Precision Tests of the Standard Model
Elementary Particle Physics:
theory and experiments
Prof. dr hab. Elżbieta Richter-Wąs
Follow the course/slides from M. A. Thomson lectures at Cambridge University
The Z Resonance
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The Breit-Wigner Resonance
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Cross section with unpolarised beams
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Connection to the Breit-Wigner Formula
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Electroweak Measurements at LEP
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e+e- Annihilation in Feynman Diagrams
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Cross Section Measurements
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Measurements of the Z line-shape
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Number of generations
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Forward-Backward Asymmetry
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Measured Forward-Backward Asymmetries
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Determination of the Weak Mixing Angle
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W+W- Production
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e+e- → W+ W- Cross Section
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W-mass and W-width
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The Higgs mechanism
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Precision Tests of the Standard Model
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The Top quark
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Summary
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Appendix I: Non-relativistic Breit-Wigner
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Appendix II: Left-Right Asymmetry, AL, AR
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