The Mass of the Higgs Boson in the Standard Electroweak Model

TL;DR

This paper provides an updated global analysis of electroweak precision data and Higgs search results within the Standard Model, narrowing down the Higgs boson mass range to 115-148 GeV with high confidence.

Contribution

It offers the most recent combined constraints on the Higgs mass using diverse experimental data, including Tevatron and LEP 2 results, and updates on key parameters like top quark and W boson masses.

Findings

Higgs mass preferred range: 115-148 GeV at 90% CL

Updated constraints on top quark, W boson, and alpha_s

Incorporates latest Tevatron and LEP 2 search results

Abstract

An updated global analysis within the Standard Model (SM) of all relevant electroweak precision and Higgs boson search data is presented with special emphasis on the implications for the Higgs boson mass, M_H. Included are, in particular, the most recent results on the top quark and W boson masses, updated and significantly shifted constraints on the strong coupling constant, alpha_s, from tau decays and other low energy measurements such as from atomic parity violation and neutrino deep inelastic scattering. The latest results from searches for Higgs production and decay at the Tevatron are incorporated together with the older constraints from LEP 2. I find a trimodal probability distribution for M_H with a fairly narrow preferred 90% CL window, 115 GeV < M_H < 148 GeV.