SEARCH FOR MU--]E- CONVERSION WITH SINDRUM-II

被引:11
作者
BADERTSCHER, A
BAGATURIA, J
BEGALLI, M
BERTL, W
DOHMEN, C
DZHORDZHADZE, W
EGGER, J
ENGFER, R
FINDEISEN, C
GAHWILER, D
GROSSMANNHANDSCHIN, M
GROTH, KD
HAWELKA, P
HERMES, EA
HEROLD, W
HOFMANN, J
HONECKER, W
KAMPMANN, D
KHOMUTOV, N
KOZLOWSKI, T
KRAUSE, B
LORDONG, N
MELITAURI, G
MTCHEDLISHVILI, A
MUHEIM, F
MULLER, U
NIEBUHR, CB
OTTER, G
PLAYFER, S
PRUYS, HS
RENKER, D
RICKEN, L
SALZMANN, M
VANDERSCHAAF, A
SEELIGER, R
SZAVITS, O
VERMEULEN, D
WALTER, HK
WINTZ, P
机构
[1] RHEIN WESTFAL TH AACHEN,INST PHYS B 3,W-5100 AACHEN,GERMANY
[2] ETH ZURICH,PAUL SCHERRER INST,INST MITTELENERGIEPHYS,CH-5232 VILLIGEN,SWITZERLAND
[3] TBILISI STATE UNIV,TBILISI 380086,GEORGIA,USSR
[4] UNIV ZURICH,INST PHYS,CH-8001 ZURICH,SWITZERLAND
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D O I
10.1088/0954-3899/17/S/005
中图分类号
O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
学科分类号
070202 ;
摘要
A status report is given on an experiment started in 1987 at PSI to search for the lepton flavour violating muon to electron conversion process. The motivation for this experiment, the design and performance of the detector (SINDRUM II), and results of a first run are presented. No candidate of the process mu-Ti --> e-Ti was found, and, using two independent determinations of the muon stop rate, an upper limit for the branching ratio relative to muon capture B-mu-e < 4.4.10(-12) (90% C.L.) was obtained. This result confirms the current best value for the upper limit found at TRIUMF (4.6.10(-12).
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页码:S47 / S55
页数:9
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