MEASUREMENT OF W-PAIR CROSS-SECTIONS IN E(-)-INTERACTIONS AT ROOT-S=172-GEV AND W-DECAY BRANCHING FRACTIONS()E()

Authors
ACCIARRI M ADRIANI O AGUILARBENITEZ M AHLEN S ALCARAZ J ALEMANNI G ALLABY J ALOISIO A ALVERSON G ALVIGGI MG AMBROSI G ANDERHUB H ANDREEV VP ANGELESCU T ANSELMO F AREFIEV A AZEMOON T AZIZ T BAGNAIA P BAKSAY L BANERJEE S BANERJEE S BANICZ K BARCZYK A BARILLERE R BARONE L BARTALINI P BASCHIROTTO A BASILE M BATTISTON R BAY A BECATTINI F BECKER U BEHNER F BERDUGO J BERGES P BERTUCCI B BETEV BL BHATTACHARYA S BIASINI M BILAND A BILEI GM BLAISING JJ BLYTH SC BOBBINK GJ BOCK R BOHM A BOLDIZSAR L BORGIA B BOURILKOV D BOURQUIN M BRACCINI S BRANSON JG BRIGLJEVIC V BROCK IC BUFFINI A BUIJS A BURGER JD BURGER WJ BUSENITZ J BUTTON A CAI XD CAMPANELLI M CAPELL M ROMEO GC CARLINO G CARTACCI AM CASAUS J CASTELLINI G CAVALLARI F CAVALLO N CECCHI C CERRADA M CESARONI F CHAMIZO M CHANG YH CHATURVEDI UK CHEKANOV SV CHEMARIN M CHEN A CHEN G CHEN GM CHEN HF CHEN HS CHEREAU X CHIEFARI G CHIEN CY CIFARELLI L CINDOLO F CIVININI C CLARE I CLARE R COHN HO COIGNET G COLIJN AP COLINO N COMMICHAU V COSTANTINI S COTOROBAI F DELACRUZ B CSILLING A DAI TS DALESSANDRO R DEASMUNDIS R DEGRE A DEITERS K DELLAVOLPE D DENES P DENOTARISTEFANI F DIBITONTO D DIEMOZ M VANDIERENDONCK D DILODOVICO F DIONISI C DITTMAR M DOMINGUEZ A DORIA A DOVA MT DUCHESNEAU D DUINKER P DURAN I DUTTA S EASO S EFREMENKO Y ELMAMOUNI H ENGLER A EPPLING FJ ERNE FC ERNENWEIN JP EXTERMANN P FABRE M FACCINI R FALCIANO S FAVARA A FAY J FEDIN O FELCINI M FENYI B FERGUSON T FERRONI F FESEFELDT H FIANDRINI E FIELD JH FILTHAUT F FISHER PH FISK I FORCONI G FREDJ L FREUDENREICH K FURETTA C GALAKTIONOV Y GANGULI SN GARCIAABIA P GAU SS GENTILE S GHEORDANESCU N GIAGU S GOLDFARB S GOLDSTEIN J GONG ZF GOUGAS A GRATTA G GRUENEWALD MW GUPTA VK GURTU A GUTAY LJ HARTMANN B HASAN A HATZIFOTIADOU D HEBBEKER T HERVE A VANHOEK WC HOFER H HONG SJ HOORANI H HOU SR HU G INNOCENTE V JENKES K JIN BN JONES LW DEJONG P JOSAMUTUBERRIA I KASSER A KHAN RA KAMRAD D KAMYSHKOV Y KAPUSTINSKY JS KARYOTAKIS Y KAUR M KIENZLEFOCACCI MN KIM D KIM DH KIM JK KIM SC KIM YG KINNISON WW KIRKBY A KIRKBY D KIRKBY J KISS D KITTEL W KLIMENTOV A KONIG AC KOPP A KOROLKO I KOUTSENKO V KRAEMER RW KRENZ W KUNIN A DEGUEVARA PL LAKTINEH I LANDI G LAPOINT C LASSILAPERINI K LAURIKAINEN P LEBEAU M LEBEDEV A LEBRUN P LECOMTE P LECOQ P LECOULTRE P LEGOFF JM LEISTE R LEONARDI E LEVTCHENKO P LI C LIN CH LIN WT LINDE FL LISTA L LIU ZA LOHMANN W LONGO E LU W LU YS LUBELSMEYER K LUCI C LUCKEY D LUMINARI L LUSTERMANN W MA WG MAITY M MAJUMDER G MALGERI L MALININ A MANA C MANGEOL D MANGLA S MARCHESINI P MARIN A MARTIN JP MARZANO F MASSARO GGG MCNALLY D MCNEIL RR MELE S MEROLA L MESCHINI M METZGER WJ VONDERMEY M MI Y MIHUL A VANMIL AJW MIRABELLI G MNICH J MOLNAR P MONTELEONI B MOORE R MORGANTI S MOULIK T MOUNT R MULLER S MUHEIM F MUIJS AJM NAHN S NAPOLITANO M NESSITEDALDI F