Search for ZZ and Z\gamma^* production in p-barp collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV and limits on anomalous ZZZ and ZZ\gamma^* couplings

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We present a study of four muon, four electron, and two muon two electron events using 1 fb^(-1) of data collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron p-barp Collider at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV.

• Requiring the lepton pair masses to be greater than 30 GeV, we observe one event, consistent with the expected background of 0.13 +- 0.03 events and with the predicted standard model ZZ and Z\gamma^* production of 1.71 +-0.15 events.
• We set an upper limit on the ZZ and Z\gamma^* cross section of 4.4 pb at the 95% C.L.
• We also derive limits on anomalous neutral trilinear ZZZ and ZZ\gamma^* gauge couplings.