Download or read book The Measurement of the W Boson Mass from CDF written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book W Boson Mass Measurement at CDF written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the closeout report for the grant for experimental research at the energy frontier in high energy physics. The report describes the precise measurement of the W boson mass at the CDF experiment at Fermilab, with an uncertainty of ≈ 12 MeV, using the full dataset of ≈ 9 fb-1 collected by the experiment up to the shutdown of the Tevatron in 2011. In this analysis, the statistical and most of the experimental systematic uncertainties have been reduced by a factor of two compared to the previous measurement with 2.2 fb-1 of CDF data. This research has been the culmination of the PI's track record of producing world-leading measurements of the W boson mass from the Tevatron. The PI performed the first and only measurement to date of the W boson mass using high-rapidity leptons using the D0 endcap calorimeters in Run 1. He has led this measurement in Run 2 at CDF, publishing two world-leading measurements in 2007 and 2012 with total uncertainties of 48 MeV and 19 MeV respectively. The analysis of the final dataset is currently under internal review in CDF. Upon approval of the internal review, the result will be available for public release.
Download or read book Basic Education for Nomads written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book First Run II Measurement of the W Boson Mass with CDF written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book First Measurement of the W Boson Mass with CDF in Run 2 written by Oliver Stelzer-Chilton and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis describes a first measurement of the W Boson mass through the decay into a muon and a neutrino in Run 2 of the Tevatron. The W Bosons are produced in proton-antiproton collisions at a center of mass energy of 1.96 TeV. The data sample used for this analysis corresponds to 200 pb{sup -1} recorded by the upgraded Collider Detector at Fermilab. The most important quantity in this measurement is the momentum of the muon measured in a magnetic spectrometer which is calibrated using the two quarkonium resonances J/{Psi} and {Upsilon}(1S). Systematic uncertainties arise from the modeling of the recoil when the W Boson is produced, the momentum calibration, the modeling of W Boson production and decay dynamics and backgrounds. The result is: M{sub W} = 80408 {+-} 50(stat.) {+-} 57(syst.) MeV/c{sup 2}.
Download or read book Precise Measurement of the W boson Mass with the CDF II Detector written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We have measured the W-boson mass M{sub W} using data corresponding to 2.2 fb−1 of integrated luminosity collected in p{bar p} collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. Samples consisting of 470 126 W → e? candidates and 624 708 W →?? candidates yield the measurement M{sub W} = 80 387 ± 12{sub stat} ± 15{sub syst} = 80 387 ± 19 MeV/c2. This is the most precise measurement of the W-boson mass to date and significantly exceeds the precision of all previous measurements combined.
Download or read book Precision Measurement of the Mass and Width of the W Boson at CDF written by Sarah Alam Malik and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Measurements of the Mass and Width of the W Boson from CDF written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book First Measurement of the W Boson Mass with CDF in Run 2 written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis describes a first measurement of the W Boson mass through the decay into a muon and a neutrino in Run 2 of the Tevatron. The W Bosons are produced in proton-antiproton collisions at a center of mass energy of 1.96 TeV. The data sample used for this analysis corresponds to 200 pb-1 recorded by the upgraded Collider Detector at Fermilab. The most important quantity in this measurement is the momentum of the muon measured in a magnetic spectrometer which is calibrated using the two quarkonium resonances J/? and Y(1S). Systematic uncertainties arise from the modeling of the recoil when the W Boson is produced, the momentum calibration, the modeling of W Boson production and decay dynamics and backgrounds. The result is: MW = 80408 ± 50(stat.) ± 57(syst.) MeV/c2.
Download or read book Combination of CDF and D0 Results on the W Boson Mass and Width written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The results on the direct measurements of the W-boson mass and width, based on the data collected by the Tevatron experiments CDF and D− at Fermilab are summarized and combined. The CDF Run-0 (1988-1889) and Run-I (1992-1995) results have been re-averaged using the BLUE method and combined with Run-I D− results and the latest published results from CDF taken from the first period of Run-II (2001-2004). The results are corrected to have consistency between the parton distribution functions and electroweak parameters. The resulting Tevatron averages for the mass and total decay width of the W boson are: M{sub W} = 80432 ± 39 MeV and [Lambda]{sub W} = 2056 ± 62 MeV. The inclusion of a preliminary Run-II measurement of [Lambda]{sub W} from D−0 gives [Lambda]{sub W} = 2050 ± 58 MeV.
