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1. King-Devick testing and concussion recovery time in collegiate athletes

Author: Bridget M, Whelan, Emma L, Gause, Justus D, Ortega, Brianna M, Mills, Julianne D, Schmidt, Thomas W, Kaminski, Thomas A, Buckley, Katherine M, Breedlove, Anthony P, Kontos, James R, Clugston, Joshua T, Goldman, Kimberly G, Harmon, Michael A, McCrea, Thomas W, McAllister, Steven P, Broglio, and Sara P D, Chrisman
Subjects: Cohort Studies, Athletes, Athletic Injuries, Humans, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Prospective Studies, Neuropsychological Tests, Brain Concussion
Abstract: To assess whether the King-Devick (KD) test is useful as a prognostic test for prolonged concussion symptoms by examining the relationship between a) change in performance on KD test from baseline to within two days post-injury and b) the absolute KD time at post-concussion testing, with an outcome of time to return to play (RTP).Prospective Cohort Study.Collegiate varsity athletes in the Concussion Assessment, Research, and Education (CARE) Consortium completed baseline and post-injury King-Devick tests from 2014 to 2018. Two exposures were evaluated: 1) change in KD score from baseline to within two days post-injury and 2) absolute KD score within two days post-injury, adjusted for baseline KD. We used Cox proportional hazards models to analyze the relationships between these exposures and time to RTP post-concussion.A total of 309 concussion injuries were included. Median baseline KD score was 40.0 s (IQR: 35.8, 45.2). Median post-injury KD score was 45.8 s (IQR: 39.8, 57.1). Median number of days until RTP in this cohort was 11 (IQR: 8, 17). Post-injury KD score adjusted for baseline KD had a stronger association with time to RTP duration (HR: 0.99 (0.98, 1.00), p = 0.03) than the difference in KD score from baseline to post-injury (HR: 0.99 (0.99, 1.00), p = 0.07).Higher post-injury KD scores are associated with longer RTP. The association between KD post-concussion test and longer RTP warrants further investigation to assess the utility of the KD for prognostication in a clinical setting.
Published: 2022

2. Testing and evaluation of mar visibility resistance for polymer films

Author: Hoang Pham, Shuang Xiao, Marouen Hamdi, Michael J. Mullins, James D. Chrisman, and Hung-Jue Sue
Subjects: chemistry.chemical_classification, Materials science, Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry, Visibility (geometry), 02 engineering and technology, Polymer, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Perceived quality, 020303 mechanical engineering & transports, Optical imaging, 0203 mechanical engineering, chemistry, Scratch, Quantitative assessment, Composite material, 0210 nano-technology, computer, computer.programming_language
Abstract: A key aspect of the perceived quality of polymeric materials is their resistance to visible scratch and mar damage. An effective set of testing and evaluation tools is needed for quantitative assessment of scratch and mar damage on polymer surfaces, which is critical for the development of scratch and mar resistant polymers. Mar damage is particularly challenging to quantify because the damage is subtle and is sensitive to imaging techniques, especially for white and transparent samples. In this study, a mechanical procedure for marring white and transparent polymeric films in a reproducible fashion that allows for study of the fundamental materials science is introduced. In the second stage of the process, an optical imaging instrument that exposes the marred films to light in a manner mimicking how our eyes perceive the mar damage is used. Finally, a machine-vision procedure is used for handling the images and quantitatively measuring the visibility due to surface damage. A good correlation is found between the machine-vision and the perceptions of a human panel. This methodology is useful for quantitatively assessing resistance of a sample to mar damage. It can also be used for establishing structure-property relationships between polymer material/surface characteristics and mar damage.
Published: 2018

3. Age at First Concussion Influences the Number of Subsequent Concussions

Author: Micky Collins, Jason P. Mihalik, Justus D. Ortega, Michael McCrea, James R Clugston, Jessica Dysart Miles, Julianne D. Schmidt, Louise A. Kelly, Nicole L. Hoffman, Jeffrey J. Bazarian, Christopher C. Giza, Brian H Dykhuizen, Margot Putukian, M. Alison Brooks, Steven J. Svoboda, Christopher M. Miles, Thomas A. Buckley, Holly J. Benjamin, Steven P. Broglio, Thomas W. Kaminski, Nicholas Port, April Marie Reed Hoy, Patrick G. O’Donnell, Courtney M.C. Jones, Thomas W. McAllister, Luis A. Feigenbaum, Sara P D Chrisman, Katherine Rizzone, Scott A. Anderson, Michelle L. Weber, Dianne Langford, Joseph B Hazzard, and Anthony P. Kontos
Subjects: Adult, Male, Risk, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Universities, Poison control, Suicide prevention, Occupational safety and health, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, symbols.namesake, 0302 clinical medicine, Developmental Neuroscience, Concussion, Injury prevention, medicine, Humans, Poisson regression, Students, Brain Concussion, biology, business.industry, Athletes, Age Factors, 030229 sport sciences, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, Confidence interval, Neurology, Athletic Injuries, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Physical therapy, symbols, Self Report, Neurology (clinical), business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Background Individuals who sustain their first concussion during childhood may be at greater risk of sustaining multiple concussions throughout their lifetime because of a longer window of vulnerability. This article aims to estimate the association between age at first concussion and number of subsequent concussions. Patients and Methods A total of 23,582 collegiate athletes from 26 universities and military cadets from three military academies completed a concussion history questionnaire (65% males, age 19.9 ± 1.4 years). Participants self-reported concussions and age at time of each injury. Participants with a history of concussion (n = 3,647, 15.5%) were categorized as having sustained their first concussion during childhood (less than ten years old) or adolescence (≥10 and ≤18 years old). Poisson regression was used to model age group (childhood, adolescence) predicting the number of subsequent concussions (0, 1, 2+). A second Poisson regression was developed to determine whether age at first concussion predicted the number of subsequent concussions. Results Participants self-reporting their first concussion during childhood had an increased risk of subsequent concussions (rate ratio = 2.19, 95% confidence interval: 1.82, 2.64) compared with participants self-reporting their first concussion during adolescence. For every one-year increase in age at first concussion, we observed a 16% reduction in the risk of subsequent concussion (rate ratio = 0.84, 95% confidence interval: 0.82, 0.86). Conclusions Individuals self-reporting a concussion at a young age sustained a higher number of concussions before age 18. Concussion prevention, recognition, and reporting strategies are of particular need at the youth level.
Published: 2018

4. New segmented target for studies of neutron unbound systems

Author: Thomas Redpath, Anthony Kuchera, Sharon L. Stephenson, Paul Gueye, D. Votaw, C. F. Persch, K. Stiefel, H. Liu, Michael Thoennessen, Thomas Baumann, D. Chrisman, Nathan Frank, Paul DeYoung, and J. A. Brown
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Silicon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, chemistry.chemical_element, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, chemistry, Position (vector), 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, Invariant mass, Nuclear drip line, Beryllium, 010306 general physics, Spectroscopy, Instrumentation
Abstract: The study of neutron-unbound systems using invariant mass spectroscopy is often performed using low-intensity radioactive ion beams. Low reaction yields can be countered by using thick targets but at the expense of larger uncertainties in the reconstructed invariant mass. We present a new segmented target designed to address this trade-off. It is composed of three ∼ 4 mm thick passive beryllium targets interleaved between four 140 μ m thick position sensitive silicon detectors. In the first experiment to use this new system the half-life of two-neutron unbound 26 O was measured to be T 1 ∕ 2 = 5 . 0 − 2 . 2 + 1 . 7 (stat) ± 1 . 7 (syst) ps, which agrees with a previous measurement made by the MoNA Collaboration.
Published: 2020

5. Membrane guanylyl cyclase receptors: an update

Author: John C. Burnett, Barbara Barylko, Ted D. Chrisman, Vincent Bielinski, Phi Wiegn, Joseph P. Albanesi, Margaret M. Redfield, David L. Garbers, and Takeshi Katafuchi
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cellular differentiation, Cell, Immune receptor, Biology, Models, Biological, Article, Extracellular matrix, Endocrinology, Osteogenesis, Sphingosine, Cell surface receptor, Internal medicine, Natriuretic Peptide, Brain, medicine, Animals, Humans, Natriuretic Peptides, Receptor, Natriuretic Peptide, C-Type, Cell biology, Intestines, medicine.anatomical_structure, Receptors, Guanylate Cyclase-Coupled, Guanylate Cyclase, Tumor progression, Lysophospholipids, Signal transduction, Receptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factor, Atrial Natriuretic Factor, Signal Transduction
Abstract: Recent studies have demonstrated key roles for several membrane guanylyl cyclase receptors in the regulation of cell hyperplasia, hypertrophy, migration and extracellular matrix production, all of which having an impact on clinically relevant diseases, including tissue remodeling after injury. Additionally, cell differentiation, and even tumor progression, can be profoundly influenced by one or more of these receptors. Some of these receptors also mediate important communication between the heart and intestine, and the kidney to regulate blood volume and Na + balance.
Published: 2006

