ARE THERE HEAVY LEPTONS

被引:18
作者
ROTHE, KW
WOLSKY, AM
机构
[1] Univ. of Pennsylvania This work is partially supported by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commn. and the Nati, Philadelphia
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美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0550-3213(69)90112-6
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
We have considered both theoretical and experimental evidence for the existence of a lepton (analogous to the muon or electron) whose mass is greater than the muon. We find that theory cannot exclude such a particle. Presently available data show that such a lepton must be heavier than the kaon. © 1969.
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