Measurement of $W$ and $Z$ boson production cross sections

Abbott, B.; Abolins, M.; Abramov, V.; Acharya, B.S.; Adam, I.; Adams, D.L.; Adams, M.; Ahn, S.; Alves, G.A.; Amos, N.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.60.052003

Measurement of $W$ and $Z$ boson production cross sections

D0

Collaboration

Jan, 1999

46 pages

Published in:

Phys.Rev.D 60 (1999) 052003

e-Print:

hep-ex/9901040 [hep-ex]

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevD.60.052003

PDG:

{{\mathit W}^{+}}

\rightarrow

{{\mathit \ell}^{+}}{{\mathit \nu}}

Report number:

FERMILAB-PUB-99-015-E

Experiments:

FNAL-E-0740

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Abstract:

DO has measured the inclusive production cross section of W and Z bosons in a sample of 13 pb

^{-1}

of data collected at the Fermilab Tevatron. The cross sections, multiplied by their leptonic branching fractions, for production in pbar-p collisions at sqrt{s}=1.8 TeV are sigma_W*B(W->e nu) = 2.36+-0.02+-0.08+-0.13 nb, sigma_W*B(W->mu nu) = 2.09+-0.06+-0.22+-0.11 nb, sigma_Z*B(Z->e+ e-) = 0.218+-0.008+-0.008+-0.012 nb, and sigma_Z*B(Z->mu+ mu-) = 0.178+-0.022+-0.021+-0.009 nb, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic; the third reflects the uncertainty in the integrated luminosity. For the combined electron and muon analyses, we find sigma_W*B(W->l mu)/sigma_Z*B(Z->l+ l-) = 10.90+-0.52. Assuming standard model couplings, we use this result to determine the width of the W boson, and obtain Gamma(W) = 2.044+-0.097 GeV.

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46 pages with 17 embedded figures, submitted to PRD, Run 1a results Report-no: FERMILAB-Pub-99/015-E

D0
anti-p p: colliding beams
anti-p p: inclusive reaction
W: hadroproduction
Z0: hadroproduction
intermediate boson: leptonic decay
W: width
channel cross section: branching ratio
DZERO
experimental results

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