Study of triple-gauge-boson couplings ZZZ, ZZγ and Zγγ at LEP

J Abdallah,P Verdier,D Ryabtchikov,M Trochimczuk,P Bambade,M Rivero,M Berggren,G Vegni,G Wilkinson,A Zintchenko,T Podobnik,M Hennecke,P Rebecchi,A Pullia,J Montenegro,M Feindt,G Della Ricca,C Parkes,V Ruhlmann-Kleider,N De Maria,D Moraes,P Roudeau,R Sosnowski,M Baubillier,R Mc Nulty,G Myatt,G Borisov,B Stugu,L Pieri,V Zhuravlov,U Flagmeyer,M Chapkin,P Tyapkin,T Lesiak,F Pierre,A Malek,J Rehn,F Carena,E Fokitis,J Macnaughton,A Ferrer,E Anashkin,R Orava,M Battaglia,T Tabarelli,L Leinonen,G Cosme,A Ballestrero,A De Min,F Parodi,M Nassiakou,R Sekulin,U Mjoernmark,P Lutz,G Leder,C Haag,V Verzi,A Tonazzo,E Ben-Haim,U Schwickerath,L De Paula,F Kapusta,S Katsanevas,V Lepeltier,T Moa,B Buschbeck,N Pukhaeva,P Kokkinias,M Szczekowski,K Grzelak,P Buschmann,J Piedra,O Yushchenko,F Richard,J Drees,A Behrmann,H Herr,A Onofre,M Witek,S Tzamarias,A Passeri,R Contri,E Piotto,P Antilogus,G Valenti,N Van Remortel,V Poireau,F Ledroit,A De Angelis,J Guy,U Kerzel,C Joram,B Golob,P Abreu,G Grosdidier,H Foeth,R Gokieli,V Obraztsov,M Tobin,F Tegenfeldt,A Petrolini,Ph Gavillet,R Barbier,M Gandelman,E Graziani,Ph Charpentier,M Moch,M Szeptycka,A Oyanguren,L Jungermann,D Fassouliotis,J Hoffman,G Eigen,S Paiano,D Reid,T Da Silva,M Nikolenko,C De Clercq,D Crennell,M Pimenta,V Perepelitsa,G Kernel,S Ask,M Mazzucato,A Stocchi,E Brodet,L Vitale,F Mazzucato,M Siebel,P Collins,W De Boer,B Muryn,A Zalewska,G Smadja,I Van Vulpen,R Monge,G Tristram,M Blom,P Morettini,J Van Eldik,F Mandl,Y Arnoud,T Myklebust,D Vilanova,D Wicke,G Polok,A Andreazza,A Di Simone,B De Lotto,F Hauler,H Wahlen,P.S.L Booth,Z Krumstein,L Di Ciaccio,K Muenich,J Timmermans,S Todorovova,C Matteuzzi,M Kucharczyk,R Reinhardt,P Van Dam,A Sadovsky,F Fulda-Quenzer,B Bouquet,A Perrotta,I R Boyko ,V Vrba,S Haug,P Kluit,D Blöch ,K Nawrocki,R Alemany–Fernández ,O Kouznetsov,L G Tkatchev ,J H Lopes ,M Ellert,J Mašík ,B Åsman ,Α Μάρκου ,J Lemonne,J E Augustin ,R Marco,V Uvarov,R Brenner,F R Cavallo ,P Zalewski,A Romero,D Liko,N F Castro ,C Weiser,C Martínez-Rivero ,K Mönig ,D Treille,B P Kerševan ,T Spassov,J P Fernández ,N I Zimin ,R Nicolaidou,M Bonesini,P Checchia,V Canale,N J Kjaer ,F Ferro,P Adžić ,W Liebig,L Salmi,C Sander,N Benekos,C Meroni,P Renton,J Wickens,T Rovelli,S O Holmgren ,G Fanourakis,K H Becks ,W J Murray ,D Loukas,E N Gazis ,J Řídký ,J Chudoba,D Rodríguez ,P Baillon,K Cieślik ,C Bérat ,A Savoy-Navarro,S Andringa,J Cuevas,M Houlden ,B Tomé ,A L Read ,V Hedberg,C Troncon,D Zavrtanik,W D Apel ,B Maréchal ,S Maltezos,S Amato,W Mitaroff,D Jeans,O Smirnova,P Tortosa,W Vénus ,K Doroba,N Amapane,P Ronchese,M Paganoni,A C Benvenuti ,A Washbrook ,J M Brunet ,F Matorras,G J Barker ,P P Allport ,Th D Papadopoulou ,P Jarry,W Adam,D Y Bardin ,M Winter,I A Tyapkin ,L Mundim,L Lyons,A Obłąkowska-Mucha ,S Carrillo Moreno ,J Lämsä ,K Österberg ,G Jarlskog,M Begalli,S U Chung ,M Calvi,P Chliapnikov,J Salt,M Besançon ,R Chierici,F Cossutti,U Amaldi,J C Marin ,C García ,T Ekelöf ,C Mariotti,E Migliore,M Mulders,F L Navarria ,Erik Johansson ,M Bluj,E Katsoufis,M Bračko ,C Kourkoumelis,J N Jackson ,T Allmendinger,M M Stanitzki ,A Augustinus,R Leitner,J M Lopez ,P Brückman ,W Da Silva,U Parzefall,M L Turluer ,J D’Hondt,T J V Bowcock ,U Muêller ,J Marco,T Szumlak,A Hallgren,O Passon,N Anjos,N Besson,M Elsing,M J Costa ,A Baroncelli,A Lipniacka,A Sopczak,A G Olshevski ,P Gonçalves ,Peter Holt ,B T King ,M Margoni,M C Espírito Santo ,G Gómez-Ceballos ,L Peralta,Daniel Bertrand ,K Hamacher,P Trávníc̆ek ,N Mastroyiannopoulos,M E Pol ,M Boonekamp,A Ouraou,V Pozdniakov,K Hamilton,A N Sisakian ,O Botner,P Jönsson ,J Palacios ,H Pałka ,Thomas Albrecht ,J Rameš ,J Fuster,A Sokolov,J Strauss,L Pape,T Camporesi,F Veloso,M Župan

doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0345-0

Abstract

Neutral triple-gauge-boson couplings ZZZ, ZZγ and Zγγ have been studied with the DELPHI detector using data at energies between 183 and 208 GeV. Limits are derived on these couplings from an analysis of the reactions e+e-→Zγ, using data from the final states γff, with f=q or ν, from e+e-→ZZ, using data from the four-fermion final states qqqq, qqμ+μ-, qqe+e-, qqνν, μ+μ-νν and e+e-νν, and from e+e-→Zγ*, in which the final state γ is off mass-shell, using data from the four-fermion final states qqe+e- and qqμ+μ-. No evidence for the presence of such couplings is observed, in agreement with the predictions of the Standard Model.

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