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Leif Lönnblad

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Modeling Bose-Einstein correlations at LEP-2

Author

  • Leif Lönnblad
  • Torbjörn Sjöstrand

Summary, in English

We present new algorithms for simulating Bose–Einstein correlations among final-state bosons in an event generator. The algorithms are all based on introducing Bose–Einstein correlations as a shift of final-state momenta among identical bosons, and differ only in the way energy and momentum conservation is ensured. The benefits and shortcomings of this approach, that may be viewed as a local reweighting strategy, is compared to the ones of recently proposed algorithms involving global event reweighting. We use the new algorithms to improve on our previous study of the effects of Bose–Einstein correlations on the W mass measurement at LEP 2. The intrinsic uncertainty could be as high as 100 MeV but is probably reduced to the order of 30 MeV with realistic experimental reconstruction procedures.

Department/s

  • Theoretical Particle Physics - Has been reorganised

Publishing year

1998

Language

English

Pages

165-180

Publication/Series

European Physical Journal C

Volume

2

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Subatomic Physics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1434-6044