Multi-photon production in e+e- collisions at √s = 189 GeV

G. Abbiendi; K. Ackerstaff; G. Alexander; J. Allison; K. J. Anderson; S. Anderson; S. Arcelli; S. Asai; S. F. Ashby; D. Axen; G. Azuelos; A. H. Ball; E. Barberio; R. J. Barlow; J. R. Batley; S. Baumann; J. Bechtluft; T. Behnke; K. W. Bell; G. Bella; A. Bellerive; S. Bentvelsen; S. Bethke; S. Betts; O. Biebel; A. Biguzzi; I. J. Bloodworth; P. Bock; J. Böhme; O. Boeriu; D. Bonacorsi; M. Boutemeur; S. Braibant; P. Bright-Thomas; L. Brigliadori; R. M. Brown; H. J. Burckhart; P. Capiluppi; R. K. Carnegie; A. A. Carter; J. R. Carter; C. Y. Chang; D. G. Charlton; D. Chrisman; C. Ciocca; P. E.L. Clarke; E. Clay; I. Cohen; J. E. Conboy; O. C. Cooke; J. Couchman; C. Couyoumtzelis; R. L. Coxe; M. Cuffiani; S. Dado; G. M. Dallavalle; S. Dallison; R. Davis; S. de Jong; A. de Roeck; P. Dervan; K. Desch; B. Dienes; M. S. Dixit; M. Donkers; J. Dubbert; E. Duchovni; G. Duckeck; I. P. Duerdoth; P. G. Estabrooks; E. Etzion; F. Fabbri; A. Fanfani; M. Fanti; A. A. Faust; L. Feld; P. Ferrari; F. Fiedler; M. Fierro; I. Fleck; A. Frey; A. Fürtjes; D. I. Futyan; P. Gagnon; J. W. Gary; G. Gaycken; C. Geich-Gimbel; G. Giacomelli; P. Giacomelli; W. R. Gibson; D. M. Gingrich; D. Glenzinski; J. Goldberg; W. Gorn; C. Grandi; K. Graham; E. Gross; J. Grunhaus; M. Gruwé; C. Hajdu; G. G. Hanson; M. Hansroul; M. Hapke; K. Harder; A. Harel; C. K. Hargrove; M. Harin-Dirac; M. Hauschild; C. M. Hawkes; R. Hawkings; R. J. Hemingway; G. Herten; R. D. Heuer; M. D. Hildreth; J. C. Hill; P. R. Hobson; A. Hocker; K. Hoffman; R. J. Homer; A. K. Honma; D. Horváth; K. R. Hossain; R. Howard; P. Hüntemeyer; P. Igo-Kemenes; D. C. Imrie; K. Ishii; F. R. Jacob; A. Jawahery; H. Jeremie; M. Jimack; C. R. Jones; P. Jovanovic; T. R. Junk; N. Kanaya; J. Kanzaki; D. Karlen; V. Kartvelishvili; K. Kawagoe; T. Kawamoto; P. I. Kayal; R. K. Keeler; R. G. Kellogg; B. W. Kennedy; D. H. Kim; A. Klier; T. Kobayashi; M. Kobel; T. P. Kokott; M. Kolrep; S. Komamiya; R. V. Kowalewski; T. Kress; P. Krieger; J. von Krogh; T. Kuhl; P. Kyberd; G. D. Lafferty; H. Landsman; D. Lanske; J. Lauber; I. Lawson; J. G. Layter; D. Lellouch; J. Letts; L. Levinson; R. Liebisch; J. Lillich; B. List; C. Littlewood; A. W. Lloyd; S. L. Lloyd; F. K. Loebinger; G. D. Long; M. J. Losty; J. Lu; J. Ludwig; D. Liu; A. Macchiolo; A. Macpherson; W. Mader; M. Mannelli; S. Marcellini; T. E. Marchant; A. J. Martin; J. P. Martin; G. Martinez; T. Mashimo; P. Mattig; W. J. McDonald; J. McKenna; E. A. Mckigney; T. J. McMahon; R. A. McPherson; F. Meijers; P. Mendez-Lorenzo; F. S. Merritt; H. Mes; I. Meyer; A. Michelini; S. Mihara; G. Mikenberg; D. J. Miller; W. Mohr; A. Montanari; T. Mori; K. Nagai; I. Nakamura; H. A. Neal; R. Nisius; S. W. O'Neale; F. G. Oakham; F. Odorici; H. O. Ogren; A. Okpara; M. J. Oreglia; S. Orito; G. Pasztor; J. R. Pater; G. N. Patrick; J. Patt; R. Perez-Ochoa; S. Petzold; P. Pfeifenschneider; J. E. Pilcher; J. Pinfold; D. E. Plane; P. Poffenberger; B. Poli; J. Polok; M. Przybycien; A. Quadt; C. Rembser; H. Rick; S. Robertson; S. A. Robins; N. Rodning; J. M. Roney; S. Rosati; K. Roscoe; A. M. Rossi; Y. Rozen; K. Runge; O. Runolfsson; D. R. Rust; K. Sachs; T. Saeki; O. Sahr; W. M. Sang; E. K.G. Sarkisyan; C. Sbarra; A. D. Schaile; O. Schaile; P. Scharff-Hansen; J. Schieck; S. Schmitt; A. Schöning; M. Schroder; M. Schumacher; C. Schwick; W. G. Scott; R. Seuster; T. G. Shears; B. C. Shen; C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous; P. Sherwood; G. P. Siroli; A. Skuja; A. M. Smith; G. A. Snow; R. Sobie; S. Söldner-Rembold; S. Spagnolo; M. Sproston; A. Stahl; K. Stephens; K. Stoll; D. Strom; R. Ströhmer; B. Surrow; S. D. Talbot; P. Taras; S. Tarem; R. Teuscher; M. Thiergen; J. Thomas; M. A. Thomson; E. Torrence; S. Towers; T. Trefzger; I. Trigger; Z. Trócsányi; E. Tsur; M. F. Turner-Watson; I. Ueda; R. van Kooten; P. Vannerem; M. Verzocchi; H. Voss; F. Wäckerle; A. Wagner; D. Waller; C. P. Ward; D. R. Ward; M. Watkins; A. T. Watson; N. K. Watson; P. S. Wells; N. Wermes; D. Wetterling; J. S. White; G. W. Wilson; J. A. Wilson; T. R. Wyatt; S. Yamashita; V. Zacek; D. Zer-Zion

doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01092-8

Multi-photon production in e⁺e^- collisions at √s = 189 GeV

G. Abbiendi^*, K. Ackerstaff, G. Alexander, J. Allison, K. J. Anderson, S. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, S. F. Ashby, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, A. H. Ball, E. Barberio, R. J. Barlow, J. R. Batley, S. Baumann, J. Bechtluft, T. Behnke, K. W. Bell, G. BellaA. Bellerive, S. Bentvelsen, S. Bethke, S. Betts, O. Biebel, A. Biguzzi, I. J. Bloodworth, P. Bock, J. Böhme, O. Boeriu, D. Bonacorsi, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, P. Bright-Thomas, L. Brigliadori, R. M. Brown, H. J. Burckhart, P. Capiluppi, R. K. Carnegie, A. A. Carter, J. R. Carter, C. Y. Chang, D. G. Charlton, D. Chrisman, C. Ciocca, P. E.L. Clarke, E. Clay, I. Cohen, J. E. Conboy, O. C. Cooke, J. Couchman, C. Couyoumtzelis, R. L. Coxe, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, G. M. Dallavalle, S. Dallison, R. Davis, S. de Jong, A. de Roeck, P. Dervan, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M. S. Dixit, M. Donkers, J. Dubbert, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I. P. Duerdoth, P. G. Estabrooks, E. Etzion, F. Fabbri, A. Fanfani, M. Fanti, A. A. Faust, L. Feld, P. Ferrari, F. Fiedler, M. Fierro, I. Fleck, A. Frey, A. Fürtjes, D. I. Futyan, P. Gagnon, J. W. Gary, G. Gaycken, C. Geich-Gimbel, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, W. R. Gibson, D. M. Gingrich, D. Glenzinski, J. Goldberg, W. Gorn, C. Grandi, K. Graham, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, C. Hajdu, G. G. Hanson, M. Hansroul, M. Hapke, K. Harder, A. Harel, C. K. Hargrove, M. Harin-Dirac, M. Hauschild, C. M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R. J. Hemingway, G. Herten, R. D. Heuer, M. D. Hildreth, J. C. Hill, P. R. Hobson, A. Hocker, K. Hoffman, R. J. Homer, A. K. Honma, D. Horváth, K. R. Hossain, R. Howard, P. Hüntemeyer, P. Igo-Kemenes, D. C. Imrie, K. Ishii, F. R. Jacob, A. Jawahery, H. Jeremie, M. Jimack, C. R. Jones, P. Jovanovic, T. R. Junk, N. Kanaya, J. Kanzaki, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, P. I. Kayal, R. K. Keeler, R. G. Kellogg, B. W. Kennedy, D. H. Kim, A. Klier, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, T. P. Kokott, M. Kolrep, S. Komamiya, R. V. Kowalewski, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, T. Kuhl, P. Kyberd, G. D. Lafferty, H. Landsman, D. Lanske, J. Lauber, I. Lawson, J. G. Layter, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, R. Liebisch, J. Lillich, B. List, C. Littlewood, A. W. Lloyd, S. L. Lloyd, F. K. Loebinger, G. D. Long, M. J. Losty, J. Lu, J. Ludwig, D. Liu, A. Macchiolo, A. Macpherson, W. Mader, M. Mannelli, S. Marcellini, T. E. Marchant, A. J. Martin, J. P. Martin, G. Martinez, T. Mashimo, P. Mattig, W. J. McDonald, J. McKenna, E. A. Mckigney, T. J. McMahon, R. A. McPherson, F. Meijers, P. Mendez-Lorenzo, F. S. Merritt, H. Mes, I. Meyer, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D. J. Miller, W. Mohr, A. Montanari, T. Mori, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H. A. Neal, R. Nisius, S. W. O'Neale, F. G. Oakham, F. Odorici, H. O. Ogren, A. Okpara, M. J. Oreglia, S. Orito, G