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Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 222002 (2009) [7 pages]

Search for Exclusive Z-Boson Production and Observation of High-Mass pp̅ →pγγp̅ →pl+l-p̅ Events in pp̅ Collisions at s=1.96  TeV

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T. Aaltonen et al. CDF Collaboration
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Received 18 February 2009; published 4 June 2009

This Letter presents a search for exclusive Z boson production in proton-antiproton collisions at s=1.96  TeV, using the CDF II detector. No exclusive Zl+l- candidates are observed and the first upper limit on the exclusive Z cross section in hadron collisions is found to be σexcl(Z)<0.96  pb at 95% confidence level. In addition, eight candidate exclusive dilepton events from the process pp̅ →pγγp̅ →pl+l-p̅ are observed, and a measurement of the cross section for Mll>40  GeV/c2 and |ηl|<4 is found to be σ=0.24-0.10+0.13  pb, which is consistent with the standard model prediction.

© 2009 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.222002
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.222002
PACS:
13.85.Fb