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Precision Measurement of sin2(theta_w) at MESA

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2016-07-01 v1

Abstract

A forthcoming experiment of low-energy elastic electron proton scattering at the new MESA facility in Mainz is planned to provide a high-precision measurement of the parity-violating polarisation asymmetry. This experiment is expected to lead to a precision determination of the weak mixing angle, competitive with Z-pole data. We discuss the challenges for theory to derive predictions with the required accuracy.

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@article{arxiv.1606.09268,
  title  = {Precision Measurement of sin2(theta_w) at MESA},
  author = {R. Bucoveanu and M. Gorchtein and H. Spiesberger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.09268},
  year   = {2016}
}