Two-particle angular correlations in e+e- interactions compared with QCD predictions

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 440:1-2 (1998) 203-216

Authors:

P Abreu, W Adam, T Adye, P Adzic, I Ajinenko, GD Alekseev, R Alemany, PP Allport, S Almehed, U Amaldi, S Amato, EG Anassontzis, P Andersson, A Andreazza, S Andringa, P Antilogus, WD Apel, Y Arnoud, B Asman, JE Augustin, A Augustinus, P Baillon, P Bambade, F Barao, G Barbiellini, R Barbier, DY Bardin, G Barker, A Baroncelli, M Battaglia, M Baubillier, KH Becks, M Begalli, P Beilliere, Y Belokopytov, K Belous, AC Benvenuti, C Berat, M Berggren, D Bertini, D Bertrand, M Besancon, F Bianchi, M Bigi, MS Bilenky, MA Bizouard, D Bloch, HM Blom, M Bonesini, W Bonivento, M Boonekamp, PSL Booth, AW Borgland, G Borisov, C Bosio, O Botner, E Boudinov, B Bouquet, C Bourdarios, TJV Bowcock, I Boyko, I Bozovic, M Bozzo, P Branchini, T Brenke, RA Brenner, P Bruckman, JM Brunet, L Bugge, T Buran, T Burgsmueller, B Buschbeck, P Buschmann, S Cabrera, M Caccia, M Calvi, AJ Camacho Rozas, T Camporesi, V Canale, F Carena, L Carroll, C Caso, MV Castillo Gimenez, A Cattai, FR Cavallo, C Cerruti, V Chabaud, P Charpentier, L Chaussard, P Checchia, GA Chelkov, R Chierici, P Chliapnikov, P Chochula, V Chorowicz, J Chudoba, P Collins, M Colomer, R Contri, E Cortina

Abstract:

Two-particle angular correlations in jet cones have been measured in e+e- annihilation into hadrons at LEP energies (√s =91 and 183 GeV) and are compared with QCD predictions using the LPHD hypothesis. Two different functions have been tested. While the differentially normalized correlation function shows substantial deviations from the predictions, a globally normalized correlation function agrees well. The size of a αeffS (and other QCD parameters) and its running with the relevant angular scale, the validity of LPHD, and problems due to non-perturbative effects are discussed critically. © 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Measurement of

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 439:1-2 (1998) 209-224

Authors:

P Abreu, W Adam, T Adye, P Adzic, I Ajinenko, GD Alekseev, R Alemany, PP Allport, S Almehed, U Amaldi, S Amato, EG Anassontzis, P Andersson, A Andreazza, P Antilogus, WD Apel, Y Arnoud, B Åsman, JE Augustin, A Augustinus, P Baillon, P Bambade, F Barao, G Barbiellini, R Barbier, DY Bardin, G Barker, A Baroncelli, M Battaglia, M Baubillier, KH Becks, M Begalli, P Beilliere, Y Belokopytov, K Belous, AC Benvenuti, C Berat, M Berggren, D Bertini, D Bertrand, M Besancon, F Bianchi, M Bigi, MS Bilenky, MA Bizouard, D Bloch, M Bonesini, W Bonivento, M Boonekamp, PSL Booth, AW Borgland, G Borisov, C Bosio, O Botner, E Boudinov, B Bouquet, C Bourdarios, TJV Bowcock, I Boyko, I Bozovic, M Bozzo, P Branchini, T Brenke, RA Brenner, P Bruckman, JM Brunet, L Bugge, T Buran, T Burgsmueller, P Buschmann, S Cabrera, M Caccia, M Calvi, AJ Camacho Rozas, T Camporesi, V Canale, M Canepa, F Carena, L Carroll, C Caso, MV Castillo Gimenez, A Cattai, FR Cavallo, C Cerruti, V Chabaud, M Chapkin, P Charpentier, L Chaussard, P Checchia, GA Chelkov, M Chen, R Chierici, P Chliapnikov, P Chochula, V Chorowicz, J Chudoba, P Collins, M Colomer, R Contri, E Cortina

Abstract:

Decays of W± bosons, produced at LEP2, have been used to measure the |Vcs| element of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix. Values for |Vcs| were extracted both from the measured hadronic branching ratio of W± decays and by tagging the flavour of hadronic jets produced in W± decays. Applying the two methods to the data collected during 1996 at energies of 161 and 172 GeV, DELPHI obtains |Vcs| = 0.091+0.15-0.14(stat) ± 0.05(syst). © 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Measurement of elastic Υ photoproduction at HERA

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 437:3-4 (1998) 432-444

Authors:

J Breitweg, M Derrick, D Krakauer, S Magill, D Mikunas, B Musgrave, J Repond, R Stanek, RL Talaga, R Yoshida, H Zhang, MCK Mattingly, F Anselmo, P Antonioli, G Bari, M Basile, L Bellagamba, D Boscherini, A Bruni, G Bruni, G Cara Romeo, G Castellini, L Cifarelli, F Cindolo, A Contin, N Coppola, M Corradi, S De Pasquale, P Giusti, G Iacobucci, G Laurenti, G Levi, A Margotti, T Massam, R Nania, F Palmonari, A Pesci, A Polini, G Sartorelli, Y Zamora Garcia, A Zichichi, C Amelung, A Bornheim, I Brock, K Coböken, J Crittenden, R Deffner, M Eckert, M Grothe, H Hartmann, K Heinloth, L Heinz, E Hilger, HP Jakob, A Kappes, UF Katz, R Kerger, E Paul, M Pfeiffer, H Schnurbusch, H Wieber, DS Bailey, S Campbell-Robson, WN Cottingham, B Foster, R Hall-Wilton, GP Heath, HF Heath, JD McFall, D Piccioni, DG Roff, RJ Tapper, M Capua, L Iannotti, A Mastroberardino, M Schioppa, G Susinno, JY Kim, JH Lee, IT Lim, MY Pac, A Caldwell, N Cartiglia, Z Jing, W Liu, B Mellado, JA Parsons, S Ritz, S Sampson, F Sciulli, PB Straub, Q Zhu, P Borzemski, J Chwastowski, A Eskreys, J Figiel, K Klimek, MB Przybycień, L Zawiejski, L Adamczyk

