The Higgs boson through the lens of electroweak precision data
The global electroweak fit tests the quantum structure of the Standard Model by confronting precision measurements with high-order theoretical predictions. This paper presents an updated Gfitter analysis using the latest experimental inputs, notably the new world average of the $W$-boson mass, and state-of-the-art theoretical calculations. The fit yields indirect determinations of precision observables, including the $W$ and Higgs-boson masses, the top-quark mass, and the effective leptonic weak mixing angle, confirming the remarkable internal consistency of the Standard Model. The analysis is further extended to the Higgs sector by combining ATLAS and CMS signal-strength measurements with electroweak precision data in the $κ$ framework. The resulting electroweak constraints on the Higgs couplings to vector bosons allow a determination of the total Higgs-boson width with a precision of about 10\% or better within a leading-logarithmic oblique interpretation, and provide bounds on invisible and undetected Higgs-boson branching fractions without using direct searches for invisible Higgs decays. The paper also presents bounds on Wilson coefficients in the Standard Model Effective Field Theory together with projections for the precision of the global electroweak fit achievable at the FCC-ee.