Measurement of the ratio [sigma][ital B]([ital W][r arrow][ital e][nu])/[sigma][ital B]([ital Z][sup 0][r arrow][ital e][sup +][ital e][sup [minus]]) in [ital [bar p]p] collisions at [radical][ital s] =1. 8 TeV

Journal Article · Mon Jul 11 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.220· OSTI ID:7161272

Abe, F; Albrow, M; Amidei, D; Anway-Wiese, C; Apollinari, G; Areti, H; Auchincloss, P; Azfar, F; Azzi, P; Bacchetta, N; Badgett, W; Bailey, M W; Bao, J; de Barbaro, P; Barbaro-Galtieri, A; Barnes, V E; Barnett, B A; Bartalini, P; Bauer, G; Baumann, T ; Bedeschi, F; Behrends, S; Belforte, S; Bellettini, G; Bellinger, J; Benjamin, D; Benlloch, J; Benton, D; Beretvas, A; Berge, J P; Bertolucci, S; Bhatti, A; Biery, K; Binkley, M; Bird, F; Bisello, D; Blair, R E; Blocker, C; Bodek, A; Bolognesi, V; Bortoletto, D; Boswell, C; Boulos, T; Brandenburg, G; Buckley-Geer, E; Budd, H S; Burkett, K; Busetto, G; Byon-Wagner, A; Bryum, K L; Campagnari, C; Campbell, M; Caner, A; Carithers, W; Carlsmith, D; Castro, A; Cen, Y; Cervelli, F; Chapman, J; Chiarelli, G; Chikamatsu, T; Cihangir, S; Clark, A G; Cobal, M; Contreras, M; Conway, J; Cooper, J; Cordelli, M; Coupal, D P; Crane, D; Cunningham, J D; Daniels, T; DeJongh, F; Delcham,

We present a measurement of the ratio [sigma][ital B]([ital W][r arrow][ital ev])/[sigma][ital B]([ital Z][sup 0][r arrow][ital e][sup +][ital e][sup [minus]]) in [ital [bar p]p] collisions at [radical][ital s] =1.8 TeV. The data represent an integrated luminosity of 21.7 pb[sup [minus]1] from the 1992--1993 run of the Collider Detector at Fermilab. We find [sigma][ital B]([ital W][r arrow][ital eV])/[sigma][ital B]([ital Z][sup 0][r arrow][ital e][sup +][ital e][sup [minus]])=10.90[plus minus]0.32(stat)[plus minus]0.29(sys t). From this value, we extract a value for the [ital W] width, [Gamma]([ital W])=2.064[plus minus]0.061(stat)[plus minus]0.059(syst) GeV, and the branching ratio, [Gamma]([ital W][r arrow][ital eV])/[Gamma]([ital W])=0.1094[plus minus]0.0033(stat)[plus minus]0.0031(syst), and we set a decay-mode-independent limit on the top quark mass [ital m][sub top][gt]62 GeV/[ital c][sup 2] at the 95% C.L.

• OSTI ID: 7161272
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Vol. 73:2; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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