Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
1996-10-15
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Talk presented at the International School of Subnuclear Physics, 34th Course: Effective Theories and Fundamental Interactions
Scientific paper
We review the empirical evidence for the validity of the Standard Electroweak Theory in nature. The experimental data are interpreted in terms of an effective Lagrangian for Z physics, allowing for potential sources of SU(2) violation and containing the predictions of the Standard Electroweak Theory as a special case. Particular emphasis is put on discriminating loop corrections due to fermion-loop vector-boson propagator corrections on the one hand, from corrections depending on the non-Abelian structure and the Higgs sector on the other hand. Results from recently obtained fits of the Higgs-boson mass are reported, yielding M_H < 550GeV [800GeV] at 95% C.L. based on the input of swbar^2(LEP+SLD)=0.23165+-0.00024 [swbar^2(LEP)=0.23200 +-0.00027]. With respect to LEP2, it is emphasized that first direct experimental evidence for non-zero non-Abelian couplings among the vector bosons can be obtained even with restricted e+e- luminosity.
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