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Report number arXiv:0706.2741 ; HEP-PH-EP-2006-008 ; CERN-PH-EP-2006-008
Title Study of Triple-Gauge-Boson Couplings ZZZ, ZZ$\gamma$ and Z$\gamma\gamma$ at LEP
Related titleTRIPLE GAUGE BOSON
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Abdallah, J. ; Abreu, P. ; Adam, W. ; Adzic, P. ; Albrecht, T. ; Alemany-Fernandez, R. ; Allmendinger, T. ; Allport, P.P. ; Amaldi, U. ; Amapane, N. ; Amato, S. ; Anashkin, E. ; Andreazza, A. ; Andringa, S. ; Anjos, N. ; Antilogus, P. ; Apel, W.-D. ; Arnoud, Y. ; Ask, S. ; Asman, B. ; Augustin, J.E. ; Augustinus, A. ; Baillon, P. ; Ballestrero, A. ; Bambade, P. ; Barbier, R. ; Bardin, D. ; Barker, G.J. ; Baroncelli, A. ; Battaglia, M. ; Baubillier, M. ; Becks, K.-H. ; Begalli, M. ; Behrmann, A. ; Ben-Haim, E. ; Benekos, N. ; Benvenuti, A. ; Berat, C. ; Berggren, M. ; Bertrand, D. ; Besancon, M. ; Besson, N. ; Bloch, D. ; Blom, M. ; Bluj, M. ; Bonesini, M. ; Boonekamp, M. ; Booth, P.S.L. ; Borisov, G. ; Botner, O. ; Bouquet, B. ; Bowcock, T.J.V. ; Boyko, I. ; Bracko, M. ; Brenner, R. ; Brodet, E. ; Bruckman, P. ; Brunet, J.M. ; Buschbeck, B. ; Buschmann, P. ; Calvi, M. ; Camporesi, T. ; Canale, V. ; Carena, F. ; Castro, Nuno Filipe ; Cavallo, F. ; Chapkin, M. ; Charpentier, Ph. ; Checchia, P. ; Chierici, R. ; Chliapnikov, P. ; Chudoba, J. ; Chung, S.U. ; Cieslik, K. ; Collins, P. ; Contri, R. ; Cosme, G. ; Cossutti, F. ; Costa, M.J. ; Crennell, D. ; Cuevas, J. ; D'Hondt, J. ; da Silva, T. ; Da Silva, W. ; Della Ricca, G. ; De Angelis, A. ; De Boer, W. ; De Clercq, C. ; De Lotto, B. ; De Maria, N. ; De Min, A. ; de Paula, L. ; Di Ciaccio, L. ; Di Simone, A. ; Doroba, K. ; Drees, J. ; Eigen, G. ; Ekelof, T. ; Ellert, M. ; Elsing, M. ; Espirito Santo, M.C. ; Fanourakis, G. ; Fassouliotis, D. ; Feindt, M. ; Fernandez, J. ; Ferrer, A. ; Ferro, F. ; Flagmeyer, U. ; Foeth, H. ; Fokitis, E. ; Fulda-Quenzer, F. ; Fuster, J. ; Gandelman, M. ; Garcia, C. ; Gavillet, Ph. ; Gazis, E. ; Gokieli, R. ; Golob, B. ; Gomez-Ceballos, G. ; Goncalves, P. ; Graziani, E. ; Grosdidier, G. ; Grzelak, K. ; Guy, J. ; Haag, C. ; Hallgren, A. ; Hamacher, K. ; Hamilton, K. ; Haug, S. ; Hauler, F. ; Hedberg, V. ; Hennecke, M. ; Herr, H. ; Hoffman, J. ; Holmgren, S.-O. ; Holt, P.J. ; Houlden, M.A. ; Jackson, John Neil ; Jarlskog, G. ; Jarry, P. ; Jeans, D. ; Johansson, Erik Karl ; Jonsson, P. ; Joram, C. ; Jungermann, L. ; Kapusta, F. ; Katsanevas, S. ; Katsoufis, E. ; Kernel, G. ; Kersevan, B.P. ; Kerzel, U. ; King, B.T. ; Kjaer, N.J. ; Kluit, P. ; Kokkinias, P. ; Kourkoumelis, C. ; Kouznetsov, O. ; Krumstein, Z. ; Kucharczyk, M. ; Lamsa, J. ; Leder, G. ; Ledroit, F. ; Leinonen, L. ; Leitner, R. ; Lemonne, J. ; Lepeltier, V. ; Lesiak, T. ; Liebig, W. ; Liko, D. ; Lipniacka, A. ; Lopes, J.H. ; Lopez, J.M. ; Loukas, D. ; Lutz, P. ; Lyons, L. ; MacNaughton, J. ; Malek, A. ; Maltezos, S. ; Mandl, F. ; Marco, J. ; Marco, R. ; Marechal, B. ; Margoni, M. ; Marin, J.