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Measurement of the e e- → ZZ production cross section at centre-of-mass energies of 183 and 189 GeV

R Barate, D Decamp, P Ghez, C Goy, S Jezequel, JP Lees, F Martin, E Merle, MN Minard, B Pietrzyk, R Alemany, S Bravo, MP Casado, M Chmeissani, JM Crespo, E Fernandez, M Fernandez-Bosman, L Garrido, E Graugès, A Juste Show all

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics | Published : 1999

DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01288-5

Abstract

The e+e- → ZZ cross section at √s = 182.7 and 188.6 GeV has been measured using the ALEPH detector. A cut-based analysis yields cross section measurements of σzz(182.7GeV) = 0.11 ± 0.110.16 (stat.) ± 0.04 (syst.) pb and σZZ(188.6 GeV) = 0.69 ± 0.120.13 (stat.) ± 0.03 (syst.) pb . A neural network-based analysis yields σZZ(188.6GeV) = 0.64 ± 0.110.12 (stat.) ± 0.04 (syst.) pb . These measurements are consistent with the Standard Model expectations. © 1999 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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