SEARCH FOR INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSON

被引:28
作者
WANDERER, PJ
STEFANSK.RJ
ADAIR, RK
ANKENBRANDT, CM
KASHA, H
LARSEN, RC
LEIPUNER, LB
SMITH, LW
机构
[1] Yale University, New Haven
[2] Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.23.729
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
A search for the vector boson (W particle), postulated as the mediator of the weak interaction, has been carried out by determining the intensity and polarization of muons originating very near the point of interaction of 28-GeV protons with nucleons. Bosons were not observed and the upper limit on the production cross section for W's with masses between 2.0 and 4.5 GeV/c2 is B6×10-36 cm2, where B is the branching ratio for the W decay to a muon and a neutrino. © 1969 The American Physical Society.
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