1. A measurement of the W and Z production cross sections and a determination of Γw at the CERN [ovbar|p]p collider
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E. Tsesmelis, E. Pennacchio, J. Incandela, E. Hugentobler, P. Lubrano, M. Valdata-Nappi, A. Dell'Acqua, L. Linssen, A. R. Weidberg, I.A. Bertram, H. Hufnagel, Daniel Froidevaux, Roberto Ferrari, M. Punturo, K. Meier, R. Moning, C. Magneville, J. Alitti, M. Moniez, B. Schmidt, J. C. Chollet, Kevin Einsweiler, V. G. Goggi, Francesca Nessi-Tedaldi, G. Amrosini, Steinar Stapnes, J.M. Pentney, A. Cravero, F. Costantini, Alan Poppleton, M. Morganti, Marcello Mazzanti, R. S. DeWolf, Michel Lefebvre, M. Bourliaud, Paola Scampoli, Livio Mapelli, G. Blaylock, Marco Fraternali, J. Schacher, G. Costa, J. Hřiv'ač, Marzio Nessi, Y. Ducros, D. J. Munday, R. Spiwoks, S. N. Tovey, G. Parrour, K. Hara, Michele Livan, Laura Perini, Giovanni Carboni, H. Plothow-Besch, E. Iacopini, G. Unal, Cinzia Talamonti, C. Onions, T. Pal, O. Gildemeister, S. L. Singh, J-P. Meyer, N. Kurz, Vincenzo Cavasinni, Andrea Federspiel, P. Petroff, P. S. Wells, Chariclia Petridou, G. Polesello, Paolo Lariccia, J. P. Repellin, F. Pastore, Sten Hellman, B. Esposito, D. Buskulic, Karl Jakobs, G. Fumagalli, D. Cavalli, Adele Rimoldi, T. O. White, M. Primavera, L. Mandelli, S. Lami, Claus Gössling, K. Borer, A. Zylberstejn, F. Tondini, P. Bareyre, B. Merkel, E. E. Kluge, M. Curatolo, S. A. Wotton, D. Autiero, K. Hultqvist, J. M. Gaillard, L. DiLella, Peter Jenni, Michael Andrew Parker, Darien Wood, C. Conta, Luca Cozzi, Louis Fayard, R. Ansari, Gary F. Egan, Massimiliano F. Sacchi, P. Cenci, S. Grünendahl, M. Pepe, V. Sondermann, L. Müller, T. DelPrete, V. Simak, Valerio Vercesi, F. Gianotti, H. Zaccone, P. Bonamy, Klaus Peter Pretzl, J., Alitti, G., Ambrosini, R., Ansari, D., Autiero, P., Bareyre, I. A., Bertram, G., Blaylock, P., Bonamy, K., Borer, M., Bourliaud, D., Buskulic, G., Carboni, D., Cavalli, V., Cavasinni, P., Cenci, J. C., Chollet, C., Conta, G., Costa, F., Costantini, L., Cozzi, A., Cravero, M., Curatolo, A., Dellacqua, T., Delprete, R. S., Dewolf, L., Dilella, Y., Ducro, G. F., Egan, K. F., Einsweiler, B., Esposito, L., Fayard, A., Federspiel, R., Ferrari, M., Fraternali, D., Froidevaux, G., Fumagalli, J. M., Gaillard, F., Gainotti, O., Gildemeister, C., Gossling, V. G., Goggi, S., Grunendahl, K., Hara, S., Hellman, J., Hrivnac, H., Hufnagel, E., Hugentobler, K., Hultqvist, E., Iacopini, J., Incandela, K., Jakob, P., Jenni, E. E., Kluge, N., Kurz, S., Lami, P., Lariccia, M., Lefebvre, L., Linssen, M., Livan, P., Lubrano, C., Magneville, L., Mandelli, L., Mapelli, M., Mazzanti, K., Meier, B., Merkel, J. P., Meyer, M., Moniez, R., Moning, M., Morganti, L., Muller, D. J., Munday, M., Nessi, F., Nessitedaldi, C., Onion, T., Pal, M. A., Parker, G., Parrour, F., Pastore, E., Pennacchio, J. M., Pentney, M., Pepe, L., Perini, C., Petridou, P., Petroff, H., Plothowbesch, G., Polesello, A., Poppleton, K., Pretzl, M., Primavera, M., Punturo, J. P., Repellin, A., Rimoldi, M., Sacchi, Scampoli, Paola, J., Schacher, B., Schmidt, V., Simak, S. L., Singh, V., Sondermann, R., Spiwok, S., Stapne, C., Talamonti, F., Tondini, S. N., Tovey, E., Tsesmeli, G., Unal, M., Valdatanappi, V., Vercesi, A. R., Weidberg, P. S., Well, T. O., White, D. R., Wood, S. A., Wotton, H., Zaccone, and A., Zylberstejn
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Physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Top quark ,Particle physics ,Branching fraction ,Elementary particle ,Nuclear physics ,Particle decay ,Pair production ,Antimatter ,UA2 EXPERIMENT ,SCINTILLATING FIBER DETECTOR ,B' QUARKS ,Particle Physics - Experiment ,Lepton ,Boson - Abstract
The decays W --> ev and Z --> e+e- are studied in ppBAR collisions at square-root s = 630 GeV. The products of production cross section and branching ratio are measured as sigma(W)e = 682 +/- 12 +/- 40 pb and sigma(Z)e = 65.6 +/- 4.0 +/- 3.8 pb. The results are in good agreement with O (alpha(s)2) calculations of the production cross sections. Many systematic effects cancel in the ratio, R = 10.4 +/- 0.6(0.7) +/- 0.3, which can be used to give an indirect measurement of the total width of the W boson: GAMMA(W) = 2.10 +/- 0.13 +/- 0.09 GeV. The width gives a limit on the top quark mass, m(top) > 53 GeV (95% CL), which is independent of the top decay mode.
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- 1992