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Measurement of the W+W- γ cross section and direct limits on anomalous quartic gauge boson couplings at LEP

  • M. Acciarri
  • , P. Achard
  • , O. Adriani
  • , M. Aguilar-Benitez
  • , J. Alcaraz
  • , G. Alemanni
  • , J. Allaby
  • , A. Aloisio
  • , M. G. Alviggi
  • , G. Ambrosi
  • , H. Anderhub
  • , V. P. Andreev
  • , T. Angelescu
  • , F. Anselmo
  • , A. Arefiev
  • , T. Azemoon
  • , T. Aziz
  • , P. Bagnaia
  • , A. Bajo
  • , L. Baksay
  • A. Balandras, S. V. Baldew, S. Banerjee, S. Banerjee, A. Barczyk, R. Barillère, P. Bartalini, M. Basile, R. Battiston, A. Bay, F. Becattini, U. Becker, F. Behner, L. Bellucci, R. Berbeco, J. Berdugo, P. Berges, B. Bertucci, B. L. Betev, S. Bhattacharya, M. Biasini, A. Biland, J. J. Blaising, S. C. Blyth, G. J. Bobbink, A. Böhm, L. Boldizsar, B. Borgia, D. Bourilkov, M. Bourquin, S. Braccini, J. G. Branson, F. Brochu, A. Buffini, A. Buijs, J. D. Burger, W. J. Burger, X. D. Cai, M. Capell, G. Cara Romeo, G. Carlino, A. M. Cartacci, J. Casaus, G. Castellini, F. Cavallari, N. Cavallo, C. Cecchi, M. Cerrada, F. Cesaroni, M. Chamizo, Y. H. Chang, U. K. Chaturvedi, M. Chemarin, A. Chen, G. Chen, G. M. Chen, H. F. Chen, H. S. Chen, G. Chiefari, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, C. Civinini, I. Clare, R. Clare, G. Coignet, N. Colino, S. Costantini, F. Cotorobai, B. de la Cruz, A. Csilling, S. Cucciarelli, T. S. Dai, J. A. van Dalen, R. D'Alessandro, R. de Asmundis, P. Déglon, A. Degré, K. Deiters, D. della Volpe, E. Delmeire, P. Denes, F. DeNotaristefani, A. de Salvo, M. Diemoz, M. Dierckxsens, D. van Dierendonck, C. Dionisi, M. Dittmar, A. Dominguez, A. Doria, M. T. Dova, D. Duchesneau, D. Dufournaud, P. Duinker, I. Duran, H. El Mamouni, A. Engler, F. J. Eppling, F. C. Erné, P. Extermann, M. Fabre, M. A. Falagan, S. Falciano, A. Favara, J. Fay, O. Fedin, M. Felcini, T. Ferguson, H. Fesefeldt, E. Fiandrini, J. H. Field, F. Filthaut, P. H. Fisher, I. Fisk, G. Forconi, K. Freudenreich, C. Furetta, Y. Galaktionov, S. N. Ganguli, P. Garcia-Abia, M. Gataullin, S. S. Gau, S. Gentile, N. Gheordanescu, S. Giagu, Z. F. Gong, G. Grenier, O. Grimm, M. W. Gruenewald, M. Guida, R. van Gulik, V. K. Gupta, A. Gurtu, L. J. Gutay, D. Haas, A. Hasan, D. Hatzifotiadou, T. Hebbeker, A. Hervé, P. Hidas, J. Hirschfelder, H. Hofer, G. Holzner, H. Hoorani, S. R. Hou, Y. Hu, I. Iashvili, B. N. Jin, L. W. Jones, P. de Jong, I. Josa-Mutuberría, R. A. Khan, M. Kaur, M. N. Kienzle-Focacci, D. Kim, J. K. Kim, J. Kirkby, D. Kiss, W. Kittel, A. Klimentov, A. C. König, A. Kopp, V. Koutsenko, M. Kräber, R. W. Kraemer, W. Krenz, A. Krüger, A. Kunin, P. Ladron de Guevara, I. Laktineh, G. Landi, M. Lebeau, A. Lebedev, P. Lebrun, P. Lecomte, P. Lecoq, P. Le Coultre, H. J. Lee, J. M. Le Goff, R. Leiste, P. Levtchenko, C. Li, S. Likhoded, C. H. Lin, W. T. Lin, F. L. Linde, L. Lista, Z. A. Liu, W. Lohmann, E. Longo, Y. S. Lu, K. Lübelsmeyer, C. Luci, D. Luckey, L. Lugnier, L. Luminari, W. Lustermann, W. G. Ma, M. Maity, L. Malgeri, A. Malinin, C. Maña, D. Mangeol, J. Mans, G. Marian, J. P. Martin, F. Marzano, K. Mazumdar, R. R. McNeil, S. Mele, L. Merola, M. Meschini, W. J. Metzger, M. von der Mey, A. Mihul, H. Milcent, G. Mirabelli, J. Mnich, G. B. Mohanty, T. Moulik, G. S. Muanza, A. J.M. Muijs, B. Musicar, M. Musy, M. Napolitano, F. Nessi-Tedaldi, H. Newman, T. Niessen, A. Nisati, H. Nowak, R. Ofierzynski, G. Organtini, A. Oulianov, C. Palomares, D. Pandoulas, S. Paoletti, P. Paolucci, R. Paramatti, H. K. Park, I. H. Park, G. Passaleva, S. Patricelli, T. Paul, M. Pauluzzi, C. Paus, F. Pauss, M. Pedace, S. Pensotti, D. Perret-Gallix, B. Petersen, D. Piccolo, F. Pierella, M. Pieri, P. A. Piroué, E. Pistolesi, V. Plyaskin, M. Pohl, V. Pojidaev, H. Postema, J. Pothier, D. O. Prokofiev, D. Prokofiev, J. Quartieri, G. Rahal-Callot, M. A. Rahaman, P. Raics