Search for a scalar top almost degenerate with the lightest neutralino e+e- collisions at √s up to 202 GeV

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Barate, R [1 ]
Decamp, D
Ghez, P
Goy, C
Jezequel, S
Lees, JP
Martin, F
Merle, E
Minard, MN
Pietrzyk, B
Bravo, S
Casado, MP
Chmeissani, M
Crespo, JM
Fernandez, E
Fernandez-Bosman, M
Garrido, L
Graugés, E
Lopez, J
Martinez, M
Merino, C
Miquel, R
Mir, LM
Pacheco, A
Paneque, D
Ruiz, H
Colaleo, A
Creanza, D
De Filippis, N
de Palma, M
Iaselli, G
Maggi, G
Maggi, M
Nuzzo, S
Ranieri, A
Raso, G
Ruggieri, F
Selvaggi, G
Silvestris, L
Tempesta, P
Tricomi, A
Zito, G
Huang, X
Lin, J
Ouyang, Q
Wang, T
Xie, Y
Xu, R
Xue, S
Zhang, J
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[1] IN2P3, CNRS, Phys Particules Lab, F-74019 Annecy Le Vieux, France
[2] Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Inst Fis Altes Energies, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
[3] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Dipartimento Fis, Sezione Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
[4] Acad Sinica, Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China
[5] CERN, European Lab Particle Phys, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
[6] Univ Lancaster, Dept Phys, Lancaster LA1 4YB, England
[7] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Phys, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
[8] Univ Mediterranee, CNRS, IN2P3, Ctr Phys Particules Marseille, F-13288 Marseille, France
[9] Univ Milan, Dipartimento Fis, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[10] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sezione Milano, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[11] Max Planck Inst Phys & Astrophys, Werner Heisenberg Inst, D-80805 Munich, Germany
[12] Univ Paris Sud, Lab Accelerateur Lineaire, IN2P3, CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
[13] Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sezione Pisa, I-56010 Pisa, Italy
[14] Scuola Normale Super Pisa, I-56010 Pisa, Italy
[15] Univ London, Royal Holloway & Bedford New Coll, Dept Phys, Surrey TW20 0EX, England
[16] Rutherford Appleton Lab, Particle Phys Dept, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England
[17] CENS, Serv Phys Particules, DAPNIA, CEA, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[18] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Inst Particle Phys, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
[19] Univ Sheffield, Dept Phys, Sheffield S3 7RH, S Yorkshire, England
[20] Univ Siegen, Fachbereich Phys, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
[21] Univ Trieste, Dipartimento Fis, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
[22] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sezione Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
[23] Univ Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[24] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[25] CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
[26] Dipartimento Fis Catania, I-95129 Catania, Italy
[27] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sezione Catania, I-95129 Catania, Italy
[28] Univ Turin, Ist Fis Gen, I-10125 Turin, Italy
[29] CNR, Ist Cosmogeofis, I-10133 Turin, Italy
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10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00893-5
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摘要
Data collected at centre-of-mass energies from 189 GeV to 202 GeV by the ALEPH detector at LEP corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 411 pb(-1), are analysed in a search for the scalar top in the decay channels (t) over tilde --> c/u chi for small mass differences between the stop and the lightest neutralino. No evidence for deviations from the Standard Model expectation is found and a lower limit of 59 GeV/c(2) is set for the stop mass, independent of the stop to neutralino mass difference and of the stop lifetime. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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