Published January 26, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Search for a scalar or vector particle decaying into Zγ in pp-bar collisions at √(s)=1.96 TeV

  • 1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russian Federation)
  • 2. University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019 (United States)
  • 3. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 (United States)
  • 4. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai (India)
  • 5. University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607 (United States)
  • 6. Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 (United States)
  • 7. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, and Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, and York University, Toronto, Ontario, and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec (Canada)
  • 8. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 (United States)
  • 9. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, St. Petersburg (Russian Federation)
  • 10. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (United States)
  • 11. Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 (United States)
  • 12. LAFEX, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
  • 13. Radboud University Nijmegen/NIKHEF, Nijmegen (Netherlands)
  • 14. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 (United States)
  • 15. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 (United States)
  • 16. LPNHE, IN2P3/CNRS, Universites Paris VI and VII, Paris (France)
  • 17. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 (United States)

Description

We present a search for a narrow scalar or vector resonance decaying into Zγ with a subsequent Z boson decay into a pair of electrons or muons. The data for this search were collected with the DO detector at the Fermilab Tevatron pp-bar collider at a center of mass energy √(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 (σxB) into Zγ. These limits range from 0.19 (0.20) pb for a scalar (vector) resonance mass of 600 GeV/c2 to 2.5 (3.1) pb for a mass of 140 GeV/c2

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2008.12.009

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2008.12.009;
PII
S0370-2693(08)01475-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
671
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 349-355
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

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Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.