. Pasztor, J. R. Pater, G. N. Patrick, J. Patt, R. Perez-Ochoa, S. Petzold, P. Pfeifenschneider, J. E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D. E. Plane, P. Poffenberger, B. Poli, J. Polok, M. Przybycien, A. Quadt, C. Rembser, H. Rick, S. Robertson, S. A. Robins, N. Rodning, J. M. Roney, S. Rosati, K. Roscoe, A. M. Rossi, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, O. Runolfsson, D. R. Rust, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, O. Sahr, W. M. Sang, E. K.G. Sarkisyan, C. Sbarra, A. D. Schaile, O. Schaile, P. Scharff-Hansen, J. Schieck, S. Schmitt, A. Schöning, M. Schroder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W. G. Scott, R. Seuster, T. G. Shears, B. C. Shen, C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, G. P. Siroli, A. Skuja, A. M. Smith, G. A. Snow, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, S. Spagnolo, M. Sproston, A. Stahl, K. Stephens, K. Stoll, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, B. Surrow, S. D. Talbot, P. Taras, S. Tarem, R. Teuscher, M. Thiergen, J. Thomas, M. A. Thomson, E. Torrence, S. Towers, T. Trefzger, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, M. F. Turner-Watson, I. Ueda, R. van Kooten, P. Vannerem, M. Verzocchi, H. Voss, F. Wäckerle, A. Wagner, D. Waller, C. P. Ward, D. R. Ward, M. Watkins, A. T. Watson, N. K. Watson, P. S. Wells, N. Wermes, D. Wetterling, J. S. White, G. W. Wilson, J. A. Wilson, T. R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, V. Zacek, D. Zer-Zion

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Abstract

The process e⁺e^- → γγ(γ) is studied using data recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP. The data sample taken at a centre-of-mass energy of 189 GeV corresponds to a total integrated luminosity of 178 pb^-1. The measured cross-section agrees well with the expectation from QED. A fit to the angular distribution is used to obtain improved limits at 95% CL on the QED cut-off parameters: Λ₊> 304 GeV and Λ_-> 295 GeV as well as a mass limit for an excited electron, M_e* > 306 GeV assuming equal e*eγ and eeγ couplings. Graviton exchange in the context of theories with higher dimensions is excluded for scales G⁺< 660 GeV and G_-< 634 GeV. No evidence for resonance production is found in the invariant mass spectrum of photon pairs. Limits are obtained for the cross-section times branching ratio for a resonance decaying into two photons and produced in association with another photon.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	303-314
Number of pages	12
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	465
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01092-8
State	Published - 1999

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Abbiendi, G., Ackerstaff, K., Alexander, G., Allison, J., Anderson, K. J., Anderson, S., Arcelli, S., Asai, S., Ashby, S. F., Axen, D., Azuelos, G., Ball, A. H., Barberio, E., Barlow, R. J., Batley, J. R., Baumann, S., Bechtluft, J., Behnke, T., Bell, K. W., ... Zer-Zion, D. (1999). Multi-photon production in e⁺e^- collisions at √s = 189 GeV. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 465(1-4), 303-314. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01092-8

