ELECTROWEAK PHYSICS

Günter Quast,
Mainz University

on behalf of the
LEP ElectroWeak Working Group

CERN, LEPC, 15th September 1998

NEW since last LEPC:

 study of errors from LEP I energy on LS parameters

 theoretical improvements
 new LEP results and Post-Vancouver status
 the latest Standard Model fits
 plans for the near future
 Common energy errors on LS and Afb

Results from sub-group on line shape combination

!LEPEWWG/ LS 98-01, May 1998
Standard procedure: average Line Shape (”LS”) and asymmetry
(”AFB ”) at parameter level
for energy related errors:
, Ansatz: covariance matrix of each experiment is composed as
V=V +V
, compare with second fit, where V is scaled by factor f
Energy exp:

, solve analytically for V

exp:
Energy

Energy related errors constitute the largest and most complicated

)
common error among the experiments.
Check using the 47 hadronic cross sections 1993 , 1995
and covariance matrices.
Thanks to the experiments for providing preliminary numbers!

Findings:
 combination procedure was validated but
 there is a small shift of 0.3 MeV in MZ , can be avoided by additional
input from each experiment (not done for now!)

common Errors due to LEP energy:

0; e
MZ [GeV] 0.00172 AFB 0.000232
ΓZ [GeV] ,0.00052 0.00132
0; µ
AFB ,0.000182 0.000212
,0.00252 ,0.00272 0; τ
σo
h [nb] 0.0112 AFB ,0.000182 0.000212 0.000212

Note: error on MZ can come down to 1.6 MeV once we take care of the small shift

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 Theoretical improvements

t-channel in Bhabhas

Theoretical error on t-channel contribution to Bhabha cross

section now evaluated W. Beenakker, G. Passarino, hep-ph 97
10376

t-channel uncertainty assumed to be fully correlated among energy

points and between cross sections and asymmetries.
Implications on fitted parameters Re and A0FB
;e
studied by (most)
experiments. More work is still needed!
For now, take smallest errors as common:
Re 0.0252
0; e
AFB ,0.00572 0.00132

 50 % of combined error on Re and A0FBe ;

 gives rise to 44 % correlation between Re and A0FBe ;

 with lepton universality: effect reduced to 13 for R , A0FB < `

;`

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 Theoretical improvements

Improved O (α3 ) radiative corrections

hard O (α3 ) QED radiative corrections very recently implemented
in ZFITTER, in addition to exponentiation of the soft part
Montagna et al., PLB406 (1997) 243
+ earlier work by Jadach et al., PL B257 (1991) 173

has quite significant effects

 ∆MZ = +0.5 MeV
 ∆ΓZ = +0.6 MeV
 ∆σoh = +0.05 %
Not yet used by experiments in fits to σ and AFB
) take shifts as errors for now
Plan: compare with YFS scheme, where 3rd order is known to be
small, in order to evaluate final common errors
(won’t be zero, but smaller than numbers in list above)

Improved error on small angle Bhabha cross section

The theoretical error on ∆L
L was reported at ICHEP 98
to come down from 0.11 % to 0.06 % B. Ward et al., ICHEP 98

Publication expected soon!

The above improvements will require new fits to the measured

cross sections and asymmetries from all experiments

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 New results

LS and Afb
new results:
 ALEPH, DELPHI and OPAL updated, use final energy calibration
 L3 corrected to final energy calibration (+0.3 MeVon MZ and ΓZ )

Results of combination:
χ2 /DoF = 28/27 (42 % prob.) without lepton universality
χ2 /DoF = 31/31 (47 % prob.) with lepton universality

Total width ΓZ

ALEPH 2495.0 ± 4.3 MeV

DELPHI 2487.2 ± 4.1 MeV

L3 2499.6 ± 4.3 MeV

OPAL 2493.9 ± 4.0 MeV

mZ
LEP 2493.9 ± 2.4 MeV
ALEPH 91188.4 ± 3.1 MeV

DELPHI 91186.6 ± 2.9 MeV 1000

L3 91188.3 ± 2.9 MeV 800

91184.8 ± 3.0 MeV

mH [GeV]

