An analysis of the data collected in 1997 and 1998 with the DELPHI
detector at e(+)e(-) collision energies close to 183 and 189 GeV was
performed in order to extract the hadronic and leptonic fermion-pair
cross-sections, as well as the leptonic forward-backward asymmetries and
angular distributions. The data are used to put limit on contact
interactions between fermions, the exchange of R-parity violating SUSY
sneutrinos, Z’ bosons and the existence of gravity in extra dimensions.
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