Precision Electroweak Tests of the Standard Model
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The present status of precision electroweak data is reviewed. These data include measurements of ee → ff , taken at the Z resonance at LEP, which are used to determine the mass and width of the Z boson. In addition, measurements have also been made of the forward-backward asymmetries for leptons and heavy quarks, and also the final state polarisation of the τ -lepton. At SLAC, where the electron beam was polarised, measurements were made of the left-right polarised asymmetry, ALR, and the left-right forward-backward asymmetries for b and c quarks. The mass,mW, and width, ΓW, of the W boson have been measured at the Tevatron and at LEP, and the mass of the top quark, mt, has been measured at the Tevatron. These data, plus other electroweak data, are used in global electroweak fits in which various Standard Model parameters are determined. A comparison is made between the results of the direct measurements of mW and mt with the indirect results coming from electroweak radiative corrections. Using all precision electroweak data fits are also made to determine limits on the mass of the Higgs boson, mH. The influence on these limits of specific measurements, particularly those which are somewhat inconsistent with the Standard Model, is explored. The data are also analysed in terms of the quasi model-independent ǫ variables. Finally, the impact on the electroweak fits of the improvements in the determination of the W-boson and top-quark masses, expected from the Tevatron Run 2, is examined.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002