Measurement of Z-pair production in e+ e- collisions and constraints on anomalous neutral gauge couplings

The ALEPH collaboration Schael, S. ; Barate, R. ; Bruneliere, R. ; et al.
JHEP 04 (2009) 124, 2009.
Inspire Record 824816 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.52431

The ZZ production cross section is measured from a data sample corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 452 pb(-')(1), collected by the ALEPH experiment at LEP at centre-of-mass energies from 192 to 209 GeV. Individual cross sections, ext racted at six centre-of-mass energies, are found to be in agreement with Standard Model calculations. The results are used to set limits on anomalous neutral gauge couplings.

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Measured E+ E- --> Z0 Z0 cross sections.


Measurement of the Cross Section for open b-Quark Production in Two-Photon Interactions at LEP

The ALEPH collaboration Schael, S. ; Barate, R. ; Bruneliere, R. ; et al.
JHEP 09 (2007) 102, 2007.
Inspire Record 753710 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.48802

Inclusive beauty-quark production in two-photon collisions has been measured at LEP using an integrated luminosity of 698 pb-1 collected by the ALEPH detector with sqrt(s) between 130 and 209 GeV. The b quarks were identified using lifetime information. The cross section is found to be sigma(e+ e- --> e+ e- b \bar{b} X) = (5.4 +/- 0.8 (stat) +/- 0.8 (syst)) pb which is consistent with Next-to-Leading Order QCD.

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Cross section for the process E+ E- --> E+ E- BQUARK BQUARKBAR X.


Single vector boson production in e+ e- collisions at centre-of-mass energies from 183-GeV to 209-GeV.

The ALEPH collaboration Schael, S. ; Barate, R. ; Bruneliere, R. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 605 (2005) 49-62, 2005.
Inspire Record 656811 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.48763

The cross sections for single vector boson production in the We ν and Zee channels are measured from the data collected by the ALEPH detector at LEP for centre-of-mass energies between 183 and 209  GeV. These data correspond to a total integratedluminosity of 683 pb −1 . Single-W production is studied in both hadronic and leptonic decay channels. Hadronic and dimuon decays are used for single-Z production. The measured cross sections agree with the Standard Model predictions.

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Measured cross sections for single W production in the leptonic and hadronic decay channels of the W separately and combined.

The measured single Z0 production cross section.

Z0 --> MU+ MU- cross section averaged over all c.m. energies.

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Measurement of W pair production in e+ e- collisions at centre-of-mass energies from 183-GeV to 209-GeV.

The ALEPH collaboration Heister, A. ; Schael, S. ; Barate, R. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 38 (2004) 147-160, 2004.
Inspire Record 653296 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.48582

The W + W- production cross section is measured from a data sample corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 683 pb-1, collected by the ALEPH experiment at LEP at centre-of-mass energies from

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The measured cross section for the E NU E NU final state. The DSYS error is the typical systematic error.

The measured cross section for the E NU MU NU final state. The DSYS error is the typical systematic error.

The measured cross section for the E NU TAU NU final state. The DSYS error is the typical systematic error.

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Exclusive production of pion and kaon meson pairs in two photon collisions at LEP.

The ALEPH collaboration Heister, A. ; Schael, S. ; Barate, R. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 569 (2003) 140-150, 2003.
Inspire Record 626022 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.49730

Exclusive production of π and K meson pairs in two photon collisions is measured with ALEPH data collected between 1992 and 2000. Cross-sections are presented as a function of cos θ ∗ and invariant mass, for | cos θ ∗ |<0.6 and invariant masses between 2.0 and 6.0 GeV/ c 2 (2.25 and 4.0 GeV/ c 2 ) for pions (kaons). The shape of the distributions are found to be well described by QCD predictions but the data have a significantly higher normalization.

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Measured angular distribution for pion production.

Measured angular distribution for kaon production.

Measured cross section for pion production as a function of W.

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Measurement of the inclusive D*+- production in gamma gamma collisions at LEP.

The ALEPH collaboration Heister, A. ; Schael, S. ; Barate, R. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 28 (2003) 437-449, 2003.
Inspire Record 612223 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.48891

The inclusive production of D$^{*\pm}$ mesons in two-photon collisions is measured with the ALEPH detector at $\epem$ centre-of-mass energies from 183$\unit{GeV}$ to 209$\unit{GeV}$. A total of $360 \pm 27$ D$^{*\pm}$ meson events were observed from an integrated luminosity of 699\unit{pb^{-1}}$. Contributions from direct and single-resolved rocesses are separated using the ratio of the transverse momentum $p_{\rm t}^{\rm D^{*\pm}}$ of the D$^{*\pm}$ to the visible invariant mass $W_{\mathrm{vis}}$ of the event. Differential cross sections of D$^{*\pm}$ production as functions of $p_{\rm t}^{\rm D^{*\pm}}$ and the pseudorapidity $|\eta^{\rm D^{*\pm}}| $ are measured in the range $ 2\unit{GeV}/c < p_{\rm t}^{\rm D^{*\pm}} < 12\unit{GeV}/c $ and $ |\eta^{\rm D^{*\pm}}| < 1.5 $. They are compared to next-to-leading order (NLO)perturbative QCD calculations. The extrapolation of the integrated visible D$^{*\pm}$ cross section to the total charm cross section, based on the Pythia Monte Carlo program, yields $ \sigma (\epem \to \epem \ccbar)_ {=197\unit{GeV}} = 731 \pm 74_{\mathrm{stat}} \pm 47_{\mathrm{syst}} \pm 157_{\mathrm{extr}} \unit{pb} $.

