1. Search for charged Higgs bosons in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at centre-of-mass energies between 130 and 183 GeV
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Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, Allaby, James V, Aloisio, A, Alviggi, M G, Ambrosi, G, Anderhub, H, Andreev, V P, Angelescu, T, Anselmo, F, Arefev, A, Azemoon, T, Aziz, T, Bagnaia, P, Baksay, L, Banerjee, S, Banerjee, Sw, Banicz, K, Barczyk, A, Barillère, R, Barone, L, Bartalini, P, Baschirotto, A, Basile, M, Battiston, R, Bay, A, Becattini, F, Becker, U, Behner, F, Berdugo, J, Berges, P, Bertucci, B, Betev, B L, Bhattacharya, S, Biasini, M, Biland, A, Bilei, G M, Blaising, J J, Blyth, S C, Bobbink, Gerjan J, Böck, R K, Böhm, A, Boldizsar, L, Borgia, B, Bourilkov, D, Bourquin, Maurice, Braccini, S, Branson, J G, Brigljevic, V, Brock, I C, Buffini, A, Buijs, A, Burger, J D, Burger, W J, Busenitz, J K, Button, A M, Cai, X D, Campanelli, M, Capell, M, Cara Romeo, G, Carlino, G, Cartacci, A M, Casaus, J, Castellini, G, Cavallari, F, Cavallo, N, Cecchi, C, Cerrada-Canales, M, Cesaroni, F, Chamizo-Llatas, M, Chang, Y H, Chaturvedi, U K, Chemarin, M, Chen, A, Chen, G, Chen, G M, Chen, H F, Chen, H S, Chéreau, X J, Chiefari, G, Chien, C Y, Cifarelli, Luisa, Cindolo, F, Civinini, C, Clare, I, Clare, R, Coignet, G, Colijn, A P, Colino, N, Costantini, S, Cotorobai, F, de la Cruz, B, Csilling, Akos, Dai, T S, D'Alessandro, R, De Asmundis, R, Degré, A, Deiters, K, Della Volpe, D, Denes, P, De Notaristefani, F, Diemoz, M, Van Dierendonck, D N, Di Lodovico, F, Dionisi, C, Dittmar, Michael, Dominguez, A, Doria, A, Dova, M T, Duchesneau, D, Duinker, P, Durán, I, Easo, S, El-Mamouni, H, Engler, A, Eppling, F J, Erné, F C, Extermann, Pierre, Fabre, M, Faccini, R, Falagán, M A, Falciano, S, Favara, A, Fay, J, Fedin, O, Felcini, Marta, Ferguson, T, Ferroni, F, Fesefeldt, H S, Fiandrini, E, Field, J H, Filthaut, Frank, Fisher, P H, Fisk, I, Forconi, G, Fredj, L, Freudenreich, Klaus, Furetta, C, Galaktionov, Yu, Ganguli, S N, García-Abia, P, Gataullin, M, Gau, S S, Gentile, S, Gheordanescu, N, Giagu, S, Goldfarb, S, Goldstein, J, Gong, Z F, Gougas, Andreas, Gratta, Giorgio, Grünewald, M W, van Gulik, R, Gupta, V K, Gurtu, A, Gutay, L J, Haas, D, Hartmann, B, Hasan, A, Hatzifotiadou, D, Hebbeker, T, Hervé, A, Hidas, P, Hirschfelder, J, Van Hoek, W C, Hofer, H, Hoorani, H, Hou, S R, Hu, G, Iashvili, I, Jin, B N, Jones, L W, de Jong, P, Josa-Mutuberria, I, Khan, R A, Kamrad, D, Kapustinsky, J S, Kaur, M, Kienzle-Focacci, M N, Kim, D, Kim, D H, Kim, J K, Kim, S C, Kinnison, W W, Kirkby, A, Kirkby, D, Kirkby, Jasper, Kiss, D, Kittel, E W, Klimentov, A, König, A C, Kopp, A, Korolko, I, Koutsenko, V F, Krämer, R W, Krenz, W, Kunin, A, Lacentre, P E, Ladrón de Guevara, P, Laktineh, I, Landi, G, Lapoint, C, Lassila-Perini, K M, Laurikainen, P, Lavorato, A, Lebeau, M, Lebedev, A, Lebrun, P, Lecomte, P, Lecoq, P, Le Coultre, P, Lee, H J, Le Goff, J M, Leiste, R, Leonardi, E, Levchenko, P M, Li Chuan, Lin, C H, Lin, W T, Linde, Frank L, Lista, L, Liu, Z A, Lohmann, W, Longo, E, Lu, W, Lü, Y S, Lübelsmeyer, K, Luci, C, Luckey, D, Luminari, L, Lustermann, W, Ma Wen Gan, Maity, M, Majumder, G, Malgeri, L, Malinin, A, Maña, C, Mangeol, D