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Improved measurements of electroweak parameters fromZ decays into fermion pairs

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

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The properties of theZ resonance are measured on the basis of 190 000Z decays into fermion pairs collected with the ALEPH detector at LEP. Assuming lepton universality,M z =(91.182±0.009exp±0.020L∶P) GeV,Г Z =(2484±17) MeV, σ 0had =(41.44±0.36) nb, andГ jad /Г ℓℓ=21.00±0.20. The corresponding number of light neutrino species is 2.97±0.07. The forward-back-ward asymmetry in leptonic decays is used to determine the ratio of vector to axial-vector coupling constants of leptons:g 2 v (M 2 Z )/g 2 A (M 2 Z )=0.0072±0.0027. Combining these results with ALEPH results on quark charge and\(b\bar b\) asymmetries, and τ polarization, sin2 θ W (M 2 Z ). In the contex of the Minimal Standard Model, limits are placed on the top-quark mass.

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This paper is dedicated to Emilio Picasso for his contributions as LEP Project Leader

Supported by CAICYT, Spain

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Supported by the US Department of Energy, contract DE-AC02-76ER00881

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ALEPH Collaboration., Decamp, D., Deschizeaux, B. et al. Improved measurements of electroweak parameters fromZ decays into fermion pairs. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 53, 1–20 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01483868

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