MEASUREMENTS WITH PHOTONIC EVENTS IN E(-)-COLLISIONS AT CENTER-OF-MASS ENERGIES OF 130-140-GEV()E()

Authors
ALEXANDER G ALLISON J ALTEKAMP N AMETEWEE K ANDERSON KJ ANDERSON S ARCELLI S ASAI S AXEN D AZUELOS G BALL AH BARBERIO E BARLOW RJ BARTOLDUS R BATLEY JR BEAUDOIN G BECHTLUFT J BEESTON C BEHNKE T BELL AN BELL KW BELLA G BENTVELSEN S BERLICH P BETHKE S BIEBEL O BLOBEL V BLOODWORTH IJ BLOOMER JE BOCK P BOSCH HM BOUTEMEUR M BOUWENS BT BRAIBANT S BROWN RM BURCKHART HJ BURGARD C BURGIN R CAPILUPPI P CARNEGIE RK CARTER AA CARTER JR CHANG CY CHARLESWORTH C CHARLTON DG CHRISMAN D CHU SL CLARKE PEL COHEN I CONBOY JE COOKE OC CUFFIANI M DADO S DALLAPICCOLA C DALLAVALLE GM DARLING C DEJONG S DELPOZO LA DIXIT MS SILVA EDE DOUCET M DUCHOVNI E DUCKECK G DUERDOTH IP EDWARDS JEG ESTABROOKS PG EVANS HG EVANS M FABBRI F FATH P FIEDLER F FIERRO M FISCHER HM FOLMAN R FONG DG FOUCHER M FUKUI H FURTJES A GAGNON P GAIDOT A GARY JW GASCON J GASCONSHOTKIN SM GEDDES NI GEICHGIMBEL C GENSLER SW GENTIT FX GERALIS T GIACOMELLI G GIACOMELLI P GIACOMELLI R GIBSON V GIBSON WR GINGRICH DM GOLDBERG J GOODRICK MJ GORN W GRANDI C GROSS E GRUWE M HAJDU C HANSON GG HANSROUL M HAPKE M HARGROVE CK HART PA HARTMANN C HAUSCHILD M HAWKES CM HAWKINGS R HEMINGWAY RJ HERTEN G HEUER RD HILDRETH MD HILL JC HILLIER SJ HILSE T HOBSON PR HOMER RJ HONMA AK HORVATH D HOWARD R HUGHESJONES RE HUTCHCROFT DE IGOKEMENES P IMRIE DC INGRAM MR JAWAHERY A JEFFREYS PW JEREMIE H JIMACK M JOLY A JONES G JONES M JONES RWL JOST U JOVANOVIC P KANZAKI J KARLEN D KAWAMOTO T KEELER RK KELLOGG RG KENNEDY BW KING J KIRK J KLUTH S KOBAYASHI T KOBEL M KOETKE DS KOKOTT TP KOMAMIYA S KOWALEWSKI R KRESS T KRIEGER P VONKROGH J KYBERD P LAFFERTY GD LAFOUX H LAHMANN R LAI WP LANSKE D LAUBER J LAYTER JG LEE AM LEFEBVRE E LELLOUCH D LETTS J LEVINSON L LEWIS C LLOYD SL LOEBINGER FK LONG GD LORAZO B LOSTY MJ LUDWIG J LUIG A MALIK A MANNELLI M MARCELLINI S MARKUS C MARTIN AJ MARTIN JP MARTINEZ G MASHIMO T MATTHEWS W MATTIG P MCDONALD WJ MCKENNA J MCKIGNEY EA MCMAHON TJ MCNAB AI MEIJERS F MENKE S MERRITT FS MES H MEYER J MICHELINI A MIKENBERG G MILLER DJ MIR R MOHR W MONTANARI A MORI T MORII M MULLER U NELLEN B NIJJHAR B NISIUS R ONEALE SW OAKHAM FG ODORICI F OGREN OH OMORI T OREGLIA MJ ORITO S PALAZZO M PALINKAS J PANSART JP PASZTOR G PATER JR PATRICK GN PEARCE MJ PETZOLD S PILCHER JE PINFOLD J PLANE DE POFFENBERGER P POLI B POSTHAUS A PRZYSIEZNIAK H REES DL RIGBY D RISON MG ROBINS SA RODNING N RONEY JM ROOKE A ROS E ROSSI AM ROSVICK M ROUTENBURG P ROZEN Y RUNGE K RUNOLFSSON O RUST DR RYLKO R SARKISYAN EKG SASAKI M SBARRA C SCHAILE AD SCHAILE O SCHARF F SCHARFFHANSEN P SCHENK P SCHMITT B SCHRODER M SCHULTZCOULON HC SCHULZ M SCHUTZ P SCHWIENING J SCOTT WG SHEARS TG SHEN BC SHEPHERDTHEMISTOCLEOUS CH SHERWOOD P SIROLI GP SITTLER A SKILLMAN A SKUJA A SMITH AM SMITH TJ SNOW GA SOBIE R SOLDNERREMBOLD S SPRINGER RW SPROSTON M STAHL A STARKS M STEPHENS K STEUERER J STOCKHAUSEN B STROM D STRUMIA F SZYMANSKI P TAFIROUT R TAKEDA H TARAS P TAREM S TECCHIO M TESCH N THIERGEN M THOMSON MA VONTORNE E TOWERS S TSCHEULIN M TSUR E TURCOT AS TURNERWATSON MF UTZAT P VANKOOTEN R VASSEUR G VERZOCCHI M VIKAS P VINCTER M VOKURKA EH WACKERLE F WAGNER A WARD CP WARD DR WARD JJ WATKINS PM WATSON AT WATSON NK WEBER P WELLS PS WERMES N WHITE JS WILKENS B WILSON GW WILSON JA WLODEK T WOLF G WOTTON S WYATT TR XELLA S YAMASHITA S YEKUTIELI G YOSHIMURA K ZACEK V
Citation
G. Alexander et al., MEASUREMENTS WITH PHOTONIC EVENTS IN E(-)-COLLISIONS AT CENTER-OF-MASS ENERGIES OF 130-140-GEV()E(), Physics letters. Section B, 377(1-3), 1996, pp. 222-234
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
377
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
222 - 234
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1996)377:1-3<222:MWPEIE>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Cross-sections and angular distributions for the production of events with single and multiple photons are measured from data recorded with the OPAL detector at the recently upgraded LEP collider. The measured cross-sections are generally consistent with Standard Model expectatio ns for the e(+)e(-) --> <nu(nu)over bar gamma(gamma)> and e(+)e(-) --> gamma gamma(gamma) processes. Six events with an acoplanar photon pai r and large missing mass are found. The observed number of events is l arger than expected from e(+)e(-) --> <nu(nu)over bar gamma gamma>; ho wever, the missing mass distribution is compatible with the Z(0) reson ance. Deviations from QED are constrained by the data on e(+)e(-) --> gamma gamma(gamma). Lower limits are set at 95% confidence level on th e QED cut-off parameters Lambda(+) and Lambda(-) of 152 GeV and 142 Ge V, respectively, and also on the mass of an excited electron of 147 Ge V.