Indirect measurement of $si{n}^2{\theta }_W$ (M_W) using e+e- pairs in the Z-boson region with $p\bar{p}$ collisions at a center-of-momentum energy of 1.96 TeV

Abstract

Drell-Yan lepton pairs are produced in the process $p\bar{p}\to e^{+}{e}^{-}+X$ through an intermediate ${\gamma }^{\ast }/Z$ boson. The lepton angular distributions are used to provide information on the electroweak-mixing parameter $si{n}^2{\theta }_W$ via its observable effective-leptonic $si{n}^2{\theta }_W$, or $si{n}^2{\theta }_{eff}^{lept}$. A new method to infer $si{n}^2{\theta }_W$, or equivalently, the W-boson mass M_W in the on-shell scheme, is developed and tested using a previous CDF Run II measurement of angular distributions from electron pairs in a sample corresponding to 2.1 fb-1 of integrated luminosity from $p\bar{p}$ collisions at a center-of-momentum energy of 1.96 TeV. The value of $si{n}^2{\theta }_{eff}^{lept}$ is found to be 0.2328 +- 0.0010. Within a specified context of the standard model, this results in $si{n}^2{\theta }_W$ = 0.2246 +- 0.0009 which corresponds to a W-boson mass of 80.297 +- 0.048 GeV/c^2, in agreement with previous determinations in electron-position collisions and at the Tevatron collider.

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