1ST MEASUREMENT OF THE LEFT-RIGHT CROSS-SECTION ASYMMETRY IN Z-BOSON PRODUCTION BY E+E- COLLISIONS

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作者
ABE, K
ABT, I
ACTON, PD
ADOLPHSEN, CE
AGNEW, G
ALBER, C
ALZOFON, DF
ANTILOGUS, P
ARROYO, C
ASH, WW
ASHFORD, V
ASTBURY, A
ASTON, D
AU, Y
AXEN, DA
BACCHETTA, N
BAIRD, KG
BAKER, W
BALTAY, C
BAND, HR
BARANKO, G
BARDON, O
BARRERA, F
BATTISTON, R
BAZARKO, AO
BEAN, A
BEER, G
BELCINSKI, RJ
BELL, RA
BENDAVID, R
BENVENUTI, AC
BERGER, R
BERRIDGE, SC
BETHKE, S
BIASINI, M
BIENZ, T
BILEI, GM
BIRD, F
BISELLO, D
BLAYLOCK, G
BLUMBERG, R
BOGART, JR
BOLTON, T
BOUGEROLLE, S
BOWER, GR
BOYCE, RF
BRAU, JE
BREIDENBACH, M
BROWDER, TE
BUGG, WM
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[1] ADELPHI UNIV,GARDEN CITY,NY 11530
[2] BOSTON UNIV,BOSTON,MA 02215
[3] UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA,VANCOUVER V6T 2A6,BC,CANADA
[4] BRUNEL UNIV,UXBRIDGE UB8 3PH,MIDDX,ENGLAND
[5] CALTECH,PASADENA,CA 91125
[6] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA,SANTA BARBARA,CA 93106
[7] UNIV CALIF SANTA CRUZ,SANTA CRUZ,CA 95064
[8] UNIV CINCINNATI,CINCINNATI,OH 45221
[9] UNIV COLORADO,BOULDER,CO 80309
[10] COLUMBIA UNIV,NEW YORK,NY 10027
[11] UNIV FERRARA,I-44100 FERRARA,ITALY
[12] INDIANA UNIV,BLOOMINGTON,IN 47405
[13] UNIV ILLINOIS,URBANA,IL 61801
[14] LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[15] MIT,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
[16] UNIV MASSACHUSETTS,AMHERST,MA 01003
[17] NAGOYA UNIV,CHIKUSA KU,NAGOYA,AICHI 464,JAPAN
[18] UNIV OREGON,EUGENE,OR 97403
[19] UNIV PADUA,I-35100 PADUA,ITALY
[20] UNIV PERUGIA,I-06100 PERUGIA,ITALY
[21] UNIV PISA,I-56100 PISA,ITALY
[22] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB,DIDCOT OX11 0QX,OXON,ENGLAND
[23] STANFORD UNIV,STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CTR,STANFORD,CA 94305
[24] UNIV TENNESSEE,KNOXVILLE,TN 37996
[25] TRIUMF,VANCOUVER V6T 2A3,BC,CANADA
[26] VANDERBILT UNIV,NASHVILLE,TN 37235
[27] UNIV WASHINGTON,SEATTLE,WA 98195
[28] UNIV WISCONSIN,MADISON,WI 53706
[29] INFN,SEZ BOLOGNA,I-40126 BOLOGNA,ITALY
[30] INFN,SEZ FERRARA,I-44100 FERRARA,ITALY
[31] INFN,LAB NAZL FRASCATI,I-00044 FRASCATI,ITALY
[32] KEK,NATL LAB,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
[33] INFN,SEZ PADOVA,I-35100 PADUA,ITALY
[34] INFN,SEZ PERUGIA,I-06100 PERUGIA,ITALY
[35] INFN,SEZ PISA,I-56100 PISA,ITALY
[36] RUTGERS STATE UNIV,PISCATAWAY,NJ 08855
[37] UNIV VICTORIA,TRIUMF,VICTORIA V8W 3P6,BC,CANADA
[38] YALE UNIV,NEW HAVEN,CT 06511
[39] UNIV GENOA,I-16126 GENOA,ITALY
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.2515
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We present the first measurement of the left-right cross section asymmetry (A(LR)) for Z boson production by e+e- collisions. The measurement was performed at a center-of-mass energy of 91.55 GeV with the SLD detector at the SLAC Linear Collider which utilized a longitudinally polarized electron beam. The average beam polarization was (22.4 +/- 0.6)%. Using a sample of 10224 Z decays, we measure A(LR) to be 0.100 +/- 0.044(stat) +/- 0.004(syst), which determines the effective weak mixing angle to be sin2theta(W)eff=0.2378 +/- 0.0056(stat) +/- 0.0005(syst).
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页码:2515 / 2520
页数:6
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