Search

We summarize an extensive Tevatron (1984-2011) electroweak physics program that involves a variety of W and Z boson precision measurements. The relevance of these studies using single and associated gauge boson production to our understanding of the electroweak sector, quantum chromodynamics and searches for new physics is emphasized. We discuss the importance of the W boson mass measurement, the W/Z boson distributions and asymmetries, and diboson studies. We highlight the recent Tevatron measurements and prospects for the final Tevatron measurements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over the past four decades, the standard model of electroweak interactions has achieved tremendous success in describing the experimental data. One of the key observable's is the mass M[subW] of the W boson. The experimental measurements, including M[subW], have reached a level of precision that tests the theory at the quantum loop level, providing indirect constraints on the hypothetical I-Eggs boson and other new physics. Improved measurements of M[subW] are driven by new data from Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron (p(...) collider at √s = 1.96 TeV). We discuss the techniques used for measuring M[subW] at hadron colliders, summarize the measurements from Run I of the Tevatron, and review the state of the alt of the Run II analyses, which are based on significantly larger data sets collected with upgraded detectors. We discuss the constraints on the Higgs boson, and conclude with a discussion of the ultimate precision in M[subW] that can be expected from Run II. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]