This dissertation describes a direct measurement of the W boson total decay width, {Lambda}{sub W}, using the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. The measurement uses an integrated luminosity of 177.3 pb{sup -1} data, collected during the 2002-2003 run. The width is determined from the shape of the transverse mass distribution, M{sub T}, by fitting the data in the tail region 100

A direct measurement of the W boson total decay width is presented in proton-antiproton collisions at (square root)s = 1.96 TeV using data collected by the CDF II detector. The measurement is made by fitting a simulated signal to the tail of the transverse mass distribution in the electron and muon decay channels. An integrated luminosity of 350 pb−1 is used, collected between February 2002 and August 2004. Combining the results from the separate decay channels gives the decay width as 2.038 ± 0.072 GeV in agreement with the theoretical prediction of 2.093 ± 0.002 GeV. A system is presented for the management of detector calibrations using a relational database schema. A description of the implementation and monitoring of a procedure to provide general users with a simple interface to the complete set of calibrations is also given.

I present the measurement of the mass of the W Boson in the electron channel using 4.4 fb-1 of p $ar{p}$ collisions at √s = 1:96 TeV recorded by the D0 detector operating at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider.

We present results from W and Z boson production in proton-antiproton collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV using the CDF detector. We measure the W and Z cross sections times lepton branching ratio, [sigma](p{bar p} → W)·B(W → l[nu]{sub l}) and [sigma](p {bar p} → Z)· B(Z → k+l−) l = e, [mu]. We also measure the ratio: R{sub l} = [sigma] · B(W → l[nu]{sub l})/[sigma] · B(Z → ll). From R{sub l}, we extract the W electron and muon branching ratios, BR(W → l[nu]{sub l}, and the total W width, [Gamma]{sub W}. In addition, high transverse mass W →e[nu]{sub e}, candidates provide an alternate, direct measurement of [Gamma]{sub W}.