In this text the author gives a rather complete account of the available experimental information on neutral current reactions as predicted by the standard theory of electroweak interactions. The data, which range from atomic parity violation to the discovery of the W and Z bosons, impressively support the theory as formulated by Glashow, Weinberg and Salam. The experimental data are critically reviewed and related to the standard theory, whose formal essentials are presented in a transparent way. A complete compilation is given of precision measurements of the Weinberg angle. Special attention is paid to high energy electron-positron experiments at PEP and PETRA leading to the most precise value of the Weinberg angle so far made from such experiments. Latest results from the high-statistics deep-inelastic neutrino scattering experiments have been included along with recent measurements of neutrino electron scattering, data and analysis for polarized-electron nucleon scattering, polarized-muon scattering, atomic parity violation and proton-antiproton experiments establishing the nature of the intermediate bosons.

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Book Title: Tests of the Standard Theory of Electroweak Interactions
Editors: Christian Kiesling
Series Title: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0048777
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-15126-6Published: 03 October 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-47445-6Published: 11 April 2006
Series ISSN: 0081-3869
Series E-ISSN: 1615-0430
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 214
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons, Nuclear Fusion

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