MEASUREMENT OF Z0 DECAYS TO HADRONS, AND A PRECISE DETERMINATION OF THE NUMBER OF NEUTRINO SPECIES

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ADEVA, B
ADRIANI, O
AGUILARBENITEZ, M
AKBARI, H
ALCARAZ, J
ALOISIO, A
ALVERSON, G
ALVIGGI, MG
AN, Q
ANDERHUB, H
ANDERSON, AL
ANDREEV, VP
ANGELOV, T
ANTONOV, L
ANTREASYAN, D
AREFIEV, A
AZEMOON, T
AZIZ, T
BABA, PVKS
BAGNAIA, P
BAKKEN, JA
BAKSAY, L
BALL, RC
BANERJEE, S
BAO, J
BARONE, L
BAY, A
BECKER, U
BEINGESSNER, S
BENCZE, GL
BERDUGO, J
BERGES, P
BERTUCCI, B
BETEV, BL
BILAND, A
BIZZARRI, R
BLAISING, JJ
BLOMEKE, P
BLUMENFELD, B
BOBBINK, GJ
BOCCIOLINI, M
BOHLEN, W
BOHM, A
BOHRINGER, T
BORGIA, B
BOURILKOV, D
BOURQUIN, M
BOUTIGNY, D
BRANSON, JG
BROCK, IC
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[1] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,SEZ FIRENZE,I-50125 FLORENCE,ITALY
[2] UNIV FLORENCE,I-50125 FLORENCE,ITALY
[3] CTR INVEST ENERGET MEDIOAMBIENTALES & TECNOL,MADRID,SPAIN
[4] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV,BALTIMORE,MD 21218
[5] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,SEZ NAPOLI,I-80125 NAPLES,ITALY
[6] NAPLES UNIV,I-80125 NAPLES,ITALY
[7] NORTHEASTERN UNIV,BOSTON,MA 02115
[8] WORLD LAB,FBLJA PROJECT,CH-1211 GENEVA,SWITZERLAND
[9] SWISS FED INST TECHNOL,CH-8093 ZURICH,SWITZERLAND
[10] MIT,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
[11] LENINGRAD NUCL PHYS INST,GATCHINA 188350,USSR
[12] CENT LAB AUTOMAT & INSTRUMENTAT,SOFIA,BULGARIA
[13] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,SEZ BOLOGNA,I-40126 BOLOGNA,ITALY
[14] INST THEORET & EXPTL PHYS,MOSCOW 117259,USSR
[15] UNIV MICHIGAN,ANN ARBOR,MI 48109
[16] TATA INST FUNDAMENTAL RES,BOMBAY 400005,INDIA
[17] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,SEZ ROMA,I-00185 ROME,ITALY
[18] UNIV ROME LA SAPIENZA,I-00185 ROME,ITALY
[19] PRINCETON UNIV,PRINCETON,NJ 08544
[20] UNION UNIV UNION COLL,SCHENECTADY,NY 12308
[21] UNIV GENEVA,CH-1211 GENEVA 4,SWITZERLAND
[22] LAB PHYS PARTICLES,F-74519 ANNECY LE VIEUX,FRANCE
[23] HUNGARIAN ACAD SCI,CENT RES INST PHYS,H-1525 BUDAPEST 114,HUNGARY
[24] RHEIN WESTFAL TH AACHEN,INST PHYS 1,W-5100 AACHEN,GERMANY
[25] RHEIN WESTFAL TH AACHEN,INST PHYS 3,W-5100 AACHEN,GERMANY
[26] NIKHEF,NATL INST HIGH ENERGY PHYS,1009 DB AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS
[27] NIKHEF NIJMEGEN,6525 ED NIJMEGEN,NETHERLANDS
[28] CATHOLIC UNIV NIJMEGEN,6525 ED NIJMEGEN,NETHERLANDS
[29] PAUL SCHERRER INST,WURENLINGEN,SWITZERLAND
[30] UNIV LAUSANNE,CH-1015 LAUSANNE,SWITZERLAND
[31] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO,SAN DIEGO,CA 92182
[32] CARNEGIE MELLON UNIV,PITTSBURGH,PA 15213
[33] UNIV LYON 1,INST PHYS NUCL LYON,CNRS,INST NATL PHYS NUCL & PHYS PARTICULES,F-69622 VILLEURBANNE,FRANCE
[34] INST HIGH ENERGY PHYS,BEIJING,PEOPLES R CHINA
[35] CHINESE UNIV SCI & TECHNOL,HEFEI 230029,PEOPLES R CHINA
[36] HIGH ENERGY PHYS INST,O-1615 ZEUTHEN BERLIN,GERMANY
[37] CALTECH,PASADENA,CA 91125
[38] SHANGHAI INST CERAM,SHANGHAI,PEOPLES R CHINA
[39] HARVARD UNIV,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138
[40] UNIV HAMBURG,W-2000 HAMBURG 13,GERMANY
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10.1016/0370-2693(90)90476-M
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We have made a precise measurement of the cross section for e+e-→Z0→hadrons with the L3 detector at LEP, covering the s range from 88.28 to 95.04 GeV. From a fit to the Z0 mass, total width, and the hadronic cross section to be MZ 0=91.160 ± 0.024 (experiment) ±0.030(LEP) GeV, ΓZ 0=2.539±0.054 GeV, and σh(MZ 0)=29.5±0.7 nb. We also used the fit to the Z0 peak cross section and the width todetermine Γinvisible=0.548±0.029 GeV, which corresponds to 3.29±0.17 species of light neutrinos. The possibility of four or more neutrino flavors is thus ruled out at the 4σ confidence level. © 1990.
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