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Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 131801 (2008) [7 pages]

Search for ZZ and Zγ* Production in pp̅ Collisions at s=1.96  TeV and Limits on Anomalous ZZZ and ZZγ* Couplings

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V. M. Abazov et al. D0 Collaboration
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Received 5 December 2007; published 2 April 2008

We present a study of μμμμ, eeee, and μμee events using 1  fb-1 of data collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron pp̅ Collider at s=1.96  TeV. Requiring the lepton pair masses to be greater than 30 GeV, we observe one event, consistent with the expected background of 0.13±0.03 events and with the predicted standard model ZZ and Zγ* production of 1.71±0.15 events. We set an upper limit on the ZZ and Zγ* cross section of 4.4 pb at the 95% C.L. We also derive limits on anomalous neutral trilinear ZZZ and ZZγ* gauge couplings. The one-parameter 95% C.L. coupling limits with a form-factor scale Λ=1.2  TeV are -0.28<f40Z<0.28, -0.31<f50Z<0.29, -0.26<f40γ<0.26, and -0.30<f50γ<0.28.

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URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.131801
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.131801
PACS:
12.15.Ji, 13.40.Em, 13.85.Qk