OPAL 600
mZ = 91 186 ± 2 MeV
LEP 91186.7 ± 2.1 MeV 400 mt = 175.6 ± 5.5 GeV

αs = 0.123 ± 0.006
200

2480 2490 2500

91180 91190
mZ [MeV] ΓZ [MeV]

MZ = 91:1867  0:0021 GeV essentially unchanged

ΓZ = 2:4939  0:0024 GeV central value lower by 0.9 MeV

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 New results

σhad Rl

ALEPH 41.519 ± 0.067 ALEPH 20.738 ± 0.038

DELPHI 41.553 ± 0.079 DELPHI 20.728 ± 0.060

L3 41.411 ± 0.074 L3 20.788 ± 0.066

OPAL 41.474 ± 0.068 OPAL 20.828 ± 0.045

LEP 41.490 ± 0.058 LEP 20.767 ± 0.026

1000 1000

800 800
mH [GeV]

mH [GeV]
600 600
mZ = 91 186 ± 2 MeV mZ = 91 186 ± 2 MeV

400 mt = 175.6 ± 5.5 GeV 400 mt = 175.6 ± 5.5 GeV

αs = 0.123 ± 0.006 αs = 0.123 ± 0.006

200 200

41.4 41.6 20.7 20.8 20.9

σhad Rl

σoh = 41:490  0:058 nb , error 10 % larger than before

Re = 20:783  0:052 , Rµ = 20:789  0:034 ,

Rτ = 20:764  0:045 , R` = 20:767  0:026 .
errors 10 % smaller than before

αs from R` : 0.124  0.004exp:  0.002Higgs .

Note: MH = 300+ 700
,210 GeV here and in what follows

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 New results

A0FB

ALEPH 0.0169 ± 0.0016

DELPHI 0.0187 ± 0.0019

L3 0.0187 ± 0.0026

OPAL 0.0141 ± 0.0018

LEP 0.0168 ± 0.0010

χ /dof = 3.8/3
2
1000

800
mH [GeV]

600
mZ = 91 186 ± 2 MeV

400 mt = 175.6 ± 5.5 GeV

α-1 = 128.90 ± 0.09

200

0.01250.0150.0175 0.02
A0FB

= 0:0153  0:0025 ,  0 0013 ,

0; µ
A0FB
;e
AFB = 0:0164 :

= 0:0183  0:0017 , A0FB = 0 0168  0 0010

;τ
A0FB ;`
: :

averages essentially unchanged

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 New results

Some derived quantities

without with
lepton universality
Γhad [MeV] 1743.02.9 1742.32.3
Γinv [MeV] 499.52.5 500.11.8
Γinv =Γ`` - 5.9610.023
Γ`` [MeV] - 83.900.10
Γee [MeV] 83.87 0.14 -
Γµµ [MeV] 83.84 0.18 -
Γττ [MeV] 83.94 0.22 -

Number of neutrino generations

 
Nν = ΓΓinv
``
=
Γνν
Γ`` = 2.9940.011
SM

Limit on invisible width not from neutrinos

include a term ∆Γxinv in Standard Model fit to all e.w. data )
∆Γxinv < 2:8 MeV @ 95% C.L.
conservatively, limit was derived allowing only positive values of ∆Γinv .

Note: This will be affected most by the improvements in the near future described
previously (O (α3 ) QED and error on ∆L=L)

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 New results

Lepton couplings - include τ polarization:

new results:
 ALEPH: 90 - 92 data reanalysed, new 93-95 data
 DELPHI updated
LEP average: Aτ = 0:1431  0:0045
Ae = 0:1479  0:0051
errors factor 1.4 smaller than before

-0.031
Preliminary

-0.035 mH ratios of couplings

gVl

mt LEP only
gvµ gve = 0 984  0 098
= : :
ALR (SLD)
gvτ gve = 0 974  0 043
= : :