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abstract = "The process e+e- → γγ(γ) is studied using data recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP. The data sample taken at a centre-of-mass energy of 189 GeV corresponds to a total integrated luminosity of 178 pb-1. The measured cross-section agrees well with the expectation from QED. A fit to the angular distribution is used to obtain improved limits at 95% CL on the QED cut-off parameters: Λ+> 304 GeV and Λ-> 295 GeV as well as a mass limit for an excited electron, Me* > 306 GeV assuming equal e*eγ and eeγ couplings. Graviton exchange in the context of theories with higher dimensions is excluded for scales G+< 660 GeV and G-< 634 GeV. No evidence for resonance production is found in the invariant mass spectrum of photon pairs. Limits are obtained for the cross-section times branching ratio for a resonance decaying into two photons and produced in association with another photon.",

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Ludwig and D. Liu and A. Macchiolo and A. Macpherson and W. Mader and M. Mannelli and S. Marcellini and Marchant, {T. E.} and Martin, {A. J.} and Martin, {J. P.} and G. Martinez and T. Mashimo and P. Mattig and McDonald, {W. J.} and J. McKenna and Mckigney, {E. A.} and McMahon, {T. J.} and McPherson, {R. A.} and F. Meijers and P. Mendez-Lorenzo and Merritt, {F. S.} and H. Mes and I. Meyer and A. Michelini and S. Mihara and G. Mikenberg and Miller, {D. J.} and W. Mohr and A. Montanari and T. Mori and K. Nagai and I. Nakamura and Neal, {H. A.} and R. Nisius and O'Neale, {S. W.} and Oakham, {F. G.} and F. Odorici and Ogren, {H. O.} and A. Okpara and Oreglia, {M. J.} and S. Orito and G. Pasztor and Pater, {J. R.} and Patrick, {G. N.} and J. Patt and R. Perez-Ochoa and S. Petzold and P. Pfeifenschneider and Pilcher, {J. E.} and J. Pinfold and Plane, {D. E.} and P. Poffenberger and B. Poli and J. Polok and M. Przybycien and A. Quadt and C. Rembser and H. Rick and S. Robertson and Robins, {S. A.} and N. Rodning and Roney, {J. M.} and S. Rosati and K. Roscoe and Rossi, {A. M.} and Y. Rozen and K. Runge and O. Runolfsson and Rust, {D. R.} and K. Sachs and T. Saeki and O. Sahr and Sang, {W. M.} and Sarkisyan, {E. K.G.} and C. Sbarra and Schaile, {A. D.} and O. Schaile and P. Scharff-Hansen and J. Schieck and S. Schmitt and A. Sch{\"o}ning and M. Schroder and M. Schumacher and C. Schwick and Scott, {W. G.} and R. Seuster and Shears, {T. G.} and Shen, {B. C.} and Shepherd-Themistocleous, {C. H.} and P. Sherwood and Siroli, {G. P.} and A. Skuja and Smith, {A. M.} and Snow, {G. A.} and R. Sobie and S. S{\"o}ldner-Rembold and S. Spagnolo and M. Sproston and A. Stahl and K. Stephens and K. Stoll and D. Strom and R. Str{\"o}hmer and B. Surrow and Talbot, {S. D.} and P. Taras and S. Tarem and R. Teuscher and M. Thiergen and J. Thomas and Thomson, {M. A.} and E. Torrence and S. Towers and T. Trefzger and I. Trigger and Z. Tr{\'o}cs{\'a}nyi and E. Tsur and Turner-Watson, {M. F.} and I. Ueda and {van Kooten}, R. and P. Vannerem and M. Verzocchi and H. Voss and F. W{\"a}ckerle and A. Wagner and D. Waller and Ward, {C. P.} and Ward, {D. R.} and M. Watkins and Watson, {A. T.} and Watson, {N. K.} and Wells, {P. S.} and N. Wermes and D. Wetterling and White, {J. S.} and Wilson, {G. W.} and Wilson, {J. A.} and Wyatt, {T. R.} and S. Yamashita and V. Zacek and D. Zer-Zion",

