The five main chapters deal with the detailed measurements
of the electroweak parameters of the Z, the study of QCD,
heavy quark physics, tau lepton physics and the search for
new particles. Each chapter ends with a summary and
outlook to prospects of future accelerators. Most of the
results are from the first six years running at the first phase of
electron positron collider, LEP, at energies corresponding to
the Z mass, but results from the SLAC Linear Collider and
some new results at higher energies are also included. |