Search for the single production of doubly-charged Higgs bosons and constraints on their couplings from Bhabha scattering

G. Abbiendi; C. Ainsley; P. F. Åkesson; G. Alexander; J. Allison; P. Amaral; G. Anagnostou; K. J. Anderson; S. Arcelli; S. Asai; D. Axen; G. Azuelos; I. Bailey; E. Barberio; R. J. Barlow; R. J. Batley; P. Bechtle; T. Behnke; K. W. Bell; P. J. Bell; G. Bella; A. Bellerive; G. Benelli; S. Bethke; O. Biebel; O. Boeriu; P. Bock; M. Boutemeur; S. Braibant; L. Brigliadori; R. M. Brown; K. Buesser; H. J. Burckhart; S. Campana; R. K. Carnegie; B. Caron; A. A. Carter; J. R. Carter; C. Y. Chang; D. G. Charlton; A. Csilling; M. Cuffiani; S. Dado; A. de Roeck; E. A. de Wolf; K. Desch; B. Dienes; M. Donkers; J. Dubbert; E. Duchovni; G. Duckeck; I. P. Duerdoth; E. Etzion; F. Fabbri; L. Feld; P. Ferrari; F. Fiedler; I. Fleck; M. Ford; A. Frey; A. Fürtjes; P. Gagnon; J. W. Gary; G. Gaycken; C. Geich-Gimbel; G. Giacomelli; P. Giacomelli; M. Giunta; J. Goldberg; M. Groll; E. Gross; J. Grunhaus; M. Gruwé; P. O. Günther; A. Gupta; C. Hajdu; M. Hamann; G. G. Hanson; K. Harder; A. Harel; M. Harin-Dirac; M. Hauschild; C. M. Hawkes; R. Hawkings; R. J. Hemingway; C. Hensel; G. Herten; R. D. Heuer; J. C. Hill; K. Hoffman; D. Horváth; P. Igo-Kemenes; K. Ishii; H. Jeremie; P. Jovanovic; T. R. Junk; N. Kanaya; J. Kanzaki; G. Karapetian; D. Karlen; K. Kawagoe; T. Kawamoto; R. K. Keeler; R. G. Kellogg; B. W. Kennedy; D. H. Kim; K. Klein; A. Klier; S. Kluth; T. Kobayashi; M. Kobel; S. Komamiya; L. Kormos; T. Krämer; P. Krieger; J. von Krogh; K. Kruger; T. Kuhl; M. Kupper; G. D. Lafferty; H. Landsman; D. Lanske; J. G. Layter; A. Leins; D. Lellouch; J. Letts; L. Levinson; J. Lillich; S. L. Lloyd; F. K. Loebinger; J. Lu; J. Ludwig; A. Macpherson; W. Mader; S. Marcellini; A. J. Martin; G. Masetti; T. Mashimo; P. Mättig; W. J. McDonald; J. McKenna; T. J. McMahon; R. A. McPherson; F. Meijers; W. Menges; F. S. Merritt; H. Mes; A. Michelini; S. Mihara; G. Mikenberg; D. J. Miller; S. Moed; W. Mohr; T. Mori; A. Mutter; K. Nagai; I. Nakamura; H. Nanjo; H. A. Neal; R. Nisius; S. W. O'Neale; A. Oh; A. Okpara; M. J. Oreglia; S. Orito; C. Pahl; G. Pásztor; J. R. Pater; G. N. Patrick; J. E. Pilcher; J. Pinfold; D. E. Plane; B. Poli; J. Polok; O. Pooth; M. Przybycien; A. Quadt; K. Rabbertz; C. Rembser; P. Renkel; J. M. Roney; S. Rosati; Y. Rozen; K. Runge; K. Sachs; T. Saeki; E. K.G. Sarkisyan; A. D. Schaile; O. Schaile; P. Scharff-Hansen; J. Schieck; T. Schörner-Sadenius; M. Schröder; M. Schumacher; C. Schwick; W. G. Scott; R. Seuster; T. G. Shears; B. C. Shen; P. Sherwood; G. Siroli; A. Skuja; A. M. Smith; R. Sobie; S. Söldner-Rembold; F. Spano; A. Stahl; K. Stephens; D. Strom; R. Ströhmer; S. Tarem; M. Tasevsky; R. J. Taylor; R. Teuscher; M. A. Thomson; E. Torrence; D. Toya; P. Tran; I. Trigger; Z. Trócsányi; E. Tsur; M. F. Turner-Watson; I. Ueda; B. Ujvári; C. F. Vollmer; P. Vannerem; R. Vértesi; M. Verzocchi; H. Voss; J. Vossebeld; D. Waller; C. P. Ward; D. R. Ward; P. M. Watkins; A. T. Watson; N. K. Watson; P. S. Wells; T. Wengler; N. Wermes; D. Wetterling; G. W. Wilson; J. A. Wilson; G. Wolf; T. R. Wyatt; S. Yamashita; D. Zer-Zion; L. Zivkovic