µ ge = 0 9996  0 0014
-0.039 ga a
= : :

τ ge = 1 0015  0 0015
+−
ll ga a
= : :
+ −
ee
+ −
µµ
+ −
ττ 68% CL LEP + SLC
-0.043 gvµ gve = 0 967  0 082
= : :

-0.503 -0.502 -0.501 -0.500 gvτ gve = 0 965  0 032

= : :

µ ge = 0 9997  0 0014
ga a
= : :
gAl gτ ga e = 1 0015  0 0015
a = : :

Note: SLD and LEP now closer than ever, see comparison of sin2 θe f f later

lepton universality
p

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 New results

heavy flavours

new results:
 OPAL, multiple tags Rb
 DELPHI, multiple tags Rb
 DELPHI, A0FB; b lepton and jet-charge
essentially all data up to 1995 now analysed
_
Γb/Γhad at √s ≈ mZ
bb
A
FB

ALEPH leptons 0.0965 ± 0.0044 ± 0.0026

ALEPH mult 0.2159 ± 0.0009 ± 0.0011 ☞1990-95
1992-95 DELPHI leptons 0.0998 ± 0.0065 ± 0.0029
✍1991-95
DELPHI mult 0.21625 ± 0.00067 ± 0.00061 L3 leptons 0.0963 ± 0.0065 ± 0.0035
1992-95 ✍1990-95
OPAL leptons 0.0910 ± 0.0044 ± 0.0020
L3 mult 0.2179 ± 0.0015 ± 0.0026 ✍1990-95
1994-95
ALEPH jet-ch 0.1040 ± 0.0040 ± 0.0032
✍1991-95
OPAL mult 0.2176 ± 0.0011 ± 0.0014
1992-95 DELPHI jet-ch 0.0979 ± 0.0047 ± 0.0021
✍1991-95
SLD vtx mass 0.21594 ± 0.00139 ± 0.00140 L3 jet-ch 0.0855 ± 0.0118 ± 0.0056
✍1994
OPAL jet-ch 0.1004 ± 0.0052 ± 0.0044
☞1991-95

LEP+SLC 0.21656 ± 0.00074 LEP 0.0990 ± 0.0021

Summer 98
250 corrected for γ exchange 10 3 150 200m [GeV] Include Total Sys 0.0010
t
With Common Sys 0.0007

200 mt = 175.6 ± 5.5 GeV

mH [GeV]
mt [GeV]

α = 128.896 ± 0.090
-1

2
150 10

100
0.2125 0.215 0.2175 0.22 0.08 0.09 0.1 0.11
_
Γb/Γhad for Γc/Γhad = 0.172
0,bb
A
FB

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 New results

Most complicated combination procedure,

depends on many properties of heavy quarks
recommendations for input parameters revised
! LEPHF/98-01, Sept. 1998

NEW:

 PDG 98 values where possible (charmed hadron decay

fractions, lifetimes, exclusive branching ratios)
 b decay multiplicities from LEP (DELPHI, L3, OPAL)
 gluon splitting to bb from LEP (ALEPH and DELPHI)
 BR(b ! c̄ ! `, ) from measurements (CLEO and ALEPH)

Use these in fits to LEP only [and LEP+SLC] data

Rb , Rc , A0FB
;b
, A0FB
;c
[,Ab , Ac ]

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 New results

correlations are important

Rb and Rc: ,17 %
A0FB
;b
and A0FB
;c
: +13 % ) contour plots
0.19 0.086
Preliminary Preliminary

95% CL
95% CL
0.18 0.076
68% CL
68% CL

Afb0,c
Rc0

mt

SM
0.17 0.066 mH

0.16 0.056
0.214 0.216 0.218 0.220 0.09 0.10 0.11
Rb0 Afb0,b

LEP:
Rb = 0:21664  0:00076 , Rc = 0:1724  0:0048 ,
A0FB = 0:0991  0:0021 , = 0:0712  0:0045 ,
;b
A0FB
;c

error on Rb factor 1.2 smaller than before

LEP + SLD combination:

Rb = 0:21656  0:00074 , Rc = 0:1735  0:0044 ,
A0FB = 0:0990  0:0021 , = 0:0709  0:0044 ,
;b
A0FB
;c

Ab = 0:867  0:035 , Ac = 0:647  0:040 .

