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We present a measurement of the $W$-boson mass, $M_W$, using data corresponding to 2.2/fb of integrated luminosity collected in ppbar collisions at $sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. The selected sample of 470126 $Wto e u$ candidates and 624708 $Wtomu u$ candidates yields the measurement $M_W = 80387pm 12$ (stat) $pm 15$ (syst)$ = 80387 pm 19$ MeV$/c^2$ . This is the most precise single measurement of the $W$-boson mass to date.
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The $W$ boson mass is measured using proton-proton collision data at $sqrt{s}=13$ TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.7 fb$^{-1}$ recorded during 2016 by the LHCb experiment. With a simultaneous fit of the muon $q/p_T$ distribution of a sample of $W to mu u$ decays and the $phi^*$ distribution of a sample of $Ztomumu$ decays the $W$ boson mass is determined to be begin{equation*} m_{W} = 80354 pm 23_{rm stat} pm 10_{rm exp} pm 17_{rm theory} pm 9_{rm PDF}~mathrm{MeV}, end{equation*} where uncertainties correspond to contributions from statistical, experimental systematic, theoretical and parton distribution function sources. This is an average of results based on three recent global parton distribution function sets. The measurement agrees well with the prediction of the global electroweak fit and with previous measurements.
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A search for new dielectron mass resonances using data recorded by the CDF II detector and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.7/fb is presented. No significant excess over the expected standard model prediction is observed. In this dataset, an event with the highest dielectron mass ever observed (960 GeV/c^2) was recorded. The results are interpreted in the Randall-Sundrum (RS) model. Combined with the 5.4/fb diphoton analysis, the RS-graviton lower mass limit for the coupling k/bar{M}_{Pl}=0.1 is 1058 GeV/c^2, making it the strongest limit to date.
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