Search for exclusive Z-boson production and observation of high-mass pp̄→pγγp̄→pl+l-p̄ events in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV

Authors

T. Aaltonen, Helsingin Yliopisto
J. Adelman, The Enrico Fermi Institute
T. Akimoto, University of Tsukuba
M. G. Albrow, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
B. Álvarez González, Universidad de Cantabria
S. Amerio, Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
D. Amidei, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
A. Anastassov, Northwestern University
A. Annovi, INFN, Laboratori Nazionali Di Frascati
J. Antos, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
G. Apollinari, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
A. Apresyan, Purdue University
T. Arisawa, Waseda University
A. Artikov, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna
W. Ashmanskas, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
A. Attal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
A. Aurisano, Texas A&M University
F. Azfar, University of Oxford
W. Badgett, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
A. Barbaro-Galtieri, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
V. E. Barnes, Purdue University
B. A. Barnett, Johns Hopkins University
V. Bartsch, University College London
G. Bauer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
P. H. Beauchemin, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
F. Bedeschi, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
D. Beecher, University College London
S. Behari, Johns Hopkins University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-4-2009

Abstract

This Letter presents a search for exclusive Z boson production in proton-antiproton collisions at s=1.96TeV, using the CDFII detector. No exclusive Z→l+l- candidates are observed and the first upper limit on the exclusive Z cross section in hadron collisions is found to be σexcl(Z)40GeV/c2 and |ηl|σ=0.24-0.10+0.13pb, which is consistent with the standard model prediction. © 2009 The American Physical Society.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Physical Review Letters

Recommended Citation

Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M., González, B., Amerio, S., Amidei, D., Anastassov, A., Annovi, A., Antos, J., Apollinari, G., Apresyan, A., Arisawa, T., Artikov, A., Ashmanskas, W., Attal, A., Aurisano, A., Azfar, F., Badgett, W., Barbaro-Galtieri, A., Barnes, V., Barnett, B., Bartsch, V., Bauer, G., Beauchemin, P., Bedeschi, F., Beecher, D., & Behari, S. (2009). Search for exclusive Z-boson production and observation of high-mass pp̄→pγγp̄→pl+l-p̄ events in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV. Physical Review Letters, 102 (22) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.222002