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QED Interconnection Effects on W Momentum Distributions at LEP 2

Valery A. Khoze, Torbjorn Sjostrand

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/9508332

Abstract

The process +- 1 2 \, 3 4 contains charges in the initial, intermediate and final stages. This gives a rich selection of possible QED interconnection effects. Coulomb interaction is the simplest of these, and can thus be used to explore consequences. We study a number of experimental observables, with emphasis on those related to the W momentum distribution. Second-order Coulomb effects are shown to be practically negligible. The limited LEP~2 statistics will not allow detailed tests, so any theory uncertainty will be reflected in the systematic error on the W mass. Currently the uncertainty from this source may be as high as 20~MeV.

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