Multi-lepton production at high transverse momenta in ep collisions at HERA

被引:14
作者
Aaron, F. D. [1 ,41 ]
Alexa, C. [1 ]
Andreev, V. [22 ]
Antunovic, B.
Aplin, S.
Asmone, A. [31 ,32 ]
Astvatsatourov, A. [5 ,6 ]
Bacchetta, A.
Backovic, S. [28 ]
Baghdasaryan, A. [37 ]
Baranov, P. [22 ]
Barrelet, E. [26 ,27 ]
Bartel, W.
Beckingham, M.
Begzsuren, K. [34 ,48 ]
Behnke, O. [11 ]
Belousov, A. [22 ]
Berger, N. [39 ]
Bizot, J. C. [24 ]
Boenig, M. -O.
Boudry, V. [25 ]
Bozovic-Jelisavcic, I. [3 ]
Bracinik, J. [4 ]
Brandt, G.
Brinkmann, M.
Brisson, V. [24 ]
Bruncko, D. [13 ]
Bunyatyan, A. [10 ]
Buschhorn, G. [23 ]
Bystritskaya, L. [21 ]
Campbell, A. J.
Avila, K. B. Cantun [19 ]
Cassol-Brunner, F. [18 ]
Cerny, K. [30 ]
Cerny, V. [13 ,42 ]
Chekelian, V. [23 ]
Cholewa, A.
Contreras, J. G. [19 ]
Coughlan, J. A. [7 ]
Cozzika, G.
Cvach, J. [29 ]
Dainton, J. B. [15 ]
Daum, K. [36 ,43 ]
Deak, M.
de Boer, Y.
Delcourt, B. [24 ]
Del Degan, M. [39 ]
Delvax, J. [5 ,6 ]
De Roeck, A. [44 ]
De Wolf, E. A. [5 ,6 ]
机构
[1] NIPNE, Bucharest, Romania
[2] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Inst Phys 1, D-5100 Aachen, Germany
[3] Vinca Inst Nucl Sci, Belgrade, Serbia
[4] Univ Birmingham, Sch Phys & Astron, Birmingham, W Midlands, England
[5] Univ Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
[6] Interuniv Inst High Energies ULB VUB, Brussels, Belgium
[7] Rutherford Appleton Lab, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England
[8] Inst Nucl Phys, Krakow, Poland
[9] Univ Hamburg, Inst Expt Phys, Hamburg, Germany
[10] Max Planck Inst Kernphys, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
[11] Heidelberg Univ, Inst Phys, D-6900 Heidelberg, Germany
[12] Heidelberg Univ, Kirchhoff Inst Phys, Heidelberg, Germany
[13] Slovak Acad Sci, Inst Expt Phys, Kosice 04353, Slovakia
[14] Univ Lancaster, Dept Phys, Lancaster, England
[15] Univ Liverpool, Dept Phys, Liverpool L69 3BX, Merseyside, England
[16] Queen Mary Univ London, London E1 4NS, England
[17] Lund Univ, Dept Phys, Lund, Sweden
[18] Univ Mediterranee, CNRS, IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France
[19] CINVESTAV, Dept Fis Aplicada, Merida, Yucaton, Mexico
[20] CINVESTAV, Dept Fis, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
[21] Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow 117259, Russia
[22] PN Lebedev Phys Inst, Moscow 117924, Russia
[23] Max Planck Inst Phys & Astrophys, D-80805 Munich, Germany
[24] Univ Paris 11, CNRS, IN2P3, LAL, F-91405 Orsay, France
[25] Ecole Polytech, CNRS, IN2P3, LLR, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
[26] Univ Paris 06, CNRS, IN2P3, LPNHE, Paris, France
[27] Univ Paris 07, CNRS, IN2P3, LPNHE, Paris, France
[28] Univ Montenegro, Fac Sci, Podgorica, Montenegro
[29] Acad Sci Czech Republ, Inst Phys, Prague, Czech Republic
[30] Charles Univ Prague, Fac Math & Phys, Prague, Czech Republic
[31] Univ Roma Tre, Dipartimento Fis, Rome, Italy
[32] INFN Roma 3, Rome, Italy
[33] Bulgarian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res & Nucl Energy, Sofia, Bulgaria
[34] Mongolian Acad Sci, Inst Phys & Technol, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
[35] Paul Scherrer Inst, Villigen, Switzerland
[36] Univ Wuppertal, Fachbereich C, Wuppertal, Germany
[37] Yerevan Phys Inst, Yerevan 375036, Armenia
[38] DESY, Zeuthen, Germany
[39] ETH, Inst Teilchenphys, Zurich, Switzerland
[40] Univ Zurich, Inst Phys, Zurich, Switzerland
[41] Univ Bucharest, Fac Phys, Bucharest, Romania
[42] Comenius Univ, Bratislava, Slovakia
[43] Univ Wuppertal, Rechenzentrum, Wuppertal, Germany
[44] CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
[45] Safarik Univ, Kosice, Slovakia
[46] Natl Tech Univ Athens, Dept Phys, GR-15773 Zografos, Greece
[47] Ulaanbaatar Univ, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
[48] Joint Inst Nucl Res, Dubna, Russia
基金
英国科学技术设施理事会;
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D O I
10.1016/j.physletb.2008.08.057
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Processes leading to a final state with at least two high transverse momentum leptons (electrons or muons) are studied using the full e(+/-) p data sample collected by the H1 experiment at HERA. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 463 pb(-1). Di-lepton and tri-lepton event classes are investigated. Cross sections of the production of e(+)e(-) and mu(+)mu(-) pairs are derived in a restricted phase space dominated by photon-photon collisions. In general, good agreement is found with Standard Model predictions. Events are observed with a total scalar sum of lepton transverse momenta above 100 GeV where the Standard Model expectation is low. In this region, combining di-lepton and tri-lepton classes, five events are observed in e(+) p collisions, compared to a Standard Model expectation of 0.96 +/- 0.12, while no such event is observed in e(-) p data for 0.64 +/- 0.09 expected. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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