Test of the four fermion contact interaction in e+ e- collisions at 130-GeV - 140-GeV

Collaboration
Jul, 1996
16 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 387 (1996) 432-442
Report number:
  • CERN-PPE-96-098,
  • CERN-PPE-96-98
Experiments:

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
The differential cross-sections for e + e − → e + e − , e + e − → μ + μ − and e + e − → τ + τ − , and the total cross-section for e + e − → qq̄ at centre-of-mass energies of 130–140 GeV were studied using about 5 pb −1 of data collected with the OPAL detector at LEP in October and November 1995. The results are in agreement with the Standard Model predictions. Four-fermion contact interaction models were fitted to the data and lower limits were obtained on the energy scale Λ at the 95% confidence level.
  • electron positron: colliding beams
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • electron: electroproduction
  • muon: electroproduction
  • tau: electroproduction
  • quark: electroproduction
  • fermion: pair production
  • new interaction: four-fermion interaction
  • model: composite
  • differential cross section: angular dependence