The Electroweak Fit of the Standard Model after the Discovery of a New Boson at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper updates the global electroweak fit of the Standard Model after the discovery of a new boson at the LHC, confirming the model's validity and providing precise indirect predictions for key parameters.

Contribution

It presents the first overconstrained electroweak fit incorporating the new boson as the SM Higgs, with improved precision in predicting fundamental parameters.

Findings

The global fit has a p-value of 0.07, indicating good consistency.

The indirect Higgs mass estimate is 94 GeV, aligning with direct measurements.

Predicted W boson mass and weak mixing angle are highly precise and compatible with direct data.

Abstract

In view of the discovery of a new boson by the ATLAS and CMS Collaborations at the LHC, we present an update of the global Standard Model (SM) fit to electroweak precision data. Assuming the new particle to be the SM Higgs boson, all fundamental parameters of the SM are known allowing, for the first time, to overconstrain the SM at the electroweak scale and assert its validity. Including the effects of radiative corrections and the experimental and theoretical uncertainties, the global fit exhibits a p-value of 0.07. The mass measurements by ATLAS and CMS agree within 1.3sigma with the indirect determination M_H=(94 +25 -22) GeV. Within the SM the W boson mass and the effective weak mixing angle can be accurately predicted to be M_W=(80.359 +- 0.011) GeV and sin^2(theta_eff^ell)=(0.23150 +- 0.00010) from the global fit. These results are compatible with, and exceed in precision, the direct measurements. For the indirect determination of the top quark mass we find m_t=(175.8 +2.7 -2.4) GeV, in agreement with the kinematic and cross-section based measurements.