+ correlations

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 New results

Effective Weinberg angle

Preliminary
Afb0,l 0.23117 ± 0.00054
Aτ 0.23202 ± 0.00057
Ae 0.23141 ± 0.00065
Afb0,b 0.23225 ± 0.00038
Afb0,c 0.2322 ± 0.0010
<Qfb> 0.2321 ± 0.0010
Average(LEP) 0.23189 ± 0.00024
χ /d.o.f.: 3.3 / 5
2

Alr(SLD) 0.23109 ± 0.00029

Average(LEP+SLD) 0.23157 ± 0.00018
χ /d.o.f.: 7.8 / 6
2

3
10
mH [GeV]

2 1/α= 128.896 ± 0.090

10 αs= 0.119 ± 0.002
mt= 173.8 ± 5.0 GeV

0.230 0.232 0.234

lept
sin2θeff

worst disagreement: the two most precise measurements,

ALR from SLD and A0FB ;b
from LEP, disagree by about 2 12 σ
overall χ2 of the average of 7.8/6 per DoF quite acceptable
χ2 -probability now: 25 % ( was only 5 % last year! )
agreement has constantly improved over the years
No more reason to worry?

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 New results

lept lept
look at ρe f f vs. sin2 θe f f
Γ`` ∝ ρ = 1,1∆ρ

ρe f f
lept
= 1:0042  0 0012
:

1.01
eff
ρ

mt

1.005

1σ mH

2σ
95%

99%
∆α
1 99.9%
QED only

0.231 0.232
sin Θeff
2
W

pure QED corrected point (“*” on plot) given by

πα(MZ )
(sin2 θW )0 (cos2 θW )0 = p
2G M 2

F Z
presence of genuine electroweak corrections with >99 % C.L.
(mainly due to ∆ρ) !

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 New results

W Physics (data up to 1997)

 only cross sections updated with fraction of 1998 data
WW cross section (includes 36 pb,1 of 1998 data)

Preliminary

LEP
σ(e e →W W (γ)) [pb]

20
−
+

10
Data
+ −

Standard Model
no ZWW vertex
νe exchange
0
160 170 180 190 200

√s [GeV]

189 GeV point very preliminary, only fraction of ’98 data used

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 New results

W boson mass
 1998 data not included
 minor changes only to ALEPH analysis since Moriond
 Final-state interactions dominate error on hadronic mass
now reduced to 50 MeV(ALEPH), others still use 100 MeV

20/07/98

20/07/98
Vancouver 98 - Preliminary - 172+183 GeV
Vancouver 98 - Preliminary - 172+183 GeV
MW (GeV) qqqq
MW (GeV) lνqq
ALEPH 80.53 ± 0.18
ALEPH 80.34 ± 0.18

DELPHI 80.01 ± 0.22

DELPHI 80.50 ± 0.24

L3 80.59 ± 0.23
L3 80.09 ± 0.24

OPAL 80.29 ± 0.19 OPAL 80.40 ± 0.24

LEP 80.31 ± 0.11 LEP 80.39 ± 0.14

common 0.04 GeV

common 0.1 GeV
χ /dof = 1.56 / 3
2
χ2/dof = 5.55 / 3

80.0 81.0
80.0 81.0
Mw (GeV)
Mw (GeV)
common errors: 40 MeV20 MeVenergy
common errors: 40 MeV90 MeVFSI 20 MeVenergy

 each experiment averages masses from qqqq and νlqq

better control of experimental systematic errors

average from direct reconstruction: MW = 80:36  0:09 GeV

combine with σWW from threshold: MW = 80:40  0:22 GeV
) LEP combined: MW = 80:37  0:09 GeV

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 New results

W mass - non-LEP

W mass from CDF/D0: MW pp̄ = 80:41  0:09 GeV

) world average: MW = 80:39  0:06 GeV

Measurement of the neutral-to-charged current ratio in neutrino

scattering from NuTeV can best be compared if also expressed
in terms of the W mass.
Measured quantity is
sin2 θW = 1 , MW
2 =M 2
Z
with small Top and Higgs dependent corrections!

with LEP MZ :
from NuTeV ν scattering: 0 = 80:25  0:11 GeV
MW
Mt , MH dependence now parameterized in Standard Model fits !

