Published June 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

Search for a narrow resonance in Z0 decays into hadrons and isolated photons

  • 1. Tel Aviv Univ. (Israel). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  • 2. Manchester Univ. (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics
  • 3. Cavendish Lab., Cambridge (United Kingdom)

Description

A search for the hadronic decay of a hypothetical resonance S0 in the process e+e-→γ+hadrons at Z0 energies is reported. Particular care is taken to optimise the sensitivity to a scalar resonance decaying into bottom quarks, as expected for Higgs production, e+e-→Z0→H0γ with H0→b anti b, in the Standard Model or some of its extensions. No evidence for such a resonance is observed in a sample of about 5 million produced Z0's. The results are interpreted in terms of models of non-standard Higgs production. An update of a search for a resonance produced in association with hadrons and the subsequent resonance decay into two photons is also presented. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Zeitschrift fuer Physik. C, Particles and Fields
Journal Volume
71
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 1-10.
ISSN
0170-9739
CODEN
ZPCFD2

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Collaborations
OPAL Collaboration.