Direct Observation of Longitudinally Polarised W Bosons

Details Direct Observation of Longitudinally Polarised W Bosons Direct Observation of Longitudinally Polarised W Bosons

2000-01-06

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0001016v1

Phys.Lett.B474:194-204,2000

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High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Experiment

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01489-6

The three different helicity states of W bosons, produced in the reaction e+e- -> W+W- -> l nu q q~ are studied using leptonic and hadronic W decays at sqrt{s}=183GeV and 189GeV. The W polarisation is also measured as a function of the scattering angle between the W- and the direction of the e- beam. The analysis demonstrates that W bosons are produced with all three helicities, the longitudinal and the two transverse states. Combining the results from the two center-of-mass energies and with leptonic and hadronic W decays, the fraction of longitudinally polarised W bosons is measured to be 0.261 +/- 0.051(stat.) +/- 0.016(syst.) in agreement with the expectation from the Standard Model.

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