A TEST OF QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS IN THE REACTION E+E- -]GAMMA-GAMMA(GAMMA)

We have measured the total and differential cross sections of the reaction e+e- → γγ(γ) at center-of-mass energies around 91 GeV, with an integrated luminosity of 14.2 pb-1. The results are in good agreement with QED predictions. We set lower limits, at 95% confidence level, on the QED cutoff parame...

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Main Authors: Adriani, O, Aguilarbenitez, M, Ahlen, S, Akbari, H, Alcaraz, J, Aloisio, A, Alverson, G, Alviggi, M, Ambrosi, G, An, Q, Anderhub, H, Anderson, A, Andreev, V, Angelov, T, Antonov, L, Antreasyan, D, Arce, P, Arefiev, A, Atamanchuk, A, Azemoon, T, Aziz, T, Baba, P, Bagnaia, P, Bakken, J, Baksay, L
Format: Journal article
Published: 1992
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Summary:We have measured the total and differential cross sections of the reaction e+e- → γγ(γ) at center-of-mass energies around 91 GeV, with an integrated luminosity of 14.2 pb-1. The results are in good agreement with QED predictions. We set lower limits, at 95% confidence level, on the QED cutoff parameters of Λ+ > 139 GeV, Λ- > 108 GeV and on the mass of an excited electron of me* > 127 GeV. We searched for Z0 rare decays with photonic signitures in the final state. Upper limits, at 95% confidence level, for branching ratio of Z0 decaying into π0γ/γγ, νγ and γγγ are 1.2 × 10-4, 1.8 × 10-4, 3.3 × 10-5 respectively. © 1992.