2012 Update of the Combination of CDF and D0 Results for the Mass of the W Boson
We summarize and combine the results on the direct measurements of the mass of the W boson in data collected by the Tevatron experiments CDF and D0 at Fermilab. Earlier results from CDF Run-0 (1988-1989), D0 and CDF Run-I (1992-1995) and D0 results from 1 fb-1 (2002-2006) of Run-II data are now combined with two new, high statistics Run-II measurements: a CDF measurement in both electron and muon channels using 2.2 fb-1 of integrated luminosity collected between 2002 and 2007, and a D0 measurement in the electron channel using 4.3 fb-1 collected between 2006 and 2009. As in previous combinations, the results are corrected for inconsistencies in parton distribution functions and assumptions about electroweak parameters used in the different analyses. The resulting Tevatron average for the mass of the W boson is Mw = 80,387 ± 16 MeV and a new world average including data from LEP II is Mw = 80,385 ± 15 MeV.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 1038946
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-TM--2532-E; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1204.0042
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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