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Constraints on anomalous quartic gauge boson couplings from $v$ $\bar{v}$ $\gamma$ $\gamma$ and $q$ $\bar{q}$ gamma gamma events at LEP-2
- Source :
- Physical review / D 70(3), 032005 (2004). doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.70.032005
- Publication Year :
- 2004
- Publisher :
- Inst., 2004.
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Abstract
- Anomalous quartic couplings between the electroweak gauge bosons may contribute to the vv gamma gamma and qq gamma gamma final states produced in e+e- collisions. This analysis uses the LEP2 OPAL data sample at centre-of-mass energies up to 209 GeV. Event selections identify vv gamma gamma and qq gamma gamma events in which the two photons are reconstructed within the detector acceptance. The cross-section for the process e+e- -> qq gamma gamma is measured. Averaging over all energies, the ratio of the observed e+e- -> qq gamma gamma cross-section to the Standard Model expectation is R(data/SM) = 0.92 +- 0.07 +- 0.04 where the errors represent the statistical and systematic uncertainties respectively. The vv gamma gamma and qq gamma gamma data are used to constrain possible anomalous W+W- gamma gamma and ZZ gamma gamma couplings. Combining with previous OPAL results from the W+W- gamma final state, the 95% confidence level limits on the anomalous coupling parameters aoz, acz, aow and acw are found to be: -0.007 GeV^-2 < aoz/Lambda^2 < 0.023 GeV^-2 -0.029 GeV^-2 < acz/Lambda^2 < 0.029 GeV^-2 -0.020 GeV^-2 < aow/Lambda^2 < 0.020 GeV^-2 -0.052 GeV^-2 < acw/Lambda^2 < 0.037 GeV^-2 where Lamdba is the energy scale of the new physics. Limits found when allowing two or more parameters to vary are also presented.
- Subjects :
- pair production [photon]
channel cross section
OPAL
(4gauge boson) [coupling]
electron positron --> quark antiquark 2photon
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
130-209 GeV-cms
pair production [neutrino]
constraint [parametrization]
CERN LEP Stor
annihilation [electron positron]
pair production [quark]
colliding beams [electron positron]
electron positron --> neutrino antineutrino 2photon
High Energy Physics::Experiment
ddc:530
experimental results
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physical review / D 70(3), 032005 (2004). doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.70.032005
- Accession number :
- edsair.od......1108..402aa4c8fc501580f70ef4b505074bcf