2001/10/31 by Jens Erler
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-ph
published as eConf C010630 (2001) E3012 · 3 pages, Talk presented at the Workshop "The Future of High Energy Physics" (Snowmass 2001)
arxiv created 2001/10/31 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
I review and compare various techniques to obtain the value of the QED coupling, alpha, at the Z pole. GigaZ precisions would require a much more accurate determination than available today. A combination of the virtues of current methods may help to achieve this goal.