{
  "id": "hep-ph/9809292",
  "version": "v3",
  "published": "1998-09-07T18:08:29.000Z",
  "updated": "1999-02-22T19:19:41.000Z",
  "title": "Z-Decays to b Quarks and the Higgs Boson Mass",
  "authors": [
    "J. H. Field"
  ],
  "comment": "15 pages, 3 figures, 6 tables",
  "journal": "Mod.Phys.Lett.A14:1815-1828,1999",
  "doi": "10.1142/S0217732399001905",
  "categories": [
    "hep-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "A model independent analysis of the most recent averages of precision electroweak data from LEP and SLD finds a 3$\\sigma$ deviation of the parameter $A_b$ from the Standard Model prediction. The fitted value of $m_H$ shows a strong dependence on the inclusion or exclusion of b quark data, and the Standard Model fits have poor confidence levels of a few percent when the latter are included. The good fits obtained to lepton data, c quark data and the directly measured top quark mass, give $m_t = 171.2_{-3.8}^{+3.7}$ GeV and indicate that the Higgs boson mass is most likely less than 200 GeV.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v3",
      "updated": "1999-02-22T19:19:41.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "higgs boson mass",
      "quark data",
      "precision electroweak data",
      "poor confidence levels",
      "standard model fits"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 15,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 475941
    }
  }
}