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.034

Search for the single production of doubly-charged Higgs bosons and constraints on their couplings from Bhabha scattering

G. Abbiendi^*, C. Ainsley, P. F. Åkesson, G. Alexander, J. Allison, P. Amaral, G. Anagnostou, K. J. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, I. Bailey, E. Barberio, R. J. Barlow, R. J. Batley, P. Bechtle, T. Behnke, K. W. Bell, P. J. BellG. Bella, A. Bellerive, G. Benelli, S. Bethke, O. Biebel, O. Boeriu, P. Bock, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, L. Brigliadori, R. M. Brown, K. Buesser, H. J. Burckhart, S. Campana, R. K. Carnegie, B. Caron, A. A. Carter, J. R. Carter, C. Y. Chang, D. G. Charlton, A. Csilling, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, A. de Roeck, E. A. de Wolf, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M. Donkers, J. Dubbert, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I. P. Duerdoth, E. Etzion, F. Fabbri, L. Feld, P. Ferrari, F. Fiedler, I. Fleck, M. Ford, A. Frey, A. Fürtjes, P. Gagnon, J. W. Gary, G. Gaycken, C. Geich-Gimbel, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, M. Giunta, J. Goldberg, M. Groll, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, P. O. Günther, A. Gupta, C. Hajdu, M. Hamann, G. G. Hanson, K. Harder, A. Harel, M. Harin-Dirac, M. Hauschild, C. M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R. J. Hemingway, C. Hensel, G. Herten, R. D. Heuer, J. C. Hill, K. Hoffman, D. Horváth, P. Igo-Kemenes, K. Ishii, H. Jeremie, P. Jovanovic, T. R. Junk, N. Kanaya, J. Kanzaki, G. Karapetian, D. Karlen, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, R. K. Keeler, R. G. Kellogg, B. W. Kennedy, D. H. Kim, K. Klein, A. Klier, S. Kluth, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, S. Komamiya, L. Kormos, T. Krämer, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, K. Kruger, T. Kuhl, M. Kupper, G. D. Lafferty, H. Landsman, D. Lanske, J. G. Layter, A. Leins, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, J. Lillich, S. L. Lloyd, F. K. Loebinger, J. Lu, J. Ludwig, A. Macpherson, W. Mader, S. Marcellini, A. J. Martin, G. Masetti, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W. J. McDonald, J. McKenna, T. J. McMahon, R. A. McPherson, F. Meijers, W. Menges, F. S. Merritt, H. Mes, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D. J. Miller, S. Moed, W. Mohr, T. Mori, A. Mutter, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H. Nanjo, H. A. Neal, R. Nisius, S. W. O'Neale, A. Oh, A. Okpara, M. J. Oreglia, S. Orito, C. Pahl, G. Pásztor, J. R. Pater, G. N. Patrick, J. E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D. E. Plane, B. Poli, J. Polok, O. Pooth, M. Przybycien, A. Quadt, K. Rabbertz, C. Rembser, P. Renkel, J. M. Roney, S. Rosati, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, E. K.G. Sarkisyan, A. D. Schaile, O. Schaile, P. Scharff-Hansen, J. Schieck, T. Schörner-Sadenius, M. Schröder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W. G. Scott, R. Seuster, T. G. Shears, B. C. Shen, P. Sherwood, G. Siroli, A. Skuja, A. M. Smith, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, F. Spano, A. Stahl, K. Stephens, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, S. Tarem, M. Tasevsky, R. J. Taylor, R. Teuscher, M. A. Thomson, E. Torrence, D. Toya, P. Tran, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, M. F. Turner-Watson, I. Ueda, B. Ujvári, C. F. Vollmer, P. Vannerem, R. Vértesi, M. Verzocchi, H. Voss, J. Vossebeld, D. Waller, C. P. Ward, D. R. Ward, P. M. Watkins, A. T. Watson, N. K. Watson, P. S. Wells, T. Wengler, N. Wermes, D. Wetterling, G. W. Wilson, J. A. Wilson, G. Wolf, T. R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, D. Zer-Zion, L. Zivkovic

