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Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 211801 (2006) [7 pages]

Search for Ze+e- Using Dielectron Mass and Angular Distribution

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A. Abulencia et al. CDF Collaboration
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Received 21 February 2006; published 30 May 2006

We search for Z bosons in dielectron events produced in pp̅ collisions at s=1.96  TeV, using 0.45  fb-1 of data accumulated with the Collider Detector at Fermilab II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. To identify the Ze+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

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.211801
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.211801
PACS:
13.85.Rm, 12.60.Cn, 13.85.Qk, 14.70.Pw