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Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Anderson, KJ, Anderson, S, Arcelli, S, Asai, S, Ashby, SF, Axen, D, Azuelos, G, Ball, AH, Barberio, E, Barlow, RJ, Batley, JR, Baumann, S, Bechtluft, J, Behnke, T, Bell, KW, Bella, G, Bellerive, A, Bentvelsen, S, Bethke, S, Betts, S, Biebel, O, Biguzzi, A, Bloodworth, IJ, Bock, P, Böhme, J, Boeriu, O, Bonacorsi, D, Boutemeur, M, Braibant, S, Bright-Thomas, P, Brigliadori, L, Brown, RM, Burckhart, HJ, Capiluppi, P, Carnegie, RK, Carter, AA, Carter, JR, Chang, CY, Charlton, DG, Chrisman, D, Ciocca, C, Clarke, PEL, Clay, E, Cohen, I, Conboy, JE, Cooke, OC, Couchman, J, Couyoumtzelis, C, Coxe, RL, Cuffiani, M, Dado, S, Dallavalle, GM, Dallison, S, Davis, R, de Jong, S, de Roeck, A, Dervan, P, Desch, K, Dienes, B, Dixit, MS, Donkers, M, Dubbert, J, Duchovni, E, Duckeck, G, Duerdoth, IP, Estabrooks, PG, Etzion, E, Fabbri, F, Fanfani, A, Fanti, M, Faust, AA, Feld, L, Ferrari, P, Fiedler, F, Fierro, M, Fleck, I, Frey, A, Fürtjes, A, Futyan, DI, Gagnon, P, Gary, JW, Gaycken, G, Geich-Gimbel, C, Giacomelli, G, Giacomelli, P, Gibson, WR, Gingrich, DM, Glenzinski, D, Goldberg, J, Gorn, W, Grandi, C, Graham, K, Gross, E, Grunhaus, J, Gruwé, M, Hajdu, C, Hanson, GG, Hansroul, M, Hapke, M, Harder, K, Harel, A, Hargrove, CK, Harin-Dirac, M, Hauschild, M, Hawkes, CM, Hawkings, R, Hemingway, RJ, Herten, G, Heuer, RD, Hildreth, MD, Hill, JC, Hobson, PR, Hocker, A, Hoffman, K, Homer, RJ, Honma, AK, Horváth, D, Hossain, KR, Howard, R, Hüntemeyer, P, Igo-Kemenes, P, Imrie, DC, Ishii, K, Jacob, FR, Jawahery, A, Jeremie, H, Jimack, M, Jones, CR, Jovanovic, P, Junk, TR, Kanaya, N, Kanzaki, J, Karlen, D, Kartvelishvili, V, Kawagoe, K, Kawamoto, T, Kayal, PI, Keeler, RK, Kellogg, RG, Kennedy, BW, Kim, DH, Klier, A, Kobayashi, T, Kobel, M, Kokott, TP, Kolrep, M, Komamiya, S, Kowalewski, RV, Kress, T, Krieger, P, von Krogh, J, Kuhl, T, Kyberd, P, Lafferty, GD, Landsman, H, Lanske, D, Lauber, J, Lawson, I, Layter, JG, Lellouch, D, Letts, J, Levinson, L, Liebisch, R, Lillich, J, List, B, Littlewood, C, Lloyd, AW, Lloyd, SL, Loebinger, FK, Long, GD, Losty, MJ, Lu, J, Ludwig, J, Liu, D, Macchiolo, A, Macpherson, A, Mader, W, Mannelli, M, Marcellini, S, Marchant, TE, Martin, AJ, Martin, JP, Martinez, G, Mashimo, T, Mattig, P, McDonald, WJ, McKenna, J, Mckigney, EA, McMahon, TJ, McPherson, RA, Meijers, F, Mendez-Lorenzo, P, Merritt, FS, Mes, H, Meyer, I, Michelini, A, Mihara, S, Mikenberg, G, Miller, DJ, Mohr, W, Montanari, A, Mori, T, Nagai, K, Nakamura, I, Neal, HA, Nisius, R, O'Neale, SW, Oakham, FG, Odorici, F, Ogren, HO, Okpara, A, Oreglia, MJ, Orito, S, Pasztor, G, Pater, JR, Patrick, GN, Patt, J, Perez-Ochoa, R, Petzold, S, Pfeifenschneider, P, Pilcher, JE, Pinfold, J, Plane, DE, Poffenberger, P, Poli, B, Polok, J, Przybycien, M, Quadt, A, Rembser, C, Rick, H, Robertson, S, Robins, SA, Rodning, N, Roney, JM, Rosati, S, Roscoe, K, Rossi, AM, Rozen, Y, Runge, K, Runolfsson, O, Rust, DR, Sachs, K, Saeki, T, Sahr, O, Sang, WM, Sarkisyan, EKG, Sbarra, C, Schaile, AD, Schaile, O, Scharff-Hansen, P, Schieck, J, Schmitt, S, Schöning, A, Schroder, M, Schumacher, M, Schwick, C, Scott, WG, Seuster, R, Shears, TG, Shen, BC, Shepherd-Themistocleous, CH, Sherwood, P, Siroli, GP, Skuja, A, Smith, AM, Snow, GA, Sobie, R, Söldner-Rembold, S, Spagnolo, S, Sproston, M, Stahl, A, Stephens, K, Stoll, K, Strom, D, Ströhmer, R, Surrow, B, Talbot, SD, Taras, P, Tarem, S, Teuscher, R, Thiergen, M, Thomas, J, Thomson, MA, Torrence, E, Towers, S, Trefzger, T, Trigger, I, Trócsányi, Z, Tsur, E, Turner-Watson, MF, Ueda, I, van Kooten, R, Vannerem, P, Verzocchi, M, Voss, H, Wäckerle, F, Wagner, A, Waller, D, Ward, CP, Ward, DR, Watkins, M, Watson, AT, Watson, NK, Wells, PS, Wermes, N, Wetterling, D, White, JS, Wilson, GW, Wilson, JA, Wyatt, TR, Yamashita, S, Zacek, V & Zer-Zion, D 1999, 'Multi-photon production in e⁺e^- collisions at √s = 189 GeV', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 465, no. 1-4, pp. 303-314. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01092-8

