Herten, G.

AU - Heuer, R. D.

AU - Hill, J. C.

AU - Hocker, A.

AU - Hoffman, K.

AU - Homer, R. J.

AU - Honma, A. K.

AU - Horváth, D.

AU - Hossain, K. R.

AU - Howard, R.

AU - Hüntemeyer, P.

AU - Igo-Kemenes, P.

AU - Ishii, K.

AU - Jacob, F. R.

AU - Jawahery, A.

AU - Jeremie, H.

AU - Jones, C. R.

AU - Jovanovic, P.

AU - Junk, T. R.

AU - Kanaya, N.

AU - Kanzaki, J.

AU - Karapetian, G.

AU - Karlen, D.

AU - Kartvelishvili, V.

AU - Kawagoe, K.

AU - Kawamoto, T.

AU - Keeler, R. K.

AU - Kellogg, R. G.

AU - Kennedy, B. W.

AU - Kim, D. H.

AU - Klein, K.

AU - Klier, A.

AU - Kluth, S.

AU - Kobayashi, T.

AU - Kobel, M.

AU - Kokott, T. P.

AU - Komamiya, S.

AU - Kowalewski, R. V.

AU - Kress, T.

AU - Krieger, P.

AU - von Krogh, J.

AU - Kuhl, T.

AU - Kupper, M.

AU - Kyberd, P.

AU - Lafferty, G. D.

AU - Landsman, H.

AU - Lanske, D.

AU - Lawson, I.

AU - Layter, J. G.

AU - Leins, A.

AU - Lellouch, D.

AU - Letts, J.

AU - Levinson, L.

AU - Liebisch, R.

AU - Lillich, J.

AU - List, B.

AU - Littlewood, C.

AU - Lloyd, A. W.

AU - Lloyd, S. L.

AU - Loebinger, F. K.

AU - Long, G. D.

AU - Losty, M. J.

AU - Lu, J.

AU - Ludwig, J.

AU - Macchiolo, A.

AU - Macpherson, A.

AU - Mader, W.

AU - Marcellini, S.

AU - Marchant, T. E.

AU - Martin, A. J.

AU - Martin, J. P.

AU - Martinez, G.

AU - Mashimo, T.

AU - Mättig, P.

AU - McDonald, W. J.

AU - McKenna, J.

AU - McMahon, T. J.

AU - McPherson, R. A.

AU - Meijers, F.

AU - Mendez-Lorenzo, P.

AU - Menges, W.

AU - Merritt, F. S.

AU - Mes, H.

AU - Michelini, A.

AU - Mihara, S.

AU - Mikenberg, G.

AU - Miller, D. J.

AU - Mohr, W.

AU - Montanari, A.

AU - Mori, T.

AU - Nagai, K.

AU - Nakamura, I.

AU - Neal, H. A.

AU - Nisius, R.

AU - O'Neale, S. W.

AU - Oakham, F. G.

AU - Odorici, F.

AU - Ogren, H. O.

AU - Oh, A.

AU - Okpara, A.

AU - Oreglia, M. J.

AU - Orito, S.

AU - Pásztor, G.

AU - Pater, J. R.

AU - Patrick, G. N.

AU - Patt, J.

AU - Pfeifenschneider, P.

AU - Pilcher, J. E.

AU - Pinfold, J.

AU - Plane, D. E.

AU - Poli, B.

AU - Polok, J.

AU - Pooth, O.

AU - Przybycień, M.

AU - Quadt, A.

AU - Rembser, C.

AU - Renkel, P.

AU - Rick, H.

AU - Rodning, N.

AU - Roney, J. M.

AU - Rosati, S.

AU - Roscoe, K.

AU - Rossi, A. M.

AU - Rozen, Y.

AU - Runge, K.

AU - Runolfsson, O.

AU - Rust, D. R.

AU - Sachs, K.

AU - Saeki, T.

AU - Sahr, O.

AU - Sarkisyan, E. K.G.

AU - Sbarra, C.

AU - Schaile, A. D.

AU - Schaile, O.

AU - Scharff-Hansen, P.

AU - Schröder, M.

AU - Schumacher, M.

AU - Schwick, C.

AU - Scott, W. G.

AU - Seuster, R.

AU - Shears, T. G.

AU - Shen, B. C.

AU - Shepherd-Themistocleous, C. H.

AU - Sherwood, P.

AU - Siroli, G. P.

AU - Skuja, A.

AU - Smith, A. M.

AU - Snow, G. A.

AU - Sobie, R.

AU - Söldner-Rembold, S.

AU - Spagnolo, S.