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A search for the single production of doubly-charged Higgs bosons is performed using e⁺e^- collision data collected by the OPAL experiment at centre-of-mass energies between 189 GeV and 209 GeV. No evidence for the existence of H^±± is observed. Upper limits are derived on hee, the Yukawa coupling of the H^±± to like-signed electron pairs. A 95% confidence level upper limit of hee < 0. 071 is inferred for M(H^±±) < 160 GeV assuming that the sum of the branching fractions of the H^±± to all lepton flavour combinations is 100%. Additionally, indirect constraints on hee from Bhabha scattering at centre-of-mass energies between 183 GeV and 209 GeV, where the H^±± would contribute via t-channel exchange, are derived for M(H^±±) < 2 TeV. These are the first results both from a single production search and on constraints from Bhabha scattering reported from LEP.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	93-108
Number of pages	16
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	577
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.034
Publication status	Published - 2003 Dec 25
Externally published	Yes

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Abbiendi, G., Ainsley, C., Åkesson, P. F., Alexander, G., Allison, J., Amaral, P., Anagnostou, G., Anderson, K. J., Arcelli, S., Asai, S., Axen, D., Azuelos, G., Bailey, I., Barberio, E., Barlow, R. J., Batley, R. J., Bechtle, P., Behnke, T., Bell, K. W., ... Zivkovic, L. (2003). Search for the single production of doubly-charged Higgs bosons and constraints on their couplings from Bhabha scattering. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 577(3-4), 93-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.034

Search for the single production of doubly-charged Higgs bosons and constraints on their couplings from Bhabha scattering. / Abbiendi, G.; Ainsley, C.; Åkesson, P. F. et al.
In: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, Vol. 577, No. 3-4, 25.12.2003, p. 93-108.

