{"paper":{"title":"Forward-backward $b$-quark asymmetry at the Z pole: QCD uncertainties redux","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["hep-ph"],"primary_cat":"hep-ex","authors_text":"Cynthia Yan, David d'Enterria","submitted_at":"2018-05-31T23:56:54Z","abstract_excerpt":"The forward-backward asymmetry of $b$-quarks measured at LEP in $e^+e^-$ collisions at the Z pole, $A_{FB}^{0,b}|^{\\rm exp} = 0.0992\\pm0.0016$, remains today the electroweak precision observable with the largest disagreement (2.8$\\sigma$) with the Standard Model theoretical prediction, $A_{FB}^{0,b}|^{\\rm th} = 0.1037\\pm0.0008$. The dominant systematic uncertainties are due to QCD effects --- $b,c$-quark showering and fragmentation, and $B,D$ meson decay models --- which have not been revisited in the last 20 years. We reassess the QCD uncertainties of the eight original LEP measurements of $A"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1806.00141","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}