TY - JOUR

T1 - Multi-photon production in e+e- collisions at √s = 189 GeV

AU - Abbiendi, G.

AU - Ackerstaff, K.

AU - Alexander, G.

AU - Allison, J.

AU - Anderson, K. J.

AU - Anderson, S.

AU - Arcelli, S.

AU - Asai, S.

AU - Ashby, S. F.

AU - Axen, D.

AU - Azuelos, G.

AU - Ball, A. H.

AU - Barberio, E.

AU - Barlow, R. J.

AU - Batley, J. R.

AU - Baumann, S.

AU - Bechtluft, J.

AU - Behnke, T.

AU - Bell, K. W.

AU - Bella, G.

AU - Bellerive, A.

AU - Bentvelsen, S.

AU - Bethke, S.

AU - Betts, S.

AU - Biebel, O.

AU - Biguzzi, A.

AU - Bloodworth, I. J.

AU - Bock, P.

AU - Böhme, J.

AU - Boeriu, O.

AU - Bonacorsi, D.

AU - Boutemeur, M.

AU - Braibant, S.

AU - Bright-Thomas, P.

AU - Brigliadori, L.

AU - Brown, R. M.

AU - Burckhart, H. J.

AU - Capiluppi, P.

AU - Carnegie, R. K.

AU - Carter, A. A.

AU - Carter, J. R.

AU - Chang, C. Y.

AU - Charlton, D. G.

AU - Chrisman, D.

AU - Ciocca, C.

AU - Clarke, P. E.L.

AU - Clay, E.

AU - Cohen, I.

AU - Conboy, J. E.

AU - Cooke, O. C.

AU - Couchman, J.

AU - Couyoumtzelis, C.

AU - Coxe, R. L.

AU - Cuffiani, M.

AU - Dado, S.

AU - Dallavalle, G. M.

AU - Dallison, S.

AU - Davis, R.

AU - de Jong, S.

AU - de Roeck, A.

AU - Dervan, P.

AU - Desch, K.

AU - Dienes, B.

AU - Dixit, M. S.

AU - Donkers, M.

AU - Dubbert, J.

AU - Duchovni, E.

AU - Duckeck, G.

AU - Duerdoth, I. P.

AU - Estabrooks, P. G.

AU - Etzion, E.

AU - Fabbri, F.

AU - Fanfani, A.

AU - Fanti, M.

AU - Faust, A. A.

AU - Feld, L.

AU - Ferrari, P.

AU - Fiedler, F.

AU - Fierro, M.

AU - Fleck, I.

AU - Frey, A.

AU - Fürtjes, A.

AU - Futyan, D. I.

AU - Gagnon, P.

AU - Gary, J. W.

AU - Gaycken, G.

AU - Geich-Gimbel, C.

AU - Giacomelli, G.

AU - Giacomelli, P.

AU - Gibson, W. R.

AU - Gingrich, D. M.

AU - Glenzinski, D.

AU - Goldberg, J.

AU - Gorn, W.

AU - Grandi, C.

AU - Graham, K.

AU - Gross, E.

AU - Grunhaus, J.

AU - Gruwé, M.

AU - Hajdu, C.

AU - Hanson, G. G.

AU - Hansroul, M.

AU - Hapke, M.

AU - Harder, K.

AU - Harel, A.

