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Title: Mixed EW-QCD leading fermionic three-loop corrections at $$ \mathcal{O} $$(αsα2) to electroweak precision observables
A bstract Measurements of electroweak precision observables at future electron-position colliders, such as the CEPC, FCC-ee, and ILC, will be sensitive to physics at multi-TeV scales. To achieve this sensitivity, precise predictions for the Standard Model expectations of these observables are needed, including corrections at the three- and four-loop level. In this article, results are presented for the calculation of a subset of three-loop mixed electroweak-QCD corrections, stemming from diagrams with a gluon exchange and two closed fermion loops. The numerical impact of these corrections is illustrated for a number of applications: the prediction of the W-boson mass from the Fermi constant, the effective weak mixing angle, and the partial and total widths of the Z boson. Two alternative renormalization schemes for the top-quark mass are considered, on-shell and $$ \overline{\mathrm{MS}} $$ MS ¯ .  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1820760
NSF-PAR ID:
10283700
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume:
2021
Issue:
3
ISSN:
1029-8479
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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