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We give a complete analysis of indirect determinations of the top quark mass in the Standard Model by introducing a systematic procedure to identify observables that receive quantum corrections enhanced by powers of M t . We discuss how to use flavour physics as a tool to extract the top quark mass. Although present data give only a poor determination, we show how future theoretical and experimental progress in flavour physics can lead to an accuracy in M t well below 2 GeV. We revisit determinations of M t from electroweak data, showing how an improved measurement of the W mass leads to an accuracy at the level of 1 GeV.
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Giudice, G.F., Paradisi, P. & Strumia, A. Indirect determinations of the top quark mass. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 192 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2015)192
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