Measurement of the Q 2 dependence of the Charged and Neutral Current Cross Sections in e ± p Scattering at HERA H 1

The Q dependence and the total cross sections for charged and neutral current processes are measured in ep reactions for transverse momenta of the outgoing lepton larger than 25GeV. Comparable size of cross sections for the neutral current process and for the weak charged current process are observed above Q ≈ 5000 GeV. Using the shape and magnitude of the charged current cross section we determine a propagator mass of mW = 84 +10 −7 GeV. S. Aid, V. Andreev, B. Andrieu, R.-D. Appuhn, M. Arpagaus, A. Babaev, J. Bähr, J. Bán, Y. Ban, P. Baranov, E. Barrelet, R. Barschke, W. Bartel, M. Barth, U. Bassler, H.P. Beck, H.-J. Behrend, A. Belousov, Ch. Berger, G. Bernardi, R. Bernet, G. Bertrand-Coremans, M. Besançon, R. Beyer, P. Biddulph, P. Bispham, J.C. Bizot, V. Blobel, K. Borras, F. Botterweck, V. Boudry, A. Braemer, W. Braunschweig, V. Brisson, D. Bruncko, C. Brune, R. Buchholz, L. Büngener, J. Bürger, F.W. Büsser, A. Buniatian, S. Burke, M.J. Burton, G. Buschhorn, A.J. Campbell, T. Carli, M. Charlet, D. Clarke, A.B. Clegg, B. Clerbaux, S. Cocks, J.G. Contreras, C. Cormack, J.A. Coughlan, A. Courau, M.-C. Cousinou, G. Cozzika, L. Criegee, D.G. Cussans, J. Cvach, S. Dagoret, J.B. Dainton, W.D. Dau, K. Daum, M. David, C.L. Davis, B. Delcourt, A. De Roeck, E.A. De Wolf, M. Dirkmann, P. Dixon, P. Di Nezza, W. Dlugosz, C. Dollfus, J.D. Dowell, H.B. Dreis, A. Droutskoi, D. Düllmann, O. Dünger, H. Duhm, J. Ebert, T.R. Ebert, G. Eckerlin, V. Efremenko, S. Egli, R. Eichler, F. Eisele, E. Eisenhandler, R.J. Ellison, E. Elsen, M. Erdmann, W. Erdmann, E. Evrard, A.B. Fahr, L. Favart, A. Fedotov, D. Feeken, R. Felst, J. Feltesse, J. Ferencei, F. Ferrarotto, K. Flamm, M. Fleischer, M. Flieser, G. Flügge, A. Fomenko, B. Fominykh, J. Formánek, J.M. Foster, G. Franke, E. Fretwurst, E. Gabathuler, K. Gabathuler, F. Gaede, J. Garvey, J. Gayler, M. Gebauer, A. Gellrich, H. Genzel, R. Gerhards, A. Glazov, U. Goerlach, L. Goerlich, N. Gogitidze, M. Goldberg, D. Goldner, K. Golec-Biernat, B. Gonzalez-Pineiro, I. Gorelov, C. Grab, H. Grässler, R. Grässler, T. Greenshaw, R. Griffiths, G. Grindhammer, A. Gruber, C. Gruber, J. Haack, D. Haidt, L. Hajduk, M. Hampel, M. Hapke, W.J. Haynes, G. Heinzelmann, R.C.W. Henderson, H. Henschel, I. Herynek, M.F. Hess, W. Hildesheim, K.H. Hiller, C.D. Hilton, J. Hladký, K.C. Hoeger, M. Höppner, D. Hoffmann, T. Holtom, R. Horisberger, V.L. Hudgson, M. Hütte, H. Hufnagel, M. Ibbotson, H. Itterbeck, A. Jacholkowska, C. Jacobsson, M. Jaffre, J. Janoth, T. Jansen, L. Jönsson, K. Johannsen, D.P. Johnson, L. Johnson, H. Jung, P.I.P. Kalmus, M. Kander, D. Kant, R. Kaschowitz, U. Kathage, J. Katzy, H.H. Kaufmann, O. Kaufmann, S. Kazarian, I.R. Kenyon, S. Kermiche, C. Keuker, C. Kiesling, M. Klein, C. Kleinwort, G. Knies, T. Köhler, J.H. Köhne, H. Kolanoski, F. Kole, S.D. Kolya, V. Korbel, M. Korn, P. Kostka, S.K. Kotelnikov, T. Krämerkämper, M.W. Krasny, H. Krehbiel, D. Krücker, U. Krüger, U. Krüner-Marquis, H. Küster, M. Kuhlen, T. Kurča, J. Kurzhöfer, D. Lacour, B. Laforge, R. Lander, M.P.J. Landon, W. Lange, U. Langenegger, J.-F. Laporte, A. Lebedev, F. Lehner, C. Leverenz, S. Levonian, Ch. Ley, G. Lindström, M. Lindstroem, J. Link, F. Linsel, J. Lipinski, B. List, G. Lobo, H. Lohmander, J.W. Lomas, G.C. Lopez, V. Lubimov, D. Lüke, N. Magnussen, E. Malinovski, S. Mani, R. Maraček, P. Marage, J. Marks, R. Marshall, J. Martens, G. Martin, R. Martin, H.-U. Martyn, J. Martyniak, T. Mavroidis, S.J. Maxfield, S.J. McMahon, A. Mehta, K. Meier, T. Merz, A. Meyer, A. Meyer, H. Meyer, J. Meyer, P.-O. Meyer, A. Migliori, S. Mikocki, D. Milstead, J. Moeck, F. Moreau, J.V. Morris, E. Mroczko, D. Müller, G. Müller, K. Müller, P. Muŕın, V. Nagovizin, R. Nahnhauer, B. Naroska, Th. Naumann, P.R. Newman, D. Newton, D. Neyret, H.K. Nguyen, T.C. Nicholls, F. Niebergall, C. Niebuhr, Ch. Niedzballa, H. Niggli, R. Nisius, G. Nowak, G.W. Noyes, M. Nyberg-Werther, M. Oakden, H. Oberlack, U. Obrock, J.E. Olsson, D. Ozerov, P. Palmen, E. Panaro, A. Panitch, C. Pascaud, G.D. Patel, H. Pawletta, E. Peppel, E. Perez, J.P. Phillips, A. Pieuchot, D. Pitzl, G. Pope, S. Prell, R. Prosi, K. Rabbertz, G. Rädel, F. Raupach, P. Reimer, S. Reinshagen, H. Rick, V. Riech, J. Riedlberger, F. Riepenhausen, S. Riess, E. Rizvi, S.M. Robertson, P. Robmann, H.E. Roloff , R. Roosen, K. Rosenbauer, A. Rostovtsev, F. Rouse, C. Royon, K. Rüter, S. Rusakov, K. Rybicki, N. Sahlmann, D.P.C. Sankey, P. Schacht, S. Schiek, S. Schleif, P. Schleper, W. von