EP Seminar

First Run II Measurement of the W Boson Mass with CDF

Name: First Run II Measurement of the W Boson Mass with CDF
Start: 2007-03-20T16:30:00+01:00
End: 2007-03-20T17:30:00+01:00
Location: CERN

by Stelzer-Chilton, Oliver (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 20 Mar 2007, 16:30 → 17:30 Europe/Zurich

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

CERN

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Description

The W boson mass is a fundamental parameter of the Standard Model. Through radiative corrections, the measured top quark and W boson masses can be used to predict the mass of the Higgs boson. This talk will present a first measurement of M_w in Run II of the Tevatron program using ~200/pb of data taken with the CDF II detector. With 63,964 W -> e ν candidates and 51,128 μ ν candidates, we measure M_w = 80413 ± 34 (stat) ± 34 (syst) MeV. With a total uncertainty of 48 MeV, this represents the single most precise W boson mass measurement to date.

Organiser(s): Rolf Landua / DSU

Note: * Tea & coffee will be served at 16:00