Study of muon-pair production at centre-of-mass energies from 20 to 136 GeV with the ALEPH detector

R. Barate*, D. Buskulic, D. Decamp, P. Ghez, C. Goy, J. P. Lees, A. Lucotte, M. N. Minard, J. Y. Nief, P. Odier, B. Pietrzyk, M. P. Casado, M. Chmeissani, P. Comas, J. M. Crespo, M. Delfino, E. Fernandez, M. Fernandez-Bosman, L. Garrido, A. JusteM. Martinez, S. Orteu, C. Padilla, I. C. Park, A. Pascual, J. A. Perlas, I. Riu, F. Sanchez, F. Teubert, A. Colaleo, D. Creanza, M. de Palma, G. Gelao, G. Iaselli, G. Maggi, M. Maggi, N. Marinelli, S. Nuzzo, A. Ranieri, G. Raso, F. Ruggieri, G. Selvaggi, L. Silvestris, P. Tempesta, A. Tricomi, G. Zito, X. Huang, J. Lin, Q. Ouyang, T. Wang, Y. Xie, R. Xu, S. Xue, J. Zhang, L. Zhang, W. Zhao, D. Abbaneo, R. Alemany, A. O. Bazarko, P. Bright-Thomas, M. Cattaneo, F. Cerutti, H. Drevermann, R. W. Forty, M. Frank, R. Hagelberg, J. Harvey, P. Janot, B. Jost, E. Kneringer, J. Knobloch, I. Lehraus, G. Lutters, P. Mato, A. Minten, R. Miquel, L. M. Mir, L. Moneta, T. Oest, A. Pacheco, J. F. Pusztaszeri, F. Ranjard, P. Rensing, G. Rizzo, L. Rolandi, D. Schlatter, M. Schmelling, M. Schmitt, O. Schneider, W. Tejessy, I. R. Tomalin, A. Venturi, H. Wachsmuth, A. Wagner, Z. Ajaltouni, A. Barrès, C. Boyer, A. Falvard, C. Ferdi, P. Gay, C. Guicheney, P. Henrard, J. Jousset, B. Michel, S. Monteil, J. C. Montret, D. Pallin, P. Perret, F. Podlyski, J. Proriol, P. Rosnet, J. M. Rossignol, T. Fearnley, J. B. Hansen, J. D. Hansen, J. R. Hansen, P. H. Hansen, B. S. Nilsson, B. Rensch, A. Wäänänen, G. Daskalakis, A. Kyriakis, C. Markou, E. Simopoulou, A. Vayaki, K. Zachariadou, A. Blondel, J. C. Brient, F. Machefert, A. Rouge, M. Rurnpf, A. Valassi, H. Videau, E. Focardi, G. Parrini, M. Corden, C. Georgiopoulos, D. E. Jaffe, A. Antonelli, G. Bencivenni, G. Bologna, F. Bossi, P. Campana, G. Capon, D. Casper, Y. Chiarella, G. Felici, P. Laurelli, G. Mannocchi, F. Murtas, G. P. Murtas, L. Passalacqua, M. Pepe-Altarelli, L. Curtis, S. J. Dorris, A. W. Halley, I. G. Knowles, J. G. Lynch, V. O'Shea, C. Raine, J. M. Scarr, K. Smith, P. Teixeira-Dias, A. S. Thompson, E. Thomson, F. Thomson, R. M. Turnbull, U. Becker, C. Geweniger, G. Graefe, P. Hanke, G. Hansper, V. Hepp, E. E. Kluge, A. Putzer, M. Schmidt, J. Sommer, H. Stenzel, K. Tittel, S. Werner, M. Wunsch, R. Beuselinck, D. M. Binnie, W. Cameron, PJ Dornan, M. Girone, S. Goodsir, E. B. Martin, P. Morawitz, A. Moutoussi, J. Nash, J. K. Sedgbeer, A. M. Stacey, M. D. Williams, G. Dissertori, P. Girtler, D. Kuhn, G. Rudolph, A. P. Betteridge, C. K. Bowdery, P. Colrain, G. Crawford, AJ Finch, F. Foster, G. Hughes, R. W. Jones, T. Sloan, E. P. Whelan, M. I. Williams, C. Hoffmann, K. Jakobs, K. Kleinknecht, G. Quasi, B. Renk, E. Rohne, H. G. Sander, P. van Gemmeren, C. Zeitnitz, J. J. Aubert, C. Benchouk, A. Bonissent, G. Bujosa, D. Calvet, J. Carr, P. Coyle, C. Diaconu, N. Konstantinidis, O. Leroy, P. Payre, D. Rousseau, M. Talby, A. Sadouki, M. Thulasidas, A. Tilquin, K. Trabelsi, M. Aleppo, F. Ragusa, R. Berlich, W. Blum, V. Büscher, H. Dietl, F. Dydak, G. Ganis, C. Gotzhein, H. Kroha, G. Lütjens, G. Lutz, W. Manner, H. G. Moser, R. Richter, A. Rosado-Schlosser, S. Schael, R. Settles, H. Seywerd, R. S. Denis, H. Stenzel, W. Wiedenmann, G. Wolf, J. Boucrot, O. Callot, S. Chen, A. Cordier, M. Davier, L. Duflot, J. F. Grivaz, P. Heusse, A. Höcker, A. Jacholkowska, M. Jacquet, D. W. Kim, F. Le Diberder, J. Lefrançois, A. M. Lutz, I. Nikolic, H. J. Park, M. H. Schune, S. Simion, J. J. Veillet, I. Videau, D. Zerwas, P. Azzurri, G. Bagliesi, G. Batignani, S. Bettarini, C. Bozzi, G. Calderini, M. Carpinelli, M. A. Ciocci, V. Ciulli, R. Dell'Orso, R. Fantechi, I. Ferrante, A. Giassi, A. Gregorio, F. Ligabue, A. Lusiani, P. S. Marrocchesi, A. Messineo, F. Palla, G. Sanguinetti, A. Sciabà, P. Spagnolo, J. Steinberger, R. Tenchini, G. Tonelli, C. Vannini, P. G. Verdini, G. A. Blair, L. M. Bryant, J. T. Chambers, Y. Gao, M. G. Green, T. Medcalf, P. Perrodo, J. A. Strong, J. H. von Wimmersperg-Toeller, D. R. Botterill, R. W. Clifft, T. R. Edgecock, S. Haywood, P. Maley, P. R. Norton, J. C. Thompson, A. E. Wright, B. Bloch-Devaux, P. Colas, W. Kozanecki, E. Lançon, M. C. Lemaire, E. Locci, P. Perez, J. Rander, J. F. Renardy, A. Roussarie, J. P. Schuller, J. Schwindling, A. Trabelsi, B. Vailage, S. N. Black, J. H. Dann, H. Y. Kim, A. M. Litke, M. A. McNeil, G. Taylor, C. N. Booth, R. Boswell, C. A J Brew, S. Cartwright, F. Combley, M. S. Kelly, M. Letho, W. M. Newton, J. Reeve, L. F. Thompson, K. Affholderbach, A. Böhrer, S. Brandt, G. Cowan, C. Grupen, P. Saraiva, L. Smolik, F. Stephan, M. Apollonio, L. Bosisio, R. Delia Marina, G. Giannini, B. Gobbo, G. Musolino, J. Putz, J. Rothberg, S. Wasserbaech, R. W. Williams, S. R. Armstrong, P. Elmer, Z. Feng, D. P S Ferguson, Y. S. Gao, S. Gonzalez, J. Grahl, T. C. Greening, O. J. Hayes, H. Hu, P. A. McNamara, J. M. Nachtman, W. Orejudos, Y. B. Pan, Y. Saadi, I. J. Scott, J. Walsh, S. L. Wu, X. Wu, J. M. Yamartino, M. Zheng, G. Zobernig