Abstract:

The photoproduction reaction γp → μ+ μ-p has been studied in ep interactions using the ZEUS detector at HERA. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 43.2pb-1. The Υ meson has been observed in photoproduction for the first time. The sum of the products of the elastic Υ(1S), Υ(2S),Υ(3S) photoproduction cross sections with their respective branching ratios is determined to be 13.3 ± 6.0(stat.)-2.3+2.7(syst.) pb at a mean photon-proton centre of mass energy of 120 GeV. The cross section is above the prediction of a perturbative QCD model. © 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Search for selectron and squark production in e+p collisions at HERA

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 434:1-2 (1998) 214-230

Authors:

J Breitweg, M Derrick, D Krakauer, S Magill, D Mikunas, B Musgrave, J Repond, R Stanek, RL Talaga, R Yoshida, H Zhang, MCK Mattingly, F Anselmo, P Antonioli, G Bari, M Basile, L Bellagamba, D Boscherini, A Bruni, G Bruni, G Cara Romeo, G Castellini, L Cifarelli, F Cindolo, A Contin, N Coppola, M Corradi, S de Pasquale, P Giusti, G Iacobucci, G Laurenti, G Levi, A Margotti, T Massam, R Nania, F Palmonari, A Pesci, A Polini, G Sartorelli, Y Zamora Garcia, A Zichichi, C Amelung, A Bornheim, I Brock, K Coböken, J Crittenden, R Deffner, M Eckert, M Grothe, H Hartmann, K Heinloth, L Heinz, E Hilger, HP Jakob, A Kappes, UF Katz, R Kerger, E Paul, M Pfeiffer, J Stamm, H Wieber, DS Bailey, S Campbell-Robson, WN Cottingham, B Foster, R Hall-Wilton, GP Heath, HF Heath, JD McFall, D Piccioni, DG Roff, RJ Tapper, M Capua, L Iannotti, M Schioppa, G Susinno, JY Kim, JH Lee, IT Lim, MY Pac, A Caldwell, N Cartiglia, Z Jing, W Liu, B Mellado, JA Parsons, S Ritz, S Sampson, F Sciulli, PB Straub, Q Zhu, P Borzemski, J Chwastowski, A Eskreys, J Figiel, K Klimek, MB Przybycień, L Zawiejski, L Adamczyk, B Bednarek

Abstract:

We have searched for the production of a selectron and a squark in e+p collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 300 GeV using the ZEUS detector at HERA. The selectron and squark are sought in the direct decay into the lightest neutralino in the framework of supersymmetric extensions to the Standard Model which conserve R-parity. No evidence for the production of supersymmetric particles has been found in a data sample corresponding to 46.6 pb-1 of integrated luminosity. We express upper limits on the product of the cross section times the decay branching ratios as excluded regions in the parameter space of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model. © 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Measurement of the e+e- → γγ(γ) cross section at the LEP energies

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 433:3-4 (1998) 429-440

Authors:

P Abreu, W Adam, T Adye, P Adzic, GD Alekseev, R Alemany, PP Allport, S Almehed, U Amaldi, S Amato, P Andersson, A Andreazza, P Antilogus, WD Apel, Y Arnoud, B Asman, JE Augustin, A Augustinus, P Baillon, P Bambade, F Barao, R Barbier, DY Bardin, G Barker, A Baroncelli, O Barring, M Battaglia, M Baubillier, KH Becks, M Begalli, P Beilliere, Y Belokopytov, K Belous, AC Benvenuti, C Berat, M Berggren, D Bertini, D Bertrand, M Besancon, F Bianchi, M Bigi, MS Bilenky, MA Bizouard, D Bloch, M Bonesini, W Bonivento, M Boonekamp, PSL Booth, AW Borgland, G Borisov, C Bosio, O Botner, E Boudinov, B Bouquet, C Bourdarios, TJV Bowcock, I Boyko, I Bozovic, M Bozzo, P Branchini, T Brenke, RA Brenner, P Bruckman, JM Brunet, L Bugge, T Buran, T Burgsmueller, P Buschmann, S Cabrera, M Caccia, M Calvi, AJ Camacho Rozas, T Camporesi, V Canale, M Canepa, F Carena, L Carroll, C Caso, MV Castillo Gimenez, A Cattai, FR Cavallo, C Cerruti, V Chabaud, M Chapkin, P Charpentier, L Chaussard, P Checchia, GA Chelkov, M Chen, R Chierici, P Chliapnikov, P Chochula, V Chorowicz, J Chudoba, P Collins, M Colomer, R Contri, E Cortina, G Cosme, F Cossutti

Abstract:

The total and the differential cross-sections for the reaction e+e- → γγ(γ) have been measured with the DELPHI detector at LEP at centre-of-mass energies from 130 to 183 GeV for an integrated luminosity of 78.19 pb-1. The results agree with the QED predictions. The lower limits (obtained including previously published results at the Z0 energies) on the QED cutoff parameters are Λ+ > 253 GeV and Λ-> 225 GeV and the lower bound on the mass of an excited electron with an effective coupling constant λγ = 1 is 231 GeV/c2. All the limits are at the 95% confidence level. © 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.