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Constraints on anomalous quartic gauge boson couplings from nu(nu)over-bar gamma gamma and q(q)over-bar gamma gamma events at CERN LEP2

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  • G Abbiendi
  • C Ainsley
  • P F Akesson
  • G Alexander
  • J Allison
  • P Amaral
  • G Anagnostou
  • K J Anderson
  • S Asai
  • D Axen
  • G Azuelos
  • I Bailey
  • E Barberio
  • T Barillari
  • R J Barlow
  • R J Batley
  • P Bechtle
  • T Behnke
  • K W Bell
  • P J Bell
  • G Bella
  • A Bellerive
  • G Benelli
  • S Bethke
  • O Biebel
  • O Boeriu
  • P Bock
  • M Boutemeur
  • S Braibant
  • L Brigliadori
  • R M Brown
  • K Buesser
  • H J Burckhart
  • S Campana
  • R K Carnegie
  • A A Carter
  • J R Carter
  • C Y Chang
  • D G Charlton
  • C Ciocca
  • A Csilling
  • M Cuffiani
  • S Dado
  • A De Roeck
  • E A De Wolf
  • K Desch
  • B Dienes
  • M Donkers
  • J Dubbert
  • E Duchovni
  • OPAL Collaboration
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Article number032005
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>08/2004
<mark>Journal</mark>Physical Review D
Issue number3
Volume70
Number of pages11
Pages (from-to)-
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Anomalous quartic couplings between the electroweak gauge bosons may contribute to the nu(nu) over bar gammagamma and q (q) over bar gammagamma final states produced in e(+)e(-) collisions. This analysis uses the LEP2 OPAL data sample at center-of-mass energies up to 209 GeV. Event selections identify nu(nu) over bar gammagamma and q (q) over bar gammagamma events in which the two photons are reconstructed within the detector acceptance. The cross section for the process e(+)e(-)-->q (q) over bar gammagamma is measured. Averaging over all energies, the ratio of the observed e(+)e(-)-->q (q) over bar gammagamma 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 nu(nu) over bar gammagamma and q (q) over bar gammagamma data are used to constrain possible anomalous W(+)W(-)gammagamma and ZZgammagamma couplings. Combining with previous OPAL results from the W(+)W(-)gamma final state, the 95% confidence level limits on the anomalous coupling parameters a(0)(Z), a(c)(Z), a(0)(W) and a(c)(W) are found to be -0.007 GeV-2<a(0)(Z)/Lambda(2)<0.023 GeV-2, -0.029 GeV-2<a(c)(Z)/Lambda(2)<0.029 GeV-2, -0.020 GeV-2<a(0)(W)/Lambda(2)<0.020 GeV-2, -0.052 GeV-2<a(c)(W)/Lambda(2)<0.037 GeV-2, where Lambda is the energy scale of the new physics. Limits found when allowing two or more parameters to vary are also presented.

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