Aspects of the Electroweak Theory

1996/11/15 by R. D. Peccei, Peccei, R. D.
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/9611335

35 pages, latex file, TASI96

arxiv created 1996/11/15 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

These notes contain some of the material I presented at TASI 96 on the comparison of the standard model with precision electroweak data. After a physical accounting of the dominant electroweak radiative corrections, including the effects of initial state bremsstrahlung, I examine how data from LEP and the SLC provides a clear test of the standard model. Apparent discrepancies in the R_b and R_c ratios, and their physical resolution, are also examined in some detail.

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