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Tests of the standard model and constraints on new physics from measurements of fermion-pair production at 189-209 GeV at LEP
- Source :
- European physical journal : C : particles and fields
- Publication Year :
- 2004
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2004.
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Abstract
- Cross-section and angular distributions for hadronic and lepton-pair final states in e+e- collisions at centre-of-mass energies between 189 GeV and 209 GeV, measured with the OPAL detector at LEP, are presented and compared with the predictions of the Standard Model. The measurements are used to determine the electromagnetic coupling constant alphaem at LEP2 energies. In addition, the results are used together with OPAL measurements at 91-183 GeV within the S-matrix formalism to determine the gamma-Z interference term and to make an almost model-independent measurement of the Z mass. Limits on extensions to the Standard Model described by effective four-fermion contact interactions or the addition of a heavy Z boson are also presented.<br />Comment: 79 pages, 22 figures, Submitted to Eur. Phys. J. C
- Subjects :
- Physics
Particle physics
Top quark
Muon
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
Electron–positron annihilation
High Energy Physics::Phenomenology
FOS: Physical sciences
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
Pair production
Chargino
Neutralino
High Energy Physics::Experiment
Production (computer science)
Nuclear Experiment
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Particle Physics - Experiment
Event generator
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14346052 and 14346044
- Volume :
- 33
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The European Physical Journal C
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ccd25bffdfe7728e7e12a33bea497b7f