W-pair production at LEP

Abstract

We review here the measurements of W-pair production and W decay rates performed by the four LEP experiments at ECM from 161 to 209 GeV, and their relevance in support of the standard electroweak model.

4 pages, 5 figures . To appear in the Proceedings of the XXXVIIth Rencontres de Moriond on "QCD and High Energy Hadronic Interactions" 16-23 march 2002, Les Arcs, France