SEARCH FOR THE EXOTIC DECAY MU+-]E+NU-BARE-NU-MU

被引:10
作者
KRAKAUER, DA
TALAGA, RL
ALLEN, RC
CHEN, HH
DOE, PJ
HAUSAMMANN, R
LEE, WP
LU, XQ
MAHLER, HJ
POTTER, ME
WANG, KC
YAO, H
BOWLES, TJ
BURMAN, RL
CARLINI, RD
COCHRAN, DRF
FRANK, JS
PIASETZKY, E
SANDBERG, VD
机构
[1] UNIV MARYLAND,COLLEGE PK,MD 20742
[2] UNIV CALIF IRVINE,IRVINE,CA 92717
[3] UNIV CALIF LOS ALAMOS SCI LAB,LOS ALAMOS,NM 87545
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10.1016/0370-2693(91)90501-G
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We search for the exotic decay-mu+ --> e+ nu-eBAR nu-mu as a test of lepton-number conversation. An exposure of almost-equal-to 10(20) mu+-decay neutrinos to a 15 ton detector leads to a new upper bound for the branching ratio, R = GAMMA (mu+ --> e+ nu-eBAR nu-mu)/GAMMA (mu+ --> all), R < 0.018 (90% CL).
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页码:534 / 538
页数:5
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