Theoretical Challenges for a Precision Measurement of the W Mass at Hadron Colliders

Abstract

We summarize the status of calculations of the electroweak radiative corrections to W and Z boson production via the Drell-Yan mechanism at hadron colliders. To fully exploit the precision physics potential of the high-luminosity environment of the Fermilab Tevatron p \bar p (Run II) and the CERN LHC p p colliders, it is crucial that the theoretical predictions are well under control. The envisioned precision physics program includes a precise measurement of the W boson mass and the (leptonic) weak mixing angle, as well as probing the Standard Model (SM) of electroweak interactions at the highest accessible center-of-mass energies. Some numerical results are presented.

10 pages, 6 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Radiative Corrections (RADCOR-2000), Carmel CA, USA, 11-15 September, 2000