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Theoretical and phenomenological aspects of the Electroweak physics WG studies for the 2026 ESPPU Physics Briefing Book

Jorge de Blas·Monica Dunford·Emanuele Bagnaschi·Ayres Freitas·Pier Paolo Giardino·Christian Grefe·Michele Selvaggi·Angela Taliercio·Falk Bartels
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The 2025-2026 update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics placed renewed emphasis on quantitatively robust comparisons between future collider projects. Within this context, the Electroweak physics working group of the Physics Preparatory Group (PPG EW WG) carried out a comprehensive assessment of the projected sensitivities of different facilities to Higgs boson, electroweak and top-quark observables, with particular attention on different scenarios of theoretical uncertainties. These studies are summarized in the Physics Briefing Book. The aim of this document is to (a) provide a more detailed account of the evaluation of theoretical uncertainties, which was undertaken within the PPG EW WG, and (b) document the collider-specific inputs used in the electroweak and Standard Model effective field theory (SMEFT) fits and discuss any needed modifications in order to harmonize assumptions between projects. In presenting the detailed theoretical uncertainty treatment and the explicit collider inputs and assumptions, this work aims to improve the reproducibility and future extensibility of the results presented in the Physics Briefing Book.

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Jorge de Blas, Monica Dunford, Emanuele Bagnaschi, Ayres Freitas, Pier Paolo Giardino, Christian Grefe, Michele Selvaggi, Angela Taliercio, Falk Bartels. 2026-09-16. Theoretical and phenomenological aspects of the Electroweak physics WG studies for the 2026 ESPPU Physics Briefing Book. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.18607

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