The Z → bb decay asymmetry : lose - lose for the Standard Model
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Whether the reported value of AFB is correct or not, the Standard Model is disfavored and the prediction of a light Higgs boson is lost. This work is supported in part by the Director, Office of Science, Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics, Division of High Energy Physics, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC0376SF00098 Email: [email protected]
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تاریخ انتشار 2001