Production of WZ events in pp collisions at square root(s) = 1.96 TeV and limits on anomalous WWZ couplings.

We present results from a search for WZ production with subsequent decay to l nu l' l' (l and l' = e or mu) using 0.30 fb(-1) of data collected by the D0 experiment between 2002 and 2004 at the Fermilab Tevatron. Three events with WZ decay characteristics are observed. With an estimat...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Abazov, V, Abbott, B, Abolins, M, Acharya, B, Adams, M, Adams, T, Agelou, M, Agram, J, Ahn, S, Ahsan, M, Alexeev, G, Alkhazov, G, Alton, A, Alverson, G, Alves, G, Anastasoaie, M, Andeen, T, Anderson, S, Andrieu, B, Arnoud, Y, Askew, A, Asman, B, Assis Jesus, A, Atramentov, O, Autermann, C
التنسيق: Journal article
اللغة:English
منشور في: 2005
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الملخص:We present results from a search for WZ production with subsequent decay to l nu l' l' (l and l' = e or mu) using 0.30 fb(-1) of data collected by the D0 experiment between 2002 and 2004 at the Fermilab Tevatron. Three events with WZ decay characteristics are observed. With an estimated background of 0.71 +/- 0.08 events, we measure the WZ production cross section to be 4.5(-2.6)(+3.8) pb, with a 95% C.L. upper limit of 13.3 pb. The 95% C.L. limits for anomalous WWZ couplings are found to be -2.0 < delta kappaZ < 2.4 for form factor scale lambda = 1 TeV, and -0.48 < lambdaZ < 0.48 and -0.49 < delta g(1)(Z) < 0.66 for lambda = 1.5 TeV.