J J, Marchesini, P A, Marian, A, Marin, A, Martin, J P, Marzano, F, Massaro, G G G, Mazumdar, K, McNeil, R R, Mele, S, Merola, L, Meschini, M, Metzger, W J, Von der Mey, M, Migani, D, Mihul, A, Van Mil, A J W, Milcent, H, Mirabelli, G, Mnich, J, Molnár, P, Monteleoni, B, Moore, R, Moulik, T, Mount, R, Muanza, G S, Muheim, F, Muijs, A J M, Nahn, S, Napolitano, M, Nessi-Tedaldi, F, Newman, H, Niessen, T, Nippe, A, Nisati, A, Nowak, H, Oh, Yu D, Organtini, G, Ostonen, R, Palit, S, Palomares, C, Pandoulas, D, Paoletti, S, Paolucci, P, Park, H K, Park, I H, Pascale, G, Passaleva, G, Patricelli, S, Paul, T, Pauluzzi, M, Paus, C, Pauss, Felicitas, Peach, D, Pedace, M, Pei, Y J, Pensotti, S, Perret-Gallix, D, Petersen, B, Petrak, S, Pevsner, A, Piccolo, D, Pieri, M, Piroué, P A, Pistolesi, E, Plyaskin, V, Pohl, M, Pozhidaev, V, Postema, H, Pothier, J, Produit, N, Prokofev, D, Prokofiev, D O, Quartieri, J, Rahal-Callot, G, Raja, N, Rancoita, P G, Rattaggi, M, Raven, G, Razis, P A, Ren, D, Rescigno, M, Reucroft, S, Van Rhee, T, Riemann, S, Riles, K, Robohm, A, Rodin, J, Roe, B P, Romero, L, Rosier-Lees, S, Roth, S, Rubio, Juan Antonio, Ruschmeier, D, Rykaczewski, H, Sakar, S, Salicio, J, Sánchez, E, Sanders, M P, Sarakinos, M E, Schäfer, C, Shchegelskii, V, Schmidt-Kärst, S, Schmitz, D, Scholz, N, Schopper, Herwig Franz, Schotanus, D J, Schwenke, J, Schwering, G, Sciacca, C, Sciarrino, D, Servoli, L, Shevchenko, S, Shivarov, N, Shoutko, V, Shukla, J, Shumilov, E, Shvorob, A V, Siedenburg, T, Son, D, Smith, B, Spillantini, P, Steuer, M, Stickland, D P, Stone, A, Stone, H, Stoyanov, B, Strässner, A, Sudhakar, K, Sultanov, G G, Sun, L Z, Susinno, G F, Suter, H, Swain, J D, Szillási, Z, Tang, X W, Tauscher, Ludwig, Taylor, L, Timmermans, C, Ting, Samuel C C, Ting, S M, Tonwar, S C, Tóth, J, Tully, C, Tung, K L, Uchida, Y, Ulbricht, J, Valente, E, Vesztergombi, G, Vetlitskii, I, Viertel, Gert M, Villa, S, Vivargent, M, Vlachos, S, Vogel, H, Vogt, H, Vorobev, I, Vorobyov, A A, Vorvolakos, A, Wadhwa, M, Wallraff, W, Wang, J C, Wang, X L, Wang, Z M, Weber, A, Wu, S X, Wynhoff, S, Xu, J, Xu, Z Z, Yang, B Z, Yang, C G, Yang, H J, Yang, M, Ye, J B, Yeh, S C, You, J M, Zalite, A, Zalite, Yu, Zemp, P, Zeng, Y, Zhang, Z P, Zhou, B, Zhu, G Y, Zhu, R Y, Zichichi, Antonino, Ziegler, F, Zilizi, G, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), CMS, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (IP2I Lyon), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), L3, L3 (IHEF, IoP, FNWI), Acciarri, M., Adriani, O., Aguilar Benitez, M., Ahlen, S., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., Allaby, J., Aloisio, Alberto, Alviggi, Mariagrazia, Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Andreev, V. P., Angelescu, T., Anselmo, F., Arefiev, A., Azemoon, T., Aziz, T., Bagnaia, P., Baksay, L., Banerjee, S., Banicz, K., Barczyk, A., Barillere, R., Barone, L., Bartalini, P., Baschirotto, A., Basile, M., Battiston, R., Bay, A., Becattini, F., Becker, U., Behner, F., Berdugo, J., Berges, P., Bertucci, B., Betev, B. L., Bhattacharya, S., Biasini, M., Biland, A., Bilei, G. M., Blaising, J. J., Blyth, S. C., Bobbink, G. J., Bock, R., Bohm, A., Boldizsar, L., Borgia, B., Bourilkov, D., Bourquin, M., Braccini, S., Branson, J. G., Brigljevic, V., Brock, I. C., Buffini, A., Buijs, A., Burger, J. D., Burger, W. J., Busenitz, J., Button, A., Cai, X. D., Campanelli, M., Capell, M., Romeo, G. C., Carlino, G., Cartacci, A. M., Casaus, J., Castellini, G., Cavallari, F., Cavallo, N., Cecchi, C., Cerrada, M., Cesaroni, F., Chamizo, M., Chang, Y. H., Chaturvedi, U. K., Chemarin, M., Chen, A., Chen, G., Chen, G. M., Chen, H. F., Chen, H. S., Chereau, X., Chiefari, Giovanni, Chien, C. Y., Cifarelli, L., Cindolo, F., Civinini, C., Clare, I., Clare, R., Coignet, G., Colijn, A. P., Colino, N., Costantini, S., Cotorobai, F., B. d., La, Csilling, A., Dai, T. S., D'Alessandro, R., Asmundis, R. d., Degre, A., Deiters, K., DELLA VOLPE, Domenico, Denes, P., Denotaristefani, F., Diemoz, M., Dierendonck, D. v., Lodovico, F. D., Dionisi, C., Dittmar, M., Dominguez, A., Doria, A., Dova, M. T., Duchesneau, D., Duinker, P., Duran, I., Easo, S., Mamouni, H. E., Engler, A., Eppling, F. J., Erne, F. C., Extermann, P., Fabre, M., Faccini, R., Falagan, M. A., Falciano, S., Favara, A., Fay, J., Fedin, O., Felcini, M., Ferguson, T., Ferroni, F., Fesefeldt, H., Fiandrini, E., Field, J. H., Filthaut, F., Fisher, P. H., Fisk, I., Forconi, G., Fredj, L., Freudenreich, K., Furetta, C., Galaktionov, Y., Ganguli, S. N., Garcia Abia, P., Gataullin, M., Gau, S. S., Gentile, S., Gheordanescu, N., Giagu, S., Goldfarb, S., Goldstein, J., Gong, Z. F., Gougas, A., Gratta, G., Gruenewald, M. W., Gulik, R. v., Gupta, V. K., Gurtu, A., Gutay, L. J., Haas, D., Hartmann, B., Hasan, A., Hatzifotiadou, D., Hebbeker, T., Herve, A., Hidas, P., Hirschfelder, J., Van, W. C., Hofer, H., Hoorani, H., Hou, S. R., Hu, G., Iashvili, I., Jin, B. N., Jones, L. W., Jong, P. d., Josa Mutuberria, I., Khan, R. A., Kamrad, D., Kapustinsky, J. S., Kaur, M., Kienzle Focacci, M. N., Kim, D., Kim, D. H., Kim, J. K., Kim, S. C., Kinnison, W. W., Kirkby, A., Kirkby, D., Kirkby, J., Kiss, D., Kittel, W., Klimentov, A., Konig, A. C., Kopp, A., Korolko, I., Koutsenko, V., Kraemer, R. W., Krenz, W., Kunin, A., Lacentre, P., P. L., De, Laktineh, I., Landi, G., Lapoint, C., Lassila Perini, K., Laurikainen, P., Lavorato, A., Lebeau, M., Lebedev, A., Lebrun, P., Lecomte, P., Lecoq, P., Coultre, P. L., Lee, H. J., J. M., Le, Leiste, R., Leonardi, E., Levtchenko, P., Li, C., Lin, C. H., Lin, W. T., Linde, F. L., Lista, L., Liu, Z. A., Lohmann, W., Longo, E., Lu, W., Y. S., Lu, Lubelsmeyer, K., Luci, C., Luckey, D., Luminari, L., Lustermann, W., W. G., Ma, Maity, M., Majumder, G., Malgeri, L., Malinin, A., Mana, C., Mangeol, D., Marchesini, P., Marian, G., Marin, A., Martin, J. P., Marzano, F., G. G. G., Mazumdar, K., Mcneil, R. R., Mele, S., Merola, Leonardo, Meschini, M., Metzger, W. J., Der, M. v., Migani, D., Mihul, A., A. J. W., Milcent, H., Mirabelli, G., Mnich, J., Molnar, P., Monteleoni, B., Moore, R., Moulik, T., Mount, R., Muanza, G. S., Muheim, F., A. J. M., Nahn, S., Napolitano, Marco, Nessi Tedaldi, F., Newman, H., Niessen, T., Nippe, A., Nisati, A., Nowak, H., Y. D., Oh, Organtini, G., Ostonen, R., Palomares, C., Pandoulas, D., Paoletti, S., Paolucci, P., Park, H. K., Park, I. H., Pascale, G., Passaleva, G., Patricelli, Sergio, Paul, T., Pauluzzi, M., Paus, C., Pauss, F., Peach, D., Pedace, M., Pei, Y. J., Pensotti, S., Perret