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W-decay Jacobian peak (pTmax​=MW​/2)

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Standard Model Electroweak interaction Electroweak gauge boson W boson Massless leptonic W decay width Polarized massless leptonic W decay
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For an on-shell W with zero transverse recoil and massless leptons, pT​=(MW​/2)sinθ. Mapping both angular roots to one transverse momentum produces an integrable inverse-square-root edge. For a normalized polar distribution 3(1−cosθ)2/8, the density in x=2pT​/MW​ is 3x(2−x2)/(41−x2​). Finite width, transverse recoil and detector resolution smear the edge.

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  • Past exam of the particle physics course of the University of Oxford / 2018 / 2 / e / Solution
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