Search for the standard model Higgs boson in e(+)e(-) collisions at root s=161 GeV

被引:14
作者
Ackerstaff, K
Alexander, G
Allison, J
Altekamp, N
Ametewee, K
Anderson, KJ
Anderson, S
Arcelli, S
Asai, S
Axen, D
Azuelos, G
Ball, AH
Barberio, E
Barlow, RJ
Bartoldus, R
Batley, JR
Bechtluft, J
Beeston, C
Behnke, T
Bell, AN
Bell, KW
Bella, G
Bentvelsen, S
Berlich, P
Bethke, S
Biebel, O
Biguzzi, A
Blobel, V
Bloodworth, IJ
Bloomer, JE
Bobinski, M
Bock, P
Bosch, HM
Boutemeur, M
Bouwens, BT
Braibant, S
Brown, RM
Burckhart, HJ
Burgard, C
Burgin, R
Capiluppi, P
Carnegie, RK
Carter, AA
Carter, JR
Chang, CY
Charlton, DG
Chrisman, D
Clarke, PEL
Cohen, I
Conboy, JE
机构
[1] UNIV BIRMINGHAM, SCH PHYS & SPACE RES, BIRMINGHAM B15 2TT, W MIDLANDS, ENGLAND
[2] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-40126 BOLOGNA, ITALY
[3] UNIV CALIF RIVERSIDE, DEPT PHYS, RIVERSIDE, CA 92521 USA
[4] UNIV CAMBRIDGE, CAVENDISH LAB, DEPT PHYS, CAMBRIDGE CB3 0HE, ENGLAND
[5] UNIV BOLOGNA, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-40126 BOLOGNA, ITALY
[6] CARLETON UNIV, DEPT PHYS, OTTAWA CARLETON INST PHYS, OTTAWA, ON K1S 5B6, CANADA
[7] CARLETON UNIV, CTR RES PARTICLE PHYS, OTTAWA, ON K1S 5B6, CANADA
[8] CERN, EUROPEAN ORG PARTICLE PHYS, CH-1211 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
[9] UNIV CHICAGO, ENRICO FERMI INST, CHICAGO, IL 60637 USA
[10] UNIV CHICAGO, DEPT PHYS, CHICAGO, IL 60637 USA
[11] UNIV FREIBURG, FAK PHYS, D-79104 FREIBURG, GERMANY
[12] UNIV HEIDELBERG, INST PHYS, D-69120 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
[13] INDIANA UNIV, DEPT PHYS, BLOOMINGTON, IN 47405 USA
[14] UNIV LONDON, UNIV LONDON QUEEN MARY & WESTFIELD COLL, LONDON E1 4NS, ENGLAND
[15] RHEIN WESTFAL TH AACHEN, INST PHYS 3, D-52056 AACHEN, GERMANY
[16] UNIV LONDON UNIV COLL, LONDON WC1E 6BT, ENGLAND
[17] UNIV MANCHESTER, SCHUSTER LAB, DEPT PHYS, MANCHESTER M13 9PL, LANCS, ENGLAND
[18] UNIV MARYLAND, DEPT PHYS, COLLEGE PK, MD 20742 USA
[19] UNIV MONTREAL, PHYS NUCL LAB, MONTREAL, PQ H3C 3J7, CANADA
[20] UNIV OREGON, DEPT PHYS, EUGENE, OR 97403 USA
[21] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB, DIDCOT OX11 0QX, OXON, ENGLAND
[22] TECHNION ISRAEL INST TECHNOL, DEPT PHYS, IL-32000 HAIFA, ISRAEL
[23] TEL AVIV UNIV, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, IL-69978 TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
[24] UNIV TOKYO, DEPT PHYS, TOKYO 113, JAPAN
[25] UNIV TOKYO, INT CTR ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYS, TOKYO 113, JAPAN
[26] KOBE UNIV, KOBE 657, JAPAN
[27] BRUNEL UNIV, UXBRIDGE UB8 3PH, MIDDX, ENGLAND
[28] WEIZMANN INST SCI, PARTICLE PHYS DEPT, IL-76100 REHOVOT, ISRAEL
[29] UNIV HAMBURG, INST EXPT PHYS 2, DESY, D-22607 HAMBURG, GERMANY
[30] UNIV VICTORIA, DEPT PHYS, VICTORIA, BC V8W 3P6, CANADA
[31] UNIV ALBERTA, DEPT PHYS, EDMONTON, AB T6G 2J1, CANADA
[32] DUKE UNIV, DEPT PHYS, DURHAM, NC 27708 USA
[33] RES INST PARTICLE & NUCL PHYS, H-1525 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
[34] INST NUCL RES, H-4001 DEBRECEN, HUNGARY
[35] UNIV MUNICH, SEKT PHYS, D-85748 GARCHING, GERMANY
[36] TRIUMF, VANCOUVER, BC V6T 2A3, CANADA
[37] LAJOS KOSSUTH UNIV, DEPT EXPT PHYS, DEBRECEN, HUNGARY
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 以色列科学基金会; 加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
D O I
10.1016/S0370-2693(96)01645-0
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
This letter describes a search for the Standard Model Higgs boson using data from e(+)e(-) collisions collected at a centre-of-mass energy of 161 GeV by the OPAL detector at LEP. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 10.0 pb(-1). The search is sensitive to the main final states from the process where the Higgs boson is produced in association with a fermion anti-fermion pair, namely four jets, two jets with missing energy, and two jets produced together with a pair of electrons, muons or tau leptons. Two candidate events are observed, in agreement with Standard Model background expectations. In combination with previous OPAL searches at centre-of-mass energies close to the Z(0) resonance, we derive a lower limit of 65.0 GeV for the mass of the Standard Model Higgs boson, at the 95% confidence level.
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页码:231 / 244
页数:14
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