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TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement of the W pair cross-section in e+ e- collisions at 172-GeV
AU - Barate, R.
AU - Finch, Alexander
AU - ALEPH Collaboration
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - The e+e−→W+W− cross section is measured in a data sample collected by ALEPH at a mean centre-of-mass energy of 172.09 GeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 10.65 pb−1. Cross sections are given for the three topologies, fully leptonic, semi-leptonic and hadronic of a W-pair decay. Under the assumption that no other decay modes are present, the W-pair cross section is measured to be The existence of the triple gauge boson vertex of the Standard Model is clearly preferred by the data. The decay branching ratio of the W boson into hadrons is measured to be , allowing a determination of the CKM matrix element |Vcs|=0.98±0.14(stat.)±0.03(syst.).
AB - The e+e−→W+W− cross section is measured in a data sample collected by ALEPH at a mean centre-of-mass energy of 172.09 GeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 10.65 pb−1. Cross sections are given for the three topologies, fully leptonic, semi-leptonic and hadronic of a W-pair decay. Under the assumption that no other decay modes are present, the W-pair cross section is measured to be The existence of the triple gauge boson vertex of the Standard Model is clearly preferred by the data. The decay branching ratio of the W boson into hadrons is measured to be , allowing a determination of the CKM matrix element |Vcs|=0.98±0.14(stat.)±0.03(syst.).
U2 - 10.1016/S0370-2693(97)01266-5
DO - 10.1016/S0370-2693(97)01266-5
M3 - Journal article
VL - 415
SP - 435
EP - 444
JO - Physics Letters B
JF - Physics Letters B
SN - 0370-2693
IS - 4
ER -