Precision Tests Of The Standard Electroweak Model

Precision Tests Of The Standard Electroweak Model
Author: Paul G Langacker
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 1032
Release: 1995-02-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814602817

High precision measurements of weak neutral current and charged current processes and of the properties of the Z and W bosons have established the standard electroweak model as correct down to a distance scale of 10-16 cm, and are a sensitive probe of possible underlying physics. In this book, all aspects of the program are considered in detail, including the structure of the standard model, radiative corrections, high precision experiments, and their implications. The major classes of experiments are surveyed, covering the experiments themselves, the data analysis, results, and prospects.This volume is a detailed reference for theoretical and experimental researchers, as well as an introductory text for advanced students.

Electroweak Precision Tests at LEP

Electroweak Precision Tests at LEP
Author: Wolfgang Hollik
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2014-03-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9783662156544

This review gives a brief discussion of the structure of the Standard Model and its quantum corrections for testing the electroweak theory at current and future colliders. The predictions for the vector boson masses, neutrino scattering cross sections, and the Z resonance observables such as the width of the Z resonance, partial widths, effective neutral current coupling constants and mixing angles at the Z peak, are presented. Recent experimental data and their implications for the present status of the Standard Model are compared. Finally, the question of how virtual new physics can influence the predictions for the precision observables and the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) as a special example of particular theoretical interest are discussed.

Precision Tests of Electroweak Theory

Precision Tests of Electroweak Theory
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Total Pages: 10
Release: 1992
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Pursuits of Ǹ̀ew Physics̀̀ via precision measurements are surveyed. The inconsistency between world average tau lifetime-mass values and measured leptonic branching ratios is updated and a heavy neutrino solution is described. The use of R{sub?} ≡?(? →?{sub {tau}} + hadrons)/?({tau} → e{bar?}{sub e}{nu}{sub {tau}}) to determine?{sub {ovr MS}} is discussed. Constraints on the Peskin-Takeuchi S and T parameters are given. Possible evidence for low energy supersymmetry from grand unified theories is scrutinized.

Electroweak Theory: Proceedings Of The Advanced School On Electweak Theory

Electroweak Theory: Proceedings Of The Advanced School On Electweak Theory
Author: Domenec Espriu
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 238
Release: 1998-04-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9814545147

Contents:Quark Mixing and CP Violation (F J Gilman)Heavy Quark Effective Theory (A V Manohar)Introduction to Low-Energy Supersymmetry (G F Giudice)An Introduction to Dynamical Electroweak Symmetry Breaking (R S Chivukula)Hadron Colliders, the Top Quark, and the Higgs Sector (C Quigg)Physics Potential of LEP2 and NLC (R Miquel)Precision Tests of the Electroweak Theory (P Langacker) Readership: High energy physicists. Keywords:

Precision Experiments in Electroweak Interactions

Precision Experiments in Electroweak Interactions
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Total Pages: 81
Release: 1990
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The electroweak theory of Glashow, Weinberg, and Salam (GWS) has become one of the twin pillars upon which our understanding of all particle physics phenomena rests. It is a brilliant achievement that qualitatively and quantitatively describes all of the vast quantity of experimental data that have been accumulated over some forty years. Note that the word quantitatively must be qualified. The low energy limiting cases of the GWS theory, Quantum Electrodynamics and the V-A Theory of Weak Interactions, have withstood rigorous testing. The high energy synthesis of these ideas, the GWS theory, has not yet been subjected to comparably precise scrutiny. The recent operation of a new generation of proton-antiproton (p{bar p}) and electron-positron (ee−) colliders has made it possible to produce and study large samples of the electroweak gauge bosons W{sup {plus minus}} and Z°. We expect that these facilities will enable very precise tests of the GWS theory to be performed in the near future. In keeping with the theme of this Institute, Physics at the 100 GeV Mass Scale, these lectures will explore the current status and the near-future prospects of these experiments.