Multi-photon production in e+e- collisions at sqrt(s) = 183 GeV

dc.creatorThe OPAL Collaboration
dc.creatoral, K. Ackerstaff et
dc.date1998-08-17
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:02:23Z
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dc.descriptionThe process e+e- to gamma gamma (gamma) is studied using data recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP. The data sample corresponds to a total integrated luminosity of 56.2 pb-1 taken at a centre-of-mass energy of 183 GeV. The measured cross-section agrees well with the expectation from QED. A fit to the angular distribution is used to obtain improved limits at 95% CL on the QED cut-off parameters: Lambda+ > 233 GeV and Lambda- > 265 GeV as well as a mass limit for an excited electron, M(e*) > 227 GeV assuming equal e*egamma and eegamma couplings. No evidence for resonance production is found in the invariant mass spectrum of photon pairs. Limits are obtained for the cross-section times branching ratio for a resonance decaying into two photons.
dc.description19 pages, LaTeX, 6 eps figures (and colour figs) included, submitted to Physics Letters
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9808012
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9808012
dc.identifierPhys.Lett.B438:379-390,1998
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/S0370-2693(98)01096-X
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/207423
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleMulti-photon production in e+e- collisions at sqrt(s) = 183 GeV
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