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 New results

W branching fraction (data up to 1997)

W Leptonic Branching Ratios

ALEPH W→eν 11.20 ± 0.85 Br(W → hadrons)

DELPHI W→eν 9.90 ± 1.21
L3 W→eν 10.50 ± 0.92
OPAL W→eν 11.70 ± 0.97 ALEPH 69.0 ± 1.4
LEP W→eν 10.92 ± 0.49

ALEPH W→µν 9.90 ± 0.84 DELPHI 67.5 ± 1.7

DELPHI W→µν 11.40 ± 1.21
L3 W→µν 10.20 ± 0.92
OPAL W→µν 10.10 ± 0.86 L3 70.1 ± 1.4
LEP W→µν 10.29 ± 0.47
OPAL 67.9 ± 1.3
ALEPH W→τν 9.70 ± 1.06
DELPHI W→τν 11.20 ± 1.84
L3 W→τν 9.00 ± 1.24 LEP 68.8 ± 0.8
OPAL W→τν 10.30 ± 1.05
LEP W→τν 9.95 ± 0.60

LEP W→lν 10.40 ± 0.26

64 66 68 70 72
Br(W → hadrons) [%]
8 10 12
Br(W→lν) [%]

Br(W ! leptons) = 3(10.400.26 %)

Br(W ! hadrons) = 68.790.77 %

From this, can derive least-well known CKM element Vcs :

,

∑ jVi j j 1 + απs
Br(hadrons) 2
Br(leptons) =
solve for jVcs j = 1.040.04
compare with direct LEP measuremetents with charm tag:
jVcs j=0.990.11

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 New results

Anomalous couplings - no 1998 data yet

parameterisation now available in terms of ∆κγ , ∆gZ1 and λγ
used to be αW = ∆g1 cos θW
Z 2
Φ
αW = λγ
αBΦ = ∆κγ , ∆gZ1 cos2 θW

ALEPH+ DELPHI + L3 + OPAL

3 3
-∆log l

2.5 2.5
2 2
1.5 1.5
1 1
0.5 0.5
0 0
-0.5 0 0.5 1 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4
∆κγ ∆gZ1
3
∆κγ=0.17 +0.16
-∆ln l

2.5 -0.16
2
1.5 ∆gZ1=0.00 +0.08
-0.08
1

λγ =-0.05 +0.08
0.5
0 -0.09
-0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4
λγ

Including D0 results:
∆κγ = 0:13  0:14 , ∆gZ1 = 0:00  0 08 ,
: λγ = ,0:03  0:07 .
Note: Excludes Kaluza/Klein-type theories (5-dim spacetime), which would
require ∆κγ = ,3 (L. Maiani and P.M. Zerwas in memo to LEP EWWG)

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 After Vancouver

After ICHPEP98: correction to α(MZ )

now use our own value for α(MZ ) = 1α,(∆α

0)

still based on experimentally motivated value by Jegerlehner et al.,

but
 remove top contribution from α ) α ! α(5)
take top contribution from SM codes instead
(∆α(Top) ' ,0:0000573514)
 include three-loop leptonic contribution by Steinhauser,
hep-ph/9803313, (∆α(lept) = 0:031498)
changes 1=α from 128.896 to 128.886

) use 1=α(5) (MZ ) = 128:878  0:090 as input to fits.

Note: no change to the error!

There was some reduction in the error driven by theory (QCD)

Davier et al., Erler, Groote et al., Kühn et al., Krasnikov et al.

