SEARCH FOR NEUTRAL HIGGS BOSONS IN Z(0) DECAYS USING THE OPAL DETECTOR AT LEP

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 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 BOBINSKI M 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 DEJONG S DELPOZO LA DESCH K 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 FURTJES A GAGNON P GAIDOT A GARY JW GASCON J GASCONSHOTKIN SM GEDDES NI GEICHGIMBEL C GENTIT FX GERALIS T GIACOMELLI G GIACOMELLI P GIACOMELLI R GIBSON V GIBSON WR GINGRICH DM GLENZINSKI D 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 ISHII K JAWAHERY A JEFFREYS PW JEREMIE H JIMACK M JOLY A JONES CR JONES G JONES M JONES RWL JOST U JOVANOVIC P JUNK TR KARLEN D KAWAGOE K KAWAMOTO T KEELER RK KELLOGG RG KENNEDY BW KING BJ KIRK J KLUTH S KOBAYASHI T KOBEL M KOETKE DS KOKOTT TP KOLREP M KOMAMIYA S KOWALEWSKI R KRESS T KRIEGER P VONKROGH J KYBERD P LAFFERTY GD LAFOUX H LAHMANN R LAI WP LANSKE D LAUBER J LAUTENSCHLAGER SR LAYTER JG LAZIC D LEE AM LEFEBVRE E LELLOUCH D LETTS J LEVINSON L LEWIS C LLOYD SL LOEBINGER FK LONG GD LOSTY MJ LUDWIG J 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 MCPHERSON RA 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 NAGAI K NAKAMURA I NEAL HA NELLEN B NIJJHAR B NISIUS R ONEALE SW OAKHAM FG ODORICI F OGREN HO OMORI T OREGLIA MJ ORITO S PALINKAS J PASZTOR G PATER JR PATRICK GN PATT J PEARCE MJ PETZOLD S PFEIFENSCHNEIDER P PILCHER JE PINFOLD J PLANE DE POFFENBERGER P POLI B POSTHAUS A PRZYSIEZNIAK H PEES DL RIGBY D ROBINS SA RODNING N RONEY JM ROOKE A ROS E ROSSI AM ROSVICK M ROUTENBURG P ROZEN Y RUNGE K RUNOLFSSON O RUPPEL U RUST DR RYLKO R SACHS K SARKISYAN EKG SASAKI M SBARRA C SCHAILE AD SCHAILE O SCHARF F SCHARFFHANSEN P SCHENK P SCHMITT B SCHMITT S SCHRODER M SCHULTZCOULON HC SCHULZ M SCHUMACHER M SCHUTZ P 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 STEIERT M STEPHENS K STEUERER J STOCKHAUSEN B STROM D STRUMIA F SZYMANSKI P TAFIROUT R TALBOT SD TANAKA S TARAS P TAREM S TECCHIO M THIERGEN M THOMSON MA VONTORNE E TOWERS S TSUKAMOTO T TSUR E TURCOT AS TURNERWATSON MF WAGNER A WARD CP WARD DR WARD JJ WATKINS PM WATSON AT WATSON NK WEBER P WELLS N WHITE JS WILKENS B WILSON GW WILSON JA WOLF G WOTTON S WYATT TR YAMASHITA S YEKUTIELI G ZACEK V
Citation
G. Alexander et al., SEARCH FOR NEUTRAL HIGGS BOSONS IN Z(0) DECAYS USING THE OPAL DETECTOR AT LEP, Zeitschrift fur Physik. C, Particles and fields, 73(2), 1997, pp. 189-199
Citations number
70
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Physik. C, Particles and fields → ACNP
ISSN journal
01709739
Volume
73
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
189 - 199
Database
ISI
SICI code
0170-9739(1997)73:2<189:SFNHBI>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A search for neutral Higgs bosons has been performed using the full sa mple of Z(0) decays collected by the OPAL detector at LEP up to 1995. The data were taken at centre-of-mass energies between 88 GeV and 95 G eV and correspond to an integrated luminosity of approximately 160 pb( -1). The present search addresses the processes Z(0) --> H(0)Z and h( 0)Z, where H-0 is the Higgs boson predicted by the Standard Model and h(0) the lightest neutral scalar Higgs boson predicted in the framewo rk of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model. For the virtual Z(0) boson, Z, the following decay channels are considered: Z* --> nu<(nu) over bar>, e(+)e(-) and mu(+)mu(-). Two candidate events have been fou nd in the nu<(nu)over bar>H-0 channel and one in the mu(+)mu(-) H-0 ch annel. Combined with earlier searches, the present search excludes the SM Higgs boson, at the 95% confidence level (CL), from the mass range below 59.6 GeV. In the framework of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standa rd Model, allowing a wide range of variation for most relevant model p arameters, a 95% CL lower limit of 44.3 GeV is obtained for the mass o f the h(0) boson. Combined with earlier direct searches for the Higgs boson pair production process Z(0) --> h(0)A(0) and with measurements of the Z(0) line shape, a 95% CL lower limit of 23.5 GeV is obtained f or the mass of the pseudoscalar Higgs boson A(0), assuming tan beta gr eater than or equal to 1.