Search for a resonance decaying into WZ boson pairs in p(p) ove-bar collisions

0347560 - FZÚ 2011 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Abazov, V. M. - Abbott, B. - Abolins, M. - Kupčo, Alexander - Lokajíček, Miloš
Search for a resonance decaying into WZ boson pairs in p(p) ove-bar collisions.
Physical Review Letters. Roč. 104, č. 6 (2010), 061801/1-061801/7. ISSN 0031-9007. E-ISSN 1079-7114
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LC527; GA MŠMT LA08047
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10100502
Keywords : D0 * detector * WZ boson
Subject RIV: BF - Elementary Particles and High Energy Physics
Impact factor: 7.621, year: 2010
http://arxiv.org/abs/0912.0715

We present the first search for an electrically charged resonance $W^/prime$ decaying to a WZ boson pair using 4.1 fb$^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron $p/bar{p}$ collider. The WZ pairs are reconstructed through their decays into three charged leptons ($/ell=e,/mu$). A total of 9 data events is observed in good agreement with the background prediction. We set 95% C.L. limits on the W'WZ coupling and on the W' production cross section multiplied by the branching fractions. We also exclude W' masses between 188 and 520 GeV within a simple extension of the standard model and set the most restrictive limits to date on low-scale technicolor models.
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