Gallix, D., Petersen, B., Petrak, S., Pevsner, A., Piccolo, D., Pieri, M., Piroue, P. A., Pistolesi, E., Plyaskin, V., Pohl, M., Pojidaev, V., Postema, H., Pothier, J., Produit, N., Prokofiev, D., Quartieri, J., Rahal Callot, G., Raja, N., Rancoita, P. G., Rattaggi, M., Raven, G., Razis, P., Ren, D., Rescigno, M., Reucroft, S., Rhee, T. v., Riemann, S., Riles, K., Robohm, A., Rodin, J., Roe, B. P., Romero, L., Rosier Lees, S., Roth, S., Rubio, J. A., Ruschmeier, D., Rykaczewski, H., Sakar, S., Salicio, J., Sanchez, E., Sanders, M. P., Sarakinos, M. E., Schafer, C., Schegelsky, V., Schmidt Kaerst, S., Schmitz, D., Scholz, N., Schopper, H., Schotanus, D. J., Schwenke, J., Schwering, G., Sciacca, Crisostomo, Sciarrino, D., Servoli, L., Shevchenko, S., Shivarov, N., Shoutko, V., Shukla, J., Shumilov, E., Shvorob, A., Siedenburg, T., Son, D., Smith, B., Spillantini, P., Steuer, M., Stickland, D. P., Stone, A., Stone, H., Stoyanov, B., Straessner, A., Sudhakar, K., Sultanov, G., Sun, L. Z., Susinno, G. F., Suter, H., Swain, J. D., Szillasi, Z., Tang, X. W., Tauscher, L., Taylor, L., Timmermans, C., S. C. C., Ting, S. M., Tonwar, S. C., Toth, J., Tully, C., Tung, K. L., Uchida, Y., Ulbricht, J., Valente, E., Vesztergombi, G., Vetlitsky, I., Viertel, G., Villa, S., Vivargent, M., Vlachos, S., Vogel, H., Vogt, H., Vorobiev, I., Vorobyov, A. A., Vorvolakos, A., Wadhwa, M., Wallraff, W., Wang, J. C., Wang, X. L., Wang, Z. M., Weber, A., S. X., Wu, Wynhoff, S., Xu, J., Z. Z., Xu, Yang, B. Z., Yang, C. G., Yang, H. J., Yang, M., J. B., Ye, Yeh, S. C., You, J. M., Zalite, A., Zalite, Y., Zemp, P., Zeng, Y., Zhang, Z. P., Zhou, B., Zhu, G. Y., Zhu, R. Y., Zichichi, A., Ziegler, F., and Zilizi, G.
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Strange quark ,Particle physics ,Higgs boson ,Electron–positron annihilation ,7. Clean energy ,01 natural sciences ,Standard Model ,Nuclear physics ,MONTE-CARLO ,MUON DETECTOR ,0103 physical sciences ,[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex] ,ANGLE BHABHA SCATTERING ,CALORIMETER ,010306 general physics ,Ciencias Exactas ,L3 EXPERIMENT ,Boson ,Physics ,CONSTRUCTION ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Branching fraction ,High Energy Physics::Phenomenology ,LEPTON PAIR PRODUCTION ,Física ,LEP2/NLC ,tau lepton ,Z0 DECAYS ,Z-PEAK ,L3 detector ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Neutrino ,Particle Physics - Experiment ,Lepton - Abstract
A search for pair-produced charged Higgs bosons is performed with the L3 detector at LEP using data collected at centre-of-mass energies from 130 to 183 GeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 88.3 pb-1 . The Higgs decays into a charm and a strange quark or into a tau lepton and its associated neutrino are considered. The observed candidates are consistent with the expectations from Standard Model background processes. A lower limit of 57.5 GeV on the charged Higgs mass is derived at 95% CL, independent of the decay branching ratio Br(H±→τν)., Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
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- 1999