The process e(+)e(-)-->W(+)W(-)gamma is analysed using the data collected with the L3 detector at LEP at a centre-of-mass energy of 188.6 GeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 176.8 pb(-1). Based on a sample of 42 selected W+W- candidates containing an isolated hard photon, the W(+)W(-)gamma cross section, defined within phase-space cuts, is measured to be: sigma(WW gamma) = 290 +/- 80 +/- 16 fb, consistent with the Standard Model expectation. Including the process e(+)c(-)-->upsilon<(upsilon)over bar>gamma gamma, limits are derived on anomalous contributions to the Standard Model quartic vertices W(+)W(-)gamma gamma and W(+)W(-)Z gamma at 95% CL: -0.043 GeV-2 < a(0)/Lambda(2) < 0.043 GeV-2, -0.08 GeV-2 < a(c)/Lambda(2) < 0.13 GeV-2, -0.41 GeV-2 < a(n)/Lambda(2) < 0.37 GeV-2. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Measurement of the W+W-gamma cross section and direct limits on anomalous quartic gauge boson couplings at LEP / Acciarri, M., Achard, P., Adriani, O., Aguilar Benitez, M., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., Allaby, J., Aloisio, A., Alviggi, M., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Andreev, V.P., Angelescu, T., Anselmo, F., Arefiev, A., Azemoon, T., Aziz, T., Bagnaia, P., Bajo, A., Baksay, L., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - STAMPA. - 490:(2000), pp. 187-195. [10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00993-X]

Measurement of the W+W-gamma cross section and direct limits on anomalous quartic gauge boson couplings at LEP

ALOISIO, ALBERTO;ALVIGGI, MARIAGRAZIA;CHIEFARI, GIOVANNI;DELLA VOLPE, DOMENICO;L. Lista;MEROLA, LEONARDO;NAPOLITANO, MARCO;PATRICELLI, SERGIO;SCIACCA, CRISOSTOMO;
2000

Abstract

The process e(+)e(-)-->W(+)W(-)gamma is analysed using the data collected with the L3 detector at LEP at a centre-of-mass energy of 188.6 GeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 176.8 pb(-1). Based on a sample of 42 selected W+W- candidates containing an isolated hard photon, the W(+)W(-)gamma cross section, defined within phase-space cuts, is measured to be: sigma(WW gamma) = 290 +/- 80 +/- 16 fb, consistent with the Standard Model expectation. Including the process e(+)c(-)-->upsilon<(upsilon)over bar>gamma gamma, limits are derived on anomalous contributions to the Standard Model quartic vertices W(+)W(-)gamma gamma and W(+)W(-)Z gamma at 95% CL: -0.043 GeV-2 < a(0)/Lambda(2) < 0.043 GeV-2, -0.08 GeV-2 < a(c)/Lambda(2) < 0.13 GeV-2, -0.41 GeV-2 < a(n)/Lambda(2) < 0.37 GeV-2. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
2000
Measurement of the W+W-gamma cross section and direct limits on anomalous quartic gauge boson couplings at LEP / Acciarri, M., Achard, P., Adriani, O., Aguilar Benitez, M., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., Allaby, J., Aloisio, A., Alviggi, M., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Andreev, V.P., Angelescu, T., Anselmo, F., Arefiev, A., Azemoon, T., Aziz, T., Bagnaia, P., Bajo, A., Baksay, L., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - STAMPA. - 490:(2000), pp. 187-195. [10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00993-X]
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