Measurement of the W boson mass
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Journal Article
Abstract
The W boson mass is measured using proton-proton collision data at s√ = 13 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.7 fb−1 recorded during 2016 by the LHCb experiment. With a simultaneous fit of the muon q/pT distribution of a sample of W → μν decays and the ϕ* distribution of a sample of Z → μμ decays the W boson mass is determined to be
mw=80354±23stat±10exp±17theory±9PDFMeV,
where uncertainties correspond to contributions from statistical, experimental systematic, theoretical and parton distribution function sources. This is an average of results based on three recent global parton distribution function sets. The measurement agrees well with the prediction of the global electroweak fit and with previous measurements.
mw=80354±23stat±10exp±17theory±9PDFMeV,
where uncertainties correspond to contributions from statistical, experimental systematic, theoretical and parton distribution function sources. This is an average of results based on three recent global parton distribution function sets. The measurement agrees well with the prediction of the global electroweak fit and with previous measurements.
Date Issued
2022-01-10
Date Acceptance
2021-12-17
Citation
The Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022, 2022 (1), pp.1-28
ISSN
1029-8479
Publisher
Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Start Page
1
End Page
28
Journal / Book Title
The Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume
2022
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2022 The Author(s). Open Access . This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits any use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
Electroweak interaction
Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
QCD
Forward physics
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 036
Date Publish Online
2022-01-10