High precision measurements of weak neutral current and charged current processes and of the properties of the Z and W bosons have established the standard electroweak model as correct down to a distance scale of 10[ superscript -16] cm, and are a sensitive probe of possible underlying physics. In this book, all aspects of the program are considered in detail, including the structure of the standard model, radiative corrections, high precision experiments, and their implications. The major classes of experiments are surveyed, covering the experiments themselves, the data analysis, results, and prospects.
This volume is a detailed reference for theoretical and experimental researchers, as well as an introductory text for advanced students.
Part 1 The standard electroweak model: structure of the standard model,
P. Langacker; renormalization of the standard model, W. Hollik; predictions
for e+e- processes, W. Holik; radiative corrections to neutral current
processes, W. Marciano. Part 2 Precision tests at e+e-colliders: e+e-
annihilation below the Z pole, D. Haidt and R. Marshall; Z-pole experiments,
D. Schaile; polarization in e+e- annihilation, A. Blondel; the LEP II
program, D. Treille; future e+e- colliders at high energy, D. Burke. Part 3
The weak neutral current: the measurement of electroweak parameters from deep
inelastic neutrino scattering, F. Perrier; elastic neutrino-nucleon
scattering, A.K. Mann; neutrino-electron scattering, J. Panman; atomic parity
violation experiments, C. Wieman; the theory of atomic parity violation, J.
Sapirstein; charged lepton-hadron asymmetries in target experiments, P.
Souder; precision electroweak tests at HERA, H. Spiesberger. Part 4 The weak
charged current: the unitarity of the Quark mixing matrix, A. Sirlin; beta
decay, right-handed currents and the search for new physics, J. Deutsch;
precision measurements in muon and tau decays, W. Fetscher and H.-J. Gerber;;
muon decay and beta decay beyond the standard model, P. Herczeg. Part 5
Precision tests at hadron colliders, E. Einsweiler. Part 6 Implications of
precision experiments: tests of the standard model and searches for new
physics, P. Langacker; exotic fermions, D. London. Part 7 The future, M Luo.
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