Experimental limits on massive neutrinos frome + e − annihilations at 29 GeV
Author(s) -
C. Akerlof,
J. Chapman,
D. Errede,
M. T. Ken,
D. I. Meyer,
H. A. Neal,
D. Nitz,
R. Thun,
R. Tschirhart,
M. Derrick,
P. Kooijman,
J. S. Loos,
B. Musgrave,
L. E. Price,
J. Repond,
K. Sugano,
D. Blockus,
B. Brabson,
J.-M. Brom,
C. K. Jung,
H. Ogren,
H.W. Paik,
D. R. Rust,
S. Abachi,
P. Baringer,
Ben Bylsma,
R. DeBonte,
D.S. Koltick,
E. H. Low,
R. L. McIlwain,
D. H. Miller,
C. R. Ng,
L. K. Rangan,
E. I. Shibata,
B. Cork
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
physical review. d. particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/physical review. d. particles and fields
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1089-4918
pISSN - 0556-2821
DOI - 10.1103/physrevd.37.577
Subject(s) - physics , neutrino , muon , particle physics
A search was made with the High Resolution Spectrometer at PEP for events with an isolated pair of charged tracks e/sup + -/X/sup - +/ where X is a muon or meson. Such pairs are a possible signature for the decay of massive neutrinos. Only one event was found, for a integrated luminosity of 300 pb/sup -1/, satisfying certain selection criteria and with a mass m/sub ex/ > 1.8 GeV. This result places strong constraints on the existence of new neutrinos with masses from 1.8 to 6.7 GeV and with mixing parameters to the known neutrinos in the range 10/sup -6/ < absolute value of U/sup 2/ < 1. 12 refs., 6 figs.
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