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Abstract

The total cross section and the forward-backward asymmetry for the process e+e- → μ+μ- (nγ) are measured in the energy range 20-136 GeV by reconstructing the effective centre-of-mass energy after initial state radiation. The analysis is based on the data recorded with the ALEPH detector at LEP between 1990 and 1995, corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 143.5 pb-1. Two different approaches are used: in the first one an exclusive selection of events with hard initial state radiation in the energy range 20-88 GeV is directly compared with the Standard Model predictions showing good agreement. In the second one, all events are used to obtain a precise measurement of the energy dependence of σ0 and A0FB from a model independent fit, enabling constraints to be placed on models with extra Z bosons.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)329-341
Number of pages13
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume399
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1 1997

Funding

Forschung und Technologie, Germany. l7 Supported by the Direction des Sciences de la Mat&e, C.E.A. ls Supported by Fonds zur Fiirdemng der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Austria. lg Permanent address: Kangnung National University, Kangnung, Korea. zo Also at Istituto di Matematica e Fisica, Universita di Sassari, Sassari, Italy. ” Also at CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland. 22 Supported by the US Department of Energy, grant DE-FGOS-92ER40689. 23 Now at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. 2p,N ow at Max-Plank-Instittit fiir Kcmphysik, Heidelberg, Germany. 25 Now at Dragon Systems, Newton, MA 02160, USA. 1 Now at DESY, Hamburg, Germany. 2 Supported by Direccidn General de Investigacibn Cientifica y T&nica, Spain. 3 Also at Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Catania, Cata-nia, Italy. 4 Also Istituto di Fisica Generale, Universiti di Torino, Torino, Italy. 5 Also Istituto di Cosmo-Geofisica de1 C.N.R., Torino, Italy. 6 Supported by the Commission of the European Communities, contract ERBCHBICT941234. 7 Supported by CICYT, Spain. * Supported by the National Science Foundation of China. 9 Supported by the Danish Natural Science Research Council. lo Supported by the UK Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council. l1 Supported by the US Department of Energy, grant DE-FG0295-ER40896. l2 Now at The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. l3 Supported by the US Department of Energy, contract DE-FGOS-92ER40742. l4 Supported by the US Department of Energy, contract DE-FCOS-85ER250000. l5 Permanent address: Universitat de Barcelona, 08208 Barcelona, Spain. l6 Supported by the Bundesministerium fdr Bildung, Wissenschaft,

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