Measurement of the cross section of W-boson pair production at LEP
The cross section of W-boson pair-production is measured with the L3 detector at LEP. In a data sample corresponding to a total luminosity of 629.4 pb<sup>−1</sup>, collected at centre-of-mass energies ranging from 189 to 209 GeV, 9834 four-fermion events with W bosons decaying into hadr...
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| Formato: | Articulo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2004
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| Acceso en línea: | http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/79970 |
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| Sumario: | The cross section of W-boson pair-production is measured with the L3 detector at LEP. In a data sample corresponding to a total luminosity of 629.4 pb<sup>−1</sup>, collected at centre-of-mass energies ranging from 189 to 209 GeV, 9834 four-fermion events with W bosons decaying into hadrons or leptons are selected. The total cross section is measured with a precision of 1.4% and agrees with the Standard Model expectation. Assuming charged-lepton universality, the branching fraction for hadronic W-boson decays is measured to be: Br(W → hadrons) = 67.50 ± 0.42(stat.) ± 0.30(syst.)%, in agreement with the Standard Model. Differential cross sections as a function of the W-production angle are also measured for the semi-leptonic channels <i>qqeν</i> and <i>qqμν</i>. |
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