Pair-production of W bosons in e+e- interactions at √s = 161 GeV

L3 Collaboration

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Abstract

We report on the measurement of W-boson pair-production with the L3 detector at LEP at a centre-of-mass energy of 161.34 GeV. In a data sample corresponding to a total luminosity of 11 pb-1, we select four-fermion events with high invariant masses of pairs of hadronic jets or leptons. Combining all final states, the measured total cross section for W-pair production is: sigmaww = 2.89+0.81 -0.70 (stat.) ± 0.14 (syst.) pb. Within the Standard Model, this corresponds to a mass of the W boson of: Mw = 80.80+0.48 -0.42 (exp.) ± 0.03 (LEP) GeV. Limits on anomalous triple-vector-boson couplings are derived.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)223-238
Number of pages16
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume398
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 10 1997

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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