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Measurement ofW andZ production cross sections at the CERN\(\bar p\) p collider

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Results on the production cross sections ofW andZ bosons detected in the UA2 experiment are given based on a large sample ofW→eν andZ→e + e − decays. The measured cross sections are σ e W = 660±15(stat)±37(syst)pb, σ e Z = 70.4±5.5(stat)±4.0(syst)pb and their ratioR=9.38 +0.82−0.72 (stat)±0.25(syst). In the framework of the Standard Model, the measured value ofR is used to determine the total width of theW, Γ(W)=2.30±0.19(stat)±0.06(syst) GeV.

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  1. G. Polesello

    Present address: CERN, CH-1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland

  2. P. Bagnaia

    Present address: Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma, Italy

  3. B. DeLotto

    Present address: Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Udine, Italy

  4. G. F. Egan & S. N. Tovey

    Present address: the University of Melbourne, 3052, Parkville, Australia

  5. M. Fraternali & L. Perini

    Present address: Istituto di Fisica, Università di Palermo, Italy

  6. C. Gössling

    Present address: Institut für Physik, Universität, Dortmund, FRG

  7. K. Hara

    Present address: University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan

  8. E. Iacopini

    Present address: Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy

  9. M. Livan

    Present address: Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Cagliari, Italy

  10. M. Morganti

    Present address: Dipartimento di Fisica e INFN di Bologna, Università Bologna, Italy

  11. J. G. Rushbrooke

    Present address: Bond University, 4217, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

  12. M. Valdata-Nappi

    Present address: Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università della Calabria e gruppo INFN, Cosenza, Italy

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  1. Laboratorium für Hochenergiephysik, Universität Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012, Bern, Switzerland

    K. Borer, A. Federspiel, K. Hara, E. Hugentobler, R. Moning, L. Müller, T. Pal & J. Schacher

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  3. CERN, CH-1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland

    P. Bagnaia, G. Blaylock, C. N. Booth, F. Costantini, L. DiLella, G. F. Egan, K. F. Einsweiler, G. Fumagalli, O. Gildemeister, C. Gössling, V. G. Goggi, S. Hellman, K. Hultqvist, J. Incandela, K. Jakobs, P. Jenni, M. Lefebvre, L. Linssen, B. Lisowski, P. Lubrano, L. Mapelli, K. Meier, C. Onions, T. Pal, M. A. Parker, A. Poppleton, L. Rasmussen, S. Stapnes, S. N. Tovey, V. Vercesi, A. R. Weidberg & D. R. Wood

  4. Institut für Hochenergiephysik der Universität Heidelberg, Schröderstrasse 90, D-6900, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany

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  5. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Milano and Sezione INFN Milano, I-20133, Milano, Italy

    M. Bonesini, D. Cavalli, G. Costa, F. Gianotti, L. Mandelli, M. Mazzanti, L. Perini & G. Polesello

  6. Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, Université de Paris-Sud, F-91405, Orsay, France

    R. Ansari, D. Buskulic, J. C. Chollet, L. Fayard, D. Froidevaux, J. M. Gaillard, B. Merkel, M. Moniez, G. Parrour, P. Petroff & J. P. Repellin

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    C. Conta, A. Dell'Acqua, B. DeLotto, R. Ferrari, M. Fraternali, G. Fumagalli, V. G. Goggi, M. Livan, F. Pastore, E. Pennacchio, A. Rimoldi & V. Vercesi

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UA2 Collaboration., Alitti, J., Ansari, R. et al. Measurement ofW andZ production cross sections at the CERN\(\bar p\) p collider. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 47, 11–22 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01551906

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