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Events with isolated leptons and missing transverse momentum at HERA

Events with isolated leptons and missing transverse momentum are searched for in electron- or positron-proton collisions at HERA by the H1 and ZEUS experiments. Such events may be explained within the Standard Model by W boson production, followed by leptonic decay. The analysis performed including HERA I and the recently collected data at HERA II results in clear evidence of W production. However, H1 collaboration observes an excess of events in e^+p collisions, not supported so far by ZEUS. If the difference between the H1 and ZEUS observations is attributed to a statistical fluctuation, the combined result exceeds the Standard Model prediction at $2.6σ$ level. A search for events with tau leptons and missing transverse momentum is also presented.

hep-ex

High Energy Photon-Photon Collisions -

The collisions of high energy photons produced at an electron-positron collider provide a comprehensive laboratory for testing QCD, electroweak interactions, and extensions of the Standard Model. The luminosity and energy of the colliding photons produced by back-scattering laser beams is expected to be comparable to that of the primary $e^+e^-$ collisions. In this overview, we shall focus on tests of electroweak theory in photon-photon annihilation, particularly $γγ\rightarrow W^+ W^-$, $γγ\rightarrow $ Higgs bosons, and higher-order loop processes, such as $γγ\rightarrow γγ, Z γ$ and $ZZ.$ Since each photon can be resolved into a $W^+ W^-$ pair, high energy photon-photon collisions can also provide a remarkably background-free laboratory for studying $WW$ collisions and annihilation. We also review high energy $γγ$ tests of quantum chromodynamics, such as the scaling of the photon structure function, $t \bar t$ production, mini-jet processes, and diffractive reactions.

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