Speaker
Graham Wilson
(The University of Kansas (US))
Description
A prime target of the ILC physics program is the precision measurement of the masses of known fundamental particles such as the top quark and the Higgs, W, and Z bosons. The measurement of the absolute center-of-mass energy scale is a primary issue for most determinations, and this will rely critically on the knowledge of the tracker momentum scale. By using particle decays, especially of $\mathrm{K}^{0}_{S}$ and $\Lambda$, one can constrain the tracker momentum scale and as a by-product improve the measurements of the masses of various hadrons. This method if proven realistic has the potential to open up a comprehensive precision polarized Z scan physics program in which the center-of-mass energy systematics are under good control.
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Primary author
Graham Wilson
(The University of Kansas (US))
