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Search for excited electrons in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV

Abazov, VM; Abbott, B; Abolins, M; Acharya, BS; Adams, M; Adams, T; Aguilo, E; ... Zverev, EG; + view all (2008) Search for excited electrons in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW D , 77 (9) , Article ARTN 091102. 10.1103/PhysRevD.77.091102. Green open access

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Abstract

We present the results of a search for the production of an excited state of the electron, e*, in proton-antiproton collisions at √s=1.96  TeV. The data were collected with the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider and correspond to an integrated luminosity of approximately 1  fb-1. We search for e* in the process pp̅ →e*e, with the e* subsequently decaying to an electron plus photon. No excess above the standard model background is observed. Interpreting our data in the context of a model that describes e* production by four-fermion contact interactions and e* decay via electroweak processes, we set 95% C.L. upper limits on the production cross section ranging from 8.9 to 27 fb, depending on the mass of the excited electron. Choosing the scale for contact interactions to be Λ=1  TeV, excited electron masses below 756 GeV are excluded at the 95% C.L.

Type: Article
Title: Search for excited electrons in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.96 TeV
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.77.091102
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.77.091102
Language: English
Additional information: © 2008 The American Physical Society
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1374374
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