AU - Hargrove, C. K.

AU - Harin-Dirac, M.

AU - Hauschild, M.

AU - Hawkes, C. M.

AU - Hawkings, R.

AU - Hemingway, R. J.

AU - Herten, G.

AU - Heuer, R. D.

AU - Hildreth, M. D.

AU - Hill, J. C.

AU - Hobson, P. R.

AU - Hocker, A.

AU - Hoffman, K.

AU - Homer, R. J.

AU - Honma, A. K.

AU - Horváth, D.

AU - Hossain, K. R.

AU - Howard, R.

AU - Hüntemeyer, P.

AU - Igo-Kemenes, P.

AU - Imrie, D. C.

AU - Ishii, K.

AU - Jacob, F. R.

AU - Jawahery, A.

AU - Jeremie, H.

AU - Jimack, M.

AU - Jones, C. R.

AU - Jovanovic, P.

AU - Junk, T. R.

AU - Kanaya, N.

AU - Kanzaki, J.

AU - Karlen, D.

AU - Kartvelishvili, V.

AU - Kawagoe, K.

AU - Kawamoto, T.

AU - Kayal, P. I.

AU - Keeler, R. K.

AU - Kellogg, R. G.

AU - Kennedy, B. W.

AU - Kim, D. H.

AU - Klier, A.

AU - Kobayashi, T.

AU - Kobel, M.

AU - Kokott, T. P.

AU - Kolrep, M.

AU - Komamiya, S.

AU - Kowalewski, R. V.

AU - Kress, T.

AU - Krieger, P.

AU - von Krogh, J.

AU - Kuhl, T.

AU - Kyberd, P.

AU - Lafferty, G. D.

AU - Landsman, H.

AU - Lanske, D.

AU - Lauber, J.

AU - Lawson, I.

AU - Layter, J. G.

AU - Lellouch, D.

AU - Letts, J.

AU - Levinson, L.

AU - Liebisch, R.

AU - Lillich, J.

AU - List, B.

AU - Littlewood, C.

AU - Lloyd, A. W.

AU - Lloyd, S. L.

AU - Loebinger, F. K.

AU - Long, G. D.

AU - Losty, M. J.

AU - Lu, J.

AU - Ludwig, J.

AU - Liu, D.

AU - Macchiolo, A.

AU - Macpherson, A.

AU - Mader, W.

AU - Mannelli, M.

AU - Marcellini, S.

AU - Marchant, T. E.

AU - Martin, A. J.

AU - Martin, J. P.

AU - Martinez, G.

AU - Mashimo, T.

AU - Mattig, P.

AU - McDonald, W. J.

AU - McKenna, J.

AU - Mckigney, E. A.

AU - McMahon, T. J.

AU - McPherson, R. A.

AU - Meijers, F.

AU - Mendez-Lorenzo, P.

AU - Merritt, F. S.

AU - Mes, H.

AU - Meyer, I.

AU - Michelini, A.

AU - Mihara, S.

AU - Mikenberg, G.

AU - Miller, D. J.

AU - Mohr, W.

AU - Montanari, A.

AU - Mori, T.

AU - Nagai, K.

AU - Nakamura, I.

AU - Neal, H. A.

AU - Nisius, R.

AU - O'Neale, S. W.

AU - Oakham, F. G.

AU - Odorici, F.

AU - Ogren, H. O.

AU - Okpara, A.

AU - Oreglia, M. J.

AU - Orito, S.

AU - Pasztor, G.

AU - Pater, J. R.

AU - Patrick, G. N.

AU - Patt, J.

AU - Perez-Ochoa, R.

AU - Petzold, S.

AU - Pfeifenschneider, P.

AU - Pilcher, J. E.

AU - Pinfold, J.

AU - Plane, D. E.

AU - Poffenberger, P.

AU - Poli, B.

AU - Polok, J.

AU - Przybycien, M.

AU - Quadt, A.

AU - Rembser, C.

AU - Rick, H.

AU - Robertson, S.

AU - Robins, S. A.

AU - Rodning, N.

AU - Roney, J. M.

AU - Rosati, S.

AU - Roscoe, K.

AU - Rossi, A. M.

AU - Rozen, Y.

AU - Runge, K.

AU - Runolfsson, O.

AU - Rust, D. R.

AU - Sachs, K.

AU - Saeki, T.

AU - Sahr, O.

AU - Sang, W. M.

AU - Sarkisyan, E. K.G.

AU - Sbarra, C.

AU - Schaile, A. D.

AU - Schaile, O.