-C. ; Mariotti, C. ; Markou, A. ; Martinez-Rivero, C. ; Masik, J. ; Mastroyiannopoulos, N. ; Matorras, F. ; Matteuzzi, C. ; Mazzucato, F. ; Mazzucato, M. ; Mc Nulty, R. ; Meroni, C. ; Migliore, E. ; Mitaroff, W. ; Mjoernmark, U. ; Moa, T. ; Moch, M. ; Monig, Klaus ; Monge, R. ; Montenegro, J. ; Moraes, D. ; Moreno, S. ; Morettini, P. ; Mueller, U. ; Muenich, K. ; Mulders, M. ; Mundim, L. ; Murray, W. ; Muryn, B. ; Myatt, G. ; Myklebust, T. ; Nassiakou, M. ; Navarria, F. ; Nawrocki, K. ; Nicolaidou, R. ; Nikolenko, M. ; Oblakowska-Mucha, A. ; Obraztsov, V. ; Olshevski, A. ; Onofre, A. ; Orava, R. ; Osterberg, K. ; Ouraou, A. ; Oyanguren, A. ; Paganoni, M. ; Paiano, S. ; Palacios, J.P. ; Palka, H. ; Papadopoulou, Th.D. ; Pape, L. ; Parkes, C. ; Parodi, F. ; Parzefall, U. ; Passeri, A. ; Passon, O. ; Peralta, L. ; Perepelitsa, V. ; Perrotta, A. ; Petrolini, A. ; Piedra, J. ; Pieri, L. ; Pierre, F. ; Pimenta, M. ; Piotto, E. ; Podobnik, T. ; Poireau, V. ; Pol, M.E. ; Polok, G. ; Pozdniakov, V. ; Pukhaeva, N. ; Pullia, A. ; Rames, J. ; Read, A. ; Rebecchi, P. ; Rehn, J. ; Reid, D. ; Reinhardt, R. ; Renton, P. ; Richard, F. ; Ridky, J. ; Rivero, M. ; Rodriguez, D. ; Romero, A. ; Ronchese, P. ; Roudeau, P. ; Rovelli, T. ; Ruhlmann-Kleider, V. ; Ryabtchikov, D. ; Sadovsky, A. ; Salmi, L. ; Salt, J. ; Sander, C. ; Savoy-Navarro, A. ; Schwickerath, U. ; Sekulin, R. ; Siebel, M. ; Sisakian, A. ; Smadja, G. ; Smirnova, O. ; Sokolov, A. ; Sopczak, A. ; Sosnowski, R. ; Spassov, T. ; Stanitzki, M. ; Stocchi, A. ; Strauss, J. ; Stugu, B. ; Szczekowski, M. ; Szeptycka, M. ; Szumlak, T. ; Tabarelli, T. ; Tegenfeldt, F. ; Timmermans, Jan ; Tkatchev, L. ; Tobin, M. ; Todorovova, S. ; Tome, B. ; Tonazzo, A. ; Tortosa, P. ; Travnicek, P. ; Treille, D. ; Tristram, G. ; Trochimczuk, M. ; Troncon, C. ; Turluer, M.-L. ; Tyapkin, I.A. ; Tyapkin, P. ; Tzamarias, S. ; Uvarov, V. ; Valenti, G. ; Van Dam, Piet ; Van Eldik, J. ; van Remortel, N. ; Van Vulpen, I. ; Vegni, G. ; Veloso, F. ; Venus, W. ; Verdier, P. ; Verzi, V. ; Vilanova, D. ; Vitale, L. ; Vrba, V. ; Wahlen, H. ; Washbrook, A.J. ; Weiser, C. ; Wicke, D. ; Wickens, J. ; Wilkinson, G. ; Winter, M. ; Witek, M. ; Yushchenko, O. ; Zalewska, A. ; Zalewski, P. ; Zavrtanik, D. ; Zhuravlov, V. ; Zimine, N.I. ; Zintchenko, A. ; Zupan, M.

