A novel method for modeling the recoil in W boson events at hadron colliders

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2009-10-11

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We present a new method for modeling the hadronic recoil in W -> lv events produced at hadron colliders. The recoil is chosen from a library of recoils in Z -> ll data events and overlaid on a simulated W -> lv event. Implementation of this method requires that the data recoil library describe the proper-ties of the measured recoil as a function of the true, rather than the measured, transverse momentum of the boson. We address this issue using a multidimensional Bayesian unfolding technique. We estimate the statistical and systematic uncertainties from this method for the W boson mass and width measurements assuming 1 fb(-1) of data from the Fermilab Tevatron. The uncertainties are found to be small and comparable to those of a more traditional parameterized recoil model. For the highprecision measurements that will be possible with data from Run 11 of the Fermilab Tevatron and from the CERN LHC, the method presented in this paper may be advantageous, since it does not require an understanding of the measured recoil from first principles. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section A-accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V., v. 609, n. 2-3, p. 250-262, 2009.

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