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Correlations between polarisation states of W particles in the reaction e-e+→W-W+ at LEP2 energies 189-209 GeV
(2009)The European Physical Journal CIn a study of the reaction e − e +→W − W + with the DELPHI detector, the probabilities of the two W particles occurring in the joint polarisation states transverse–transverse (TT), longitudinal–transverse plus transverse–longitudinal (LT) and longitudinal–longitudinal (LL) have been determined using the final states WW→lνqq¯ (l=e,μ). The two-particle joint polarisation probabilities, i.e. the spin density matrix elements ρ TT , ρ LT , ρ ...Journal Article -
Study of b-quark mass effects in multijet topologies with the DELPHI detector at LEP
(2008)The European Physical Journal CThe effect of the heavy b-quark mass on the two, three and four-jet rates is studied using LEP data collected by the DELPHI experiment at the Z peak in 1994 and 1995. The rates of b-quark jets and light quark jets (ℓ=uds) in events with n=2, 3, and 4 jets, together with the ratio of two and four-jet rates of b-quarks with respect to light-quarks, Rn bℓ, have been measured with a double-tag technique using the CAMBRIDGE jet-clustering ...Journal Article -
Measurement of the Mass and Width of the W Boson in e+ e- Collisions at s**(1/2) = 161-GeV - 209-GeV
(2008)The European Physical Journal CA measurement of the W boson mass and width has been performed by the DELPHI collaboration using the data collected during the full LEP2 programme (1996–2000). The data sample has an integrated luminosity of 660 pb-1 and was collected over a range of centre-of-mass energies from 161 to 209 GeV. Results are obtained by applying the method of direct reconstruction of the mass of the W from its decay products in both the W+W-→ℓν̄ℓqq̄’ and ...Journal Article -
Study of W Boson Polarisations and Triple Gauge Boson Couplings in the Reaction e+e- -> W+W- at LEP 2
(2008)The European Physical Journal CA determination of the single W spin density matrix (SDM) elements in the reaction e+e-→W+W-→lνqq̄(l=e/μ) is reported at centre-of-mass energies between 189 and 209 GeV. The data sample used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 520 pb-1 taken by DELPHI between 1998 and 2000. The single W SDM elements, ρττ’ W± (τ,τ’=± 1 or 0), are determined as a function of the W- production angle with respect to the e- beam direction and are obtained ...Journal Article