Measurement of the Mass and Width of the Z0 Particle from Multi - Hadronic Final States Produced in e+ e- Annihilations

The DELPHI collaboration Aarnio, P. ; Abreu, P. ; Adam, W. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 231 (1989) 539-547, 1989.
Inspire Record 282905 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.29769

First measurements of the mass and width of the Z 0 performed at the newly commissioned LEP Collider by the DELPHI Collaboration are presented. The measuements are derived from the study of multihadronic final states produced in e + e − annihilations at several energies around the Z 0 mass. The values found for the mass and width are M (Z 0 )=91.06±0.09 (stat) ±0.045 (syst.) GeV and Γ (Z 0 )=2.42±0.21 (stat.) GeV respectively, froma three-parameter fit to the line shape. A two-parameter fit in the framework of the standard model yields for the number of light neutrino species N ν =2.4±0.4 (stat.) ±0.5 (syst.).

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