A search for forbidden and exotic Z boson decays in the diphoton mass spectrum is presented for the first time in hadron collisions, based on data corresponding to 10.0 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity from proton-antiproton collisions at root s = 1.96 TeV collected by the CDF experiment. No evidence of signal is observed, and 95% credibility level Bayesian upper limits are set on the branching ratios of decays of the Z boson to a photon and neutral pion (which is detected as a photon), a pair of photons, and a pair of neutral pions. The observed branching ratio limits are 2.01 x 10(-5) for Z -> pi(0)gamma, 1.46 x 10(-5) for Z -> gamma gamma, and 1.52 x 10(-5) for Z -> pi(0)pi(0). The Z -> pi(0)gamma and Z -> gamma gamma limits improve the most stringent results from other experiments by factors of 2.6 and 3.6, respectively. The Z -> pi(0)pi(0) branching ratio limit is the first experimental result on this decay.

T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio, D. Amidei, A. Anastassov, A. Annovi, J. Antos, et al. (2014). First Search for Exotic Z Boson Decays into Photons and Neutral Pions in Hadron Collisions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 112(11), 111803-1-111803-8 [10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.111803].

First Search for Exotic Z Boson Decays into Photons and Neutral Pions in Hadron Collisions

BRIGLIADORI, LUCA;CASTRO, ANDREA;DENINNO, MARIA MADDALENA;MAZZANTI, PAOLO;MOGGI, NICCOLO';MUSSINI, MANUEL;RIMONDI, FRANCO;ZUCCHELLI, STEFANO
2014

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A search for forbidden and exotic Z boson decays in the diphoton mass spectrum is presented for the first time in hadron collisions, based on data corresponding to 10.0 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity from proton-antiproton collisions at root s = 1.96 TeV collected by the CDF experiment. No evidence of signal is observed, and 95% credibility level Bayesian upper limits are set on the branching ratios of decays of the Z boson to a photon and neutral pion (which is detected as a photon), a pair of photons, and a pair of neutral pions. The observed branching ratio limits are 2.01 x 10(-5) for Z -> pi(0)gamma, 1.46 x 10(-5) for Z -> gamma gamma, and 1.52 x 10(-5) for Z -> pi(0)pi(0). The Z -> pi(0)gamma and Z -> gamma gamma limits improve the most stringent results from other experiments by factors of 2.6 and 3.6, respectively. The Z -> pi(0)pi(0) branching ratio limit is the first experimental result on this decay.
2014
T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio, D. Amidei, A. Anastassov, A. Annovi, J. Antos, et al. (2014). First Search for Exotic Z Boson Decays into Photons and Neutral Pions in Hadron Collisions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 112(11), 111803-1-111803-8 [10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.111803].
T. Aaltonen;S. Amerio;D. Amidei;A. Anastassov;A. Annovi;J. Antos;G. Apollinari;J. A. Appel;T. Arisawa;A. Artikov;J. Asaadi;W. Ashmanskas;B. Auerbach;A...espandi
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