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Combination of CDF and D0 W-Boson Mass Measurements

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio, D. Amidei, A. Anastassov, A. Annovi, J. Antos, G. Apollinari, J. A. Appel, T. Arisawa, A. Artikov, J. Asaadi, W. Ashmanskas, B. Auerbach, A. Aurisano, F. Azfar, W. Badgett, T. Bae, A. Barbaro-Galtieri, V. E. Barnes, B. A. Barnett, P. Barria, P. Bartos, M. Bauce, F. Bedeschi, D. Beecher, S. Behari, G. Bellettini, J. Bellinger, D. Benjamin, A. Beretvas, A. Bhatti, I. Bizjak, K. R. Bland, B. Blumenfeld, A. Bocci, A. Bodek, D. Bortoletto, J. Boudreau, A. Boveia, L. Brigliadori, C. Bromberg, E. Brucken, J. Budagov, H. S. Budd, K. Burkett, G. Busetto, P. Bussey, P. Butti, A. Buzatu, A. Calamba, S. Camarda, M. Campanelli, F. Canelli, B. Carls, D. Carlsmith, R. Carosi, S. Carrillo, B. Casal, M. Casarsa, A. Castro, P. Catastini, D. Cauz, V. Cavaliere, M. Cavalli-Sforza, A. Cerri, L. Cerrito, Y. C. Chen, M. Chertok, G. Chiarelli, G. Chlachidze, K. Cho, D. Chokheli, A. Clark, C. Clarke, M. E. Convery, J. Conway, M. Corbo, M. Cordelli, C. A. Cox, D. J. 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TL;DR

This work presents a BLUE-based combination of W-boson mass measurements from the CDF and D0 experiments at the Fermilab Tevatron, including the 2012 MW determinations and earlier Run I/II inputs. It reports a Tevatron average MW = 80,387 ± 16 MeV, which, when combined with the LEP result, yields a world average MW = 80,385 ± 15 MeV. The analysis carefully treats correlations arising from PDFs, ΓW, and EW radiative corrections, and demonstrates a consistent, high-precision test of the Standard Model in the W-mass sector. The refined MW value tightens indirect Higgs-boson constraints and aligns with LHC Higgs measurements, underscoring the SM's robustness.

Abstract

We summarize and combine direct measurements of the mass of the $W$ boson in $\sqrt{s} = 1.96 \text{TeV}$ proton-antiproton collision data collected by CDF and D0 experiments at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. Earlier measurements from CDF and D0 are combined with the two latest, more precise measurements: a CDF measurement in the electron and muon channels using data corresponding to $2.2 \mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity, and a D0 measurement in the electron channel using data corresponding to $4.3 \mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity. The resulting Tevatron average for the mass of the $W$ boson is $\MW = 80\,387 \pm 16 \text{MeV}$. Including measurements obtained in electron-positron collisions at LEP yields the most precise value of $\MW = 80\,385 \pm 15 \text{MeV}$.

Combination of CDF and D0 W-Boson Mass Measurements

TL;DR

This work presents a BLUE-based combination of W-boson mass measurements from the CDF and D0 experiments at the Fermilab Tevatron, including the 2012 MW determinations and earlier Run I/II inputs. It reports a Tevatron average MW = 80,387 ± 16 MeV, which, when combined with the LEP result, yields a world average MW = 80,385 ± 15 MeV. The analysis carefully treats correlations arising from PDFs, ΓW, and EW radiative corrections, and demonstrates a consistent, high-precision test of the Standard Model in the W-mass sector. The refined MW value tightens indirect Higgs-boson constraints and aligns with LHC Higgs measurements, underscoring the SM's robustness.

Abstract

We summarize and combine direct measurements of the mass of the boson in proton-antiproton collision data collected by CDF and D0 experiments at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. Earlier measurements from CDF and D0 are combined with the two latest, more precise measurements: a CDF measurement in the electron and muon channels using data corresponding to of integrated luminosity, and a D0 measurement in the electron channel using data corresponding to of integrated luminosity. The resulting Tevatron average for the mass of the boson is . Including measurements obtained in electron-positron collisions at LEP yields the most precise value of .

Paper Structure

This paper contains 13 sections, 2 equations, 2 figures, 5 tables.

Figures (2)

  • Figure 1: $W$-boson mass determinations from the CDF and D0 Run I (1989 to 1996) and Run II (2001 to 2009) measurements, the new Tevatron average, the LEP combined result lep, and the world average obtained by combining the Tevatron and LEP averages assuming no correlations between them. The world-average uncertainty (15 MeV) is indicated by the shaded band.
  • Figure 2: The most recent world average of $M_W$ is displayed along with the mass of the top quark $m_t$top at 68% C.L. by area. The diagonal line is the indirect prediction of $M_W$ as a function of $m_t$, in the SM given by Ref. cor-rad, assuming the measurements of the ATLAS and CMS lhc-higgs experiments of the candidate Higgs-boson masses of 126.0 GeV and 125.3 GeV respectively.