The Z ->anti-b b decay asymmetry: lose-lose for the Standard Model

Preprint

29 January 2002

preprint
Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.hep-ph/0104024

Abstract

Combining precision measurements and the Higgs boson search limit, the electroweak data has evolved to a point where new physics is favored whether the 3.2 sigma A_{FB}^b anomaly is genuine or not. Such new physics could greatly alter the inferred value of the Higgs boson mass.

Keywords

DECAY ASYMMETRY
STANDARD MODEL
HIGGS BOSON
NEW PHYSICS
LOSE LOSE
ANOMALY

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Published version: Physical Review Letters, 87 (23), 231802.

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