A TEST OF QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS IN THE REACTION E+E- -]GAMMA-GAMMA(GAMMA)

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作者
ADRIANI, O
AGUILARBENITEZ, M
AHLEN, S
AKBARI, H
ALCARAZ, J
ALOISIO, A
ALVERSON, G
ALVIGGI, MG
AMBROSI, G
AN, Q
ANDERHUB, H
ANDERSON, AL
ANDREEV, VP
ANGELOV, T
ANTONOV, L
ANTREASYAN, D
ARCE, P
AREFIEV, A
ATAMANCHUK, A
AZEMOON, T
AZIZ, T
BABA, PVKS
BAGNAIA, P
BAKKEN, JA
BAKSAY, L
BALL, RC
BANERJEE, S
BAO, J
BARILLERE, R
BARONE, L
BATTISTON, R
BAY, A
BECATTINI, F
BECKER, U
BEHNER, F
BEHRENS, J
BEINGESSNER, S
BENCZE, GL
BERDUGO, J
BERGES, P
BERTUCCI, B
BETEV, BL
BIASINI, M
BILAND, A
BILEI, GM
BIZZARRI, R
BLAISING, JJ
BLUMENFELD, B
BOBBINK, GJ
BOCCIOLINI, M
机构
[1] UNIV FLORENCE, I-50125 FLORENCE, ITALY
[2] CTR INVEST ENERGET MEDIOAMBIENTALES & TECHNOL, E-28040 MADRID, SPAIN
[3] BOSTON UNIV, BOSTON, MA 02215 USA
[4] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV, BALTIMORE, MD 21218 USA
[5] CERN, EUROPEAN LAB PARTICLE PHYS, CH-1211 GENEVA 23, SWITZERLAND
[6] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-80125 NAPLES, ITALY
[7] NAPLES UNIV, I-80125 NAPLES, ITALY
[8] NORTHEASTERN UNIV, BOSTON, MA 02115 USA
[9] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-06100 PERUGIA, ITALY
[10] UNIV PERUGIA, I-06100 PERUGIA, ITALY
[11] WORLD LAB, FBLJA PROJECT, CH-1211 GENEVA 23, SWITZERLAND
[12] SWISS FED INST TECHNOL, CH-8093 ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
[13] MIT, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 USA
[14] ST PETERSBURG NUCL PHYS INST, ST PETERSBURG, USSR
[15] BULGARIAN ACAD SCI, INST MECHATRON, BU-1113 SOFIA, BULGARIA
[16] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-40126 BOLOGNA, ITALY
[17] MOSCOW THEORET & EXPTL PHYS INST, 117259 MOSCOW, USSR
[18] UNIV MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 USA
[19] TATA INST FUNDAMENTAL RES, BOMBAY 400005, INDIA
[20] RHEIN WESTFAL TH AACHEN, INST PHYS 1, W-5100 AACHEN, GERMANY
[21] RHEIN WESTFAL TH AACHEN, INST PHYS 3, W-5100 AACHEN, GERMANY
[22] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-00185 ROME, ITALY
[23] UNIV ROME LA SAPIENZA, I-00185 ROME, ITALY
[24] PRINCETON UNIV, PRINCETON, NJ 08544 USA
[25] UNIV ALABAMA, TUSCALOOSA, AL 35486 USA
[26] UNIV GENEVA, CH-1211 GENEVA 4, SWITZERLAND
[27] LAB PHYS PARTICULES, F-74941 ANNECY LE VIEUX, FRANCE
[28] HUNGARIAN ACAD SCI, CENT RES INST PHYS, H-1525 BUDAPEST 114, HUNGARY
[29] NATL INST HIGH ENERGY PHYS, 1009 DB AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
[30] CATHOLIC UNIV NIJMEGEN, 6525 ED NIJMEGEN, NETHERLANDS
[31] NATL INST PHYS & HIGH ENERGY PHYS, 6525 ED NIJMEGEN, NETHERLANDS
[32] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO, SAN DIEGO, CA 92182 USA
[33] CARNEGIE MELLON UNIV, PITTSBURGH, PA 15213 USA
[34] LOS ALAMOS NATL LAB, LOS ALAMOS, NM 87544 USA
[35] UNIV LYON 1, INST PHYS NUCL LYON, INST NATL PHYS NUCL & PHYS PARTICULES, CNRS, F-69622 VILLEURBANNE, FRANCE
[36] PURDUE UNIV, W LAFAYETTE, IN 47907 USA
[37] LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATL LAB, LIVERMORE, CA 94550 USA
[38] INST HIGH ENERGY PHYS, BEIJING, PEOPLES R CHINA
[39] CHINESE UNIV SCI & TECHNOL, HEFEI 230029, PEOPLES R CHINA
[40] OAK RIDGE NATL LAB, OAK RIDGE, TN 37830 USA
[41] PAUL SCHERRER INST, CH-5232 VILLIGEN, SWITZERLAND
[42] SHANGHAI INST CERAM, SHANGHAI, PEOPLES R CHINA
[43] DESY, INST HOCHENERGIEPHYS, O-1615 ZEUTHEN, GERMANY
[44] UNIV LAUSANNE, CH-1015 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
[45] CALTECH, PASADENA, CA 91125 USA
[46] HARVARD UNIV, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 USA
[47] UNIV CYPRUS, DEPT NAT SCI, NICOSIA, CYPRUS
[48] UNIV HAMBURG, W-2000 HAMBURG 13, GERMANY
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10.1016/0370-2693(92)91120-X
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P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We have measured the total and differential cross sections of the reaction e+ e- --> gamma-gamma(gamma) at center-of-mass energies around 91 GeV, with an integrated luminosity of 14.2 pb-1. The results are in good agreement with QED predictions. We set lower limits, at 95% confidence level, on the QED cutoff parameters of LAMBDA+ > 139 GeV, LAMBDA- > 108 GeV and on the mass of an excited electron of m(e*) > 127 GeV. We searched for Z0 rare decays with photonic signatures in the final state. Upper limits, at 95% confidence level, for the branching ratio of ZO decaying into pi-0-gamma/gamma-gamma, eta-gamma and gamma-gamma-gamma are 1.2 x 10(-4), 1.8 x 10(-4), 3.3 x 10(-5) respectively.
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