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A tale of Z+jet: SMEFT effects and the Lam-Tung relation

by R. Gauld, U. Haisch, J. Weiss

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Authors (as registered SciPost users): Rhorry Gauld · Ulrich Haisch
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Preprint Link: scipost_202504_00013v1  (pdf)
Date accepted: April 15, 2025
Date submitted: April 7, 2025, 8:27 a.m.
Submitted by: Haisch, Ulrich
Submitted to: SciPost Physics
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Academic field: Physics
Specialties:
  • High-Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Approach: Phenomenological

Abstract

We derive constraints on dimension-six light-quark dipole operators within the Standard Model (SM) effective field theory, based on measurements of Z production at SLC and LEP, as well as Z+jet production at the LHC. Our new constraints exclude the parameter space that could potentially explain the observed discrepancy between theoretical predictions and experimental data for the Lam-Tung relation. With these updated limits, we model-independently determine the maximum possible influence that beyond-SM contributions could have on the angular coefficients A0 and A2, which enter the Lam-Tung relation.

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Published as SciPost Phys. 18, 148 (2025)

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