6. Design features and test results of the CMS endcap muon chambers

Author: S. Ilie, S Sobolev, A. Madorsky, J Blomquist, S Sedov, D Chrisman, N. Chester, Jay Hauser, S. Durkin, S Hershman, P. Padley, O. Prokofiev, Nikolay Terentyev, L. J. Gutay, Winston Ko, G Gavrilov, J. Kubic, R. Cousins, S. Otwinowski, J Gilmore, Guenakh Mitselmakher, G. Zilizi, A Volkov, J. G. Layter, F. Feyzi, E Borissov, M. von der Mey, T. Cox, M Tripathi, M. Matveev, Nikolay Bondar, V. Sytnik, S. Lusin, Andrey Korytov, Darin Acosta, R. Lee, J. Stasko, Ben Bylsma, Giorgio Apollinari, David B. Cline, Kaori Maeshima, Thomas Ferguson, C. Matthey, Ta-Yung Ling, V. Soulimov, I. Pal, F Petriello, S Medved, D.D. Reeder, Richard Breedon, V. Razmyslovich, Jay Roberts, Mikhail Ignatenko, Robert Clare, J Korienek, D. P. Eartly, V. Yarba, S. Villa, V. Souvorov, Sergey Vavilov, B. Smith, K. Arisaka, P Levtchenko, F. Hann, Igor Smirnov, Y. Bonushkin, Yu. Pischalnikov, B. Tannenbaum, A. A. Vorobyov, A. Bujak, J Gu, R. Loveless, Yu. M. Ivanov, S. Dolinsky, and L. Schipunov
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Muon, Comparator, Detector, STRIPS, Cathode, Anode, law.invention, Nuclear physics, law, Instrumentation, Image resolution
Abstract: Presented are the main design features and performance results of the Cathode Strip Chambers for the CMS Endcap Muon system. Although the strips are unusually wide (up to 16 mm ) for the cathode-to-anode wire distance of 5 mm , the six-plane structure of these chambers yields a spatial resolution of about 80 μm , essentially uniform and independent of the strip width. In addition, the net spatial resolution of about one-tenth of the strip width at the hardware trigger level (300 ns ) is obtained using a simple network of comparators. Time resolution achieved at the trigger level is ∼4 ns (rms) that allows unambiguous tagging of bunch crossings which occur every 25 ns . Aging test results, including those obtained with a recirculating gas system, are discussed; only minor aging affects were observed. The aging studies were performed with large-scale chambers; 700 m of wire were irradiated for a dose up to 0.4 C / cm of the total accumulated charge.
Published: 2002

7. Large CMS cathode strip chambers: design and performance

Author: V. Yarba, S. Otwinowski, P. Padley, B Smith, S Hershman, S Lusin, Jay Hauser, S. Durkin, J Gilmore, L Gorn, Winston Ko, D.D. Reeder, E Borissov, J Korienek, S Medved, V. Razmyslovich, D. P. Eartly, Richard Breedon, A. A. Vorobyov, S Sobolev, Nikolay Bondar, F Petriello, G. Mitselmakher, Andrey Korytov, A. Bujak, J Gu, C. Rush, O Kisselev, Giorgio Apollinari, J.G Layter, David B. Cline, B Tannenbaum, Thomas Ferguson, M. Matveev, Jay Roberts, S Sedov, N. Chester, R. Loveless, N Terentyev, Darin Acosta, S. Dolinsky, F. Feyzi, C. Matthey, Y. Bonushkin, Yu. Pischalnikov, Ben Bylsma, W. Gorn, T. Y. Ling, O. Prokofiev, P. Robl, L. J. Gutay, J.C. Santiard, J Blomquist, D Chrisman, J. Hoftiezer, J. Kubic, and V Soulimov
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Muon, business.industry, Track (disk drive), Performance results, Cathode, law.invention, Optics, law, Carbon–fluorine bond, business, Baseline (configuration management), Instrumentation, Image resolution
Abstract: Presented are the main design features of the large Cathode Strip Chambers (CSCs) for the CMS Endcap Muon System as well as the performance results obtained with the two full-scale 3.4×1.5 m2 six-plane prototypes. The prototype performance was within the baseline requirements: (a) higher than 99% efficiency of muon track finding at the trigger level with more than 92% probability for bunch crossing identification and better than 2 mm spatial resolution, and (b) better than 150 μm spatial resolution in off-line.
Published: 2000

8. Measurement of |Vcb| using decays

Author: G. Abbiendi, K. Ackerstaff, P.F. Akesson, G. Alexander, J. Allison, K.J. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, S.F. Ashby, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, I. Bailey, A.H. Ball, E. Barberio, R.J. Barlow, J.R. Batley, S. Baumann, T. Behnke, K.W. Bell, G. Bella, A. Bellerive, S. Bentvelsen, S. Bethke, O. Biebel, A. Biguzzi, I.J. Bloodworth, P. Bock, J. Böhme, O. Boeriu, D. Bonacorsi, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, P. Bright-Thomas, L. Brigliadori, R.M. Brown, H.J. Burckhart, J. Cammin, P. Capiluppi, R.K. Carnegie, A.A. Carter, J.R. Carter, C.Y. Chang, D.G. Charlton, D. Chrisman, C. Ciocca, P.E.L. Clarke, E. Clay, I. Cohen, O.C. Cooke, J. Couchman, C. Couyoumtzelis, R.L. Coxe, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, G.M. Dallavalle, S. Dallison, R. Davis, A. de Roeck, P. Dervan, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M.S. Dixit, M. Donkers, J. Dubbert, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I.P. Duerdoth, P.G. Estabrooks, E. Etzion, F. Fabbri, A. Fanfani, M. Fanti, A.A. Faust, L. Feld, P. Ferrari, F. Fiedler, M. Fierro, I. Fleck, A. Frey, A. Fürtjes, D.I. Futyan, P. Gagnon, J.W. Gary, G. Gaycken, C. Geich-Gimbel, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, D.M. Gingrich, D. Glenzinski, J. Goldberg, W. Gorn, C. Grandi, K. Graham, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, P.O. Günther, C. Hajdu, G.G. Hanson, M. Hansroul, M. Hapke, K. Harder, A. Harel, C.K. Hargrove, M. Harin-Dirac, A. Hauke, M. Hauschild, C.M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R.J. Hemingway, C. Hensel, G. Herten, R.D. Heuer, M.D. Hildreth, J.C. Hill, P.R. Hobson, A. Hocker, K. Hoffman, R.J. Homer, A.K. Honma, D. Horváth, K.R. Hossain, R. Howard, P. Hüntemeyer, P. Igo-Kemenes, D.C. Imrie, K. Ishii, F.R. Jacob, A. Jawahery, H. Jeremie, M. Jimack, C.R. Jones, P. Jovanovic, T.R. Junk, N. Kanaya, J. Kanzaki, G. Karapetian, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, P.I. Kayal, R.K. Keeler, R.G. Kellogg, B.W. Kennedy, D.H. Kim, K. Klein, A. Klier, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, T.P. Kokott, M. Kolrep, S. Komamiya, R.V. Kowalewski, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, T. Kuhl, M. Kupper, P. Kyberd, G.D. Lafferty, H. Landsman, D. Lanske, I. Lawson, J.G. Layter, A. Leins, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, R. Liebisch, J. Lillich, B. List, C. Littlewood, A.W. Lloyd, S.L. Lloyd, F.K. Loebinger, G.D. Long, M.J. Losty, J. Lu, J. Ludwig, A. Macchiolo, A. Macpherson, W. Mader, M. Mannelli, S. Marcellini, T.E. Marchant, A.J. Martin, J.P. Martin, G. Martinez, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W.J. McDonald, J. McKenna, T.J. McMahon, R.A. McPherson, F. Meijers, P. Mendez-Lorenzo, F.S. Merritt, H. Mes, I. Meyer, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D.J. Miller, W. Mohr, A. Montanari, T. Mori, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H.A. Neal, R. Nisius, S.W. O'Neale, F.G. Oakham, F. Odorici, H.O. Ogren, A. Okpara, M.J. Oreglia, S. Orito, G. Pásztor, J.R. Pater, G.N. Patrick, J. Patt, R. Perez-Ochoa, P. Pfeifenschneider, J.E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D.E. Plane, B. Poli, J. Polok, M. Przybycień, A. Quadt, C. Rembser, H. Rick, S.A. Robins, N. Rodning, J.M. Roney, S. Rosati, K. Roscoe, A.M. Rossi, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, O. Runolfsson, D.R. Rust, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, O. Sahr, W.M. Sang, E.K.G. Sarkisyan, C. Sbarra, A.D. Schaile, O. Schaile, P. Scharff-Hansen, S. Schmitt, A. Schöning, M. Schröder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W.G. Scott, R. Seuster, T.G. Shears, B.C. Shen, C.H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, G.P. Siroli, A. Skuja, A.M. Smith, G.A. Snow, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, S. Spagnolo, M. Sproston, A. Stahl, K. Stephens, K. Stoll, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, B. Surrow, S.D. Talbot, S. Tarem, R.J. Taylor, R. Teuscher, M. Thiergen, J. Thomas, M.A. Thomson, E. Torrence, S. Towers, T. Trefzger, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, M.F. Turner-Watson, I. Ueda, R. Van Kooten, P. Vannerem, M. Verzocchi, H. Voss, D. Waller, C.P. Ward, D.R. Ward, P.M. Watkins, A.T. Watson, N.K. Watson, P.S. Wells, T. Wengler, N. Wermes, D. Wetterling, J.S. White, G.W. Wilson, J.A. Wilson, T.R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, V. Zacek, and D. Zer-Zion
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Branching fraction, Form factor (quantum field theory), Zero (complex analysis), Value (computer science), 01 natural sciences, Recoil, 0103 physical sciences, Heavy quark effective theory, Matrix element, 010306 general physics
Abstract: The magnitude of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element Vcb has been measured using B0 to D*l nu decays recorded on the Z0 peak using the OPAL detector at LEP. The D* to D0 pi+ decays were reconstructed both in the particular decay modes D0 to K- pi+ and D0 to K- pi+ pi- and via an inclusive technique. The product of |Vcb| and the decay form factor of the B0 to D* l nu transition at zero recoil F(1) was measured to be F(1)|Vcb| = (37.1+-1.0+-2.0)x10^-3, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic respectively. By using Heavy Quark Effective Theory calculations for F(1), a value of |Vcb| = (40.7+-1.1+-2.2+-1.6)x 10^-3 was obtained, where the third error is due to theoretical uncertainties in the value of F(1). The branching ratio Br(B0 to D* l nu) was also measured to be (5.26+-0.20+-0.46)%.
Published: 2000

