Off the mass shell: Electroweak physics at Nu TeV
The NuTeV collaboration has performed precision measurements of the ratio of neutral current to charged current cross-sections in high rate, high energy neutrino and anti-neutrino beams on a dense, primarily steel, target. The separate neutrino and anti-neutrino beams, high statistics, and improved control of other experimental systematics, allow the determination of electroweak parameters with significantly greater precision than past {nu}N scattering experiments. Our null hypothesis test of the standard model prediction measures sin{sup 2} {theta}{sub W}{sup (on-shell)} = 0.2277 {+-} 0.0013(stat) {+-} 0.0009(syst), a value which is 3.0{sigma} above the prediction. We discuss possible explanations for and implications of this discrepancy.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03000
- OSTI ID:
- 807169
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-Conf-02/359-E; TRN: US0301710
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 22nd Physics in Collision Conference (PIC 2002), Stanford, CA (US), 06/20/2002--06/22/2002; Other Information: PBD: 23 Jan 2003
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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