High-precision measurement of the <i>W</i> boson mass with the CDF II detector

  • T. Aaltonen
    Division of High Energy Physics, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014, Helsinki, Finland.
  • S. Amerio
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy.
  • D. Amidei
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
  • A. Anastassov
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • A. Annovi
    Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, I-00044 Frascati, Italy.
  • J. Antos
    Comenius University, 842 48 Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • G. Apollinari
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • J. A. Appel
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • T. Arisawa
    Waseda University, Tokyo 169, Japan.
  • A. Artikov
    Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna RU-141980, Russia.
  • J. Asaadi
    Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
  • W. Ashmanskas
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • B. Auerbach
    Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA.
  • A. Aurisano
    Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
  • F. Azfar
    University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK.
  • W. Badgett
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • T. Bae
    Center for High Energy Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
  • A. Barbaro-Galtieri
    Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
  • V. E. Barnes
    Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
  • B. A. Barnett
    The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
  • P. Barria
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
  • P. Bartos
    Comenius University, 842 48 Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • M. Bauce
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy.
  • F. Bedeschi
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
  • S. Behari
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • G. Bellettini
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
  • J. Bellinger
    University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
  • D. Benjamin
    Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
  • A. Beretvas
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • A. Bhatti
    The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • K. R. Bland
    Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA.
  • B. Blumenfeld
    The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
  • A. Bocci
    Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
  • A. Bodek
    University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA.
  • D. Bortoletto
    Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
  • J. Boudreau
    University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
  • A. Boveia
    Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
  • L. Brigliadori
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy.
  • C. Bromberg
    Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
  • E. Brucken
    Division of High Energy Physics, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014, Helsinki, Finland.
  • J. Budagov
    Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna RU-141980, Russia.
  • H. S. Budd
    University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA.
  • K. Burkett
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • G. Busetto
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy.
  • P. Bussey
    Glasgow University, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
  • P. Butti
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
  • A. Buzatu
    Glasgow University, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
  • A. Calamba
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
  • S. Camarda
    Institut de Fisica d’Altes Energies, ICREA, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain.
  • M. Campanelli
    University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
  • B. Carls
    University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
  • D. Carlsmith
    University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
  • R. Carosi
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
  • S. Carrillo
    University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
  • B. Casal
    Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria, CSIC-University of Cantabria, 39005 Santander, Spain.
  • M. Casarsa
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy.
  • A. Castro
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy.
  • P. Catastini
    Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
  • D. Cauz
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy.
  • V. Cavaliere
    University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
  • A. Cerri
    Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
  • L. Cerrito
    University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
  • Y. C. Chen
    Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, Republic of China.
  • M. Chertok
    University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
  • G. Chiarelli
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
  • G. Chlachidze
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • K. Cho
    Center for High Energy Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
  • D. Chokheli
    Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna RU-141980, Russia.
  • A. Clark
    University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
  • C. Clarke
    Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
  • M. E. Convery
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • J. Conway
    University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
  • M. Corbo
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • M. Cordelli
    Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, I-00044 Frascati, Italy.
  • C. A. Cox
    University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
  • D. J. Cox
    University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
  • M. Cremonesi
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
  • D. Cruz
    Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
  • J. Cuevas
    Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria, CSIC-University of Cantabria, 39005 Santander, Spain.
  • R. Culbertson
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • N. d’Ascenzo
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • M. Datta
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • P. de Barbaro
    University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA.
  • L. Demortier
    The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • M. Deninno
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy.
  • M. D’Errico
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy.
  • F. Devoto
    Division of High Energy Physics, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014, Helsinki, Finland.
  • A. Di Canto
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
  • B. Di Ruzza
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • J. R. Dittmann
    Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA.
  • S. Donati
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
  • M. D’Onofrio
    University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, UK.
  • M. Dorigo
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy.
  • A. Driutti
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy.
  • K. Ebina
    Waseda University, Tokyo 169, Japan.
  • R. Edgar
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
  • A. Elagin
    Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
  • R. Erbacher
    University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
  • S. Errede
    University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
  • B. Esham
    University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
  • S. Farrington
    University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK.
  • J. P. Fernández Ramos
    Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnologicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
  • R. Field
    University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
  • G. Flanagan
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • R. Forrest
    University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
  • M. Franklin
    Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
  • J. C. Freeman
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • H. Frisch
    Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
  • Y. Funakoshi
    Waseda University, Tokyo 169, Japan.
  • C. Galloni
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
  • A. F. Garfinkel
    Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
  • P. Garosi
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
  • H. Gerberich
    University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
  • E. Gerchtein
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • S. Giagu
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma 1, I-00185 Roma, Italy.
  • V. Giakoumopoulou
    National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 157 71 Athens, Greece.
  • K. Gibson
    University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
  • C. M. Ginsburg
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • N. Giokaris
    National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 157 71 Athens, Greece.
  • P. Giromini
    Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, I-00044 Frascati, Italy.
  • V. Glagolev
    Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna RU-141980, Russia.
  • D. Glenzinski
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • M. Gold
    University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
  • D. Goldin
    Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
  • A. Golossanov
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • G. Gomez
    Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria, CSIC-University of Cantabria, 39005 Santander, Spain.
  • G. Gomez-Ceballos
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  • M. Goncharov
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  • O. González López
    Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnologicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
  • I. Gorelov
    University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
  • A. T. Goshaw
    Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
  • K. Goulianos
    The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • E. Gramellini
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy.
  • C. Grosso-Pilcher
    Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
  • J. Guimaraes da Costa
    Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
  • S. R. Hahn
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • J. Y. Han
    University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA.
  • F. Happacher
    Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, I-00044 Frascati, Italy.
  • K. Hara
    University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan.
  • M. Hare
    Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
  • R. F. Harr
    Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
  • T. Harrington-Taber
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • K. Hatakeyama
    Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA.
  • C. Hays
    University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK.
  • J. Heinrich
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
  • M. Herndon
    University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
  • A. Hocker
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • Z. Hong
    Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
  • W. Hopkins
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • S. Hou
    Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, Republic of China.
  • R. E. Hughes
    The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
  • U. Husemann
    Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
  • M. Hussein
    Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
  • J. Huston
    Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
  • G. Introzzi
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
  • M. Iori
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma 1, I-00185 Roma, Italy.
  • A. Ivanov
    University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
  • E. James
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • D. Jang
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
  • B. Jayatilaka
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • E. J. Jeon
    Center for High Energy Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
  • S. Jindariani
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • M. Jones
    Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
  • K. K. Joo
    Center for High Energy Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
  • S. Y. Jun
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
  • T. R. Junk
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • M. Kambeitz
    Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
  • T. Kamon
    Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
  • P. E. Karchin
    Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
  • A. Kasmi
    Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA.
  • Y. Kato
    Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.
  • W. Ketchum
    Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
  • J. Keung
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
  • B. Kilminster
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • D. H. Kim
    Center for High Energy Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
  • H. S. Kim
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • J. E. Kim
    Center for High Energy Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
  • M. J. Kim
    Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, I-00044 Frascati, Italy.
  • S. H. Kim
    University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan.
  • S. B. Kim
    Center for High Energy Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
  • Y. J. Kim
    Center for High Energy Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
  • Y. K. Kim
    Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
  • N. Kimura
    Waseda University, Tokyo 169, Japan.
  • M. Kirby
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • K. Kondo
    Waseda University, Tokyo 169, Japan.
  • D. J. Kong
    Center for High Energy Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
  • J. Konigsberg
    University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
  • A. V. Kotwal
    Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
  • M. Kreps
    Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
  • J. Kroll
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
  • M. Kruse
    Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
  • T. Kuhr
    Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
  • M. Kurata
    University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan.
  • A. T. Laasanen
    Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
  • S. Lammel
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • M. Lancaster
    University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
  • K. Lannon
    The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
  • G. Latino
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
  • H. S. Lee
    Center for High Energy Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
  • J. S. Lee
    Center for High Energy Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
  • S. Leo
    University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
  • S. Leone
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
  • J. D. Lewis
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • A. Limosani
    Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
  • E. Lipeles
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
  • A. Lister
    University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
  • Q. Liu
    Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
  • T. Liu
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • S. Lockwitz
    Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
  • A. Loginov
    Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
  • D. Lucchesi
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy.
  • A. Lucà
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • J. Lueck
    Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
  • P. Lujan
    Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
  • P. Lukens
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • G. Lungu
    The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • J. Lys
    Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
  • R. Lysak
    Comenius University, 842 48 Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • R. Madrak
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • P. Maestro
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
  • S. Malik
    The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • G. Manca
    University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, UK.
  • A. Manousakis-Katsikakis
    National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 157 71 Athens, Greece.
  • L. Marchese
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy.
  • F. Margaroli
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma 1, I-00185 Roma, Italy.
  • P. Marino
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
  • K. Matera
    University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
  • M. E. Mattson
    Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
  • A. Mazzacane
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • P. Mazzanti
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy.
  • R. McNulty
    University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, UK.
  • A. Mehta
    University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, UK.
  • P. Mehtala
    Division of High Energy Physics, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014, Helsinki, Finland.
  • A. Menzione
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
  • C. Mesropian
    The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • T. Miao
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • E. Michielin
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy.
  • D. Mietlicki
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
  • A. Mitra
    Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, Republic of China.
  • H. Miyake
    University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan.
  • S. Moed
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • N. Moggi
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy.
  • C. S. Moon
    Center for High Energy Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
  • R. Moore
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • M. J. Morello
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
  • A. Mukherjee
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • Th. Muller
    Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
  • P. Murat
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • M. Mussini
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy.
  • J. Nachtman
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • Y. Nagai
    University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan.
  • J. Naganoma
    Waseda University, Tokyo 169, Japan.
  • I. Nakano
    Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan.
  • A. Napier
    Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
  • J. Nett
    Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
  • T. Nigmanov
    University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
  • L. Nodulman
    Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA.
  • S. Y. Noh
    Center for High Energy Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
  • O. Norniella
    University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
  • L. Oakes
    University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK.
  • S. H. Oh
    Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
  • Y. D. Oh
    Center for High Energy Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
  • T. Okusawa
    Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.
  • R. Orava
    Division of High Energy Physics, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014, Helsinki, Finland.
  • L. Ortolan
    Institut de Fisica d’Altes Energies, ICREA, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain.
  • C. Pagliarone
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy.
  • E. Palencia
    Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria, CSIC-University of Cantabria, 39005 Santander, Spain.
  • P. Palni
    University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
  • V. Papadimitriou
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.
  • W. Parker
    University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
  • G. Pauletta
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy.
  • M. Paulini
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
  • C. Paus
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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説明

