Electroweak precision tests
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2025-12-08 v2
Abstract
The Standard Model of particle physics provides a rigorous framework within which processes mediated by electroweak interactions can be calculated with great accuracy. By comparing with high-precision experimental measurements of the same processes, deviations from Standard Model predictions can be identified as indirect signals of new physics. In particular, electroweak precision fits combine multiple observables and provide a unique test of the Standard Model consistency at the quantum level.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2511.16534,
title = {Electroweak precision tests},
author = {L. Reina and L. Silvestrini},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.16534},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
To appear in "Encyclopedia of Particle Physics" (ed. Christian S. Fischer), 22 pages, 6 tables, 6 figures. v2: misprints corrected