2003/07/16 by Wolfgang Liebig, Liebig, Wolfgang
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Neutrino Physics Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ex/0307044
6 pages, 8 figures, to be published in the proceedings of: XXXVIII-th Rencontres de Moriond: Electroweak Interactions and Unified Theories
arxiv created 2003/07/16 · openalex publication_date 2003/07/16 · arxiv updated 2019/08/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The four LEP experiments and the SLD detector have measured the Z partial widths for Z decays into b and c quarks and the corresponding forward-backward asymmetries at centre-of-mass energies close to the Z boson mass. The results yield a very precise determination of the effective vector and axial-vector coupling constants and of the underlying electroweak mixing angle sin(theta[eff,lep]), probing the Standard Model prediction for the electroweak radiative corrections. Of special interest is hereby a difference at the level of three standard deviations in the mixing angle results from lepton production and those obtained from the forward-backward asymmetry in b quark production. The b quark asymmetry measurements, some of which are still in the process of being finalised, are therefore discussed in detail.