Search for chargino and neutralino production in e(+)e(-) collisions at root s=161 GeV

被引:31
作者
Ackerstaff, K
Alexander, G
Allison, J
Altekamp, N
Ametewee, K
Anderson, KJ
Anderson, S
Arcelli, S
Asai, S
Axen, D
Azuelos, G
Ball, AH
Barberio, E
Barlow, RJ
Bartoldus, R
Batley, JR
Bechtluft, J
Beeston, C
Behnke, T
Bell, AN
Bell, KW
Bella, G
Bentvelsen, S
Berlich, P
Bethke, S
Biebel, O
Blobel, V
Bloodworth, IJ
Bloomer, JE
Bobinski, M
Bock, P
Bosch, HM
Boutemeur, M
Bouwens, BT
Braibant, S
Brown, RM
Burckhart, HJ
Burgard, C
Burgin, R
Capiluppi, P
Carnegie, RK
Carter, AA
Carter, JR
Chang, CY
Charlton, DG
Chrisman, D
Clarke, PEL
Cohen, I
Conboy, JE
Cooke, OC
机构
[1] UNIV BIRMINGHAM, SCH PHYS & SPACE RES, BIRMINGHAM B15 2TT, W MIDLANDS, ENGLAND
[2] UNIV BOLOGNA, DIPARTMENTO FIS, I-40126 BOLOGNA, ITALY
[3] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-40126 BOLOGNA, ITALY
[4] UNIV BONN, INST PHYS, D-53115 BONN, GERMANY
[5] UNIV CALIF RIVERSIDE, DEPT PHYS, RIVERSIDE, CA 92521 USA
[6] CAVENDISH LAB, CAMBRIDGE CB3 0HE, ENGLAND
[7] CARLETON UNIV, OTTAWA CARLETON INST PHYS, DEPT PHYS, OTTAWA, ON K1S 5B6, CANADA
[8] CERN, EUROPEAN ORG PARTICLE PHYS, CH-1211 GENEVA 23, SWITZERLAND
[9] CARLETON UNIV, CTR RES PARTICLE PHYS, OTTAWA, ON K1S 5B6, CANADA
[10] UNIV CHICAGO, ENRICO FERMI INST, CHICAGO, IL 60637 USA
[11] UNIV CHICAGO, DEPT PHYS, CHICAGO, IL 60637 USA
[12] UNIV FREIBURG, FAK PHYS, D-79104 FREIBURG, GERMANY
[13] UNIV HEIDELBERG, INST PHYS, D-69120 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
[14] INDIANA UNIV, DEPT PHYS, BLOOMINGTON, IN 47405 USA
[15] UNIV LONDON QUEEN MARY & WESTFIELD COLL, LONDON E1 4NS, ENGLAND
[16] RHEIN WESTFAL TH AACHEN, INST PHYS 3, D-52056 AACHEN, GERMANY
[17] UNIV MANCHESTER, SCHUSTER LAB, DEPT PHYS, MANCHESTER M13 9PL, LANCS, ENGLAND
[18] UNIV MARYLAND, DEPT PHYS, COLLEGE PK, MD 20742 USA
[19] UNIV MONTREAL, PHYS NUCL LAB, MONTREAL, PQ H3C 3J7, CANADA
[20] UNIV OREGON, DEPT PHYS, EUGENE, OR 97403 USA
[21] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB, DIDCOT OX11 0QX, OXON, ENGLAND
[22] TECHNION ISRAEL INST TECHNOL, DEPT PHYS, IL-32000 HAIFA, ISRAEL
[23] TEL AVIV UNIV, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, IL-69978 TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
[24] UNIV TOKYO, INT CTR ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYS, TOKYO 113, JAPAN
[25] KOBE UNIV, KOBE 657, JAPAN
[26] BRUNEL UNIV, UXBRIDGE UB8 3PH, MIDDX, ENGLAND
[27] WEIZMANN INST SCI, PARTICLE PHYS DEPT, IL-76100 REHOVOT, ISRAEL
[28] UNIV HAMBURG, DESY, INST PHYS EXPT, D-22607 HAMBURG, GERMANY
[29] UNIV VICTORIA, DEPT PHYS, VICTORIA, BC V8W 3P6, CANADA
[30] UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA, DEPT PHYS, VANCOUVER, BC V6T 1Z1, CANADA
[31] UNIV ALBERTA, DEPT PHYS, EDMONTON, AB T6G 2J1, CANADA
[32] DUKE UNIV, DEPT PHYS, DURHAM, NC 27708 USA
[33] RES INST PARTICLE & NUCL PHYS, H-1525 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
[34] INST NUCL RES, H-4001 DEBRECEN, HUNGARY
[35] UNIV MUNICH, SEKT PHYS, D-85748 GARCHING, GERMANY
基金
以色列科学基金会; 美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/S0370-2693(96)01451-7
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Charginos and neutralinos, predicted by supersymmetric theories, have been searched for in e(+)e(-) collisions with an integrated luminosity of 10.0 pb(-1) at a centre-of-mass energy of root s = 161 GeV with the OPAL detector at LEP. Two candidate events are selected; consistent with the total background estimate of 0.7 +/- 0.2 events. The 95% C.L. lower limit on the lightest chargino mass in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model is 78.5 GeV if the universal scalar mass mo is greater than 1 TeV, and 62.0 GeV for the smallest mo compatible with slepton and sneutrino mass limits obtained at centre-of-mass energies near the Z peak. These limits were obtained under the conditions that the lightest chargino is heavier than the lightest neutralino by more than 10 GeV and tan beta = 1.5. The new exclusion limits significantly improve on the results obtained at root s = 130 and 136 GeV.
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页数:15
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