W and Z Boson Production at Hadron Colliders

TL;DR

This paper reviews the production of W and Z bosons at hadron colliders, emphasizing the potential for improved precision in electroweak measurements, especially the W boson mass, through current and future collider data.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive review of W and Z boson production mechanisms and discusses uncertainties affecting precision measurements at hadron colliders.

Findings

W boson mass measured more precisely at Tevatron than LEP.

Current colliders can significantly improve electroweak measurement accuracy.

Uncertainties in production processes impact the precision of electroweak tests.

Abstract

The electroweak theory has been tested to high precision, with measurements probing its predictions at the loop level. The current generation of particle accelerators will produce enough W and Z bosons through hadron collisions to significantly improve the accuracy of these measurements. I review the issues related to such production, with particular emphasis on associated uncertainties on the W boson mass, which has now been measured more precisely at the Tevatron than at the Large Electron Positron collider.