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The width of theZ boson

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

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We present a detailed discussion of the electroweak radiative corrections to the partial decay widths of theZ boson into lepton and quark pairs (q≠t) and to the total width for 5 flavors. The results are only very weakly dependent on the Higgs mass. The top mass dependence leads to sizable variations ofΓ z which have to be taken into account for precision experiments at thee + e − colliders LEP and SLC.

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  1. Instituut Lorentz, Leiden University, 2311SB, Leiden, The Netherlands

    W. Beenakker

  2. II Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg, D-2000, Hamburg 50, Federal Republic of Germany

    W. Hollik

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Beenakker, W., Hollik, W. The width of theZ boson. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 40, 141–148 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01559728

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