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Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, PF, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, KJ, Arcelli, S, Asai, S, Axen, D, Azuelos, G, Bailey, I, Barberio, E, Barlow, RJ, Batley, RJ, Bechtle, P, Behnke, T, Bell, KW, Bell, PJ, Bella, G, Bellerive, A, Benelli, G, Bethke, S, Biebel, O, Boeriu, O, Bock, P, Boutemeur, M, Braibant, S, Brigliadori, L, Brown, RM, Buesser, K, Burckhart, HJ, Campana, S, Carnegie, RK, Caron, B, Carter, AA, Carter, JR, Chang, CY, Charlton, DG, Csilling, A, Cuffiani, M, Dado, S, de Roeck, A, de Wolf, EA, Desch, K, Dienes, B, Donkers, M, Dubbert, J, Duchovni, E, Duckeck, G, Duerdoth, IP, Etzion, E, Fabbri, F, Feld, L, Ferrari, P, Fiedler, F, Fleck, I, Ford, M, Frey, A, Fürtjes, A, Gagnon, P, Gary, JW, Gaycken, G, Geich-Gimbel, C, Giacomelli, G, Giacomelli, P, Giunta, M, Goldberg, J, Groll, M, Gross, E, Grunhaus, J, Gruwé, M, Günther, PO, Gupta, A, Hajdu, C, Hamann, M, Hanson, GG, Harder, K, Harel, A, Harin-Dirac, M, Hauschild, M, Hawkes, CM, Hawkings, R, Hemingway, RJ, Hensel, C, Herten, G, Heuer, RD, Hill, JC, Hoffman, K, Horváth, D, Igo-Kemenes, P, Ishii, K, Jeremie, H, Jovanovic, P, Junk, TR, Kanaya, N, Kanzaki, J, Karapetian, G, Karlen, D, Kawagoe, K, Kawamoto, T, Keeler, RK, Kellogg, RG, Kennedy, BW, Kim, DH, Klein, K, Klier, A, Kluth, S, Kobayashi, T, Kobel, M, Komamiya, S, Kormos, L, Krämer, T, Krieger, P, von Krogh, J, Kruger, K, Kuhl, T, Kupper, M, Lafferty, GD, Landsman, H, Lanske, D, Layter, JG, Leins, A, Lellouch, D, Letts, J, Levinson, L, Lillich, J, Lloyd, SL, Loebinger, FK, Lu, J, Ludwig, J, Macpherson, A, Mader, W, Marcellini, S, Martin, AJ, Masetti, G, Mashimo, T, Mättig, P, McDonald, WJ, McKenna, J, McMahon, TJ, McPherson, RA, Meijers, F, Menges, W, Merritt, FS, Mes, H, Michelini, A, Mihara, S, Mikenberg, G, Miller, DJ, Moed, S, Mohr, W, Mori, T, Mutter, A, Nagai, K, Nakamura, I, Nanjo, H, Neal, HA, Nisius, R, O'Neale, SW, Oh, A, Okpara, A, Oreglia, MJ, Orito, S, Pahl, C, Pásztor, G, Pater, JR, Patrick, GN, Pilcher, JE, Pinfold, J, Plane, DE, Poli, B, Polok, J, Pooth, O, Przybycien, M, Quadt, A, Rabbertz, K, Rembser, C, Renkel, P, Roney, JM, Rosati, S, Rozen, Y, Runge, K, Sachs, K, Saeki, T, Sarkisyan, EKG, Schaile, AD, Schaile, O, Scharff-Hansen, P, Schieck, J, Schörner-Sadenius, T, Schröder, M, Schumacher, M, Schwick, C, Scott, WG, Seuster, R, Shears, TG, Shen, BC, Sherwood, P, Siroli, G, Skuja, A, Smith, AM, Sobie, R, Söldner-Rembold, S, Spano, F, Stahl, A, Stephens, K, Strom, D, Ströhmer, R, Tarem, S, Tasevsky, M, Taylor, RJ, Teuscher, R, Thomson, MA, Torrence, E, Toya, D, Tran, P, Trigger, I, Trócsányi, Z, Tsur, E, Turner-Watson, MF, Ueda, I, Ujvári, B, Vollmer, CF, Vannerem, P, Vértesi, R, Verzocchi, M, Voss, H, Vossebeld, J, Waller, D, Ward, CP, Ward, DR, Watkins, PM, Watson, AT, Watson, NK, Wells, PS, Wengler, T, Wermes, N, Wetterling, D, Wilson, GW, Wilson, JA, Wolf, G, Wyatt, TR, Yamashita, S, Zer-Zion, D & Zivkovic, L 2003, 'Search for the single production of doubly-charged Higgs bosons and constraints on their couplings from Bhabha scattering', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 577, no. 3-4, pp. 93-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.034

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AU - Åkesson, P. F.

AU - Alexander, G.

AU - Allison, J.

AU - Amaral, P.

AU - Anagnostou, G.

AU - Anderson, K. J.

AU - Arcelli, S.

AU - Asai, S.

AU - Axen, D.

AU - Azuelos, G.

AU - Bailey, I.

AU - Barberio, E.

AU - Barlow, R. J.

AU - Batley, R. J.

AU - Bechtle, P.

AU - Behnke, T.

AU - Bell, K. W.

AU - Bell, P. J.

AU - Bella, G.

AU - Bellerive, A.

AU - Benelli, G.

AU - Bethke, S.

AU - Biebel, O.