Affiliation (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, USA) ; (IIHE, ULB-VUB, Pleinlaan, Brussels, Belgium) ; (Physics Laboratory, University of Athens, Solonos Str., Athens, Greece) ; (Department of Physics, University of Bergen, Allegaten, Bergen, Norway) ; (Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Bologna and INFN, Via Irnerio, Bologna, Italy) ; (Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, rua Xavier Sigaud, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) ; (Inst. de Fisica, Univ. Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, rua Sao Francisco Xavier, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) ; (College de France, Lab. de Physique Corpusculaire, IN2P3-CNRS, Paris, France) ; (CERN) ; (Institut de Recherches Subatomiques, IN2P3 - CNRS/ULP, Strasbourg, France) ; (Now at DESY-Zeuthen, Platanenallee, Zeuthen, Germany) ; (Institute of Nuclear Physics, N.C.S.R. Demokritos, Athens, Greece) ; (FZU, Inst. of Phys. of the C.A.S. High Energy Physics Division, Na Slovance, Praha, Czech Republic) ; (Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Genova and INFN, Via Dodecaneso, Genova, Italy) ; (Institut des Sciences Nucleaires, IN2P3-CNRS, Universite de Grenoble, Grenoble, France) ; (Helsinki Institute of Physics and Department of Physical Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland) ; (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Head Post Office, Moscow, Russian Federation) ; (Institut fur Experimentelle Kernphysik, Universitat Karlsruhe, Postfach, Karlsruhe, Germany) ; (Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Ul. Radzikowskiego, Krakow, Poland) ; (Faculty of Physics and Nuclear Techniques, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Krakow, Poland) ; (Universite de Paris-Sud, Lab. de l'Accelerateur Lineaire, IN2P3-CNRS, Bat., Orsay, France) ; (School of Physics and Chemistry, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK) ; (LIP, IST, FCUL - Av. Elias Garcia, Lisboa, Portugal) ; (Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK) ; (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Kelvin Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow) ; (LPNHE, IN2P3-CNRS, Univ. Paris VI et VII, Tour (RdC), Paris, France) ; (Department of Physics, University of Lund, Solvegatan, Lund, Sweden) ; (Universite Claude Bernard de Lyon, IPNL, IN2P3-CNRS, Villeurbanne Cedex, France) ; (Dipartimento di Fisica, Universit`a di Milano and INFN-MILANO, Via Celoria, Milan, Italy) ; (Dipartimento di Fisica, Univ. di Milano-Bicocca and INFN-MILANO, Piazza della Scienza, Milan, Italy) ; (IPNP of MFF, Charles Univ., Areal MFF, V Holesovickach, Praha, Czech Republic) ; (NIKHEF, Postbus, NL- DB Amsterdam, The Netherlands) ; (National Technical University, Physics Department, Zografou Campus, GR- Athens, Greece) ; (Physics Department, University of Oslo, Blindern, NO- Oslo, Norway) ; (Dpto. Fisica, Univ. Oviedo, Avda. Calvo Sotelo s/n, Oviedo, Spain) ; (Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford, UK) ; (Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Padova and INFN, Via Marzolo, Padua, Italy) ; (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, UK) ; (Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Roma II and INFN, Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy) ; (Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Roma III and INFN, Via della Vasca Navale, Rome, Italy) ; (DAPNIA/Service de Physique des Particules, CEA-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France) ; (Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria (CSIC-UC), Avda. los Castros s/n, Santander, Spain) ; (Inst. for High Energy Physics, Serpukov, Protvino, (Moscow Region), Russian Federation) ; (J. Stefan Institute, Jamova, Ljubljana, Slovenia) ; (Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Kostanjeviska, Nova Gorica, Slovenia) ; (Department of Physics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia) ; (Fysikum, Stockholm University, Box, SE- Stockholm, Sweden) ; (Dipartimento di Fisica Sperimentale, Universita di Torino and INFN, Via P. Giuria, Turin, Italy) ; (INFN,Sezione di Torino and Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica, Universita di Torino, Via Giuria, Turin, Italy) ; (Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Trieste and INFN, Via A. Valerio, Trieste, Italy) ; (Istituto di Fisica, Universita di Udine and INFN, Udine, Italy) ; (Univ. Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Univ., Ilha do Fundao Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) ; (Department of Radiation Sciences, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden) ; (IFIC, Valencia-CSIC, and D.F.A.M.N., U. de Valencia, Avda. Dr. Moliner, Burjassot (Valencia), Spain) ; (Institut fur Hochenergiephysik, Osterr. Akad. d. Wissensch., Nikolsdorfergasse, Vienna, Austria) ; (Inst. Nuclear Studies and University of Warsaw, Ul. Hoza, Warsaw, Poland) ; (Now at University of Warwick, Coventry, UK)
Publication 2007
Imprint 9 Mar 2006
Number of pages 29
Note 31 pages, 10 figures, Accepted by Euro. Phys. J. C
In: Eur. Phys. J. C 51 (2007) 525-542
DOI 10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0345-0
Subject category Particle Physics - Experiment
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment CERN LEP ; DELPHI
Abstract Neutral triple-gauge-boson couplings ZZZ, ZZgam and Zgamgam have been studied with the DELPHI detector using data at energies between 183 and 208 GeV. Limits are derived on these couplings from an analysis of the reactions e+e- -> Zgam, using data from the final states gamma f fbar, with f = q or neutrino, from e+e- -> ZZ, using data from the four-fermion final states q qbar q qbar, q qbar mu+ mu-, q qbar e+ e-, q qbar nu nubar, mu+ mu- nu nubar and e+ e- nu nubar, and from e+e- -> Zgam*, in which the final state gamma is off mass-shell, using data from the four-fermion final states q qbar e+ e- and q qbar mu+ mu-. No evidence for the presence of such couplings is observed, in agreement with the predictions of the Standard Model.

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