AU - Sproston, M.

AU - Stahl, A.

AU - Stephens, K.

AU - Stoll, K.

AU - Strom, D.

AU - Ströhmer, R.

AU - Stumpf, L.

AU - Surrow, B.

AU - Talbot, S. D.

AU - Tarem, S.

AU - Taylor, R. J.

AU - Teuscher, R.

AU - Thiergen, M.

AU - Thomas, J.

AU - Thomson, M. A.

AU - Torrence, E.

AU - Towers, S.

AU - Toya, D.

AU - Trefzger, T.

AU - Trigger, I.

AU - Trócsányi, Z.

AU - Tsur, E.

AU - Turner-Watson, M. F.

AU - Ueda, I.

AU - Vachon, B.

AU - Vannerem, P.

AU - Verzocchi, M.

AU - Voss, H.

AU - Vossebeld, J.

AU - Waller, D.

AU - Ward, C. P.

AU - Ward, D. R.

AU - Watkins, P. M.

AU - Watson, A. T.

AU - Watson, N. K.

AU - Wells, P. S.

AU - Wengler, T.

AU - Wermes, N.

AU - Wetterling, D.

AU - White, J. S.

AU - Wilson, G. W.

AU - Wilson, J. A.

AU - Wyatt, T. R.

AU - Yamashita, S.

AU - Zacek, V.

AU - Zer-Zion, D.

N1 - Funding Information: We particularly wish to thank the SL Division for the efficient operation of the LEP accelerator at all energies and for their continuing close cooperation with our experimental group. We thank our colleagues from CEA, DAPNIA/SPP, CE-Saclay for their efforts over the years on the time-of-flight and trigger systems which we continue to use. In addition to the support staff at our own institutions we are pleased to acknowledge the Department of Energy, USA; National Science Foundation, USA; Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, UK; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada; Israel Science Foundation, administered by the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities; Minerva Gesellschaft; Benoziyo Center for High Energy Physics; Japanese Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (the Monbusho) and a grant under the Monbusho International Science Research Program; Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); German–Israeli Bi-national Science Foundation (GIF); Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Germany; National Research Council of Canada; Research Corporation, USA; Hungarian Foundation for Scientific Research, OTKA T-029328, T023793 and OTKA F-023259.

PY - 2001/5/17

Y1 - 2001/5/17

N2 - The mass and width of the W boson are determined in e+e- collisions at LEP using 183 pb-1 of data recorded at a centre-of-mass energy √s = 189 GeV with the OPAL detector. The invariant mass distributions from 970 W+W- → qqqq and 1118 W+W- → qqℓνℓ candidate events are used to measure the mass of the W boson, MW = 80.451±0.076 (stat.) ± 0.049 (syst.) GeV. A direct measurement of the width of the W boson gives ΓW = 2.09 ± 0.18 (stat.) ± 0.09 (syst.) GeV. The results are combined with previous OPAL results from 78 pb-1 of data recorded with √s from 161 to 183 GeV, to obtain: MW = 80.432 ± 0.066 (stat.) ± 0.045 (syst.) GeV, ΓW = 2.04 ± 0.16 (stat.) ± 0.09 (syst.) GeV. The consistency of the direct measurement of Mw with that inferred from other measurements of electroweak parameters provides an important test of the Standard Model of electroweak interactions.

AB - The mass and width of the W boson are determined in e+e- collisions at LEP using 183 pb-1 of data recorded at a centre-of-mass energy √s = 189 GeV with the OPAL detector. The invariant mass distributions from 970 W+W- → qqqq and 1118 W+W- → qqℓνℓ candidate events are used to measure the mass of the W boson, MW = 80.451±0.076 (stat.) ± 0.049 (syst.) GeV. A direct measurement of the width of the W boson gives ΓW = 2.09 ± 0.18 (stat.) ± 0.09 (syst.) GeV. The results are combined with previous OPAL results from 78 pb-1 of data recorded with √s from 161 to 183 GeV, to obtain: MW = 80.432 ± 0.066 (stat.) ± 0.045 (syst.) GeV, ΓW = 2.04 ± 0.16 (stat.) ± 0.09 (syst.) GeV. The consistency of the direct measurement of Mw with that inferred from other measurements of electroweak parameters provides an important test of the Standard Model of electroweak interactions.

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U2 - 10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00131-9

DO - 10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00131-9

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0035902163

SN - 0370-2693

VL - 507

SP - 29

EP - 46

JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

IS - 1-4

ER -

Measurement of the mass and width of the w boson in e⁺e^- collisions at 189 GeV: Opal collaboration

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