Study of Z pair production and anomalous couplings in e+ e- collisions at s**(1/2) between 190-GeV and 209-GeV
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35 pages
Published in:
- Eur.Phys.J.C 32 (2003) 303-322
e-Print:
- hep-ex/0310013 [hep-ex]
Report number:
- CERN-EP-2003-049
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Abstract:
A study of Z-boson pair production in e+e- annihilation at center-of-mass energies between 190 GeV and 209 GeV is reported. Final states containing only leptons, (l+l-l+l- and l+l-nn), quark and lepton pairs, (qql+l-, qqnn) and only hadrons (qqqq) are considered. In all states with at least one Z boson decaying hadronically, lifetime, lepton and event-shape tags are used to separate bb pairs from qq final state. Limits on anomalous ZZgamma and ZZZ couplings are derived from the measured cross sections and from event kinematics using an optimal observable method. Limits on low scale gravity with large dimensions are derived from the cross sections and their dependence on polar angle.Note:
- 34 pages, 10 figures, Submitted to Eur. Phys. J Report-no: CERN-EP/2003-049
- electron positron: colliding beams
- electron positron: annihilation
- Z0: pair production
- Z0: leptonic decay
- Z0: hadronic decay
- lepton: pair production
- quark: pair production
- particle identification: bottom
- coupling: (3gauge boson)
- channel cross section: energy dependence
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