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TY - JOUR
T1 - Tests of the standard model and constraints on new physics from measurements of fermion-pair production at 189 GeV at LEP
AU - Kartvelishvili, Vakhtang
AU - OPAL Collaboration
PY - 2000/4
Y1 - 2000/4
N2 - Cross-sections and angular distributions for hadronic and lepton pair final states in e+e− collisions at a centre-of-mass energy near 189 GeV, measured with the OPAL detector at LEP, are presented and compared with the predictions of the Standard Model. The results are used to measure the energy dependence of the electromagnetic coupling constant αemαem , and to place limits on new physics as described by four-fermion contact interactions or by the exchange of a new heavy particle such as a sneutrino in supersymmetric theories with R-parity violation. A search for the indirect effects of the gravitational interaction in extra dimensions on the μ+μ− and τ+τ− final states is also presented.
AB - Cross-sections and angular distributions for hadronic and lepton pair final states in e+e− collisions at a centre-of-mass energy near 189 GeV, measured with the OPAL detector at LEP, are presented and compared with the predictions of the Standard Model. The results are used to measure the energy dependence of the electromagnetic coupling constant αemαem , and to place limits on new physics as described by four-fermion contact interactions or by the exchange of a new heavy particle such as a sneutrino in supersymmetric theories with R-parity violation. A search for the indirect effects of the gravitational interaction in extra dimensions on the μ+μ− and τ+τ− final states is also presented.
U2 - 10.1007/s100520000315
DO - 10.1007/s100520000315
M3 - Journal article
VL - 13
SP - 553
EP - 572
JO - European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
JF - European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
SN - 1434-6044
IS - 4
ER -