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.
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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 |
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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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