Measurement of the W-boson mass at the ATLAS experiment
O. Kivernyk
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Pre-published on: August 22, 2018
Published on: August 24, 2018
Abstract
We present the results of W-boson mass measurements with the ATLAS detector at the LHC based on the 2011 data set recorded at a centre-of-mass energy of s=7 TeV, and corresponding to 4.6 fb1 of integrated luminosity. The selected data sample consists of 7.8×106 Wμν candidates and 5.9×106 Weν candidates. Measurements are performed through template fits to transverse momentum distributions of charged leptons as well as to transverse mass distributions of the W boson in electron and muon decay modes in various kinematic categories. All the individual measurements are found to be consistent and their combination leads to a value of
mW=80370±7 MeV(stat.)±11 MeV(exp.sys.)±14 MeV(mod.sys.)=80370±19 MeV.

The measured value of the W-boson mass is compatible with the current world average of mW=80385±15 MeV. The uncertainty is competitive with the current most precise measurements performed by the CDF and D0 collaborations.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.318.0030
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