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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Search for excited electrons inpp¯collisions ats=1.96  TeV

Benjamin M. MartinF. Villeneuve-seguierG. GintherSung Keun ParkJianming QianS. CihangirMichael A. StraussA. BadenG. C. BlazeyI. TorchianiR. YamadaS. DesaiPetr VokacC. BiscaratC. BiscaratM. H.l.s. WangR. OtecK. HernerD. OnoprienkoA. AltonA. AltonJean-francois GrivazS. H. AhnLiang LiP. JonssonThomas HebbekerD. KhatidzeM. MuldersFlorian LacroixMary Beth AdamsH. E. FiskM. ArovL. S. AncuJun GuoQ. Z. LiA. ChandraS. LammersE. StraussAlexander GrohsjeanL. ChristofekRobert HarringtonAdam L. LyonLev UvarovT. NunnemannD. K. ChoLev DudkoH. NilsenMarco VerzocchiC. MagassTheodoros ChristoudiasV. BuescherC. De Oliveira MartinsP. N. RatoffShuichi KunoriB. BaldinHelio NogimaAran Garcia-bellidoV. M. AbazovJ. A. ParsonsJ. OstaMansoora ShamimP. LebrunP. LebrunT. ScanlonS. KermicheP. MättigW. M. Van LeeuwenR. LunaB. C.k. CaseyDugan O'neilE. G. ZverevR. IllingworthP. PolozovTae Jeong KimB. PenningMarvin JohnsonA. V. KozelovB. ÅSmanB. ÅSmanB. ÅSmanA. PatwaB. G. PopeM. AbolinsSuman Bala BeriE. AguiloM. AnastasoaieP. RichG. SajotY. HuP. M. TutsMaksym TitovS. BealeD. DugganMark OwenCalvin A. JohnsonAndre SopczakM. S. RangelArnulf QuadtArnulf QuadtHwi Dong YooZdenek HubacekChristopher George TullyVivian O'dellL. S. VertogradovF. ChevallierM. RominskyDenis GeléN. M. CasonR. G. WagnerN. K. MondalH. T. DiehlT. A. BoltonU. BasslerB. AndrieuElliott CheuA. JusteT. SchliephakeS. ChakrabartiVictor Daniel ElviraElemer NagyY. PogorelovM. S. AnzelcSarah Catherine EnoHorst SeveriniJean-arcady MeyerJean-arcady MeyerL. BagbyS. RobinsonTodd AdamsJ. R. KalkG. J. Otero Y GarzónEmanuela BarberisY. ArnoudElizaveta ShabalinaA. BoehnleinRegina DeminaP. A. KasperMarcia BegalliC. OchandoJ. EllisonJunjie ZhuG. GrenierG. GrenierA. P. HeinsonRobert HiroskyR. BernhardD. WickeDennis Stephen MackinTimothy AndeenB. TillerM. AhsanSa. JainS. FuessPedro G MercadanteY. EnariT. MoulikRichard B. LiptonW. E. CooperK. M. ChanChristian ZeitnitzT. KurcaT. KurcaYann CoadouM. C. CousinouMarc WeberA. Sanchez-hernandezY. M. KharzheevAlberto SantoroPatrick SlatteryI. Ripp-baudotA. MeyerG. AlkhazovV. ZutshiJ. G.r. LimaGrigory SafronovJonas StrandbergMikko VoutilainenMikko VoutilainenAshok KumarA. M. KalininY. W. LiuD. BauerS. W. YounE. Von ToerneV. V. SharyS. J. HongIain Alexander BertramArnaud DuperrinKristian HarderFabrice CoudercF. BadaudFrederic DeliotD. CuttsP. RubinovNorbert WermesD. V. BandurinWagner CarvalhoMeenakshi NarainAndrew AskewG. SavageBrigitte VachonMichael RijssenbeekJ. HaleyJovan MitrevskiAvto KharchilavaF. CharlesV. M. KorablevG. GutierrezGilvan AlvesP. SvoiskyGreg LandsbergB. SpurlockP. VerdierP. VerdierD. A. StoyanovaJong-sung YuZeno Dixon GreenwoodYvonne PetersMaxim PerfilovF. TissandierPedrame BargassaT. KuhlJ. RiegerA. RakitineK. SoustruznikRaimund StröhmerV. SimakS. FuM. JaffréA. LeflatAlexander KhanovG. ObrantTulika BoseS. StrandbergS. StrandbergS. StrandbergN. J. BuchananMarkus WobischAndrew WhiteCristina GaleaShabnam JabeenP. PadleyL. BellantoniHelena MalbouissonJ. D. DegenhardtP. HaefnerR. F. RodriguesR. E. HallF. LehnerM. MerkinKarl JakobsM. BuehlerS. KapplerTiefu ZhaoM. PetteniJ. M. KalkMitchell WayneH. SchellmanJ. M. KohliJ. N. ButlerP. D. GrannisG. HeskethJ. SteeleD. SmirnovP. J. Van Den BergJessica LevêqueMarc BesanconJ. TempleY. A. YatsunenkoN. A. NaumannDeidre BrownRaymond BrockBoaz KlimaI. KatsanosStefan GrünendahlA. EvdokimovO. AtramentovD. KropM. FordR. BeuselinckSharon HagopianHeriberto Castilla-valdezAlexander KupcoJ. SnowMichael BegelA. K.a. MacielP. SkubicS. ReucroftMossadek TalbyB. GómezBrad AbbottC. AyPierre PetroffK. PetersV. M. PodstavkovV. N. EvdokimovA. DasM. SosebeeD. KarmanovR. K. MommsenViatcheslav StolinM. ĆWiokD. EdmundsT. GadfortJ. SekaricShashikant DugadN. ParuaRandy RuchtiA. V. FerapontovJ. MolinaM. FortnerR. Van KootenEduardo De Moraes GregoresSergio F NovaesP. RenkelSudhir MalikIa IashviliFreya BlekmanS. HossainAndre SznajderM. D. CorcoranYuri GershteinJohn HobbsPh GrisBrajesh C ChoudharyV. V. TokmeninR. PiegaiaJ. BarretoP. HoubenL. HanPhilip BaringerCarlos