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Final Results on Electroweak Asymmetries from SLD

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/784757· OSTI ID:784757
I present the final measurements of the Z boson-lepton coupling asymmetry parameters A{sub e}, A{sub {mu}}, and A{sub {tau}}, obtained from the complete sample of polarized Z bosons collected by the SLD detector at the SLAC Linear Collider. The measurements use leptonic Z decays and the results are A{sub e} = 0.1544 {+-} 0.0060, A{sub {mu}} = 0.142 {+-} 0.015, and A{sub {tau}} = 0.136 {+-} 0.015. The A{sub e} result is combined with the left-right asymmetry using Z decays to hadrons, A{sub LR}{sup 0} (''' A{sub e}), and is found to be A{sub e} = 0.1516 {+-} 0.0021. Assuming lepton universality, a combined effective weak mixing angle of sin{sup 2} {theta}{sub W}{sup eff} = 0.23098 {+-} 0.00026 is obtained. Using additional Standard-Model parameters an upper limit on the Higgs mass is given.
Research Organization:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
784757
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-8689
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English