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W and Z Boson Production at Hadron Colliders

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

The electroweak theory has been tested to high precision, with measurements probing its predictions at the loop level. The current generation of particle accelerators will produce enough W and Z bosons through hadron collisions to significantly improve the accuracy of these measurements. I review the issues related to such production, with particular emphasis on associated uncertainties on the W boson mass, which has now been measured more precisely at the Tevatron than at the Large Electron Positron collider.

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@article{arxiv.0910.5094,
  title  = {W and Z Boson Production at Hadron Colliders},
  author = {C. Hays},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.5094},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

To be published in the proceedings of DPF-2009, Detroit, MI, July 2009, eConf C090726