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Title: Precision {ital W}-boson and Higgs boson mass determinations at muon colliders

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
OSTI ID:663650
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  1. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 (United States)

Precise determinations of the masses of the {ital W} boson and of the top quark could stringently test the radiative structure of the Standard Model (SM) or provide evidence for new physics. We analyze the excellent prospects at a muon collider for measuring M{sub W} and m{sub t} in the W{sup +}W{sup {minus}} and {ital ZH} threshold regions. With an integrated luminosity of 10 (100) fb{sup {minus}1}, the {ital W}-boson mass could be measured to a precision of 20 (6) MeV, provided that theoretical and experimental systematics are understood. A measurement of {Delta}M{sub W}=6thinspMeV would constrain the mass of a {approximately}100 GeV Higgs to about {plus_minus}10 GeV. We demonstrate that a measurement at future colliders of the Bjorken process With an integrated luminosity of 100 fb{sup {minus}1} it is possible to measure the Standard Model Higgs mass to within 45 MeV at a {mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup {minus}} collider for m{sub h}=100thinspGeV. {copyright} {ital 1998 American Institute of Physics.}

Research Organization:
Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-91ER40661
OSTI ID:
663650
Report Number(s):
CONF-9711109-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 98:011470
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 435, Issue 1; Conference: Workshop on physics at the first muon collider and at the front end of a muon collider, Batavia, IN (United States), 6-9 Nov 1997; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English