9. Z boson pair production in e+e− collisions at and 189 GeV

Author: G. Abbiendi, K. Ackerstaff, P.F. Akesson, G. Alexander, J. Allison, K.J. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, S.F. Ashby, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, I. Bailey, A.H. Ball, E. Barberio, R.J. Barlow, J.R. Batley, S. Baumann, T. Behnke, K.W. Bell, G. Bella, A. Bellerive, S. Bentvelsen, S. Bethke, O. Biebel, A. Biguzzi, I.J. Bloodworth, P. Bock, J. Böhme, O. Boeriu, D. Bonacorsi, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, P. Bright-Thomas, L. Brigliadori, R.M. Brown, H.J. Burckhart, J. Cammin, P. Capiluppi, R.K. Carnegie, A.A. Carter, J.R. Carter, C.Y. Chang, D.G. Charlton, D. Chrisman, C. Ciocca, P.E.L. Clarke, E. Clay, I. Cohen, O.C. Cooke, J. Couchman, C. Couyoumtzelis, R.L. Coxe, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, G.M. Dallavalle, S. Dallison, R. Davis, A. de Roeck, P. Dervan, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M.S. Dixit, M. Donkers, J. Dubbert, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I.P. Duerdoth, P.G. Estabrooks, E. Etzion, F. Fabbri, A. Fanfani, M. Fanti, A.A. Faust, L. Feld, P. Ferrari, F. Fiedler, M. Fierro, I. Fleck, A. Frey, A. Fürtjes, D.I. Futyan, P. Gagnon, J.W. Gary, G. Gaycken, C. Geich-Gimbel, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, D.M. Gingrich, D. Glenzinski, J. Goldberg, W. Gorn, C. Grandi, K. Graham, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, P.O. Günther, C. Hajdu, G.G. Hanson, M. Hansroul, M. Hapke, K. Harder, A. Harel, C.K. Hargrove, M. Harin-Dirac, A. Hauke, M. Hauschild, C.M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R.J. Hemingway, C. Hensel, G. Herten, R.D. Heuer, M.D. Hildreth, J.C. Hill, P.R. Hobson, A. Hocker, K. Hoffman, R.J. Homer, A.K. Honma, D. Horváth, K.R. Hossain, R. Howard, P. Hüntemeyer, P. Igo-Kemenes, D.C. Imrie, K. Ishii, F.R. Jacob, A. Jawahery, H. Jeremie, M. Jimack, C.R. Jones, P. Jovanovic, T.R. Junk, N. Kanaya, J. Kanzaki, G. Karapetian, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, P.I. Kayal, R.K. Keeler, R.G. Kellogg, B.W. Kennedy, D.H. Kim, K. Klein, A. Klier, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, T.P. Kokott, M. Kolrep, S. Komamiya, R.V. Kowalewski, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, T. Kuhl, M. Kupper, P. Kyberd, G.D. Lafferty, H. Landsman, D. Lanske, I. Lawson, J.G. Layter, A. Leins, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, R. Liebisch, J. Lillich, B. List, C. Littlewood, A.W. Lloyd, S.L. Lloyd, F.K. Loebinger, G.D. Long, M.J. Losty, J. Lu, J. Ludwig, A. Macchiolo, A. Macpherson, W. Mader, M. Mannelli, S. Marcellini, T.E. Marchant, A.J. Martin, J.P. Martin, G. Martinez, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W.J. McDonald, J. McKenna, T.J. McMahon, R.A. McPherson, F. Meijers, P. Mendez-Lorenzo, F.S. Merritt, H. Mes, I. Meyer, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D.J. Miller, W. Mohr, A. Montanari, T. Mori, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H.A. Neal, R. Nisius, S.W. O'Neale, F.G. Oakham, F. Odorici, H.O. Ogren, A. Okpara, M.J. Oreglia, S. Orito, G. Pásztor, J.R. Pater, G.N. Patrick, J. Patt, R. Perez-Ochoa, P. Pfeifenschneider, J.E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D.E. Plane, B. Poli, J. Polok, M. Przybycień, A. Quadt, C. Rembser, H. Rick, S.A. Robins, N. Rodning, J.M. Roney, S. Rosati, K. Roscoe, A.M. Rossi, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, O. Runolfsson, D.R. Rust, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, O. Sahr, W.M. Sang, E.K.G. Sarkisyan, C. Sbarra, A.D. Schaile, O. Schaile, P. Scharff-Hansen, S. Schmitt, A. Schöning, M. Schröder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W.G. Scott, R. Seuster, T.G. Shears, B.C. Shen, C.H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, G.P. Siroli, A. Skuja, A.M. Smith, G.A. Snow, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, S. Spagnolo, M. Sproston, A. Stahl, K. Stephens, K. Stoll, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, B. Surrow, S.D. Talbot, S. Tarem, R.J. Taylor, R. Teuscher, M. Thiergen, J. Thomas, M.A. Thomson, E. Torrence, S. Towers, T. Trefzger, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, M.F. Turner-Watson, I. Ueda, R. Van Kooten, P. Vannerem, M. Verzocchi, H. Voss, D. Waller, C.P. Ward, D.R. Ward, P.M. Watkins, A.T. Watson, N.K. Watson, P.S. Wells, T. Wengler, N. Wermes, D. Wetterling, J.S. White, G.W. Wilson, J.A. Wilson, T.R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, V. Zacek, and D. Zer-Zion
Subjects: Quark, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Annihilation, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, State (functional analysis), 01 natural sciences, Standard Model, Pair production, 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Lepton
Abstract: A study of Z boson pair production in e+e- annihilation at center-of-mass energies near 183 GeV and 189 GeV is reported. Final states containing only leptons, (l+l-l+l- and l+l-nu nubar), quark and lepton pairs, (q qbar l+l-, q qbar nu nubar) and the all-hadronic final state (q qbar q qbar) are considered. In all states with at least one Z boson decaying hadronically, q qbar and b bbar final states are considered separately using lifetime and event-shape tags, thereby improving the cross-section measurement. At sqrt(s) = 189 GeV the Z-pair cross section was measured to be 0.80 (+0.14-0.13, stat.) (+0.06-0.05, syst.) pb, consistent with the Standard Model prediction. At sqrt(s) = 183 GeV the 95% C.L. upper limit is 0.55 pb. Limits on anomalous ZZgamma and ZZZ couplings are derived.
Published: 2000

