Journal article
Search for Z′→e e- using dielectron mass and angular distribution
A Abulencia, D Acosta, J Adelman, T Affolder, T Akimoto, MG Albrow, D Ambrose, S Amerio, D Amidei, A Anastassov, K Anikeev, A Annovi, J Antos, M Aoki, G Apollinari, JF Arguin, T Arisawa, A Artikov, W Ashmanskas, A Attal Show all
Physical Review Letters | Published : 2006
Abstract
We search for Z′ bosons in dielectron events produced in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV, using 0.45fb-1 of data accumulated with the Collider Detector at Fermilab II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. To identify the Z′→e+e- signal, both the dielectron invariant mass distribution and the angular distribution of the electron pair are used. No evidence of a signal is found, and 95% confidence level lower limits are set on the Z′ mass for several models. Limits are also placed on the mass and gauge coupling of a generic Z′, as well as on the contact-interaction mass scales for different helicity structure scenarios. © 2006 The American Physical Society.
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