Schlippe, D. Schmidt, G. Schmidt, A. Schöning, V. Schröder, E. Schuhmann, B. Schwab, F. Sefkow, M. Seidel, R. Sell, A. Semenov, V. Shekelyan, I. Sheviakov, L.N. Shtarkov, G. Siegmon, U. Siewert, Y. Sirois, I.O. Skillicorn, P. Smirnov, J.R. Smith, V. Solochenko, Y. Soloviev, A. Specka, J. Spiekermann, S. Spielman, H. Spitzer, F. Squinabol, R. Starosta, M. Steenbock, P. Steffen, R. Steinberg, H. Steiner, B. Stella, A. Stellberger, J. Stier, J. Stiewe, U. Stößlein, K. Stolze, U. Straumann, W. Struczinski, J.P. Sutton, S. Tapprogge, M. Taševský, V. Tchernyshov, S. Tchetchelnitski, J. Theissen, C. Thiebaux, G. Thompson, P. Truöl, J. Turnau, J. Tutas, P. Uelkes, A. Usik, S. Valkár, A. Valkárová, C. Vallée, D. Vandenplas, P. Van Esch, P. Van Mechelen, Y. Vazdik, P. Verrecchia, G. Villet, K. Wacker, A. Wagener, M. Wagener, A. Walther, B. Waugh, G. Weber, M. Weber, D. Wegener, A. Wegner, T. Wengler, M. Werner, L.R. West, T. Wilksen, S. Willard, M. Winde, G.-G. Winter, C. Wittek, E. Wünsch, J. Žáček, D. Zarbock, Z. Zhang, A. Zhokin, F. Zomer, J. Zsembery, K. Zuber, and M. zurNedden 1 I. Physikalisches Institut der RWTH, Aachen, Germany 2 III. Physikalisches Institut der RWTH, Aachen, Germany 3 Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany 4 School of Physics and Space Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 5 Inter-University Institute for High Energies ULB-VUB, Brussels; Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen, Wilrijk; Belgium 6 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, UK 7 Institute for Nuclear Physics, Cracow, Poland 8 Physics Department and IIRPA, University of California, Davis, California, USA 9 Institut für Physik, Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany 10 CEA, DSM/DAPNIA, CE-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France 11 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK 12 DESY, Hamburg, Germany 13 I. Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany 14 II. Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany 15 Physikalisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany 16 Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany 17 Institut für Reine und Angewandte Kernphysik, Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany 18 Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic 19 School of Physics and Chemistry, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK 20 Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK 21 Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, UK 22 Physics Department, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden 23 Physics Department, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK 24 CPPM, Université d’Aix-Marseille II, IN2P3-CNRS, Marseille, France 25 Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia 26 Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia 27 Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany 28 LAL, Université de Paris-Sud, IN2P3-CNRS, Orsay, France 29 LPNHE, Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Palaiseau, France 30 LPNHE, Universités Paris VI and VII, IN2P3-CNRS, Paris, France 31 Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha, Czech Republic 32 Nuclear Center, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic 33 INFN Roma and Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita ”La Sapienza”, Roma, Italy 34 Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland 35 Fachbereich Physik, Bergische Universität Gesamthochschule Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany 36 DESY, Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Zeuthen, Germany 37 Institut für Teilchenphysik, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland 38 Physik-Institut der Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland 39 Visitor from Yerevan Phys. Inst., Armenia 40 On leave from LBL, Berkeley, USA † Deceased a Supported by the Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie, FRG, under contract numbers 6AC17P, 6AC47P, 6DO57I, 6HH17P, 6HH27I, 6HD17I, 6HD27I, 6KI17P, 6MP17I, and 6WT87P b Supported by the UK Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, and formerly by the UK Science and Engineering Research Council c Supported by FNRS-NFWO, IISN-IIKW d Supported by the Polish State Committee for Scientific Research, grant nos. 115/E-743/SPUB/P03/109/95 and 2 P03B 244 08p01, and Stiftung für Deutsch-Polnische Zusammenarbeit, project no.506/92 e Supported in part by USDOE grant DE F603 91ER40674 f Supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft g Supported by the Swedish Natural Science Research Council h Supported by GA ČR, grant no. 202/93/2423, GA AV ČR, grant no. 19095 and GA UK, grant no. 342 i Supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation