Limits on anomalous WW{gamma} and WWZ couplings

Journal Article · Sat Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1998 · Physical Review, D

OSTI ID:656297

Gomez, B; Hoeneisen, B; Mooney, P; Negret, J P ^[1]; Babukhadia, L; Davis, K; Fein, D; Forden, G E; Guida, J A; James, E; Johns, K; Nang, F; Narayanan, A; Rutherfoord, J; Shupe, M ^[2]; Butler, J M ^[3]; Fisyak, Y; Gibbard, B; Gordon, H; Graf, N ; Kahn, S; Kotcher, J; Protopopescu, S; Rajagopalan, S ^[4]; Bantly, J; Cullen-Vidal, D; Cutts, D; Guida, J M; Hoftun, J S; Partridge, R ^[5]; Grinstein, S; Piegaia, R ^[6]; Bloom, P; Glenn, S; Klopfenstein, C; Mani, S ^[7]; Fahland, T; Hall, R E ^[8]; Boswell, C; Choudhary, B C; Cochran, J; Ellison, J; Gartung, P; Gounder, K; Heinson, A P; Huehn, T; Singh, H ^[9]; Alves, G A; Carvalho, W; Maciel, A K; da Motta, H; Oliveira, E; Santoro, A ^[10]; Castilla-Valdez, H; Gonzalez Solis, J L; Hernandez-Montoya, R; Magana-Mendoza, L; Sanchez-Hernandez, A ^[11]; Adam, I; Kotwal, A V ^[12]; Shivpuri, R K ^[13]; Ahn, S; Baldin, B; Bartlett, J F; Bhat, P C; Boehnlein, A; Borcherding, F; Brandt, A; Bross, A; Christenson, J H; Cooper, W E; Demarteau, M; Denisov, D; Diehl, H T; Diesburg, M; Feher, S; Fisk, H E; Flattum, E; Fuess, S; Genser, K; Gerber, C E; Green, D R; Greenlee, H; Gruenendahl, S; Gutierrez, G; Haggerty, H; Hansen, S; others, and

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1. Universidad de los Andes, Bogota (Colombia)
2. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 (United States)
3. Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 (United States)
4. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973 (United States)
5. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912 (United States)
6. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
7. University of California, Davis, California 95616 (United States)
8. University of California, Irvine, California 92697 (United States)
9. University of California, Riverside, California 92521 (United States)
10. LAFEX, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
11. CINVESTAV, Mexico City (Mexico)
12. Columbia University, New York, New York 10027 (United States)
13. Delhi University, Delhi, (India) 110007

Limits on the anomalous WW{gamma} and WWZ couplings are presented from a simultaneous fit to the data samples of three gauge boson pair final states in p{bar p} collisions at {radical}(s) =1.8 TeV: W{gamma} production with the W boson decaying to e{nu} or {mu}{nu}, W boson pair production with both of the W bosons decaying to e{nu} or {mu}{nu}, and WW or WZ production with one W boson decaying to e{nu} and the other W boson or the Z boson decaying to two jets. Assuming identical WW{gamma} and WWZ couplings, 95{percent} C.L. limits on the anomalous couplings of {minus}0.30{lt}{Delta}{kappa}{lt}0.43 ({lambda}=0) and {minus}0.20{lt}{lambda}{lt}0.20 ({Delta}{kappa}=0) are obtained using a form factor scale {Lambda}=2.0 TeV. Limits found under other assumptions on the relationship between the WW{gamma} and WWZ couplings are also presented. {copyright} {ital 1998} {ital The American Physical Society}

• OSTI ID: 656297
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D, Journal Name: Physical Review, D Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 58; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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