2008/05/31 by N. Besson, M. Boonekamp, E. Klinkby +4
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Absolute scale #Astrophysics #Atomic physics #Boson #Detector #Electronic engineering #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Large Hadron Collider #Luminosity #Mathematics #Nuclear physics #Optics #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Sensitivity (control systems) #Statistics #Systematic error #hep-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-008-0774-4
published as Eur.Phys.J.C57:627-651,2008
arxiv created 2008/06/13 · openalex publication_date 2008/10/01 · arxiv updated 2019/08/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We present a study of the LHC sensitivity to the W boson mass based on simulation studies. We find that both experimental and phenomenological sources of systematic uncertainties can be strongly constrained with Z measurements: the lineshape, dσ Z /dm, is robustly predicted, and its analysis provides an accurate measurement of the detector resolution and absolute scale, while the differential cross-section analysis, d2 σ Z /dydp T , absorbs the strong interaction uncertainties. A sensitivity δ m W ∼7 MeV for each decay channel (W→e ν, W→μ ν), and for an integrated luminosity of 10 fb−1, appears as a reasonable goal.