Measurement of the $W$ -boson mass in 1.8-TeV $\bar{p} p$ collisions

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1 April 1991

journal article
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Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D

Vol. 43 (7) , 2070-2093
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.43.2070

Abstract

We have determined

m_{W} = 79.91 \pm 0.39

GeV/

c^{2}

from an analysis of

W \to e ν

and

W \to μ ν

data from the Collider Detector at Fermilab in

\bar{p} p

collisions at

\sqrt{s} = 1.8

TeV. From this result and the world-average

Z

mass, the weak mixing angle is determined to be

{{sin}^{2} θ}_{W} = 0.232 \pm 0.008

. An upper bound on the top-quark mass derived from this result is discussed.

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