10. Search for scalar top and scalar bottom quarks at = 189 GeV at LEP

Author: G Abbiendi, K Ackerstaff, G Alexander, J Allison, N Altekamp, K.J Anderson, S Anderson, S Arcelli, S Asai, S.F Ashby, D Axen, G Azuelos, A.H Ball, E Barberio, R.J Barlow, J.R Batley, S Baumann, J Bechtluft, T Behnke, K.W Bell, G Bella, A Bellerive, S Bentvelsen, S Bethke, S Betts, O Biebel, A Biguzzi, V Blobel, I.J Bloodworth, P Bock, J Böhme, D Bonacorsi, M Boutemeur, S Braibant, P Bright-Thomas, L Brigliadori, R.M Brown, H.J Burckhart, P Capiluppi, R.K Carnegie, A.A Carter, J.R Carter, C.Y Chang, D.G Charlton, D Chrisman, C Ciocca, P.E.L Clarke, E Clay, I Cohen, J.E Conboy, O.C Cooke, C Couyoumtzelis, R.L Coxe, M Cuffiani, S Dado, G.M Dallavalle, R Davis, S De Jong, A de Roeck, P Dervan, K Desch, B Dienes, M.S Dixit, J Dubbert, E Duchovni, G Duckeck, I.P Duerdoth, P.G Estabrooks, E Etzion, F Fabbri, A Fanfani, M Fanti, A.A Faust, F Fiedler, M Fierro, I Fleck, R Folman, A Frey, A Fürtjes, D.I Futyan, P Gagnon, J.W Gary, J Gascon, S.M Gascon-Shotkin, G Gaycken, C Geich-Gimbel, G Giacomelli, P Giacomelli, V Gibson, W.R Gibson, D.M Gingrich, D Glenzinski, J Goldberg, W Gorn, C Grandi, K Graham, E Gross, J Grunhaus, M Gruwé, G.G Hanson, M Hansroul, M Hapke, K Harder, A Harel, C.K Hargrove, M Hauschild, C.M Hawkes, R Hawkings, R.J Hemingway, M Herndon, G Herten, R.D Heuer, M.D Hildreth, J.C Hill, P.R Hobson, M Hoch, A Hocker, K Hoffman, R.J Homer, A.K Honma, D Horváth, K.R Hossain, R Howard, P Hüntemeyer, P Igo-Kemenes, D.C Imrie, K Ishii, F.R Jacob, A Jawahery, H Jeremie, M Jimack, C.R Jones, P Jovanovic, T.R Junk, J Kanzaki, D Karlen, V Kartvelishvili, K Kawagoe, T Kawamoto, P.I Kayal, R.K Keeler, R.G Kellogg, B.W Kennedy, D.H Kim, A Klier, T Kobayashi, M Kobel, T.P Kokott, M Kolrep, S Komamiya, R.V Kowalewski, T Kress, P Krieger, J von Krogh, T Kuhl, P Kyberd, G.D Lafferty, H Landsman, D Lanske, J Lauber, S.R Lautenschlager, I Lawson, J.G Layter, A.M Lee, D Lellouch, J Letts, L Levinson, R Liebisch, B List, C Littlewood, A.W Lloyd, S.L Lloyd, F.K Loebinger, G.D Long, M.J Losty, J Lu, J Ludwig, D Liu, A Macchiolo, A Macpherson, W Mader, M Mannelli, S Marcellini, C Markopoulos, A.J Martin, J.P Martin, G Martinez, T Mashimo, P Mättig, W.J McDonald, J McKenna, E.A Mckigney, T.J McMahon, R.A McPherson, F Meijers, S Menke, F.S Merritt, H Mes, J Meyer, A Michelini, S Mihara, G Mikenberg, D.J Miller, R Mir, W Mohr, A Montanari, T Mori, K Nagai, I Nakamura, H.A Neal, R Nisius, S.W O'Neale, F.G Oakham, F Odorici, H.O Ogren, M.J Oreglia, S Orito, J Pálinkás, G Pásztor, J.R Pater, G.N Patrick, J Patt, R Perez-Ochoa, S Petzold, P Pfeifenschneider, J.E Pilcher, J Pinfold, D.E Plane, P Poffenberger, B Poli, J Polok, M Przybycień, C Rembser, H Rick, S Robertson, S.A Robins, N Rodning, J.M Roney, S Rosati, K Roscoe, A.M Rossi, Y Rozen, K Runge, O Runolfsson, D.R Rust, K Sachs, T Saeki, O Sahr, W.M Sang, E.K.G Sarkisyan, C Sbarra, A.D Schaile, O Schaile, P Scharff-Hansen, J Schieck, S Schmitt, A Schöning, M Schröder, M Schumacher, C Schwick, W.G Scott, R Seuster, T.G Shears, B.C Shen, C.H Shepherd-Themistocleous, P Sherwood, G.P Siroli, A Sittler, A Skuja, A.M Smith, G.A Snow, R Sobie, S Söldner-Rembold, S Spagnolo, M Sproston, A Stahl, K Stephens, J Steuerer, K Stoll, D Strom, R Ströhmer, B Surrow, S.D Talbot, P Taras, S Tarem, R Teuscher, M Thiergen, J Thomas, M.A Thomson, E Torrence, S Towers, I Trigger, Z Trócsányi, E Tsur, A.S Turcot, M.F Turner-Watson, I Ueda, R Van Kooten, P Vannerem, M Verzocchi, H Voss, F Wäckerle, A Wagner, C.P Ward, D.R Ward, P.M Watkins, A.T Watson, N.K Watson, P.S Wells, N Wermes, J.S White, G.W Wilson, J.A Wilson, T.R Wyatt, S Yamashita, G Yekutieli, V Zacek, and D Zer-Zion
Subjects: Quark, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Top quark, Particle physics, High Energy Physics::Lattice, Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, Fizikai tudományok, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Bottom quark, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Charm quark, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Természettudományok, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Scalar (physics), Neutralino, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Particle Physics - Experiment, Lepton
Abstract: Searches for a scalar top quark and a scalar bottom quark have been performed using a data sample of 182 pb-1 at a centre-of-mass energy of 189 GeV collected with the OPAL detector at LEP. No evidence for a signal was found. The 95% confidence level lower limit on the scalar top quark mass is 90.3 GeV if the mixing angle between the supersymmetric partners of the left- and right-handed states of the top quark is zero. In the worst case, when the scalar top quark decouples from the Z boson, the lower limit is 87.2 GeV. These limits were obtained assuming that the scalar top quark decays into a charm quark and the lightest neutralino, and that the mass difference between the scalar top quark and the lightest neutralino is larger than 10 GeV. The complementary decay mode of the scalar top quark decaying into a bottom quark, a charged lepton and a scalar neutrino has also been studied. From a search for the scalar bottom quark, a mass limit of 88.6 GeV was obtained if the mass difference between the scalar bottom quark and the lightest neutralino is larger than 7 GeV. These limits significantly improve the previous OPAL limits., 18 pages, LaTeX, including 4 eps figures, submitted to Physics Letters B
Published: 1999

11. Colour reconnection studies in e+e−→W+W− at GeV

Author: G. Abbiendi, K. Ackerstaff, G. Alexander, J. Allison, N. Altekamp, K.J. Anderson, S. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, S.F. Ashby, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, A.H. Ball, E. Barberio, R.J. Barlow, R. Bartoldus, J.R. Batley, S. Baumann, J. Bechtluft, T. Behnke, K.W. Bell, G. Bella, A. Bellerive, S. Bentvelsen, S. Bethke, S. Betts, O. Biebel, A. Biguzzi, S.D. Bird, V. Blobel, I.J. Bloodworth, P. Bock, J. Böhme, D. Bonacorsi, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, P. Bright-Thomas, L. Brigliadori, R.M. Brown, H.J. Burckhart, P. Capiluppi, R.K. Carnegie, A.A. Carter, J.R. Carter, C.Y. Chang, D.G. Charlton, D. Chrisman, C. Ciocca, P.E.L. Clarke, E. Clay, I. Cohen, J.E. Conboy, O.C. Cooke, C. Couyoumtzelis, R.L. Coxe, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, G.M. Dallavalle, R. Davis, S. De Jong, A. de Roeck, P. Dervan, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M.S. Dixit, J. Dubbert, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I.P. Duerdoth, D. Eatough, P.G. Estabrooks, E. Etzion, F. Fabbri, M. Fanti, A.A. Faust, F. Fiedler, M. Fierro, I. Fleck, R. Folman, A. Fürtjes, D.I. Futyan, P. Gagnon, J.W. Gary, J. Gascon, S.M. Gascon-Shotkin, G. Gaycken, C. Geich-Gimbel, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, V. Gibson, W.R. Gibson, D.M. Gingrich, D. Glenzinski, J. Goldberg, W. Gorn, C. Grandi, K. Graham, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, G.G. Hanson, M. Hansroul, M. Hapke, K. Harder, A. Harel, C.K. Hargrove, C. Hartmann, M. Hauschild, C.M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R.J. Hemingway, M. Herndon, G. Herten, R.D. Heuer, M.D. Hildreth, J.C. Hill, P.R. Hobson, M. Hoch, A. Hocker, K. Hoffman, R.J. Homer, A.K. Honma, D. Horváth, K.R. Hossain, R. Howard, P. Hüntemeyer, P. Igo-Kemenes, D.C. Imrie, K. Ishii, F.R. Jacob, A. Jawahery, H. Jeremie, M. Jimack, C.R. Jones, P. Jovanovic, T.R. Junk, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, P.I. Kayal, R.K. Keeler, R.G. Kellogg, B.W. Kennedy, D.H. Kim, A. Klier, S. Kluth, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, D.S. Koetke, T.P. Kokott, M. Kolrep, S. Komamiya, R.V. Kowalewski, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, T. Kuhl, P. Kyberd, G.D. Lafferty, H. Landsman, D. Lanske, J. Lauber, S.R. Lautenschlager, I. Lawson, J.G. Layter, D. Lazic, A.M. Lee, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, R. Liebisch, B. List, C. Littlewood, A.W. Lloyd, S.L. Lloyd, F.K. Loebinger, G.D. Long, M.J. Losty, J. Ludwig, D. Liu, A. Macchiolo, A. Macpherson, W. Mader, M. Mannelli, S. Marcellini, C. Markopoulos, A.J. Martin, J.P. Martin, G. Martinez, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W.J. McDonald, J. McKenna, E.A. Mckigney, T.J. McMahon, R.A. McPherson, F. Meijers, S. Menke, F.S. Merritt, H. Mes, J. Meyer, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D.J. Miller, R. Mir, W. Mohr, A. Montanari, T. Mori, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H.A. Neal, B. Nellen, R. Nisius, S.W. O'Neale, F.G. Oakham, F. Odorici, H.O. Ogren, M.J. Oreglia, S. Orito, J. Pálinkás, G. Pásztor, J.R. Pater, G.N. Patrick, J. Patt, R. Perez-Ochoa, S. Petzold, P. Pfeifenschneider, J.E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D.E. Plane, P. Poffenberger, J. Polok, M. Przybycień, C. Rembser, H. Rick, S. Robertson, S.A. Robins, N. Rodning, J.M. Roney, K. Roscoe, A.M. Rossi, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, O. Runolfsson, D.R. Rust, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, O. Sahr, W.M. Sang, E.K.G. Sarkisyan, C. Sbarra, A.D. Schaile, O. Schaile, F. Scharf, P. Scharff-Hansen, J. Schieck, B. Schmitt, S. Schmitt, A. Schöning, M. Schröder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W.G. Scott, R. Seuster, T.G. Shears, B.C. Shen, C.H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, G.P. Siroli, A. Sittler, A. Skuja, A.M. Smith, G.A. Snow, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, S. Spagnolo, M. Sproston, A. Stahl, K. Stephens, J. Steuerer, K. Stoll, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, B. Surrow, S.D. Talbot, P. Taras, S. Tarem, R. Teuscher, M. Thiergen, J. Thomas, M.A. Thomson, E. von Törne, E. Torrence, S. Towers, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, A.S. Turcot, M.F. Turner-Watson, I. Ueda, R. Van Kooten, P. Vannerem, M. Verzocchi, H. Voss, F. Wäckerle, A. Wagner, C.P. Ward, D.R. Ward, P.M. Watkins, A.T. Watson, N.K. Watson, P.S. Wells, N. Wermes, J.S. White, G.W. Wilson, J.A. Wilson, T.R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, G. Yekutieli, V. Zacek, and D. Zer-Zion
Subjects: Quantum chromodynamics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Hadron, Observable, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Charged particle, 0103 physical sciences, Statistical precision, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Rapidity, Multiplicity (chemistry), 010306 general physics, Boson
Abstract: The predicted effects of final state interactions such as colour reconnection are investigated by measuring properties of hadronic decays of W bosons, recorded at a centre-of-mass energy of sqrt(s)=182.7 GeV in the OPAL detector at LEP. Dependence on the modelling of hadronic W decays is avoided by comparing W+W- -> qqqq events with the non-leptonic component of W+W- -> qqlnu events. The scaled momentum distribution, its mean value, x_p, and that of the charged particle multiplicity, n_ch, are measured and found to be consistent in the two channels. The measured differences are: Diff(x_p) = +0.7 +- 0.8 +- 0.6 and Diff(n_ch) = (-0.09 +- 0.09 +-0.05)*10**-2. In addition, measurements of rapidity and thrust are performed for W+W- -> qqqq events. The data are described well by standard QCD models and disfavour one model of colour reconnection within the ARIADNE program. The current implementation of the ELLIS-GEIGER model of colour reconnection is excluded. At the current level of statistical precision no evidence for colour reconnection effects was found in the observables studied. The predicted effect of colour reconnection on OPAL measurements of M_W is also quantified in the context of models studied.
Published: 1999