, N. Raja, R. Ramelli, P. G. Rancoita, R. Ranieri, A. Raspereza, G. Raven, P. Razis, D. Ren, M. Rescigno, S. Reucroft, S. Riemann, K. Riles, J. Rodin, B. P. Roe, L. Romero, A. Rosca, S. Rosier-Lees, J. A. Rubio, G. Ruggiero, H. Rykaczewski, S. Saremi, S. Sarkar, J. Salicio, E. Sanchez, M. P. Sanders, M. E. Sarakinos, C. Schäfer, V. Schegelsky, S. Schmidt-Kaerst, D. Schmitz, H. Schopper, D. J. Schotanus, G. Schwering, C. Sciacca, A. Seganti, L. Servoli, S. Shevchenko, N. Shivarov, V. Shoutko, E. Shumilov, A. Shvorob, T. Siedenburg, D. Son, B. Smith, P. Spillantini, M. Steuer, D. P. Stickland, A. Stone, B. Stoyanov, A. Straessner, K. Sudhakar, G. Sultanov, L. Z. Sun, H. Suter, J. D. Swain, Z. Szillasi, T. Sztaricskai, X. W. Tang, L. Tauscher, L. Taylor, B. Tellili, C. Timmermans, C. C. Samuel Ting, S. M. Ting, S. C. Tonwar, J. Tóth, C. Tully, K. L. Tung, Y. Uchida, J. Ulbricht, E. Valente, G. Vesztergombi, I. Vetlitsky, D. Vicinanza, G. Viertel, S. Villa, P. Violini, M. Vivargent, S. Vlachos, I. Vodopianov, H. Vogel, H. Vogt, I. Vorobiev, A. A. Vorobyov, A. Vorvolakos, M. Wadhwa, W. Wallraff, M. Wang, X. L. Wang, Z. M. Wang, A. Weber, M. Weber, P. Wienemann, H. Wilkens, S. X. Wu, S. Wynhoff, L. Xia, Z. Z. Xu, J. Yamamoto, B. Z. Yang, C. G. Yang, H. J. Yang, M. Yang, J. B. Ye, S. C. Yeh, A. Zalite, Y. Zalite, Z. P. Zhang, G. Y. Zhu, R. Y. Zhu, A. Zichichi, G. Zilizi, B. Zimmermann, M. Zöller
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • University of Geneva
  • CIEMAT
  • University of Lausanne
  • CERN
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
  • Louisiana State University
  • Nuclear Physics Institute
  • Institute of Atomic Physics and University of Bucharest
  • Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
  • University of Alabama
  • IN2P3-CNRS
  • University of Amsterdam
  • Paul Scherrer Institute
  • University of Perugia
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • RWTH Aachen University
  • Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • University of California at San Diego
  • Utrecht University
  • University of Basilicata
  • University of Salento
  • National Central University
  • ICSC - World Laboratory
  • Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon
  • CAS - Institute of High Energy Physics
  • University of Science and Technology of China
  • University of Salerno
  • University of Basel
  • Radboud University Nijmegen
  • Princeton University
  • University of Santiago de Compostela
  • California Institute of Technology
  • Northeastern University
  • Humboldt University of Berlin
  • Purdue University
  • University of Cyprus
  • Kyungpook National University
  • German Electron Synchrotron
  • Institute for Nuclear Research
  • University of Helsinki
  • University of Hamburg
  • Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • National Tsing Hua University

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Abstract

The process e+e-→ W+W- γ is analysed using the data collected with the L3 detector at LEP at a centre-of-mass energy of 188.6 GeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 176.8 pb-1. Based on a sample of 42 selected W+W- candidates containing an isolated hard photon, the W+W- γ cross section, defined within phase-space cuts, is measured to be: σ-wwγ = 290 ± 80 ± 16 fb, consistent with the Standard Model expectation. Including the process e+e- → ν̄γγ, limits are derived on anomalous contributions to the Standard Model quartic vertices W+W-γγ and W+W-Zγ at 95% CL: - 0.043 GeV-2 < a02 < 0.043 GeV-2, - 0.08 GeV-2 < a(c)/Λ2 < 0.13 GeV-2, -0.41 GeV-2 < a(n)/Λ2 < 0.37 GeV-2. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)187-195
Number of pages9
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume490
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 5 2000

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