Author/Authors :
Ernestos N. Argyres، نويسنده , , Wim Beenakker، نويسنده , , Geert Jan van Oldenborgh، نويسنده , , Ansgar Denner، نويسنده , , Stefan Dittmaier، نويسنده , , Jiri Hoogland، نويسنده , , Ronald Kleiss، نويسنده , , Costas G. Papadopoulos، نويسنده , , Giampiero Passarino، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
We discuss theoretical and phenomenological aspects of the use of boson propagators with energy-dependent widths in predictions for high-energy scattering processes. In general, gauge invariance is violated in such calculations. We discuss several approaches to restore gauge invariance, necessary for a reliable result. The most promising method is the addition of the relevant parts of the fermionic corrections, which fulfills all Ward identities. The numerical difference between this and other approaches is studied. A number of recommendations are given for LEP2 computations.