Download or read book PDF and QCD Effects in the Precision Measurement of the W Boson Mass at CDF written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Combination of CDF and D0 W Boson Mass Measurements written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book PDF and QCD Eects in the Precision Measurement of the W Boson Mass at CDF written by D. P. Beecher and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sample of W \rightarrow ev (W \rightarrow \mu v) and Z 0 \rightarrow e +e - (Z 0 \rightarrow \mu +\mu -) events recorded by the CDF detector for pp- collisions at \sqrt(s-hat) = 1:96 TeV with a total integrated luminosity of 2.3 fb -1 are used to evaluate the systematic uncertainty in the determination of the W boson mass arising from uncertainties in the parton distribution functions and higher-order QCD effects. The systematic contribution of PDFs is determined to be 10 MeV for MSTW2008 NLO and 12 MeV for CTEQ6.6. The total systematic contribution arising from higher-order QCD eects in 9 MeV. The unfolded Z0 transverse momentum distribution is presented, and estimates of parameters in a phenomenological model describing low transverse momentum Z 0 events are extracted.
Download or read book Measurement of the W Boson and Top Quark Masses at CDF written by Anyes Taffard and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We report on the measurements of the W boson and top-quark masses with the CDF II detector in p{bar p} collisions at {radical}s = 1.96 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron. We highlight the major features and uncertainties for the W mass measurement. The top-quark mass measurements are presented in each t{bar t} decay channels. The combination of the most precise measurements from CDF to date leads to M{sub top} = 172.4 {+-} 1.5(stat.) {+-} 2.2(sys.) GeV/c{sup 2}, corresponding to a relative uncertainty of 1.5%.
Download or read book Direct and Indirect Measurements of the W Boson Mass at Fermilab written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented are the direct measurements of the W boson mass from the CDF and D0 experiments at the Fermilab p[bar p] collider using data from the 1994--1995 run. The W from the D0 experiment is 80.44[+-] 0.12 GeV and the preliminary mass from CDF is 80.43[+-] 0.16 GeV. Combining these mass values with the previous Tevatron measurements leads to a M[sub W] 80.41[+-] 0.09 GeV. Also, presented is the new measurement of sin[sup 2][Theta][sub W][sup on-shell]= 0.2199[+-] 0.0020(stat)[+-] 0.0009(syst) from the deep inelastic neutrino scattering experiment (NuTeV) at Fermilab. In the context of the Standard Model this can be interpreted as a M[sub W]= 80.53[+-] 0.11 GeV.
Download or read book PDF and QCD Effects in the Precision Measurement of the W Boson Mass at CDF written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sample of W → ev (W → [mu][nu]) and Z0 → e+e- (Z0 → [mu]+[mu]-) events recorded by the CDF detector for p$\bar{p}$ collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV are used to evaluate the systematic uncertainty in the determination of the W boson mass arising from uncertainties in the parton distribution functions and higher-order QCD effects. The systematic contribution of PDFs is determined to be 10 MeV/c2 for MSTW2008 NLO and 12 MeV/c2 for CTEQ6.6. The total systematic contribution arising from higher-order QCD effects in 9 MeV/c2. The Z0 events are used to extract improved estimates of the phenomenological parameters in the BLNY model that describes low transverse momentum.
Download or read book Precision Measurement of the Mass and Width of the W Boson at CDF written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A precision measurement of the mass and width of the W boson is presented. The W bosons are produced in proton antiproton collisions occurring at a centre of mass energy of 1.96 TeV at the Tevatron accelerator. The data used for the analyses is collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) and corresponds to an average integrated luminosity of 350 pb−1 for the W width analysis for the electron and muon channels and an average integrated luminosity of 2350 pb−1 for the W mass analysis. The mass and width of the W boson is extracted by fitting to the transverse mass distribution, with the peak of the distribution being most sensitive to the mass and the tail of the distribution sensitive to the width. The W width measurement in the electron and muon channels is combined to give a final result of 2032 ± 73 MeV. The systematic uncertainty on the W mass from the recoil of the W boson against the initial state gluon radiation is discussed. A systematic study of the recoil in Z --> ee− events where one electron is reconstructed in the central calorimeter and the other in the plug calorimeter and its effect on the W mass is presented for the first time in this thesis.
