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Search for anomalous couplings in the Higgs sector at LEP

We search for a Higgs particle with anomalous couplings in the e+eHγ\mathrm{e}^+\mathrm{e}^-\rightarrow\mathrm{H}\gamma, e+eHZ\mathrm{e}^+\mathrm{e}^-\rightarrow\mathrm{H}\mathrm{Z} and e+eHe+e\mathrm{e}^+\mathrm{e}^-\rightarrow\mathrm{H}\mathrm{e}^+\mathrm{e }^- processes with the L3 detector at LEP. We explore the mass range 70~{\rm GeV} < m_\mathrm{H} < 170~{\rm GeV} using 176~{\rm pb}^{-1} of integrated luminosity at a center-of-mass energy of \sqrt{s} = 189~{\rm GeV}. The Higgs decays Hbb\mathrm{H}\rightarrow\mathrm{b}\mathrm{\overline{b}}, Hγγ\mathrm{H}\rightarrow\gamma\gamma and HZγ\mathrm{H}\rightarrow\mathrm{ Z}\gamma are considered in the analysis. No evidence for anomalous Higgs production is found. This is interpreted in terms of limits on the anomalous couplings dd, dBd_B, Δg1Z\Delta g_1^\mathrm{Z} and Δκγ\Delta \kappa_\gamma. Limits on the Γ(Hγγ)\Gamma(\mathrm{H}\rightarrow\gamma\gamma) and Γ(HZγ)\Gamma(\mathrm{H}\rightarrow\mathrm{Z}\gamma) partial widths in the explored Higgs mass range are also obtained.

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