Search for pair-production of long-lived heavy charged particles in e(+)e(-) annihilation

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作者
Barate, R
Buskulic, D
Decamp, D
Ghez, P
Goy, C
Lees, JP
Lucotte, A
Minard, MN
Nief, JY
Pietrzyk, B
Casado, MP
Chmeissani, M
Comas, P
Crespo, JM
Delfino, M
Fernandez, E
FernandezBosman, M
Garrido, L
Juste, A
Martinez, M
Miquel, R
Mir, LM
Orteu, S
Padilla, C
Park, IC
Pascual, A
Perlas, JA
Riu, I
Sanchez, F
Teubert, F
Colaleo, A
Creanza, D
dePalma, M
Gelao, G
Iaselli, G
Maggi, G
Maggi, M
Marinelli, N
Nuzzo, S
Ranieri, A
Raso, G
Ruggieri, F
Selvaggi, G
Silvestris, L
Tempesta, P
Tricomi, A
Zito, G
Huang, X
Lin, J
Ouyang, Q
机构
[1] UNIV AUTONOMA BARCELONA, INST FIS ALTES ENERGIES, BELLATERRA 08193, BARCELONA, SPAIN
[2] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-70126 BARI, ITALY
[3] ACAD SINICA, INST HIGH ENERGY PHYS, BEIJING, PEOPLES R CHINA
[4] CERN, EUROPEAN LAB PARTICLE PHYS, CH-1211 GENEVA 23, SWITZERLAND
[5] UNIV CLERMONT FERRAND, PHYS CORPUSCULAIRE LAB, IN2P3, CNRS, F-63177 AUBIERE, FRANCE
[6] NIELS BOHR INST, DK-2100 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
[7] DEMOCRITOS NUCL RES CTR, ATHENS, GREECE
[8] ECOLE POLYTECH, LAB PHYS NUCL & HAUTES ENERGIES, IN2P3, CNRS, F-91128 PALAISEAU, FRANCE
[9] UNIV FLORENCE, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-50125 FLORENCE, ITALY
[10] FLORIDA STATE UNIV, SUPERCOMP COMPUTAT RES INST, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32306 USA
[11] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, LAB NAZL FRASCATI, I-00044 FRASCATI, ITALY
[12] UNIV GLASGOW, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, GLASGOW G12 8QQ, LANARK, SCOTLAND
[13] UNIV HEIDELBERG, INST HOCHENERGIEPHYS, D-69120 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
[14] UNIV LONDON IMPERIAL COLL SCI TECHNOL & MED, DEPT PHYS, LONDON SW7 2BZ, ENGLAND
[15] UNIV INNSBRUCK, INST EXPT PHYS, A-6020 INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA
[16] UNIV LANCASTER, DEPT PHYS, LANCASTER LA1 4YB, ENGLAND
[17] UNIV MAINZ, INST PHYS, D-55099 MAINZ, GERMANY
[18] FAC SCI LUMINY, CTR PHYS PARTICULES, IN2P3, CNRS, F-13288 MARSEILLE, FRANCE
[19] UNIV MILAN, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-20133 MILAN, ITALY
[20] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-20133 MILAN, ITALY
[21] MAX PLANCK INST PHYS & ASTROPHYS, WERNER HEISENBERG INST PHYS, D-80805 MUNICH, GERMANY
[22] UNIV PARIS 11, ACCELERATEUR LINEAIRE LAB, IN2P3, CNRS, F-91405 ORSAY, FRANCE
[23] UNIV PISA, IST NAZL FIS NUCL, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-56010 PISA, ITALY
[24] SCUOLA NORMALE SUPER PISA, I-56010 PISA, ITALY
[25] UNIV LONDON, ROYAL HOLLOWAY & BEDFORD NEW COLL, DEPT PHYS, SURREY TW20 0EX, ENGLAND
[26] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB, DEPT PARTICLE PHYS, DIDCOT OX11 0QX, OXON, ENGLAND
[27] CEA SACLAY, SERV PHYS PARTICULES, DAPNIA, F-91191 GIF SUR YVETTE, FRANCE
[28] UNIV CALIF SANTA CRUZ, INST PARTICLE PHYS, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95064 USA
[29] UNIV SHEFFIELD, DEPT PHYS, SHEFFIELD S3 7RH, S YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND
[30] UNIV GESAMTHSCH SIEGEN, FACHBEREICH PHYS, D-57068 SIEGEN, GERMANY
[31] UNIV TRIESTE, DIPARTMENTO FIS, I-34127 TRIESTE, ITALY
[32] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-34127 TRIESTE, ITALY
[33] UNIV WASHINGTON, SEATTLE, WA 98195 USA
[34] UNIV WISCONSIN, DEPT PHYS, MADISON, WI 53706 USA
[35] KANGNUNG NATL UNIV, KANGNUNG, SOUTH KOREA
[36] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-95129 CATANIA, ITALY
[37] UNIV TURIN, IST FIS GEN, TURIN, ITALY
[38] UNIV TURIN, IST FIS GEN, TURIN, ITALY
[39] CNR, IST COSMOGEOFIS, I-10133 TURIN, ITALY
[40] CERN, CH-1211 GENEVA 23, SWITZERLAND
[41] UNIV BARCELONA, BARCELONA 08028, SPAIN
[42] UNIV SASSARI, IST MATEMAT & FIS, I-07100 SASSARI, ITALY
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10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00715-6
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P1 [天文学];
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摘要
A search for pair-production of long-lived, heavy, singly-charged particles has been performed with data collected by the ALEPH detector at a centre-of-mass energy of 172 GeV. Data at root s = 161, 136, and 130 GeV are also included to improve the sensitivity to lower masses. No candidate is found in the data. A model-independent 95% confidence level upper limit on the production cross section at 172 GeV of 0.2-0.4 pb is derived for masses between 45 and 86 GeV/c(2). This cross section limit implies, assuming the MSSM, a lower limit of 67 (69) GeV/c(2) on the mass of right- (left-) handed long-lived scalar taus or scalar muons and of 86 GeV/c(2) on the mass of long-lived charginos. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.
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