AU - Scharff-Hansen, P.

AU - Schieck, J.

AU - Schmitt, S.

AU - Schöning, A.

AU - Schroder, M.

AU - Schumacher, M.

AU - Schwick, C.

AU - Scott, W. G.

AU - Seuster, R.

AU - Shears, T. G.

AU - Shen, B. C.

AU - Shepherd-Themistocleous, C. H.

AU - Sherwood, P.

AU - Siroli, G. P.

AU - Skuja, A.

AU - Smith, A. M.

AU - Snow, G. A.

AU - Sobie, R.

AU - Söldner-Rembold, S.

AU - Spagnolo, S.

AU - Sproston, M.

AU - Stahl, A.

AU - Stephens, K.

AU - Stoll, K.

AU - Strom, D.

AU - Ströhmer, R.

AU - Surrow, B.

AU - Talbot, S. D.

AU - Taras, P.

AU - Tarem, S.

AU - Teuscher, R.

AU - Thiergen, M.

AU - Thomas, J.

AU - Thomson, M. A.

AU - Torrence, E.

AU - Towers, S.

AU - Trefzger, T.

AU - Trigger, I.

AU - Trócsányi, Z.

AU - Tsur, E.

AU - Turner-Watson, M. F.

AU - Ueda, I.

AU - van Kooten, R.

AU - Vannerem, P.

AU - Verzocchi, M.

AU - Voss, H.

AU - Wäckerle, F.

AU - Wagner, A.

AU - Waller, D.

AU - Ward, C. P.

AU - Ward, D. R.

AU - Watkins, M.

AU - Watson, A. T.

AU - Watson, N. K.

AU - Wells, P. S.

AU - Wermes, N.

AU - Wetterling, D.

AU - White, J. S.

AU - Wilson, G. W.

AU - Wilson, J. A.

AU - Wyatt, T. R.

AU - Yamashita, S.

AU - Zacek, V.

AU - Zer-Zion, D.

N1 - Funding Information: We particularly wish to thank the SL Division for the efficient operation of the LEP accelerator at all energies and for their continuing close cooperation with our experimental group. We thank our colleagues from CEA, DAPNIA/SPP, CE-Saclay for their efforts over the years on the time-of-flight and trigger systems which we continue to use. In addition to the support staff at our own institutions we are pleased to acknowledge the Department of Energy, USA, National Science Foundation, USA, Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, UK, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada, Israel Science Foundation, administered by the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities, Minerva Gesellschaft, Benoziyo Center for High Energy Physics, Japanese Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (the Monbusho) and a grant under the Monbusho International Science Research Program, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), German Israeli Bi-national Science Foundation (GIF), Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie, Germany, National Research Council of Canada, Research Corporation, USA, Hungarian Foundation for Scientific Research, OTKA T-029328, T023793 and OTKA F-023259.

PY - 1999

Y1 - 1999

N2 - The process e+e- → γγ(γ) is studied using data recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP. The data sample taken at a centre-of-mass energy of 189 GeV corresponds to a total integrated luminosity of 178 pb-1. The measured cross-section agrees well with the expectation from QED. A fit to the angular distribution is used to obtain improved limits at 95% CL on the QED cut-off parameters: Λ+> 304 GeV and Λ-> 295 GeV as well as a mass limit for an excited electron, Me* > 306 GeV assuming equal e*eγ and eeγ couplings. Graviton exchange in the context of theories with higher dimensions is excluded for scales G+< 660 GeV and G-< 634 GeV. No evidence for resonance production is found in the invariant mass spectrum of photon pairs. Limits are obtained for the cross-section times branching ratio for a resonance decaying into two photons and produced in association with another photon.

AB - The process e+e- → γγ(γ) is studied using data recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP. The data sample taken at a centre-of-mass energy of 189 GeV corresponds to a total integrated luminosity of 178 pb-1. The measured cross-section agrees well with the expectation from QED. A fit to the angular distribution is used to obtain improved limits at 95% CL on the QED cut-off parameters: Λ+> 304 GeV and Λ-> 295 GeV as well as a mass limit for an excited electron, Me* > 306 GeV assuming equal e*eγ and eeγ couplings. Graviton exchange in the context of theories with higher dimensions is excluded for scales G+< 660 GeV and G-< 634 GeV. No evidence for resonance production is found in the invariant mass spectrum of photon pairs. Limits are obtained for the cross-section times branching ratio for a resonance decaying into two photons and produced in association with another photon.

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JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

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Multi-photon production in e⁺e^- collisions at √s = 189 GeV

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