PT Journal AU Filipuzzi, A TI Universality Violation In Leptonic W Decays: An Effective Field Theory Approach SO Acta Physica Polonica B PY 2011 BP 2453 EP 2459 VL 42 IS 11 DI 10.5506/APhysPolB.42.2453 AB We analyse the deviation from universality in leptonic W decays suggested by current PDG data within a general effective field theory approach. Considering the constraints to the New Physics effects coming from Electroweak precision observables we are able to set limits on the amount of universality violation that can be accounted for in a broad class of New Physics models. Our approach starts from a usual Single Operator analysis and extends up to considering the interplay of all the effective operators defined by our EFT. ER