Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Experiment
Scientific paper
2000-03-13
Phys.Lett.B476:256-272,2000
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
20 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Phys. Lett. B
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00197-0
A study of Z boson pair production in e+e- annihilation at center-of-mass energies near 183 GeV and 189 GeV is reported. Final states containing only leptons, (l+l-l+l- and l+l-nu nubar), quark and lepton pairs, (q qbar l+l-, q qbar nu nubar) and the all-hadronic final state (q qbar q qbar) are considered. In all states with at least one Z boson decaying hadronically, q qbar and b bbar final states are considered separately using lifetime and event-shape tags, thereby improving the cross-section measurement. At sqrt(s) = 189 GeV the Z-pair cross section was measured to be 0.80 (+0.14-0.13, stat.) (+0.06-0.05, syst.) pb, consistent with the Standard Model prediction. At sqrt(s) = 183 GeV the 95% C.L. upper limit is 0.55 pb. Limits on anomalous ZZgamma and ZZZ couplings are derived.
Abbiendi Giovanni
collaboration The OPAL
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