Electroweak Unification and the W and Z Bosons
Elementary Particle Physics:
theory and experiments
Prof. dr hab. Elżbieta Richter-Wąs
Follow the course/slides from M. A. Thomson lectures at Cambridge University
Boson Polarization States
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W-Boson Decay
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W-Decay: The Lepton Current
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From W to Z
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SU(2)L : The Weak Interaction
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Electroweak Unification
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The Z Boson
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Z Boson Decay: GZ
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Z Branching Ratios
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Summary
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Appendix I: Photon Polarization
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Appendix II: Massive Spin-1 particles
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