A measurement of the cross section for e+e- → hadrons using 11 000 hadronic decays of the Z boson at ten different center-of-mass energies is presented. A three-parameter fit gives the following values for the Z mass Mz, the total width Γz, the product of the electronic and hadronic partial widths ΓeΓh, and the unfolded pole cross section σ0: MZ=91.171±0.030(stat)±0.030 (beam) GeV, ΓZ=2.511±0.065 GeV, ΓeΓh=0.148±0.006 (stat.)±0.004 (syst.) GeV2, σ0=41.6±0.7(stat.)±1.1 (syst.) nb,. Good agreement with the predictions of the standard model is observed. From a two-parameter fit the number of massless neutrino generations is found to be Nν = 2.97±0.26. Thus the hypothesis of a fourth neutrino with mass less than 40 GeV is excluded with 95% confidence level. Combining the cross section measurements with the ratio Γℓ Γh reported in another DELPHI paper [Phys. Lett. B 241 (1990) 425], the hadronic, leptonic and invisible widths are found to be Γh=1741±61 MeV, Γℓ=85.1±2.9 MeV, Γh Γℓ=20.45±0.98, Γinv=515±54 MeV, in good agreement with the standard model. © 1990.
A Precise Measurement of the Z Resonance Parameters Through Its Hadronic Decays
GASPARINI, UGO;RONCHESE, PAOLO;SIMONETTO, FRANCO;ZUMERLE, GIANNI;
1990
Abstract
A measurement of the cross section for e+e- → hadrons using 11 000 hadronic decays of the Z boson at ten different center-of-mass energies is presented. A three-parameter fit gives the following values for the Z mass Mz, the total width Γz, the product of the electronic and hadronic partial widths ΓeΓh, and the unfolded pole cross section σ0: MZ=91.171±0.030(stat)±0.030 (beam) GeV, ΓZ=2.511±0.065 GeV, ΓeΓh=0.148±0.006 (stat.)±0.004 (syst.) GeV2, σ0=41.6±0.7(stat.)±1.1 (syst.) nb,. Good agreement with the predictions of the standard model is observed. From a two-parameter fit the number of massless neutrino generations is found to be Nν = 2.97±0.26. Thus the hypothesis of a fourth neutrino with mass less than 40 GeV is excluded with 95% confidence level. Combining the cross section measurements with the ratio Γℓ Γh reported in another DELPHI paper [Phys. Lett. B 241 (1990) 425], the hadronic, leptonic and invisible widths are found to be Γh=1741±61 MeV, Γℓ=85.1±2.9 MeV, Γh Γℓ=20.45±0.98, Γinv=515±54 MeV, in good agreement with the standard model. © 1990.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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