<jats:p> The mass of the <jats:italic>W</jats:italic> boson, a mediator of the weak force between elementary particles, is tightly constrained by the symmetries of the standard model of particle physics. The Higgs boson was the last missing component of the model. After observation of the Higgs boson, a measurement of the <jats:italic>W</jats:italic> boson mass provides a stringent test of the model. We measure the <jats:italic>W</jats:italic> boson mass, <jats:italic> M <jats:sub>W</jats:sub> </jats:italic> , using data corresponding to 8.8 inverse femtobarns of integrated luminosity collected in proton-antiproton collisions at a 1.96 tera–electron volt center-of-mass energy with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. A sample of approximately 4 million <jats:italic>W</jats:italic> boson candidates is used to obtain <jats:bold> <jats:inline-formula> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" overflow="scroll"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>M</mml:mi> <mml:mi>W</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>80</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>433.5</mml:mn> <mml:mo>±</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>6.4</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>stat</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>±</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>6.9</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>syst</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>80</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>433.5</mml:mn> <mml:mo>±</mml:mo> <mml:mn>9.4</mml:mn> <mml:mtext> MeV</mml:mtext> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>c</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> </jats:inline-formula> </jats:bold> , the precision of which exceeds that of all previous measurements combined (stat, statistical uncertainty; syst, systematic uncertainty; MeV, mega–electron volts; <jats:italic>c</jats:italic> , speed of light in a vacuum). This measurement is in significant tension with the standard model expectation. </jats:p>

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  • Science

    Science 376 (6589), 170-176, 2022-04-08

    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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