The jet mass of W bosons decaying to a quark-antiquark pair is measured in W+jets events from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The data used were collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1. Hadronic decays of W bosons with high momenta produce strongly collimated decay products due to the large Lorentz boost, and are reconstructed as single large-radius jets. These jets have a characteristic substructure that is exploited to distinguish them from the large background of quark- and gluon-initiated jets. The jet mass is computed using the soft-drop algorithm, which suppresses soft wide-angle radiation that leads to a broadening of the jet mass distribution. For the first time, unfolded measurements are presented of the double-differential W+jets cross section as a function of the jet transverse momentum and soft-drop mass. From these distributions, the W boson mass is obtained, with a value of 80.83 ± 0.55 GeV in a scheme with mass-dependent width, achieving the smallest uncertainty available today from an all-jets final state at a hadron collider.

Measurement of the jet mass in hadronic decays of boosted W bosons at 13 TeV and extraction of the W boson mass / Null, N., Hayrapetyan, A., Makarenko, V., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J.W., Benato, L., Bergauer, T., Dragicevic, M., Giordano, C., Hussain, P.S., Jeitler, M., Krammer, N., Li, A., Liko, D., Matthewman, M., Mikulec, I., Schieck, J., Schöfbeck, R., Schwarz, D., et al.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - 2026:7(2026), pp. 1-50. [10.1007/jhep07(2026)054]

Measurement of the jet mass in hadronic decays of boosted W bosons at 13 TeV and extraction of the W boson mass

Cunqueiro Mendez, L.;Del Re, D.;Organtini, G.;Paramatti, R.;Rahatlou, S.;Santanastasio, F.;
2026

Abstract

The jet mass of W bosons decaying to a quark-antiquark pair is measured in W+jets events from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The data used were collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1. Hadronic decays of W bosons with high momenta produce strongly collimated decay products due to the large Lorentz boost, and are reconstructed as single large-radius jets. These jets have a characteristic substructure that is exploited to distinguish them from the large background of quark- and gluon-initiated jets. The jet mass is computed using the soft-drop algorithm, which suppresses soft wide-angle radiation that leads to a broadening of the jet mass distribution. For the first time, unfolded measurements are presented of the double-differential W+jets cross section as a function of the jet transverse momentum and soft-drop mass. From these distributions, the W boson mass is obtained, with a value of 80.83 ± 0.55 GeV in a scheme with mass-dependent width, achieving the smallest uncertainty available today from an all-jets final state at a hadron collider.
2026
Hadron-Hadron scattering; jets; vector boson production
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Measurement of the jet mass in hadronic decays of boosted W bosons at 13 TeV and extraction of the W boson mass / Null, N., Hayrapetyan, A., Makarenko, V., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J.W., Benato, L., Bergauer, T., Dragicevic, M., Giordano, C., Hussain, P.S., Jeitler, M., Krammer, N., Li, A., Liko, D., Matthewman, M., Mikulec, I., Schieck, J., Schöfbeck, R., Schwarz, D., et al.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - 2026:7(2026), pp. 1-50. [10.1007/jhep07(2026)054]
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