AU - Boeriu, O.

AU - Bock, P.

AU - Boutemeur, M.

AU - Braibant, S.

AU - Brigliadori, L.

AU - Brown, R. M.

AU - Buesser, K.

AU - Burckhart, H. J.

AU - Campana, S.

AU - Carnegie, R. K.

AU - Caron, B.

AU - Carter, A. A.

AU - Carter, J. R.

AU - Chang, C. Y.

AU - Charlton, D. G.

AU - Csilling, A.

AU - Cuffiani, M.

AU - Dado, S.

AU - de Roeck, A.

AU - de Wolf, E. A.

AU - Desch, K.

AU - Dienes, B.

AU - Donkers, M.

AU - Dubbert, J.

AU - Duchovni, E.

AU - Duckeck, G.

AU - Duerdoth, I. P.

AU - Etzion, E.

AU - Fabbri, F.

AU - Feld, L.

AU - Ferrari, P.

AU - Fiedler, F.

AU - Fleck, I.

AU - Ford, M.

AU - Frey, A.

AU - Fürtjes, A.

AU - Gagnon, P.

AU - Gary, J. W.

AU - Gaycken, G.

AU - Geich-Gimbel, C.

AU - Giacomelli, G.

AU - Giacomelli, P.

AU - Giunta, M.

AU - Goldberg, J.

AU - Groll, M.

AU - Gross, E.

AU - Grunhaus, J.

AU - Gruwé, M.

AU - Günther, P. O.

AU - Gupta, A.

AU - Hajdu, C.

AU - Hamann, M.

AU - Hanson, G. G.

AU - Harder, K.

AU - Harel, A.

AU - Harin-Dirac, M.

AU - Hauschild, M.

AU - Hawkes, C. M.

AU - Hawkings, R.

AU - Hemingway, R. J.

AU - Hensel, C.

AU - Herten, G.

AU - Heuer, R. D.

AU - Hill, J. C.

AU - Hoffman, K.

AU - Horváth, D.

AU - Igo-Kemenes, P.

AU - Ishii, K.

AU - Jeremie, H.

AU - Jovanovic, P.

AU - Junk, T. R.

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PY - 2003/12/25

Y1 - 2003/12/25

N2 - A search for the single production of doubly-charged Higgs bosons is performed using e+e- collision data collected by the OPAL experiment at centre-of-mass energies between 189 GeV and 209 GeV. No evidence for the existence of H±± is observed. Upper limits are derived on hee, the Yukawa coupling of the H±± to like-signed electron pairs. A 95% confidence level upper limit of hee < 0. 071 is inferred for M(H±±) < 160 GeV assuming that the sum of the branching fractions of the H±± to all lepton flavour combinations is 100%. Additionally, indirect constraints on hee from Bhabha scattering at centre-of-mass energies between 183 GeV and 209 GeV, where the H±± would contribute via t-channel exchange, are derived for M(H±±) < 2 TeV. These are the first results both from a single production search and on constraints from Bhabha scattering reported from LEP.

AB - A search for the single production of doubly-charged Higgs bosons is performed using e+e- collision data collected by the OPAL experiment at centre-of-mass energies between 189 GeV and 209 GeV. No evidence for the existence of H±± is observed. Upper limits are derived on hee, the Yukawa coupling of the H±± to like-signed electron pairs. A 95% confidence level upper limit of hee < 0. 071 is inferred for M(H±±) < 160 GeV assuming that the sum of the branching fractions of the H±± to all lepton flavour combinations is 100%. Additionally, indirect constraints on hee from Bhabha scattering at centre-of-mass energies between 183 GeV and 209 GeV, where the H±± would contribute via t-channel exchange, are derived for M(H±±) < 2 TeV. These are the first results both from a single production search and on constraints from Bhabha scattering reported from LEP.

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U2 - 10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.034

DO - 10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.034

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0345303757

SN - 0370-2693

VL - 577

SP - 93

EP - 108

JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

IS - 3-4

ER -

Search for the single production of doubly-charged Higgs bosons and constraints on their couplings from Bhabha scattering

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