Evaluations are consistent for central value, but vary by factor 2

in the error estimates. Use as an illustration for the effects on SM
fits the value by Davier et al.:
1=α(5) (MZ ) = 128:905  0:036

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 After Vancouver

Comparison with data from one year ago

summer 1997 summer 1998

MZ [GeV] (LEP) 91.1867  0.0020 91.1867 0.0021
ΓZ [GeV] 2.4948  0.0025 2.4939 0.0024
σoh [nb] 41.486  0.053 41.491 0.058
R` 20.775  0.027 20.765 0.026
A0FB
;`
0.0171  0.0010 0.01683 0.00096
Ae 0.1399  0.0073 0.1479 0.0051
Aτ 0.1411  0.0064 0.1431 0.0044
Rb (LEP+SLC) 0.2170  0.0009 0.21656 0.00074
Rc (LEP+SLC) 0.1734  0.0048 0.1735 0.0044
0; b
AFB 0.0984  0.0024 0.0990 0.0021
0; c
AFB 0.0741  0.0048 0.0709 0.0044
0.2322  0.0010 0.2321 0.0010
lept
sin2 θe f f fr. QFB (qq)
MW [GeV] 80.48  0.14 80.37 0.09
0.23055  0.00041 0.23109 0.00029
lept
sin2 θe f f fr. Alr (SLC)
Ab 0.900  0.050 0.867 0.035
Ac 0.650  0.058 0.647 0.040
MW [GeV] (CDF/D0) 80.41  0.09 80.41 0.09
Mt [GeV] 175.6  5.5 173.8 5.0
1 , MW
2 =M 2 (νN)
Z 0.2254  0.0037 0.2255 0.0021
1 = α(MZ ) 1=α=128.896  0.090 1=α(5) =128.878 0.090
(=128.905 0.036)

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 After Vancouver

Overview of precision measurements vs. SM

Vancouver 1998
Measurement Pull Pull
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
mZ [GeV] 91.1867 ± 0.0021 .09
ΓZ [GeV] 2.4939 ± 0.0024 -.80
0
σhadr [nb] 41.491 ± 0.058 .31
Re 20.765 ± 0.026 .66
0,e
Afb 0.01683 ± 0.00096 .73
Ae 0.1479 ± 0.0051 .25
Aτ 0.1431 ± 0.0045 -.79
2 lept
sin θeff 0.2321 ± 0.0010 .53
mW [GeV] 80.37 ± 0.09 -.01
Rb 0.21656 ± 0.00074 .90
Rc 0.1735 ± 0.0044 .29
0,b
Afb 0.0990 ± 0.0021 -1.81
0,c
Afb 0.0709 ± 0.0044 -.58
Ab 0.867 ± 0.035 -1.93
Ac 0.647 ± 0.040 -.52
2 lept
sin θeff 0.23109 ± 0.00029 -1.65
2
sin θW 0.2255 ± 0.0021 1.06
mW [GeV] 80.41 ± 0.09 .43
mt [GeV] 173.8 ± 5.0 .54
(5)
1/α (mZ) 128.878 ± 0.090 .00

-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
( Pull is from full SM fit, see later )

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 Standard Model fits

Standard Model fits

LEP only

fit with ZFITTER 5.12

χ2 =Nd f = 4:1=9, prob.=90%
Mt [GeV] 160 +
,9
13

MH [GeV] 60 + 130
,35
αs 0.1205  0.0029
derived:
0.23182  0.00023
lept
sin2 θe f f
MW [GeV] 80.31  0.04

All data

fit with ZFITTER 5.12

χ2 =Nd f = 14:9=15, prob.=46%
Mt [GeV] 171.1  4.9
MH [GeV] 76 + 85
,47
αs 0.1194  0.0029
derived:
0.23157  0.00019
lept
sin2 θe f f
MW [GeV] 80.371  0.027

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 Standard Model fits

Strong coupling constant

Information on αs comes exclusively from LEP i.e.
R` , ΓZ and σoh (+ correlations!)