AvilaS. SumowidagdoJ. PiperS. BanerjeeM. NaimuddinA. ZieminskiP. L.m. Podesta-lermaP. L.m. Podesta-lermaA. F. BarfussH. A. NealV. A. BezzubovJ. P. NegretYurii MaravinVladimir GavrilovJ. T. LinnemannO. MundalK. YipSabine Crépé-renaudinGordon WattsV. SirotenkoR. UnalanL. StutteGregory J PawloskiAndrew BrandtL. ZivkovicA.s. DyshkantReinhard SchwienhorstLuiz MundimKirti RanjanM. A. StrangW. M. LeeA. BellavancePhillip GutierrezLimin WangJiri KvitaCarsten HenselMarc-andre PleierC. Belanger-champagneC. Belanger-champagneC. Belanger-champagneH. GreenleeD. M. StromA. BrossSerban ProtopopescuM. CookeAndy HaasA. C.s. Assis JesusH. HoethGuennadi BorissovMichael HildrethW. L. Prado Da SilvaKaushik DeAriel SchwartzmanSergey BurdinSergey BurdinM. EadsG. WeberD. ChakrabortyS. P. DenisovDon LincolnErich VarnesW. C. FisherJing LiD. KauL. Welty-riegerS. UzunyanNeeti ParasharHarrison ProsperY. XieM. ZielinskiJ. HaysMichael MulhearnM. P. SandersAmnon HarelN. GollubN. GollubN. GollubSuyong ChoiJeroen HegemanT. H. BurnettV. VorwerkB. TuchmingPeter LoveA. JonckheereJ. A. BenitezZ. LiuGregorio BernardiD. DenisovS. J. ParkJ. M. HeinmillerUlrich HeintzHal EvansThomas FerbelLars SonnenscheinI. HallK. W. MerrittS. CalvetJ. F. BartlettFrank FilthautM. DiesburgA. LobodenkoP. BanerjeeRobert KehoeA. TanasijczukM. YanS. BurkeN. OshimaDaniel BlochDaria ZieminskaR. D. SchambergerT. R. WyattPushpalatha C BhatReiner HauserW. GeistB. HoeneisenLee SawyerG. S. MuanzaG. S. MuanzaD. LamM. DemarteauCarmen GarcíaThomas TrefzgerC. T. PotterG. D. AlexeevFlera RizatdinovaRupinder KaurP.f. ErmolovMaria Elena PolM. WetsteinJ. P. KonrathH. DongS. AndersonD. BuchholzHarald FoxP. TamburelloAnna GoussiouM. VaupelI. A. VasilyevT. TooleJ. DyerGregory R SnowS. UvarovChristophe RoyonH. D. WahlE. GalyaevT. YasudaAaron DominguezB. QuinnC. JarvisDorothee SchaileC. SchwanenbergerM. HohlfeldWendy TaylorV. BunichevKee ChanRoger MooreM. H. KirbyAlice BeanM. ArthaudV. SiccardiA. MagerkurthA. ZatserklyaniyB. S. AcharyaVipin BhatnagarE. De La Cruz-bureloR. PartridgeChristian AutermannKenneth BloomP. HanssonP. HanssonP. HanssonV. L. MalyshevElizabeth GallasA. WengerH. S. MaoP. NeustroevR. JesikLaurent DuflotK. A. JohnsNikos VarelasBing ZhouLuis MendozaM. PangilinanP. VintStephen WimpennyMartin GrunewaldMilos LokajicekA. V. PopovF. GuoDarien WoodNicholas John HadleyC. P. BuszelloGustaaf BrooijmansDmitri TsybychevR. L. MccarthyS. BlessingScott SnyderJ. WarcholR. K. ShivpuriD. R. ClaesGavin DaviesPhilippe CalfayanR. J. MadarasN. KhalatyanS. YacoobGeorge AlversonD. HedinS. M. LiettiY. ScheglovKaushik DeJan StarkS. J. De JongP. K. MalHenry LubattiJ. CamminS. Söldner-remboldM. KirschA. A. ShchukinFrank FiedlerE. KajfaszGraham WilsonH. Da MottaD. GillbergA. S. ItoA. MelnitchoukT. MilletT. MilletV. HynekV. V. LipaevJ. LellouchD. BolineJ. M. HauptmanCecilia Elena Gerber

subject

PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsParticle physics010308 nuclear & particles physicsTevatronContext (language use)HERAElectron01 natural sciences7. Clean energyStandard ModelNuclear physicsParticle decayExcited state0103 physical sciencesHigh Energy Physics::Experiment010306 general physicsLepton

description

We present the results of a search for the production of an excited state of the electron, e(*), in proton-antiproton collisions at root s = 1.96 TeV. The data were collected with the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider and correspond to an integrated luminosity of approximately 1 fb(-1). We search for e(*) in the process p (p) over bar -> e(*)e, with the e(*) subsequently decaying to an electron plus photon. No excess above the standard model background is observed. Interpreting our data in the context of a model that describes e(*) production by four-fermion contact interactions and e(*) decay via electroweak processes, we set 95% C.L. upper limits on the production cross section ranging from 8.9 to 27 fb, depending on the mass of the excited electron. Choosing the scale for contact interactions to be Lambda = 1 TeV, excited electron masses below 756 GeV are excluded at the 95% C.L.

https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.77.091102