Selected Topics in W Physics at LEP II

Electron-positron collision events at LEP II in which W bosons are produced act as a probe into the structure of the Standard Model and the limits of its applicability. Specific examples of the extraction of this information from experimentally observed quantities will be shown, using data taken at the L3 detector at centre-of-mass energies between 189 and 202 GeV. Some current issues in the modelling of these events will then be reviewed in relation to this, leading to a discussion of the significance of the physics accessible at the LEP experiments, in comparision with earlier and future experiments.
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