TESTS QED AT LEP ENERGIES USING E(+)E(-)-]GAMMA-GAMMA(GAMMA) AND E(+)E(-)-]L(+)L(-)GAMMA-GAMMA

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作者
ACCIARRI, M
ADAM, A
ADRIANI, O
AGUILARBENITEZ, M
AHLEN, S
ALPAT, B
ALCARAZ, J
ALLABY, J
ALOISIO, A
ALVERSON, G
ALVIGGI, MG
AMBROSI, G
AN, Q
ANDERHUB, H
ANDREEV, VP
ANGELESCU, T
ANTREASYAN, D
AREFIEV, A
AZEMOON, T
AZIZ, T
BABA, PVKS
BAGNAIA, P
BAKSAY, L
BALL, RC
BANERJEE, S
BANICZ, K
BARILLERE, R
BARONE, L
BARTALINI, P
BASCHIROTTO, A
BASILE, M
BATTISTON, R
BAY, A
BECATTINI, F
BECKER, U
BEHNER, F
BENCZE, GL
BERDUGO, J
BERGES, P
BERTUCCI, B
BETEV, BL
BIASINI, M
BILAND, A
BILEI, GM
BIZZARRI, R
BLAISING, JJ
BOBBINK, GJ
BOCK, R
BOHM, A
BORGIA, B
机构
[1] RHEIN WESTFAL TH AACHEN, INST PHYS 1, D-52056 AACHEN, GERMANY
[2] RHEIN WESTFAL TH AACHEN, INST PHYS 3, D-52056 AACHEN, GERMANY
[3] NIKHEF H, 1009 DB AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
[4] UNIV MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 USA
[5] IN2P3, LAB ANNECY LE VIEUX PHYS PARTICULES, CNRS, F-74941 ANNECY LE VIEUX, FRANCE
[6] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV, BALTIMORE, MD 21218 USA
[7] INST HIGH ENERGY PHYS, BEIJING 100039, PEOPLES R CHINA
[8] HUMBOLDT UNIV BERLIN, D-10099 BERLIN, GERMANY
[9] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-40126 BOLOGNA, ITALY
[10] TATA INST FUNDAMENTAL RES, BOMBAY 400005, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA
[11] BOSTON UNIV, BOSTON, MA 02215 USA
[12] NORTHEASTERN UNIV, BOSTON, MA 02115 USA
[13] INST ATOM PHYS, R-76900 BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
[14] UNIV BUCHAREST, R-76900 BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
[15] HUNGARIAN ACAD SCI, CENT RES INST PHYS, H-1525 BUDAPEST 114, HUNGARY
[16] HARVARD UNIV, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 USA
[17] MIT, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 USA
[18] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-50125 FLORENCE, ITALY
[19] UNIV FLORENCE, I-50125 FLORENCE, ITALY
[20] CERN, EUROPEAN LAB PARTICLE PHYS, CH-1211 GENEVA 23, SWITZERLAND
[21] WORLD LAB, FBLIA PROJECT, CH-1211 GENEVA 23, SWITZERLAND
[22] UNIV GENEVA, CH-1211 GENEVA 4, SWITZERLAND
[23] UNIV SCI & TECHNOL CHINA, HEFEI 230029, PEOPLES R CHINA
[24] SEFT, HIGH ENERGY PHYS RES INST, SF-00014 HELSINKI, FINLAND
[25] UNIV LAUSANNE, CH-1015 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
[26] LOS ALAMOS NATL LAB, LOS ALAMOS, NM 87544 USA
[27] UNIV LYON 1, IN2P3, INST PHYS NUCL LYON, CNRS, F-69622 VILLEURBANNE, FRANCE
[28] CIEMAT, E-28040 MADRID, SPAIN
[29] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-20133 MILAN, ITALY
[30] INST THEORET & EXPTL PHYS, MOSCOW 117259, RUSSIA
[31] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-80125 NAPLES, ITALY
[32] UNIV NAPLES, I-80125 NAPLES, ITALY
[33] UNIV CYPRUS, DEPT NAT SCI, NICOSIA, CYPRUS
[34] CATHOLIC UNIV NIJMEGEN, 6525 ED NIJMEGEN, NETHERLANDS
[35] NATL INST NUCL PHYS & HIGH ENERGY PHYS, 6525 ED NIJMEGEN, NETHERLANDS
[36] OAK RIDGE NATL LAB, OAK RIDGE, TN 37831 USA
[37] CALTECH, PASADENA, CA 91125 USA
[38] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-06100 PERUGIA, ITALY
[39] UNIV PERUGIA, I-06100 PERUGIA, ITALY
[40] CARNEGIE MELLON UNIV, PITTSBURGH, PA 15213 USA
[41] PRINCETON UNIV, PRINCETON, NJ 08544 USA
[42] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-00185 ROME, ITALY
[43] UNIV ROMA LA SAPIENZA, I-00185 ROME, ITALY
[44] RUSSIAN ACAD SCI, INST NUCL PHYS, ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
[45] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO, SAN DIEGO, CA 92093 USA
[46] UNIV SANTIAGO, DEPT FIS PARTICULAS ELEMENTALES, E-15706 SANTIAGO, SPAIN
[47] BULGARIAN ACAD SCI, CENT LAB MECHATRON & INSTRUMENTAT, BU-1113 SOFIA, BULGARIA
[48] KOREA ADV INST SCI & TECHNOL, CTR HIGH ENERGY PHYS, TAEJON 305701, SOUTH KOREA
[49] UNIV ALABAMA, TUSCALOOSA, AL 35486 USA
[50] PURDUE UNIV, W LAFAYETTE, IN 47907 USA
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10.1016/0370-2693(95)00527-R
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Total and differential cross sections for the process e(+)e(-) --> gamma gamma(gamma), and the total cross section for the process e(+)e(-) --> gamma gamma gamma, are measured at energies around 91 GeV using the data collected with the L3 detector from 1991 to 1993. We set lower limits, at 95% CL, on a contact interaction energy scale parameter Lambda > 602 GeV, on the mass of an excited electron m(c)* > 146 GeV and on the QED cut-off parameters Lambda(+) > 149 GeV and Lambda(-) > 143 GeV. Upper limits are also set on the branching fractions of Z decaying into gamma gamma, pi degrees gamma and eta gamma of 5.2 x 10(-5), 5.2 x 10(-5) and 7.6 x 10(-5) respectively. The reactions e(+)e(-) --> rho(+)rho(-)n gamma (rho = e, mu, tau) are studied using the data collected from 1990 to 1994. The data are consistent with the QED expectations.
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