Measurement of the ratio [sigma][ital B]([ital W][r arrow][ital e][nu])/[sigma][ital B]([ital Z][sup 0][r arrow][ital e][sup +][ital e][sup [minus]]) in [ital [bar p]p] collisions at [radical][ital s] =1. 8 TeV

We present a measurement of the ratio [sigma][ital B]([ital W][r arrow][ital ev])/[sigma][ital B]([ital Z][sup 0][r arrow][ital e][sup +][ital e][sup [minus]]) in [ital [bar p]p] collisions at [radical][ital s] =1.8 TeV. The data represent an integrated luminosity of 21.7 pb[sup [minus]1] from the 1...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 1994-07, Vol.73:2
Hauptverfasser: Abe, F., Albrow, M., Amidei, D., Anway-Wiese, C., Apollinari, G., Areti, H., Auchincloss, P., Azfar, F., Azzi, P., Bacchetta, N., Badgett, W., Bailey, M.W., Bao, J., de Barbaro, P., Barbaro-Galtieri, A., Barnes, V.E., Barnett, B.A., Bartalini, P., Bauer, G., Baumann, T., Bedeschi, F., Behrends, S., Belforte, S., Bellettini, G., Bellinger, J., Benjamin, D., Benlloch, J., Benton, D., Beretvas, A., Berge, J.P., Bertolucci, S., Bhatti, A., Biery, K., Binkley, M., Bird, F., Bisello, D., Blair, R.E., Blocker, C., Bodek, A., Bolognesi, V., Bortoletto, D., Boswell, C., Boulos, T., Brandenburg, G., Buckley-Geer, E., Budd, H.S., Burkett, K., Busetto, G., Byon-Wagner, A., Bryum, K.L., Campagnari, C., Campbell, M., Caner, A., Carithers, W., Carlsmith, D., Castro, A., Cen, Y., Cervelli, F., Chapman, J., Chiarelli, G., Chikamatsu, T., Cihangir, S., Clark, A.G., Cobal, M., Contreras, M., Conway, J., Cooper, J., Cordelli, M., Coupal, D.P., Crane, D., Cunningham, J.D., Daniels, T., DeJongh, F., Delcham
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Zusammenfassung:We present a measurement of the ratio [sigma][ital B]([ital W][r arrow][ital ev])/[sigma][ital B]([ital Z][sup 0][r arrow][ital e][sup +][ital e][sup [minus]]) in [ital [bar p]p] collisions at [radical][ital s] =1.8 TeV. The data represent an integrated luminosity of 21.7 pb[sup [minus]1] from the 1992--1993 run of the Collider Detector at Fermilab. We find [sigma][ital B]([ital W][r arrow][ital eV])/[sigma][ital B]([ital Z][sup 0][r arrow][ital e][sup +][ital e][sup [minus]])=10.90[plus minus]0.32(stat)[plus minus]0.29(sys t). From this value, we extract a value for the [ital W] width, [Gamma]([ital W])=2.064[plus minus]0.061(stat)[plus minus]0.059(syst) GeV, and the branching ratio, [Gamma]([ital W][r arrow][ital eV])/[Gamma]([ital W])=0.1094[plus minus]0.0033(stat)[plus minus]0.0031(syst), and we set a decay-mode-independent limit on the top quark mass [ital m][sub top][gt]62 GeV/[ital c][sup 2] at the 95% C.L.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.220