Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2009-10-27
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
To be published in the proceedings of DPF-2009, Detroit, MI, July 2009, eConf C090726 A few typos corrected and one reference
Scientific paper
A dedicated effort by both the experimental and theoretical communities is crucial for achieving a precise determination of Standard Model parameters such as the $W$ mass ($M_W$). $M_W$ is measured directly at the CERN LEP2 $e^+ e^-$ and the Fermilab Tevatron $p \bar p$ colliders, resulting in a precision of $\delta M_W/M_W=0.03%$. A complementary $M_W$ measurement is provided by the NuTeV collaboration, who extract $\sin^2 \theta_W$, and thus $M_W$, from the ratio of deep-inelastic neutral and charged-current neutrino(anti-neutrino)-Nucleon ($\nu N(\bar \nu N)$) scattering cross sections. However, their result differs from direct measurements performed at LEP2 and the Tevatron by about three standard deviations. Possible sources for the origin of this discrepancy have been extensively studied in the literature, among them the impact of electroweak radiative corrections. Here we provide first (preliminary) results of a new calculation of electroweak ${\cal O}(\alpha)$ corrections with emphasis on the effects of non-zero muon and charm quark masses. We find non-negligible shifts in $\sin^2\theta_W$ due to these mass effects but more detailed studies including detector resolution effects are needed to determine their impact on $M_W$ as extracted by the NuTeV collaboration.
Baur Ulrich
Park Kwangwoo
Wackeroth Doreen
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