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Search for new physics in e±q contact interactions at HERA

  • C. Adloff
  • , V. Andreev
  • , B. Andrieu
  • , T. Anthonis
  • , A. Astvatsatourov
  • , A. Babaev
  • , J. Bähr
  • , P. Baranov
  • , E. Barrelet
  • , W. Bartel
  • , S. Baumgartner
  • , J. Becker
  • , M. Beckingham
  • , A. Beglarian
  • , O. Behnke
  • , A. Belousov
  • , C. Berger
  • , T. Berndt
  • , J. C. Bizot
  • , J. Böhme
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  • Bergische Universität Gesamthochschule Wuppertal
  • P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Inter-University Institute for High Energies ULB-VUB
  • c/o DESY
  • Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
  • Universités Paris VI and VII
  • ETH Zurich
  • Physik-Institut der Universität Zürich
  • University of Manchester
  • Yerevan Physics Institute
  • University of Heidelberg
  • RWTH Aachen University
  • Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire
  • National Technical University of Athens
  • Institute of Experimental Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences
  • Universität Hamburg
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
  • CINVESTAV-IPN
  • University of Liverpool
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
  • Aix-Marseille Université
  • CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
  • University of Dortmund
  • Dept. Fis. Ap. CINVESTAV
  • University of Birmingham
  • Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, CNRS and CEA
  • Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
  • Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel
  • Lund University
  • European Organization for Nuclear Research
  • Queen Mary University of London
  • Paul Scherrer Institut
  • Universität Karlsruhe/Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
  • Charles University
  • Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • Lancaster University
  • Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna
  • University of P.J. Šafárik
  • University Roma Tre

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Abstract

Deep-inelastic e±p scattering at high squared momentum transfer Q2 up to 30 000 GeV2 is used to search for eq contact interactions associated to scales far beyond the HERA centre of mass energy. The neutral current cross section measurements dσ-dQ2, corresponding to integrated luminosities of 16.4 pb-1 of e -p data and 100.8 pb-1 of e+p data, are well described by the Standard Model and are analysed to set constraints on new phenomena. For conventional contact interactions lower limits are set on compositeness scales Λ ranging between 1.6-5.5 TeV. Couplings and masses of leptoquarks and squarks in R-parity violating supersymmetry are constrained to M/λ > 0.3-1.4 TeV. A search for low scale quantum gravity effects in models with large extra dimensions provides limits on the effective Planck scale of MS > 0.8 TeV. A form factor analysis yields a bound on the radius of light quarks of Rq < 1.0 × 10-18 m.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)35-47
Number of pages13
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume568
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Aug 2003

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