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Search for narrow high mass resonances in radiative decays of the Z0

ContributorsL3 Collab.
Published inPhysics letters. B, vol. 262, no. 1, p. 155-162
Publication date1991
Abstract

We search for new resonances, Y, with mass M Y , in the range from 30 to 89 GeV, produced via the reaction e + e − → Z 0 → γ Y, where Y subsequently decays into e + e − , μ + μ − or hadrons. We use 5.5.pb −1 of data collected in the energy range 88.2 ⩽ s ⩽ 94.2 GeV, near the Z 0 peak. We obtain the following upper limits, at the 95% confidence level, on the product of the branching ratios: BR(Z 0 → γ Y) × BR(Y → e + e − ) < 2.8 × 10 −4 for 30 < M Y < 89, BR(Z 0 → γ Y × BR(Y → μ + μ − ) < 2.3 × 10 −4 for 30 < M Y < 89, BR(Z 0 → γ Y) × BR(Y → hadrons) < 4.7 × 10 −4 for 30 < M Y < 86. These limits are valid for resonances with widths smaller than our mass resolution.

Keywords
  • Electron positron: colliding beams
  • Colliding beams: electron positron
  • Electron positron: annihilation
  • Annihilation: electron positron
  • Z0: electroproduction
  • Electroproduction: Z0
  • Z0: radiative decay
  • Radiative decay: Z0
  • Search for: narrow resonance
  • Narrow resonance: search for
  • Resonance: leptonic decay
  • Leptonic decay: resonance
  • Resonance: hadronic decay
  • Hadronic decay: resonance
  • Branching ratio: upper limit
  • L3
  • Experimental results
  • CERN LEP Stor
  • Electron positron --> positron electron photon
  • Electron positron --> muon+ muon- photon
  • Electron positron --> (n)hadron photon
  • 88.2-94.2 GeV-cms
  • S056ZXG
Citation (ISO format)
L3 Collab. Search for narrow high mass resonances in radiative decays of the Z0. In: Physics letters. B, 1991, vol. 262, n° 1, p. 155–162. doi: 10.1016/0370-2693(91)90659-e
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