Search for excited electrons in ep collisions at HERA

Summary, in English

A search for excited electrons is performed using the full e(+/-) p data sample collected by the HI experiment at HERA, corresponding to a total luminosity of 475 pb(-1). The electroweak decays of excited electrons e* -> e gamma, e* -> eZ and e* -> vW with subsequent hadronic or leptonic decays of the W and Z bosons are considered. No evidence for excited electron production is found. Mass dependent exclusion limits on e* production cross sections and on the ratio f/Lambda of the coupling to the compositeness scale are derived within gauge mediated models. These limits extend the excluded region compared to previous excited electron searches. The e* production via contact interactions is also addressed for the first time in ep collisions. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

• Author: F. D. Aaron; C. Alexa; V. Andreev; B. Antunovic; S. Aplin; A. Asmone; A. Astvatsatourov; A. Bacchetta; S. Backovic; A. Baghdasaryan; P. Baranov; E. Barrelet; W. Bartel; M. Beckingham; K. Begzsuren; O. Behnke; A. Belousov; N. Berger; J. C. Bizot; M. -O. Boenig; V. Boudry; I. Bozovic-Jelisavcic; J. Bracinik; G. Brandt; M. Brinkmann; V. Brisson; D. Bruncko; A. Bunyatyan; G. Buschhorn; L. Bystritskaya; A. J. Campbell; K. B. Cantun Avila; F. Cassol-Brunner; K. Cerny; V. Cerny; V. Chekelian; A. Cholewa; J. G. Contreras; J. A. Coughlan; G. Cozzika; J. Cvach; J. B. Dainton; K. Daum; M. Deak; Y. de Boer; B. Delcourt; M. Del Degan; J. Delvax; A. De Roeck; E. A. De Wolf; C. Diaconu; V. Dodonov; A. Dossanov; A. Dubak; G. Eckerlin; V. Efremenko; S. Egli; A. Eliseev; E. Elsen; S. Essenov; A. Falkiewicz; P. J. W. Faulkner; L. Favart; A. Fedotov; R. Felst; J. Feltesse; J. Ferencei; L. Finke; M. Fleischer; A. Fomenko; E. Gabathuler; J. Gayler; S. Ghazaryan; A. Glazov; I. Glushkov; L. Goerlich; M. Goettlich; N. Gogitidze; M. Gouzevitch; C. Grab; T. Greenshaw; B. R. Grell; G. Grindhammer; S. Habib; D. Haidt; Magnus Hansson; C. Helebrant; R. C. W. Henderson; H. Henschel; G. Herrera; M. Hildebrandt; K. H. Hiller; D. Hoffmann; R. Horisberger; A. Hovhannisyan; T. Hreus; M. Jacquet; M. E. Janssen; X. Janssen; V. Jemanov; Leif Jönsson; D. P. Johnson; A. W. Jung; H. Jung; M. Kapichine; J. Katzy; I. R. Kenyon; C. Kiesling; M. Klein; C. Kleinwort; T. Klimkovich; T. Kluge; K. Knutsson; R. Kogler; V. Korbel; P. Kostka; M. Kraemer; K. Krastev; J. Kretzschmar; A. Kropivnitskaya; K. Krueger; K. Kutak; M. P. J. Landon; W. Langen; G. Lastovicka-Medin; P. Laycock; A. Lebedev; G. Leibenguth; V. Lendermann; S. Levonian; G. Li; K. Lipka; A. Liptaj; B. List; J. List; N. Loktionova; R. Lopez-Fernandez; V. Lubimov; A. -I. Lucaci-Timoce; L. Lytkin; A. Makankine; E. Malinovski; P. Marage; Ll. Marti; H. -U. Martyn; S. J. Maxfield; A. Mehta; K. Meier; A. B. Meyer; H. Meyer; H. Meyer; J. Meyer; V. Michels; S. Mikocki; I. Milcewicz-Mika; F. Moreau; A. Morozov; J. V. Morris; M. U. Mozer; M. Mudrinic; K. Mueller; P. Murin; K. Nankov; B. Naroska; Th. Naumann; P. R. Newman; C. Niebuhr; A. Nikiforov; G. Nowak; K. Nowak; M. Nozicka; B. Olivier; J. E. Olsson; Sakar Osman; D. Ozerov; V. Palichik; I. Panagoulias; M. Pandurovic; Th. Papadopoulou; C. Pascaud; G. D. Patel; O. Pejchal; H. Peng; E. Perez; A. Petrukhin; I. Picuric; S. Piec; D. Pitzl; R. Placakyte; R. Polifka; B. Povh; T. Preda; V. Radescu; A. J. Rahmat; N. Raicevic; A. Raspiareza; T. Ravdandorj; P. Reimer; E. Rizvi; P. Robmann; B. Roland; R. Roosen; A. Rostovtsev; M. Rotaru; J. E. Ruiz Tabasco; Z. Rurikova; S. Rusakov; D. Salek; F. Salvaire; D. P. C. Sankey; M. Sauter; E. Sauvan; S. Schmidt; S. Schmitt; C. Schmitz; L. Schoeffel; A. Schoening; H. -C. Schultz-Coulon; F. Sefkow; R. N. Shaw-West; I. Sheviakov; L. N. Shtarkov; S. Shushkevich; T. Sloan; I. Smijanic; P. Smirnov; Y. Soloviev; P. Sopicki; D. South; V. Spaskov; A. Specka; Z. Staykova; M. Steder; B. Stella; U. Straumann; D. Sunar; T. Sykora; V. Tchoulakov; G. Thompson; P. D. Thompson; T. Toll; F. Tomasz; T. H. Tran; D. Traynor; T. N. Trinh; P. Truoel; I. Tsakov; B. Tseepeldorj; I. Tsurin; J. Turnau; E. Tzamariudaki; K. Urban; A. Valkarova; C. Vallee; P. Van Mechelen; A. Vargas Trevino; Y. Vazdik; S. Vinokurova; V. Volchinski; D. Wegener; M. Wessels; Ch. Wissing; E. Wuensch; V. Yeganov; J. Zacek; J. Zalesak; Z. Zhang; A. Zhelezov; A. Zhokin; Y. C. Zhu; T. Zimmermann; H. Zohrabyan; F. Zomer
• Department/s: Particle and nuclear physics
• Publishing year: 2008
• Language: English
• Pages: 131-139
• Publication/Series: Physics Letters. Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
• Volume: 666
• Issue: 2
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2008.07.014
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Topic: Subatomic Physics
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0370-2693