Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
1995-05-19
Phys.Lett. B356 (1995) 282-290
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Plain TeX, 9 pages, one figure (uuencoded), and 8 tables
Scientific paper
10.1016/0370-2693(95)00796-N
We analyze LEP and SLC data from the 1995 Winter Conferences for signals of new physics. We compare the data with the Standard Model (SM) as well as a number of test hypotheses concerning the nature of new physics: (i) nonstandard Zbb couplings, (ii) nonstandard Zff couplings for the entire third generation, (iii) nonstandard oblique corrections, (iv) nonstandard lepton couplings, (v) general nonstandard W and Z couplings to all fermions, as well as combinations of the above. In most of our analyses, we leave the SM variables $\alpha_s$ and $m_t$ as free parameters to see how the various types of new physics can affect their inferred values. We find that the best fit ($\chi^2/d.o.f. = 8.4/10$) is obtained for the nonstandard Zbb couplings, which also give a `low' value (0.112) for $\alpha_s$. The SM also gives a good description of the Z data, having $\chi^2/d.o.f. = 12.4/12$. If $\alpha_s$ is held fixed to the low-energy value 0.112, then we find that a combination of the nonstandard Zbb couplings is fit to lie more than four standard deviations away from zero.
Bamert P.
Burgess Cliff P.
Maksymyk Ivan
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