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Determination of the $e^+ e^- \to \gamma \gamma (\gamma)$ cross-section at LEP 2

A test of the benchmark QED process e+e- -> gamma gamma (gamma) is reported, using the data collected with the DELPHI detector at LEP 2. The data analysed were recorded at centre-of-mass energies ranging from 161 GeV to 208 GeV and correspond to a total integrated luminosity of 656.4 pb^{-1}. The...

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Autores principales: Abdallah, J., Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adzic, P., Albrecht, T., Alderweireld, 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., Berntzon, L., 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., Bugge, L., 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., Dalmau, 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., Dris, M., 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, Evangelos, 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., Hultqvist, K., Jackson, John Neil, Jarlskog, G., Jarry, P., Jeans, D., Johansson, Erik Karl, Johansson, P.D., Jonsson, P., Joram, C., Jungermann, L., Kapusta, F., Katsanevas, S., Katsoufis, E., Kernel, G., Kersevan, B.P., Kerzel, U., Kiiskinen, A., King, B.T., Kjaer, N.J., Kluit, P., Kokkinias, P., Kourkoumelis, C., Kouznetsov, O., Krumstein, Z., Kucharczyk, M., Lamsa, J., Leder, G., Ledroit, Fabienne, 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., Nulty, R.Mc, 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, Alexander L., 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., Segar, A., 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., Taffard, A.C., 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 Lysebetten, A., 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.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2004-01990-2
http://cds.cern.ch/record/795531
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Sumario:A test of the benchmark QED process e+e- -> gamma gamma (gamma) is reported, using the data collected with the DELPHI detector at LEP 2. The data analysed were recorded at centre-of-mass energies ranging from 161 GeV to 208 GeV and correspond to a total integrated luminosity of 656.4 pb^{-1}. The Born cross-section for the process e+e- -> gamma gamma (gamma) was determined, confirming the validity of QED at the highest energies ever attained in electron-positron collisions. Lower limits on the parameters of a number of possible deviations from QED, predicted within theoretical frameworks expressing physics beyond the Standard Model, were derived.