NEWMAN H NIESSEN T NIPPE A NISATI A NOWAK H OH YD OPITZ H ORGANTINI G OSTONEN R PALOMARES C PANDOULAS D PAOLETTI S PAOLUCCI P PARK HK PARK IH PASCALE G PASSALEVA G PATRICELLI S PAUL T PAULUZZI M PAUS C PAUSS F PEACH D PEI YJ PENSOTTI S PERRETGALLIX D PETERSEN B PETRAK S PEVSNER A PICCOLO D PIERI M PINTO JC PIROUE PA PISTOLESI E PLYASKIN V POHL M POJIDAEV V POSTEMA H PRODUIT N PROKOFIEV D RAHALCALLOT G RAJA N RANCOITA PG RATTAGGI M RAVEN G RAZIS P READ K REN D RESCIGNO M REUCROFT S VANRHEE T RIEMANN S RILES K ROBOHM A RODIN J ROE BP ROMERO L ROSIERLEES S ROSSELET P VANROSSUM W ROTH S RUBIO JA RUSCHMEIER D RYKACZEWSKI H SALICIO J SANCHEZ E SANDERS MP SARAKINOS ME SARKAR S SASSOWSKY M SCHAFER C SCHEGELSKY V SCHMIDTKAERST S SCHMITZ D SCHMITZ P SCHOLZ N SCHOPPER H SCHOTANUS DJ SCHWENKE J SCHWERING G SCIACCA C SCIARRINO D SERVOLI L SHEVCHENKO S SHIVAROV N SHOUTKO V SHUKLA J SHUMILOV E SHVOROB A SIEDENBURG T SON D SOPCZAK A SMITH B SPILLANTINI P STEUER M STICKLAND DP STONE A STONE H STOYANOV B STRAESSNER A STRAUCH K SUDHAKAR K SULTANOV G SUN LZ SUSINNO GF SUTER H SWAIN JD TANG XW TAUSCHER L TAYLOR L TING SCC TING SM TONUTTI M TONWAR SC TOTH J TULLY C TUCHSCHERER H TUNG KL UCHIDA Y ULBRICHT J UWER U VALENTE E VANDEWALLE RT VESZTERGOMBI G VETLITSKY I VIERTEL G VIVARGENT M VOLKERT R VOGEL H VOGT H VOROBIEV I VOROBYOV AA VORVOLAKOS A WADHWA M WALLRAFF W WANG JC WANG XL WANG ZM WEBER A WITTGENSTEIN F WU SX WYNHOFF S XU J XU ZZ YANG BZ YANG CG YAO XY YE JB YEH SC YOU JM ZALITE A ZALITE Y ZEMP P ZENG Y ZHANG Z ZHANG ZP ZHOU B ZHU GY ZHU RY ZICHICHI A ZIEGLER F
Citation
M. Acciarri et al., MEASUREMENT OF W-PAIR CROSS-SECTIONS IN E(-)-INTERACTIONS AT ROOT-S=172-GEV AND W-DECAY BRANCHING FRACTIONS()E(), Physics letters. Section B, 407(3-4), 1997, pp. 419-431
Citations number
55
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
407
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
419 - 431
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1997)407:3-4<419:MOWCIE>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We report on the measurement of W-boson pair-production with the L3 de tector at LEP at an average centre-of-mass energy of 172.13 GeV. In a data sample corresponding to a total luminosity of 10.25 pb(-1) we sel ect 110 four-fermion events with pairs of hadronic jets or leptons wit h high invariant masses. Branching fractions of W decays into differen t fermion-antifermion pairs are determined with and without the assump tion of charged-current lepton universality. The branching fraction fo r hadronic W decays is measured to be: B(W --> hadrons) = 64.2(-3.8)(3.7) (stat.) +/- 0.5 (syst.) %. Combining all final states the total c ross section for W-pair production is measured to be: sigma(ww) = 12.2 7(-1.32)(+1.41) (stat.) +/- 0.23 (syst.) pb. The results are in good a greement with the Standard Model. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.