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Search for a scalar or vector particle decaying into Zgamma in ppbar collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV. / Bertram, Iain; Fox, Harald; Borissov, Guennadi et al.
In: Physics Letters B, Vol. 671, No. 3, 26.01.2009, p. 349-355.

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title = "Search for a scalar or vector particle decaying into Zgamma in ppbar collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV",
abstract = "We present a search for a narrow scalar or vector resonance decaying into Zgamma with a subsequent Z decay into a pair of electrons or muons. The data for this search were collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron ppbar collider at a center of mass energy sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV. Using 1.1 (1.0) fb-1 of data, we observe 49 (50) candidate events in the electron (muon) channel, in good agreement with the standard model prediction. From the combination of both channels, we derive 95% C.L. upper limits on the cross section times branching fraction (sigma x B) into Zgamma. These limits range from 0.19 (0.20) pb for a scalar (vector) resonance mass of 600 GeV/c^2 to 2.5 (3.1) pb for a mass of 140 GeV/c^2.",
author = "Iain Bertram and Harald Fox and Guennadi Borissov and Mark Williams and Peter Ratoff and Peter Love and Alexander Rakitin and Andre Sopczak and {D0 Collaboration}, The",
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T1 - Search for a scalar or vector particle decaying into Zgamma in ppbar collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV

AU - Bertram, Iain

AU - Fox, Harald

AU - Borissov, Guennadi

AU - Williams, Mark

AU - Ratoff, Peter

AU - Love, Peter

AU - Rakitin, Alexander

AU - Sopczak, Andre

AU - D0 Collaboration, The

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AB - We present a search for a narrow scalar or vector resonance decaying into Zgamma with a subsequent Z decay into a pair of electrons or muons. The data for this search were collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron ppbar collider at a center of mass energy sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV. Using 1.1 (1.0) fb-1 of data, we observe 49 (50) candidate events in the electron (muon) channel, in good agreement with the standard model prediction. From the combination of both channels, we derive 95% C.L. upper limits on the cross section times branching fraction (sigma x B) into Zgamma. These limits range from 0.19 (0.20) pb for a scalar (vector) resonance mass of 600 GeV/c^2 to 2.5 (3.1) pb for a mass of 140 GeV/c^2.

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JO - Physics Letters B

JF - Physics Letters B

SN - 0370-2693

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