The effect of the Higgs boson on the threshold cross-section in W-pair production

Abstract

We investigate the uncertainty induced by the Higgs-boson mass on the determination of $m_W$ from the LEP-2 run near the threshold for $W$-pair production. For a light Higgs boson the Yukawa interaction between the two slowly-moving $W$ bosons gives rise to a correction of close to 1\% to the total cross-section. This corresponds to a 15 MeV shift in the deduced $W$ mass for a Higgs-boson mass of 60 GeV. We present a simple approximation for this correction and discuss its validity.

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