12. Search for baryon and lepton number violating Z0 decays

Author: G. Abbiendi, K. Ackerstaff, G. Alexander, J. Allison, N. Altekamp, K.J. Anderson, S. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, S.F. Ashby, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, A.H. Ball, E. Barberio, R.J. Barlow, R. Bartoldus, J.R. Batley, S. Baumann, J. Bechtluft, T. Behnke, K.W. Bell, G. Bella, A. Bellerive, S. Bentvelsen, S. Bethke, S. Betts, O. Biebel, A. Biguzzi, S.D. Bird, V. Blobel, I.J. Bloodworth, P. Bock, J. Böhme, D. Bonacorsi, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, P. Bright-Thomas, L. Brigliadori, R.M. Brown, H.J. Burckhart, P. Capiluppi, R.K. Carnegie, A.A. Carter, J.R. Carter, C.Y. Chang, D.G. Charlton, D. Chrisman, C. Ciocca, P.E.L. Clarke, E. Clay, I. Cohen, J.E. Conboy, O.C. Cooke, C. Couyoumtzelis, R.L. Coxe, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, G.M. Dallavalle, R. Davis, S. De Jong, A. de Roeck, P. Dervan, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M.S. Dixit, J. Dubbert, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I.P. Duerdoth, D. Eatough, P.G. Estabrooks, E. Etzion, F. Fabbri, M. Fanti, A.A. Faust, F. Fiedler, M. Fierro, I. Fleck, R. Folman, A. Fürtjes, D.I. Futyan, P. Gagnon, J.W. Gary, J. Gascon, S.M. Gascon-Shotkin, G. Gaycken, C. Geich-Gimbel, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, V. Gibson, W.R. Gibson, D.M. Gingrich, D. Glenzinski, J. Goldberg, W. Gorn, C. Grandi, K. Graham, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, G.G. Hanson, M. Hansroul, M. Hapke, K. Harder, A. Harel, C.K. Hargrove, C. Hartmann, M. Hauschild, C.M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R.J. Hemingway, M. Herndon, G. Herten, R.D. Heuer, M.D. Hildreth, J.C. Hill, P.R. Hobson, M. Hoch, A. Hocker, K. Hoffman, R.J. Homer, A.K. Honma, D. Horváth, K.R. Hossain, R. Howard, P. Hüntemeyer, P. Igo-Kemenes, D.C. Imrie, K. Ishii, F.R. Jacob, A. Jawahery, H. Jeremie, M. Jimack, C.R. Jones, P. Jovanovic, T.R. Junk, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, P.I. Kayal, R.K. Keeler, R.G. Kellogg, B.W. Kennedy, D.H. Kim, A. Klier, S. Kluth, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, D.S. Koetke, T.P. Kokott, M. Kolrep, S. Komamiya, R.V. Kowalewski, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, T. Kuhl, P. Kyberd, G.D. Lafferty, H. Landsman, D. Lanske, J. Lauber, S.R. Lautenschlager, I. Lawson, J.G. Layter, D. Lazic, A.M. Lee, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, R. Liebisch, B. List, C. Littlewood, A.W. Lloyd, S.L. Lloyd, F.K. Loebinger, G.D. Long, M.J. Losty, J. Ludwig, D. Liu, A. Macchiolo, A. Macpherson, W. Mader, M. Mannelli, S. Marcellini, C. Markopoulos, A.J. Martin, J.P. Martin, G. Martinez, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W.J. McDonald, J. McKenna, E.A. Mckigney, T.J. McMahon, R.A. McPherson, F. Meijers, S. Menke, F.S. Merritt, H. Mes, J. Meyer, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D.J. Miller, R. Mir, W. Mohr, A. Montanari, T. Mori, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H.A. Neal, B. Nellen, R. Nisius, S.W. O'Neale, F.G. Oakham, F. Odorici, H.O. Ogren, M.J. Oreglia, S. Orito, J. Pálinkás, G. Pásztor, J.R. Pater, G.N. Patrick, J. Patt, R. Perez-Ochoa, S. Petzold, P. Pfeifenschneider, J.E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D.E. Plane, P. Poffenberger, J. Polok, M. Przybycień, C. Rembser, H. Rick, S. Robertson, S.A. Robins, N. Rodning, J.M. Roney, K. Roscoe, A.M. Rossi, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, O. Runolfsson, D.R. Rust, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, O. Sahr, W.M. Sang, E.K.G. Sarkisyan, C. Sbarra, A.D. Schaile, O. Schaile, F. Scharf, P. Scharff-Hansen, J. Schieck, B. Schmitt, S. Schmitt, A. Schöning, M. Schröder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W.G. Scott, R. Seuster, T.G. Shears, B.C. Shen, C.H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, G.P. Siroli, A. Sittler, A. Skuja, A.M. Smith, G.A. Snow, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, S. Spagnolo, M. Sproston, A. Stahl, K. Stephens, J. Steuerer, K. Stoll, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, B. Surrow, S.D. Talbot, S. Tanaka, P. Taras, S. Tarem, R. Teuscher, M. Thiergen, J. Thomas, M.A. Thomson, E. von Törne, E. Torrence, S. Towers, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, A.S. Turcot, M.F. Turner-Watson, I. Ueda, R. Van Kooten, P. Vannerem, M. Verzocchi, H. Voss, F. Wäckerle, A. Wagner, C.P. Ward, D.R. Ward, P.M. Watkins, A.T. Watson, N.K. Watson, P.S. Wells, N. Wermes, J.S. White, G.W. Wilson, J.A. Wilson, T.R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, G. Yekutieli, V. Zacek, and D. Zer-Zion
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Detector, FOS: Physical sciences, Fizikai tudományok, Charge (physics), 01 natural sciences, Lepton number, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Baryon, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Természettudományok, 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, 010306 general physics, Particle Physics - Experiment, Conjugate
Abstract: Using data collected with the OPAL detector at LEP, we have searched for the processes e+e- -> Z0 -> p e-, p mu- and the charge conjugate final-states. These would violate the conservation of the baryon-number B, lepton-number L and the fermion-number n = (B+L). No evidence for such decays has been found, and the 95% confidence level upper limits on the partial widths Z0 -> p e and Z0 -> p mu are found to be 4.6 and 4.4 keV respectively., 16 pages, LaTeX, 2 ps figs included, submitted to Physics Letters B
Published: 1999

