Measurement of W-pair production in $e^{+}e^{-}$ collisions at centre-of-mass energies from 183 to 209 GeV

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Measurement of W-pair production in $e^{+}e^{-}$ collisions at centre-of-mass energies from 183 to 209 GeV

A. Heister S. Schael R. Barate R. Bruneliere I. De Bonis D. Decamp C. Goy S. Jezequel J.p. Lees F. Martin E. Merle M.n. Minard B. Pietrzyk B. Trocme S. Bravo M.p. Casado M. Chmeissani J.m. Crespo E. Fernandez M. Fernandez-bosman Ll. Garrido M. Martinez A. Pacheco H. Ruiz A. Colaleo D. Creanza N. De Filippis M. De Palma G. Iaselli G. Maggi M. Maggi S. Nuzzo A. Ranieri G. Raso F. Ruggieri G. Selvaggi L. Silvestris P. Tempesta A. Tricomi G. Zito X. Huang Jiali Lin Q. Ouyang T. Wang Y. Xie R. Xu S. Xue J. Zhang L. Zhang W. Zhao D. Abbaneo T. Barklow O. Buchmuller M. Cattaneo B. Clerbaux H. Drevermann R.w. Forty M. Frank F. Gianotti J.b. Hansen J. Harvey D.e. Hutchcroft P. Janot B. Jost M. Kado P. Mato A. Moutoussi F. Ranjard L. Rolandi D. Schlatter G. Sguazzoni W. Tejessy F. Teubert A. Valassi I. Videau F. Badaud S. Dessagne Alain Falvard D. Fayolle Pascal Gay J. Jousset B. Michel S. Monteil D. Pallin J M. Pascolo Pascal Perret J.d. Hansen J.r. Hansen P.h. Hansen A.c. Kraan B.s. Nilsson A. Kyriakis C. Markou E. Simopoulou A. Vayaki K. Zachariadou A. Blondel J-c. Brient F. Machefert A. Rouge M. Swynghedauw R. Tanaka H. Videau V. Ciulli E. Focardi G. Parrini A. Antonelli M. Antonelli G. Bencivenni F. Bossi G. Capon F. Cerutti V. Chiarella P. Laurelli G. Mannocchi G.p. Murtas L. Passalacqua J. Kennedy J.g. Lynch P. Negus V. O'shea A.s. Thompson S. Wasserbaech R. Cavanaugh S. Dhamotharan C. Geweniger P. Hanke V. Hepp E.e. Kluge A. Putzer H. Stenzel K. Tittel M. Wunsch R. Beuselinck W. Cameron G. Davies P.j. Dornan M. Girone R.d. Hill N. Marinelli J. Nowell S.a. Rutherford J.k. Sedgbeer J.c. Thompson R. White V.m. Ghete P. Girtler E. Kneringer D. Kuhn G. Rudolph E. Bouhova-thacker C.k. Bowdery D.p. Clarke G. Ellis A.j. Finch F. Foster G. Hughes R.w.l. Jones M.r. Pearson N.a. Robertson M. Smizanska O. Van Der Aa C. Delaere G. Leibenguth V. Lemaitre U. Blumenschein F. Holldorfer K. Jakobs F. Kayser K. Kleinknecht A.s. Muller B. Renk H.g. Sander S. Schmeling H. Wachsmuth C. Zeitnitz T. Ziegler A. Bonissent P. Coyle C. Curtil A. Ealet D. Fouchez P. Payre A. Tilquin F. Ragusa A. David H. Dietl G. Ganis K. Huttmann G. Lutjens W. Manner H.g. Moser R. Settles M. Villegas G. Wolf J. Boucrot O. Callot M. Davier L. Duflot J-f. Grivaz Ph. Heusse A. Jacholkowska L. Serin J-j. Veillet P. Azzurri G. Bagliesi T. Boccali L. Foa A. Giammanco A. Giassi F. Ligabue A. Messineo F. Palla G. Sanguinetti A. Sciaba P. Spagnolo R. Tenchini A. Venturi P.g. Verdini O. Awunor G.a. Blair G. Cowan A. Garcia-bellido M.g. Green L.t. Jones T. Medcalf A. Misiejuk J.a. Strong P. Teixeira-dias R.w. Clifft T.r. Edgecock P.r. Norton I.r. Tomalin J.j. Ward B. Bloch-devaux D. Boumediene P. Colas B. Fabbro E. Lancon M-c. Lemaire E. Locci P. Perez J. Rander B. Tuchming B. Vallage N. Konstantinidis A.m. Litke G. Taylor C.n. Booth S. Cartwright F. Combley P.n. Hodgson M. Lehto L.f. Thompson A. Bohrer S. Brandt C. Grupen J. Hess A. Ngac G. Prange C. Borean G. Giannini H. He J. Putz J. Rothberg S.r. Armstrong K. Berkelman K. Cranmer D.p.s. Ferguson Y. Gao S. Gonzalez O.j. Hayes H. Hu S. Jin J. Kile P.a. Mcnamara Iii J. Nielsen Y.b. Pan J.h. Von Wimmersperg-toeller W. Wiedenmann J. Wu Sau. Lan Wu X. Wu G. Zobernig G. Dissertori

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Physics Particle physics Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)010308 nuclear & particles physics Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix Branching fraction Electron–positron annihilation Hadron High Energy Physics::Phenomenology 7. Clean energy 01 natural sciences Standard Model Nuclear physics Pair production bosons measuring instruments anomalous quartic 0103 physical sciences [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex]High Energy Physics::Experiment 010306 general physics Nuclear Experiment Engineering (miscellaneous)ALEPH experiment Particle Physics - Experiment Lepton

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The W + W- production cross section is measured from a data sample corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 683 pb-1, collected by the ALEPH experiment at LEP at centre-of-mass energies from 183 to 209 GeV. Individual cross sections for the different topologies arising from W decays into leptons or hadrons, as well as the total W-pair cross section are given at eight centre-of-mass energies. The results are found to be in agreement with recently developed Standard Model calculations at the one percent level. The hadronic branching fraction of the W boson is measured to be B(W→qq¯) = 67.13 ± 0.37(stat.) ± 0.15(syst.)%, from which the CKM matrix element |\ensuremathVcs| is determined to be 0.958 ± 0.017(stat.) ± 0.008(syst.) ISSN:1434-6044 ISSN:1434-6052

year	journal	country	edition	language
2004-12-01

10.1140/epjc/s2004-02048-3 https://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00021734