DETERMINATION OF THE NUMBER OF LIGHT NEUTRINO SPECIES

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作者
ADRIANI, O
AGUILARBENITEZ, M
AHLEN, S
AKBARI, H
ALCARAZ, J
ALOISIO, A
ALVERSON, G
ALVIGGI, MG
AMBROSI, G
AN, Q
ANDERHUB, H
ANDERSON, AL
ANDREEV, VP
ANGELOV, T
ANTONOV, L
ANTREASYAN, D
ARCE, P
AREFIEV, A
ATAMANCHUK, A
AZEMOON, T
AZIZ, T
BABA, PVKS
BAGNAIA, P
BAKKEN, JA
BAKSAY, L
BALL, RC
BANERJEE, S
BAO, J
BARILLERE, R
BARONE, L
BATTISTON, R
BAY, A
BECATTINI, F
BECKER, U
BEHNER, F
BEHRENS, J
BEINGESSNER, S
BENCZE, GL
BERDUGO, J
BERGES, P
BERTUCCI, B
BETEV, BL
BIASINI, M
BILAND, A
BILEI, GM
BIZZARRI, R
BLAISING, JJ
BLUMENFELD, B
BOBBINK, GJ
BOCCIOLINI, M
机构
[1] CTR INVEST ENERGET MEDIOAMBIENTALES & TECNOL, E-28040 MADRID, SPAIN
[2] BOSTON UNIV, BOSTON, MA 02215 USA
[3] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV HOSP, BALTIMORE, MD 21218 USA
[4] CERRO TOLOLO INTERAMER OBSERV, EUROPEAN LAB PARTICULE PHYS, LA SERENA, CHILE
[5] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-80125 NAPLES, ITALY
[6] NAPLES UNIV, I-80125 NAPLES, ITALY
[7] NORTHEASTERN UNIV, BOSTON, MA 02115 USA
[8] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-06100 PERUGIA, ITALY
[9] UNIV PERUGIA, I-06100 PERUGIA, ITALY
[10] WORLD LAB, FBLJA PROJECT, CH-1211 GENEVA 23, SWITZERLAND
[11] SWISS FED INST TECHNOL, CH-8093 ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
[12] MIT, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 USA
[13] ST PETERSBURG NUCL PHYS INST, ST PETERSBURG, USSR
[14] BULGARIAN ACAD SCI, BU-1113 SOFIA, BULGARIA
[15] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-40126 BOLOGNA, ITALY
[16] MOSCOW THEORET & EXPTL PHYS INST, MOSCOW 117259, USSR
[17] UNIV MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 USA
[18] TATA INST FUNDAMENTAL RES, BOMBAY 400005, INDIA
[19] RHEIN WESTFAL TH AACHEN, INST PHYS 3, W-5100 AACHEN, GERMANY
[20] RHEIN WESTFAL TH AACHEN, INST PHYS 1, W-5100 AACHEN, GERMANY
[21] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-00185 ROME, ITALY
[22] UNIV ROME LA SAPIENZA, I-00185 ROME, ITALY
[23] PRINCETON UNIV, PRINCETON, NJ 08544 USA
[24] UNIV ALABAMA, UNIVERSITY, AL 35486 USA
[25] UNIV GENEVA, CH-1211 GENEVA 4, SWITZERLAND
[26] LAB PHYS PARTICULES, F-74941 ANNECYVIEUX, FRANCE
[27] HUNGARIAN ACAD SCI, CENT RES INST PHYS, H-1525 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
[28] NATL INST HIGH ENERGY PHYS, 1009 DB AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
[29] CATHOLIC UNIV NIJMEGEN, 6525 ED NIJMEGEN, NETHERLANDS
[30] NIKHEF NIJMEGEN, 6525 ED NIJMEGEN, NETHERLANDS
[31] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO, SAN DIEGO, CA 92182 USA
[32] CARNEGIE MELLON UNIV, PITTSBURGH, PA 15213 USA
[33] LOS ALAMOS NATL LAB, LOS ALAMOS, NM 87544 USA
[34] UNIV LYON 1, INST PHYS NUCL LYON, CNRS, IN2P3, F-69622 VILLEURBANNE, FRANCE
[35] PURDUE UNIV, W LAFAYETTE, IN 47907 USA
[36] LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATL LAB, LIVERMORE, CA 94550 USA
[37] INST HIGH ENERGY, BEIJING, PEOPLES R CHINA
[38] HIGH ENERGY PHYS GRP, TAIPEI, TAIWAN
[39] UNIV SCI & TECHNOL CHINA, HEFEI 230029, PEOPLES R CHINA
[40] OAK RIDGE NATL LAB, OAK RIDGE, TN 37831 USA
[41] UNIV SANTIAGO, DEPT FIS PARTICULES ELEMENTALES, E-15706 SANTIAGO, SPAIN
[42] PAUL SCHERRER INST, CH-5232 VILLIGEN, SWITZERLAND
[43] SHANGHAI INST CERAM, SHANGHAI, PEOPLES R CHINA
[44] DESY, INST HOCHENENERGIEPHYS, O-1615 ZEUTHEN, GERMANY
[45] UNIV LAUSANNE, CH-1015 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
[46] CALTECH, PASADENA, CA 91125 USA
[47] HARVARD UNIV, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 USA
[48] UNIV CYPRUS, DEPT NAT SCI, NICOSIA, CYPRUS
[49] UNIV HAMBURG, W-2000 HAMBURG 13, GERMANY
[50] UNIV FLORENCE, I-50125 FLORENCE, ITALY
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10.1016/0370-2693(92)91204-M
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We have measured the cross-section of the production of single photon events in e+e- collisions near the Z0 resonance. For an integrated luminosity of 9.6 pb-1, we have observed 202 single photon candidates with energy between 0.9 and 3.5 GeV in the polar angular region between 45-degrees and 135-degrees. Assuming that the only stable weakly interacting particles are light neutrinos with standard model couplings, we determine the number of light neutrino species to be N(nu) = 3.14 +/- 0.24 (stat.) +/- 0.12 (syst.). This corresponds to an invisible Z0 width of GAMMA(inv) = 524 +/- 40 +/- 20 MeV.
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