13. A measurement of the τ→ν branching ratio

Author: S. M. Gascon-Shotkin, P. Poffenberger, A. D. Schaile, Gabriella Pasztor, John Allison, G. Gaycken, P. G. Bright-Thomas, J. Lauber, Erez Etzion, G. Yekutieli, A. J. Martin, M. Przybycień, Stefan Kluth, Shlomit Tarem, Beatrix Dienes, M. Schumacher, P. Gagnon, P. Vannerem, S. D. Talbot, A. Sittler, Zoltan Laszlo Trocsanyi, Dong Hee Kim, T. Kress, Daniel Lellouch, R. G. Kellogg, A. M. Rossi, A. A. Carter, Ron Folman, D. Eatough, Takehiko Mori, F. Odorici, B. Surrow, G. A. Snow, C. P. Ward, T. Behnke, W. Mader, Stefano Marcellini, S. D. Bird, P. Mättig, C. K. Hargrove, S. Söldner-Rembold, H. A. Neal, D. Axen, A. Jawahery, M. Fanti, C. Y. Chang, S. A. Robins, P. G. Estabrooks, R. K. Keeler, D. C. Imrie, Dave Charlton, Claire Shepherd-Themistocleous, Peter Sherwood, Alexander Wagner, Giovanni Abbiendi, J. Ludwig, K. Runge, P. Bock, N. K. Watson, Matthias Schröder, P. Taras, Paul Kyberd, F. K. Loebinger, K. Hoffman, R. Liebisch, K. Ackerstaff, J. Steuerer, T. R. Junk, G. P. Siroli, E. Tsur, Ivor Fleck, M. Thiergen, S. R. Lautenschlager, Stefan Schmitt, P. S. Wells, P. M. Watkins, T. J. McMahon, M. Verzocchi, K. W. Bell, Joleen Pater, C. Couyoumtzelis, A. Klier, Christoph Schwick, R. J. Hemingway, J. Pálinkás, S. B. Anderson, M. Boutemeur, F. S. Merritt, A. A. Faust, R. D. Heuer, J. Dubbert, R. K. Carnegie, K. Sachs, M. Herndon, James Pinfold, R. Perez-Ochoa, R. Seuster, Terry Richard Wyatt, J. C. Hill, Robert McPherson, Christopher Hawkes, J. A. Wilson, J. Böhme, Shoji Asai, W. M. Sang, Shlomo Dado, L. Brigliadori, O. Runolfsson, Claudia Ciocca, B. W. Kennedy, P. Jovanovic, Gideon Bella, I. J. Bloodworth, Gregor Herten, W. J. McDonald, B. C. Shen, J. Gascon, S. Baumann, D. Lazic, K. Graham, H. J. Burckhart, Jacqueline Batley, A. Macpherson, Tara Shears, Daniele Bonacorsi, Fabrizio Fabbri, Giora Mikenberg, J. Goldberg, Siegfried Bethke, D. Liu, A. K. Honma, E. A. Mckigney, Austin Ball, Yoram Rozen, J. Bechtluft, J. A. McKenna, Peter Krieger, V. Zacek, Claudio Grandi, W. G. Scott, Michael Hildreth, B. Nellen, Stan Bentvelsen, C. Sbarra, G. Azuelos, F. R. Jacob, S. F. Ashby, I. Nakamura, J. S. White, Ekg Sarkisyan, R. Van Kooten, Kiyotomo Kawagoe, J. E. Pilcher, J. W. Gary, N. L. Rodning, D. S. Koetke, A. Macchiolo, J. von Krogh, S. W. O'Neale, J. Letts, Marcello Mannelli, R. Bartoldus, P. Dervan, J. Polok, D. Karlen, Alessandro Montanari, D. Glenzinski, H. Mes, I. P. Duerdoth, A. W. Lloyd, H. O. Ogren, K. J. Anderson, C. R. Jones, K. Stoll, Andris Skuja, S. Petzold, Dezso Horvath, M. J. Losty, M. Gruwé, D. I. Futyan, Christoph Geich-Gimbel, R. Howard, Jean-Arcady Meyer, G. W. Wilson, Tetsuro Mashimo, T. Kuhl, Richard Nisius, M. F. Turner-Watson, M. Hauschild, C. Markopoulos, F. Wäckerle, S. Braibant, A. Bellerive, B. List, Vakhtang Kartvelishvili, R. Mir, D. M. Gingrich, Randall Sobie, G. D. Lafferty, Marco Cuffiani, J. E. Conboy, A. Fürtjes, K. R. Hossain, W. Gorn, I. Cohen, R. Hawkings, Christoph Rembser, D. Lanske, A. Harel, P. Hüntemeyer, Ikuo Ueda, D. M. Strom, P. Scharff-Hansen, H. Landsman, D. R. Rust, A. M. Smith, Guenter Duckeck, M. Fierro, A. M. Lee, Richard Teuscher, A. S. Turcot, E. von Törne, F. Fiedler, M. Kolrep, F. G. Oakham, B. Schmitt, E. L. Barberio, N. Altekamp, H. Voss, R. J. Barlow, D. J. Miller, S. Spagnolo, S. Yamashita, P. Igo-Kemenes, M. Hoch, K. Ishii, H. Jeremie, O. Schaile, S. Robertson, Sven Menke, Ehud Duchovni, M. Jimack, A. Michelini, Satoshi Tanaka, T. Kobayashi, Peter R Hobson, J. M. Roney, R. L. Coxe, D. Zer-Zion, Sachio Komamiya, A. T. Watson, A. Hocker, Koichi Nagai, J. Schieck, D. Chrisman, G. D. Long, T. P. Kokott, W. Mohr, Volker Blobel, Achim Stahl, T. Saeki, R. Davis, Stephen Lloyd, J. Grunhaus, R. Kowalewski, S. Arcelli, F. Scharf, German Martinez, Juergen Thomas, A. Biguzzi, J. G. Layter, Gideon Alexander, M. A. Thomson, Paolo Capiluppi, P. E.L. Clarke, J. P. Martin, E. K. U. Gross, S. De Jong, H. Rick, M. Sproston, G. G. Hanson, G. Giacomelli, I. Lawson, K. Stephens, A. De Roeck, M. Kobel, C. Littlewood, M. S. Dixit, Frans Meijers, O. C. Cooke, P. Pfeifenschneider, V. Gibson, I. Trigger, D. R. Ward, J. Patt, André Schöning, O. Sahr, Satoshi Mihara, Otmar Biebel, Paolo Giacomelli, M. Hansroul, R. J. Homer, P. I. Kayal, Norbert Wermes, Sherry Towers, T. Kawamoto, W. R. Gibson, S. Orito, K. Harder, S. Betts, M. Hapke, M. J. Oreglia, J. R. Carter, G. N. Patrick, R. M. Brown, Lorne Levinson, C. Hartmann, D. E. Plane, G. M. Dallavalle, K. Roscoe, Klaus Kurt Desch, E. Torrence, E. Clay, and Raimund Ströhmer
Subjects: Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Electron energy spectrum, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Branching fraction, Electron–positron annihilation, 0103 physical sciences, Strong coupling, Analytical chemistry, Mass scale, 010306 general physics, 01 natural sciences
Abstract: The branching ratio for the decay τ − → e − ν e ν τ has been measured using Z 0 decay data collected by the OPAL experiment at LEP. In total 33 073 τ − → e − ν e ν τ candidates were identified from a sample of 186 197 selected τ decays, giving a branching ratio of B (τ − → e − ν e ν τ )=(17.81±0.09 (stat) ±0.06 (syst) )% . This result is combined with other measurements to test e - μ and μ - τ universality in charged-current weak interactions. Additionally, the strong coupling constant α s ( m τ 2 ) has been extracted from B (τ − → e − ν e ν τ ) and evolved to the Z 0 mass scale, giving α s ( m Z 2 )=0.1204±0.0011 (exp)±0.0019 (theory).
Published: 1999

14. Large cathode strip chambers for the CMS endcap muon system

Author: Hafeez R Hoorani, Jay Hauser, S. Durkin, S Medved, R. Loveless, D Chrisman, P Lennous, J. Hoftiezer, Andrey Korytov, J. Korienek, Y. Bonushkin, F. Feyzi, S Hershman, L Gorn, J. Blomquist, V Soulimov, D. P. Eartly, T. Y. Ling, An.A. Vorobyov, L. J. Gutay, Darin Acosta, S. Sobolev, J. G. Layter, N. Bondar, Thomas Ferguson, V. Razmyslovich, O. Prokofiev, C. Rush, Guenakh Mitselmakher, O. Kiselev, S. Sedov, Ben Bylsma, A. Bujak, W. Gorn, and Yu. Fisyak
Subjects: Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Muon, law, Time resolution, Instrumentation, Image resolution, Performance results, Cathode, law.invention
Abstract: Presented are the main design features of the large cathode strip chambers (CSCs) for the CMS endcap muon system as well as the performance results obtained with the first large-scale prototype. The 3.4×1.2 m 2 six-plane prototype has been reliably operated over one year and the cosmic-ray tests showed that it was capable of detecting muons with ∼80 μm spatial and ∼5 ns time resolutions.
Published: 1998

