Title
Search for contact interactions in e<sup>±</sup>p collisions at HERA
Date Issued
01 January 2011
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Aaron F.D.
Alexa C.
Andreev V.
Backovic S.
Baghdasaryan A.
Baghdasaryan S.
Barrelet E.
Bartel W.
Begzsuren K.
Belousov A.
Belov P.
Bizot J.C.
Boudry V.
Bozovic-Jelisavcic I.
Bracinik J.
Brandt G.
Brinkmann M.
Brisson V.
Britzger D.
Bruncko D.
Bunyatyan A.
Buschhorn G.
Bystritskaya L.
Campbell A.J.
Cantun Avila K.B.
Ceccopieri F.
Cerny K.
Cerny V.
Chekelian V.
Contreras J.G.
Coughlan J.A.
Cvach J.
Dainton J.B.
Daum K.
Delcourt B.
Delvax J.
De Wolf E.A.
Diaconu C.
Dobre M.
Dodonov V.
Dossanov A.
Dubak A.
Eckerlin G.
Egli S.
Eliseev A.
Elsen E.
Favart L.
Fedotov A.
Felst R.
Feltesse J.
Ferencei J.
Fischer D.J.
Fleischer M.
Fomenko A.
Gabathuler E.
Gayler J.
Ghazaryan S.
Glazov A.
Goerlich L.
Gogitidze N.
Gouzevitch M.
Grab C.
Grebenyuk A.
Greenshaw T.
Grell B.R.
Grindhammer G.
Habib S.
Haidt D.
Helebrant C.
Henderson R.C.W.
Hennekemper E.
Henschel H.
Herbst M.
Herrera G.
Hildebrandt M.
Hiller K.H.
Hoffmann D.
Horisberger R.
Hreus T.
Huber F.
Jacquet M.
Janssen X.
Jönsson L.
Jung H.
Kapichine M.
Kenyon I.R.
Kiesling C.
Klein M.
Kleinwort C.
Kluge T.
Kogler R.
Kostka P.
Kraemer M.
Kretzschmar J.
Krüger K.
Landon M.P.J.
Lange W.
Laštovička-Medin G.
Laycock P.
Lebedev A.
Abstract
A search for physics beyond the Standard Model in neutral current deep inelastic scattering at high negative four-momentum transfer squared Q2 is performed in e±p collisions at HERA. The differential cross section dσ/dQ2, measured using the full H1 data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 446 pb-1, is compared to the Standard Model prediction. No significant deviation is observed. Limits on various models predicting new phenomena at high Q2 are derived. For general four-fermion eeqq contact interaction models, lower limits on the compositeness scale Λ are set in the range 3.6 TeV to 7.2 TeV. Leptoquarks with masses MLQ and couplings λ are constrained to MLQ/λ>0.41-1.86 TeV and limits on squarks in R-parity violating supersymmetric models are derived. A lower limit on the gravitational scale in 4+n dimensions of MS>0.9 TeV is established for low-scale quantum gravity effects in models with large extra dimensions. For the light quark radius an upper bound of Rq<0.65{dot operator}10-18 m is determined. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
Start page
52
End page
58
Volume
705
Issue
February 1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Química física
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-80054683545
Source
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
ISSN of the container
03702693
Sponsor(s)
Supported by the Initiative and Networking Fund of the Helmholtz Association (HGF) under the contract VH-NG-401.
This project is co-funded by the European Social Fund (75%) and National Resources (25%) – (EPEAEK II) – PYTHAGORAS II.
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