The purpose of this workshop was to explore the potential of present (TRISTAN, LEP1, SLC) and future (LEP2, NLC) e⁺e⁻ colliding-beam experiments to test the standard model of electroweak and strong interactions with high precision and to probe new physics.
Results of the LEP2 working group on the W-mass determination, F. Jegerlehner; results of the LEP2 working group on new particles and interactions, R. Ruckl; status of the linear collider experimentation, R. Settles; evidence for electroweak corrections in the standard model, A. Sirlin; dependence of electroweak parameters on the definition of the top-quark mass, B. Kniehl; large-mt QCD corrections to delta r and GAMMA (Z -> bb) - an effective-field-theory point of view, S. Peris; two-loop electroweak top corrections, G. Degrassi; on interconnection phenomena in W+W- and tt production, V. Khoze; polarized heavy quarks, M. Jezabek; recent developments in top-quark condensation, M. Lindner; challenges for higgs searches at future e+e- colliders, H. Haber; unstable particles, R. Stuart; theory of maximal CP violation and the pattern of flavour mixing, H. Fritzsch; electroweak dipole moments of leptons and quarks as seen in e+e- machines, J. Bernabeu. (Part Contents).