15. Multi-photon production in e+e− collisions at =183 GeV

Author: K. Ackerstaff, G. Alexander, J. Allison, N. Altekamp, K.J. Anderson, S. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, S.F. Ashby, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, A.H. Ball, E. Barberio, R.J. Barlow, R. Bartoldus, J.R. Batley, S. Baumann, J. Bechtluft, T. Behnke, K.W. Bell, G. Bella, S. Bentvelsen, S. Bethke, S. Betts, O. Biebel, A. Biguzzi, S.D. Bird, V. Blobel, I.J. Bloodworth, M. Bobinski, P. Bock, J. Böhme, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, P. Bright-Thomas, R.M. Brown, H.J. Burckhart, C. Burgard, R. Bürgin, P. Capiluppi, R.K. Carnegie, A.A. Carter, J.R. Carter, C.Y. Chang, D.G. Charlton, D. Chrisman, C. Ciocca, P.E.L. Clarke, E. Clay, I. Cohen, J.E. Conboy, O.C. Cooke, C. Couyoumtzelis, R.L. Coxe, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, G.M. Dallavalle, R. Davis, S. De Jong, L.A. del Pozo, A. de Roeck, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M.S. Dixit, M. Doucet, J. Dubbert, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I.P. Duerdoth, D. Eatough, P.G. Estabrooks, E. Etzion, H.G. Evans, F. Fabbri, A. Fanfani, M. Fanti, A.A. Faust, F. Fiedler, M. Fierro, H.M. Fischer, I. Fleck, R. Folman, A. Fürtjes, D.I. Futyan, P. Gagnon, J.W. Gary, J. Gascon, S.M. Gascon-Shotkin, C. Geich-Gimbel, T. Geralis, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, V. Gibson, W.R. Gibson, D.M. Gingrich, D. Glenzinski, J. Goldberg, W. Gorn, C. Grandi, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, G.G. Hanson, M. Hansroul, M. Hapke, C.K. Hargrove, C. Hartmann, M. Hauschild, C.M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R.J. Hemingway, M. Herndon, G. Herten, R.D. Heuer, M.D. Hildreth, J.C. Hill, S.J. Hillier, P.R. Hobson, A. Hocker, R.J. Homer, A.K. Honma, D. Horváth, K.R. Hossain, R. Howard, P. Hüntemeyer, P. Igo-Kemenes, D.C. Imrie, K. Ishii, F.R. Jacob, A. Jawahery, H. Jeremie, M. Jimack, A. Joly, C.R. Jones, P. Jovanovic, T.R. Junk, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, P.I. Kayal, R.K. Keeler, R.G. Kellogg, B.W. Kennedy, A. Klier, S. Kluth, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, D.S. Koetke, T.P. Kokott, M. Kolrep, S. Komamiya, R.V. Kowalewski, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, P. Kyberd, G.D. Lafferty, D. Lanske, J. Lauber, S.R. Lautenschlager, I. Lawson, J.G. Layter, D. Lazic, A.M. Lee, E. Lefebvre, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, R. Liebisch, B. List, C. Littlewood, A.W. Lloyd, S.L. Lloyd, F.K. Loebinger, G.D. Long, M.J. Losty, J. Ludwig, D. Liu, A. Macchiolo, A. Macpherson, M. Mannelli, S. Marcellini, C. Markopoulos, A.J. Martin, J.P. Martin, G. Martinez, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W.J. McDonald, J. McKenna, E.A. Mckigney, T.J. McMahon, R.A. McPherson, F. Meijers, S. Menke, F.S. Merritt, H. Mes, J. Meyer, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D.J. Miller, R. Mir, W. Mohr, A. Montanari, T. Mori, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H.A. Neal, B. Nellen, R. Nisius, S.W. O'Neale, F.G. Oakham, F. Odorici, H.O. Ogren, M.J. Oreglia, S. Orito, J. Pálinkás, G. Pásztor, J.R. Pater, G.N. Patrick, J. Patt, R. Perez-Ochoa, S. Petzold, P. Pfeifenschneider, J.E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D.E. Plane, P. Poffenberger, B. Poli, J. Polok, M. Przybycień, C. Rembser, H. Rick, S. Robertson, S.A. Robins, N. Rodning, J.M. Roney, K. Roscoe, A.M. Rossi, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, O. Runolfsson, D.R. Rust, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, O. Sahr, W.M. Sang, E.K.G. Sarkisyan, C. Sbarra, A.D. Schaile, O. Schaile, F. Scharf, P. Scharff-Hansen, J. Schieck, B. Schmitt, S. Schmitt, A. Schöning, T. Schorner, M. Schröder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W.G. Scott, R. Seuster, T.G. Shears, B.C. Shen, C.H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, G.P. Siroli, A. Sittler, A. Skuja, A.M. Smith, G.A. Snow, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, M. Sproston, A. Stahl, K. Stephens, J. Steuerer, K. Stoll, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, R. Tafirout, S.D. Talbot, S. Tanaka, P. Taras, S. Tarem, R. Teuscher, M. Thiergen, M.A. Thomson, E. von Törne, E. Torrence, S. Towers, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, A.S. Turcot, M.F. Turner-Watson, R. Van Kooten, P. Vannerem, M. Verzocchi, P. Vikas, H. Voss, F. Wäckerle, A. Wagner, C.P. Ward, D.R. Ward, P.M. Watkins, A.T. Watson, N.K. Watson, P.S. Wells, N. Wermes, J.S. White, G.W. Wilson, J.A. Wilson, T.R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, G. Yekutieli, V. Zacek, and D. Zer-Zion
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Luminosity (scattering theory), Photon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Branching fraction, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Resonance, Lambda, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Invariant mass, 010306 general physics, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract: The process e+e- to gamma gamma (gamma) is studied using data recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP. The data sample corresponds to a total integrated luminosity of 56.2 pb-1 taken at a centre-of-mass energy of 183 GeV. The measured cross-section agrees well with the expectation from QED. A fit to the angular distribution is used to obtain improved limits at 95% CL on the QED cut-off parameters: Lambda+ > 233 GeV and Lambda- > 265 GeV as well as a mass limit for an excited electron, M(e*) > 227 GeV assuming equal e*egamma and eegamma couplings. No evidence for resonance production is found in the invariant mass spectrum of photon pairs. Limits are obtained for the cross-section times branching ratio for a resonance decaying into two photons.
Published: 1998