αs from R` only
αs = 0:124  0:004  0:002(MH )
for MH = 300+ 700
,210 GeV
αs from full SM fit
αs = 0:1194  0:0029

note that a syst. QCD error of

0.002 still has to be added
1.5 2 2.5 3
αs

PREL. Summer 1998

All data (except αs)
ES
RCH

1σ, 2σ
0.13 68, 95 %C.L. 0.13
SEA
T

this value agrees well with

REC

present world average from

Y DI

p 0.12 0.12
ED B

PDG!
αs(Mz)=0.119
± 0.002
LUD
EXC

0.11 0.11
2 3
10 10
MHiggs [GeV]

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 Standard Model fits

Indirect Mt Use all precision data except direct Mt

+8
1.5 2 2.5 3
Mt = 161,7 GeV

MTop [GeV]
PREL. Summer 1998
200 (no direct mtop) 200

ES
CH
EAR
180 180

S
ECT
DIR
Mtop=173.8±5.0 GeV

BY
160 160

ED
LUD
1, 2 σ
EXC

68, 95%C.L.
140 140

2 3
10 10
MHiggs [GeV]
Indirect MW all precision data except direct MW
MW = 83:367  0:029 GeV 1.5 2 2.5 3
MW [GeV]

PREL. Summer 1998

80.5 (no direct mW) 80.5

mW=80.390±0.064 GeV

80.4 80.4
ES
RCH
ECT ED BY
SEA
LUD

80.3 80.3
EXC

1σ
DIR

68%C.L.

2 3
10 10
MHiggs [GeV]

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 Standard Model fits

The Higgs boson

New theoretical calulations incorporated for Moriond ’98:
, Four loop QCD effects
Larin et al., PLB 400(1997) 379, PLB405 (1997) 327, Chetyrkin et al.,
PRL79 (1997) 2184, hep-ph-9708255
, Nonfactorizable QCD/EW effects
Czarnecki et al. PRL77 (1996) 3955, Harlander et al. PLB426(1998) 125
, Two-loop sub-leading corrections O (α2 Mt2 =MW
2 )

Degrassi et al., PLB383 (1996) 219, PLB394 (1997) 188, PLB418 (1998) 209

Now: also have evaluation of theoretical errors

compared different running options in SM calculations as
implemented in
, ZFITTER vers. 5.12 many thanks to: D. Bardin
, TOPAZ0 vers. 4.1 G. Passarino

) error on log10 (MH [GeV])  0.05

half of what it was last summer

,0:41  0:05
log10 (MH [GeV]) = 1:88+ 0:33

,47  10 GeV
MH = 76 + 85

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 Standard Model fits

2 2.5 3
2
∆χ PREL. Summer 1998

ARCHES
7.5 ZFITTER 7.5
TOPAZ0
RECT SE

new α(mZ)
5 (Davier et al.)
5
without
ED BY DI

Degrassi et al.

2.5 2.5
EXCLUD

2 3
10 10
MHiggs [GeV]

limit on Higgs mass:

take 1.64 σ from minimum of most pessimistic blue curve )
MH < 260 GeV @ 95% C.L.
Notes:
 most significant changes in MH from theoretical improvements
 further improvement from α(MZ ), at present also theory driven
experimental confimation from measurements of σhad at
ps = 1 ! 7 GeV possible

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 Standard Model fits

The ultimate dream ...

2
∆χ

∆MTop=2 GeV
∆MW=25 MeV
∆1/α(MZ)=0.010

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 Conclusions

Conclusions

 complete LEP I data set analysed, many results still

preliminary

 reduced discrepancy in measurements of sin2 θe f f ,

χ2 prob. 25 % now

 much improvement to SM codes (TOPAZ0 and ZFITTER);

incorporate the most recent theoretical results

Standard Model is in better shape than ever!

Future Plans

 annual EP note based on summer 98 results

 after publications of LEP experiments, perform and publish

combination of final LEP I LS and Afb results

 continue as usual ...

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