Precision electroweak physics at electron-positron colliders /

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Author / Creator:Roth, Stefan (Stefan Gerhard)
Imprint:Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2007.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 172 pages) : illustrations.
Language:English
Series:Springer tracts in modern physics, 0081-3869 ; v. 220
Springer tracts in modern physics ; v. 220.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11065862
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ISBN:9783540351641
3540351647
9783540351658
3540351655
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"This up-to-date volume reviews the recent contributions of electron-positron colliders to the precision test of the electroweak Standard Model. In particular, it contains a short summary of the measurements at the Z resonance and gives an overview of the electroweak processes above the Z. Subsequently, the measurement of the W mass at LEP is discussed in detail."--Jacket.
Other form:Print version: Roth, Stefan (Stefan Gerhard). Precision electroweak physics at electron-positron colliders. Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2007 3540351647 9783540351641
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Electroweak Interactions
  • 1.1. Gauge Invariance and Formulation of the Theory
  • 1.2. Parameters of the Theory
  • 1.3. Radiative Corrections
  • 1.4. Beyond the Standard Model
  • References
  • 2. The Accelerators SLC and LEP
  • 2.1. The Stanford Linear Collider SLC
  • 2.2. The Large Electron Positron Collider LEP
  • 2.3. Calibration of the LEP Beam Energy
  • 2.4. Detectors at Electron-Positron Colliders
  • 2.5. Luminosity Measurement
  • References
  • 3. Electroweak Measurements on the Z Resonance
  • 3.1. Fermion-Pair Production in e[superscript +]e[superscript -] Collisions
  • 3.2. Measurement of the Z Lineshape
  • 3.3. Forward-Backward Asymmetries
  • 3.4. Tau Polarisation
  • 3.5. Left-Right Asymmetry
  • 3.6. Determination of the Effective Weak Mixing Angle
  • 3.7. Effective Couplings and Weak Radiative Corrections
  • References
  • 4. Electroweak Physics Above the Z Resonance
  • 4.1. Fermion-Pair Production Above the Z Resonance
  • 4.2. Production of Electroweak Gauge Bosons
  • 4.2.1. Compton Scattering
  • 4.2.2. Single-Z Production
  • 4.2.3. Single-W Production
  • 4.2.4. Photon Production
  • 4.2.5. Z-pair Production
  • 4.3. Measurement of Z[gamma] Production
  • 4.3.1. Neutrino-Pair Production in Z[gamma] Events
  • 4.3.2. Reconstruction of the Z Resonance with Z[gamma] Events
  • 4.3.3. Extraction of the Z Mass from the Mass Spectrum
  • 4.3.4. Cross Check of the LEP Energy Calibration
  • References
  • 5. W-Boson Pair Production
  • 5.1. Simulation of Four-Fermion Production
  • 5.2. Hadronisation Models
  • 5.3. Colour Reconnection in the qqqq Channel
  • 5.4. Bose-Einstein Correlations in the qqqq Channel
  • 5.5. Selection of W-Boson Pairs
  • 5.5.1. Selection of Fully-Leptonic Events
  • 5.5.2. Selection of Semi-Leptonic Events
  • 5.5.3. Selection of Fully-Hadronic Events
  • 5.6. Measurement of the W-Pair Cross Section
  • 5.7. Measurement of W-Boson Polarisation
  • 5.8. Triple Gauge Boson Couplings
  • References
  • 6. Measurement of the W Mass at LEP
  • 6.1. The W Mass from the Threshold Cross Section
  • 6.2. Measurement of the W Mass Using the Lepton Energy
  • 6.3. Direct Reconstruction of the Invariant-Mass Spectrum
  • 6.3.1. Identification of the Final State Fermions
  • 6.3.2. Kinematic Fit
  • 6.3.3. Jet Pairing in Fully-Hadronic Events
  • 6.3.4. Photon and Gluon Radiation
  • 6.4. Extraction of the W Mass
  • 6.4.1. Monte-Carlo Re-Weighting and Binned Likelihood Fit
  • 6.4.2. Monte-Carlo Re-Weighting and Box Fit
  • 6.4.3. Event Likelihood from a Convolution Function
  • 6.4.4. Fit of an Analytic Breit-Wigner Function
  • 6.5. Systematic Uncertainties
  • 6.5.1. Four-Fermion Generation and Photon Radiation
  • 6.5.2. Hadronisation
  • 6.5.3. Colour Reconnection
  • 6.5.4. Bose-Einstein Effects
  • 6.5.5. Detector Effects
  • 6.5.6. LEP Beam Energy
  • 6.5.7. Correlations
  • 6.6. Results for W Mass and Width
  • References
  • 7. Fit of Electroweak Parameters to Precision Data
  • 7.1. Direct W-Mass Measurement Facing Precision Data
  • 7.2. Global Fit to Electroweak Data
  • 7.3. Higgs Mass Prediction
  • 7.4. Search for the Standard Model Higgs at LEP
  • References
  • 8. Electroweak Physics at an e[superscript +]e[superscript -] Linear Collider
  • 8.1. The Physics Potential of an e[superscript +]e[superscript -] Linear Colhder
  • 8.2. Electroweak Gauge Bosons
  • 8.3. Precision Measurement of the Top Mass
  • 8.4. Higgs Mass and Couplings
  • 8.5. Complementarity of a Linear Collider and the LHC
  • 8.6. The International Linear Collider ILC
  • 8.7. Detector Development for the ILC
  • References
  • 9. Summary and Conclusions
  • Index