An indirect measurement of the width of the w boson at the D0 experiment
- Univ. of Manchester (United Kingdom)
This thesis presents an indirect measurement of the width of the W boson using data collected at the D0 experiment, a multipurpose particle detector utilizing the Fermilab Tevatron. The W width was determined from the ratio of W → μv to Z → μ+μ- cross sections to be ΓW = 2168 ± 22(stat) ± 62(syst)$$+24\atop{-16}$$(pdf) ±4(other) MeV, in good agreement with the Standard Model prediction and other experimental measurements. In addition there is a description of how work made towards this measurement has been used to improve the parameterized detector simulation, a vital tool in the obtention of physics results from signals observed in the detector, and in estimating the uncertainty due to choice of PDF, which is of interest for all measurements made at hadron colliders.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 907800
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-THESIS-2006-37; TRN: US0703317
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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