Measurement of the Zγ → ννγ Production Cross Section and Limits on Anomalous ZZγ and Zγγ Couplings in pp Collisions at √s= 1.96 TeV

Authors

V. M. Abazov, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
Kenneth A. Bloom, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Gregory Snow, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
D0 Collaboration

Date of this Version

2009

Comments

Published in Physical Review Letters 102, 201802 (2009). Copyright © 2009 The American Physical Society. Used by permission.

Abstract

We present the first observation of the Zγ → ννγ process at the Fermilab Tevatron at 5.1 standard deviations significance, based on 3.6 fb^-1 of integrated luminosity collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron pp Collider at √s = 1.96 TeV. The measured Zγ production cross section multiplied by the branching fraction of Z → νν is 32 ± 9(stat + syst) ± 2(lumi) fb for the photon E_T > 90 GeV. It is in agreement with the standard model prediction of 39 ± 4 fb. We set limits on anomalous trilinear Zγγ and ZZγ gauge boson couplings, most of which are the most restrictive to date.