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Phys. Rev. D 63, 071301(R) (2001) [3 pages]

Probability density of the mass of the standard model Higgs boson

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Jens Erler
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6396

Received 15 October 2000; published 28 February 2001

The CERN LEP Collaborations have reported a small excess of events in their combined Higgs boson analysis at center of mass energies s≲208GeV. In this Rapid Communication, I present the result of a calculation of the probability distribution function of the Higgs boson mass which can be rigorously obtained if the validity of the standard model is assumed. It arises from the combination of the most recent set of precision electroweak data and the current results of the Higgs boson searches at LEP 2.

© 2001 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.63.071301
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.63.071301
PACS:
14.80.Bn, 12.15.Ji, 12.15.Mm