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Total extrapolated charm production cross section. The second DSYS error isdue to the uncertainty in the extrapolation.

Visible cross section with the acceptance range.

Visible cross section within the acceptance ranges for the three decay modes observed.

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Search for single top production in e+ e- collisions at s**(1/2) = 189-GeV - 202-GeV.

The ALEPH collaboration Barate, R. ; Decamp, D. ; Ghez, Philippe ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 494 (2000) 33-45, 2000.
Inspire Record 533360 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.49857

Single top production via flavour changing neutral currents in the reactions e + e − → t ̄ c / u is searched for in approximately 411 pb −1 of data collected by ALEPH at centre-of-mass energies in the range between 189 and 202 GeV. In total, 58 events are selected in the data to be compared with 50.3 expected from Standard Model backgrounds. No deviation from the Standard Model expectation is observed. Upper limits at 95% CL on single top production cross sections at s =189 –202 GeV are derived. A model-dependent limit on the sum of branching ratios BR(t→Zc)+BR(t→Zu)<17% is obtained.

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SIG(C=LEPT) and SIG(C=HADR) are the cross sections upper limits evaluated for leptonic and hadronic decay modes of the W-boson, while SIG(C=COMB) are the values obtained by combining the leptonic and hadronic W-boson decay channels. All cross sections values are obtained under assumption of BR(TQ --> W+ BQ) = 100 %.


Measurement of W pair production in e+ e- collisions at 189-GeV.

The ALEPH collaboration Barate, R. ; Decamp, D. ; Ghez, Philippe ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 484 (2000) 205-217, 2000.
Inspire Record 527492 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.49968

The production of W-pairs is analysed in a data sample collected by ALEPH at a mean centre-of-mass energy of 188.6 GeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 174.2 pb^-1. Cross sections are given for different topologies of W decays into leptons or hadrons. Combining all final states and assuming Standard Model branching fractions, the total W-pair cross section is measured to be 15.71 +- 0.34 (stat) +- 0.18 (syst) pb. Using also the W-pair data samples collected by ALEPH at lower centre-of-mass energies, the decay branching fraction of the W boson into hadrons is measured to be BR (W > hadrons) = 66.97 +- 0.65 (stat) +- 0.32 (syst) %, allowing a determination of the CKM matrix element |V(cs)|= 0.951 +- 0.030 (stat) +- 0.015 (syst).

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Total W+ W- production cross section.

Cross section for the fully leptonic decay channels.

Results of cross sections for decays into the different topological decay channels.


Measurement of the e+ e- --> Z Z production cross section at centre-of-mass energies of 183-GeV and 189-GeV.

The ALEPH collaboration Barate, R. ; Decamp, D. ; Ghez, Philippe ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 469 (1999) 287-302, 1999.
Inspire Record 509241 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.49034

The ee -> ZZ cross section at sqrt(s)=182.7 and 188.6 GeV has been measured using the ALEPH detector. The analysis covers all of the visible ZZ final states and yields cross section measurements of sigma_ZZ(182.7 GeV) = 0.11 +- (0.16,0.11) (stat.) +- 0.04 (syst.) pb and sigma_ZZ(188.6 GeV) = 0.67 +- 0.13 (stat.) +- 0.04 (syst.) pb consistent with the Standard Model expectations.

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The combined cross sections for the 2Z0 (NC2) fixed state.


A Study of single W production in e+ e- collisions at S**(1/2) = 161-GeV to 183-GeV

The ALEPH collaboration Barate, R. ; Decamp, D. ; Ghez, Philippe ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 462 (1999) 389-400, 1999.
Inspire Record 503551 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.49108

Single W production is studied in the data recorded with the ALEPH detector at LEP at centre-of-mass energies between 161 and 183 GeV. The cross section is measured to be σ W =0.41±0.17(stat.)±0.04(syst.) pb at 183 GeV, consistent with the Standard Model expectation. Limits on non-standard WW γ couplings are deduced as −1.6<κ γ <1.5 (λ γ =0) and −1.6<λ γ <1.6 (κ γ =1) at 95% C.L. A search for effectively invisible decays of the W boson in W pair production is performed, leading to an upper limit on the branching ratio of 1.3% ( Γ inv =27 MeV ) at 95% C.L.

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