16. An upper limit on the anomalous magnetic moment of the τ lepton

Author: K. Ackerstaff, G. Alexander, J. Allison, N. Altekamp, K.J. Anderson, S. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, S.F. Ashby, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, A.H. Ball, E. Barberio, R.J. Barlow, R. Bartoldus, J.R. Batley, S. Baumann, J. Bechtluft, T. Behnke, K.W. Bell, G. Bella, S. Bentvelsen, S. Bethke, S. Betts, O. Biebel, A. Biguzzi, S.D. Bird, V. Blobel, I.J. Bloodworth, M. Bobinski, P. Bock, D. Bonacorsi, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, L. Brigliadori, R.M. Brown, H.J. Burckhart, C. Burgard, R. Bürgin, P. Capiluppi, R.K. Carnegie, A.A. Carter, J.R. Carter, C.Y. Chang, D.G. Charlton, D. Chrisman, P.E.L. Clarke, I. Cohen, J.E. Conboy, O.C. Cooke, C. Couyoumtzelis, R.L. Coxe, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, C. Dallapiccola, G.M. Dallavalle, R. Davis, S. De Jong, L.A. del Pozo, A. de Roeck, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M.S. Dixit, M. Doucet, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I.P. Duerdoth, D. Eatough, P.G. Estabrooks, E. Etzion, H.G. Evans, M. Evans, F. Fabbri, A. Fanfani, M. Fanti, A.A. Faust, L. Feld, F. Fiedler, M. Fierro, H.M. Fischer, I. Fleck, R. Folman, D.G. Fong, M. Foucher, A. Fürtjes, D.I. Futyan, P. Gagnon, J.W. Gary, J. Gascon, S.M. Gascon-Shotkin, N.I. Geddes, C. Geich-Gimbel, T. Geralis, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, R. Giacomelli, V. Gibson, W.R. Gibson, D.M. Gingrich, D. Glenzinski, J. Goldberg, M.J. Goodrick, W. Gorn, C. Grandi, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, C. Hajdu, G.G. Hanson, M. Hansroul, M. Hapke, C.K. Hargrove, P.A. Hart, C. Hartmann, M. Hauschild, C.M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R.J. Hemingway, M. Herndon, G. Herten, R.D. Heuer, M.D. Hildreth, J.C. Hill, S.J. Hillier, P.R. Hobson, A. Hocker, R.J. Homer, A.K. Honma, D. Horváth, K.R. Hossain, R. Howard, P. Hüntemeyer, D.E. Hutchcroft, P. Igo-Kemenes, D.C. Imrie, K. Ishii, A. Jawahery, P.W. Jeffreys, H. Jeremie, M. Jimack, A. Joly, C.R. Jones, M. Jones, U. Jost, P. Jovanovic, T.R. Junk, J. Kanzaki, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, P.I. Kayal, R.K. Keeler, R.G. Kellogg, B.W. Kennedy, J. Kirk, A. Klier, S. Kluth, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, D.S. Koetke, T.P. Kokott, M. Kolrep, S. Komamiya, R.V. Kowalewski, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, P. Kyberd, G.D. Lafferty, R. Lahmann, W.P. Lai, D. Lanske, J. Lauber, S.R. Lautenschlager, I. Lawson, J.G. Layter, D. Lazic, A.M. Lee, E. Lefebvre, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, B. List, S.L. Lloyd, F.K. Loebinger, G.D. Long, M.J. Losty, J. Ludwig, D. Lui, A. Macchiolo, A. Macpherson, M. Mannelli, S. Marcellini, C. Markopoulos, C. Markus, A.J. Martin, J.P. Martin, G. Martinez, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W.J. McDonald, J. McKenna, E.A. Mckigney, T.J. McMahon, R.A. McPherson, F. Meijers, S. Menke, F.S. Merritt, H. Mes, J. Meyer, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D.J. Miller, A. Mincer, R. Mir, W. Mohr, A. Montanari, T. Mori, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H.A. Neal, B. Nellen, R. Nisius, S.W. O'Neale, F.G. Oakham, F. Odorici, H.O. Ogren, A. Oh, N.J. Oldershaw, M.J. Oreglia, S. Orito, J. Pálinkás, G. Pásztor, J.R. Pater, G.N. Patrick, J. Patt, R. Perez-Ochoa, S. Petzold, P. Pfeifenschneider, J.E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D.E. Plane, P. Poffenberger, B. Poli, A. Posthaus, C. Rembser, S. Robertson, S.A. Robins, N. Rodning, J.M. Roney, A. Rooke, A.M. Rossi, P. Routenburg, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, O. Runolfsson, U. Ruppel, D.R. Rust, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, O. Sahr, W.M. Sang, E.K.G. Sarkisyan, C. Sbarra, A.D. Schaile, O. Schaile, F. Scharf, P. Scharff-Hansen, J. Schieck, P. Schleper, B. Schmitt, S. Schmitt, A. Schöning, M. Schröder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W.G. Scott, T.G. Shears, B.C. Shen, C.H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, R.P.B. Sieberg, G.P. Siroli, A. Sittler, A. Skillman, A. Skuja, A.M. Smith, G.A. Snow, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, R.W. Springer, M. Sproston, K. Stephens, J. Steuerer, B. Stockhausen, K. Stoll, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, P. Szymanski, R. Tafirout, S.D. Talbot, P. Taras, S. Tarem, R. Teuscher, M. Thiergen, M.A. Thomson, E. von Törne, E. Torrence, S. Towers, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, A.S. Turcot, M.F. Turner-Watson, I. Ueda, P. Utzat, R. Van Kooten, P. Vannerem, M. Verzocchi, P. Vikas, E.H. Vokurka, H. Voss, F. Wäckerle, A. Wagner, C.P. Ward, D.R. Ward, P.M. Watkins, A.T. Watson, N.K. Watson, P.S. Wells, N. Wermes, J.S. White, G.W. Wilson, J.A. Wilson, T.R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, G. Yekutieli, V. Zacek, and D. Zer-Zion
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Anomalous magnetic dipole moment, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Form factor (quantum field theory), 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Dipole, 0103 physical sciences, Magnetic form factor, Radiative transfer, Vertex (curve), High Energy Physics::Experiment, Production (computer science), 010306 general physics, Particle Physics - Experiment, Lepton
Abstract: Using radiative Z^0 -> \tau^+ \tau^- \gamma events collected with the OPAL detector at LEP at \sqrt{s}= M_Z during 1990-95, a direct study of the electromagnetic current at the \tau\gamma vertex has been performed in terms of the anomalous magnetic form factor F_2 of the \tau lepton. The analysis is based on a data sample of 1429 e^+ e^- -> \tau^+ \tau^- \gamma events which are examined for a deviation from the expectation with F_2 = 0. From the non-observation of anomalous \tau^+ \tau^- \gamma production a limit of -0.068 < F_2 < 0.065 is obtained. This can also be interpreted as a limit on the electric dipole form factor F_3 as -3.8 x 10^-16 e-cm < eF_3 < 3.6 x 10^-16 e-cm. The above ranges are valid at the 95% confidence level., Comment: 20 pages, LaTeX, uses a4p.sty, 4 eps figures included, submitted to Phys. Lett. B
Published: 1998

17. Search for an excess in the production of four-jet events from e+e− collisions at =130–184 GeV

Author: K. Ackerstaff, G. Alexander, J. Allison, N. Altekamp, K.J. Anderson, S. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, S.F. Ashby, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, A.H. Ball, E. Barberio, R.J. Barlow, R. Bartoldus, J.R. Batley, S. Baumann, J. Bechtluft, T. Behnke, K.W. Bell, G. Bella, S. Bentvelsen, S. Bethke, S. Betts, O. Biebel, A. Biguzzi, S.D. Bird, V. Blobel, I.J. Bloodworth, M. Bobinski, P. Bock, D. Bonacorsi, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, L. Brigliadori, R.M. Brown, H.J. Burckhart, C. Burgard, R. Bürgin, P. Capiluppi, R.K. Carnegie, A.A. Carter, J.R. Carter, C.Y. Chang, D.G. Charlton, D. Chrisman, P.E.L. Clarke, I. Cohen, J.E. Conboy, O.C. Cooke, C. Couyoumtzelis, R.L. Coxe, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, C. Dallapiccola, G.M. Dallavalle, R. Davis, S. De Jong, L.A. del Pozo, A. de Roeck, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M.S. Dixit, M. Doucet, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I.P. Duerdoth, D. Eatough, P.G. Estabrooks, E. Etzion, H.G. Evans, M. Evans, F. Fabbri, A. Fanfani, M. Fanti, A.A. Faust, L. Feld, F. Fiedler, M. Fierro, H.M. Fischer, I. Fleck, R. Folman, D.G. Fong, M. Foucher, A. Fürtjes, D.I. Futyan, P. Gagnon, J.W. Gary, J. Gascon, S.M. Gascon-Shotkin, N.I. Geddes, C. Geich-Gimbel, T. Geralis, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, R. Giacomelli, V. Gibson, W.R. Gibson, D.M. Gingrich, D. Glenzinski, J. Goldberg, M.J. Goodrick, W. Gorn, C. Grandi, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, C. Hajdu, G.G. Hanson, M. Hansroul, M. Hapke, C.K. Hargrove, P.A. Hart, C. Hartmann, M. Hauschild, C.M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R.J. Hemingway, M. Herndon, G. Herten, R.D. Heuer, M.D. Hildreth, J.C. Hill, S.J. Hillier, P.R. Hobson, A. Hocker, R.J. Homer, A.K. Honma, D. Horváth, K.R. Hossain, R. Howard, P. Hüntemeyer, D.E. Hutchcroft, P. Igo-Kemenes, D.C. Imrie, K. Ishii, A. Jawahery, P.W. Jeffreys, H. Jeremie, M. Jimack, A. Joly, C.R. Jones, M. Jones, U. Jost, P. Jovanovic, T.R. Junk, J. Kanzaki, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, P.I. Kayal, R.K. Keeler, R.G. Kellogg, B.W. Kennedy, J. Kirk, A. Klier, S. Kluth, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, D.S. Koetke, T.P. Kokott, M. Kolrep, S. Komamiya, R.V. Kowalewski, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, P. Kyberd, G.D. Lafferty, R. Lahmann, W.P. Lai, D. Lanske, J. Lauber, S.R. Lautenschlager, I. Lawson, J.G. Layter, D. Lazic, A.M. Lee, E. Lefebvre, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, B. List, S.L. Lloyd, F.K. Loebinger, G.D. Long, M.J. Losty, J. Ludwig, D. Lui, A. Macchiolo, A. Macpherson, M. Mannelli, S. Marcellini, C. Markopoulos, C. Markus, A.J. Martin, J.P. Martin, G. Martinez, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W.J. McDonald, J. McKenna, E.A. Mckigney, T.J. McMahon, R.A. McPherson, F. Meijers, S. Menke, F.S. Merritt, H. Mes, J. Meyer, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D.J. Miller, A. Mincer, R. Mir, W. Mohr, A. Montanari, T. Mori, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H.A. Neal, B. Nellen, R. Nisius, S.W. O'Neale, F.G. Oakham, F. Odorici, H.O. Ogren, A. Oh, N.J. Oldershaw, M.J. Oreglia, S. Orito, J. Pálinkás, G. Pásztor, J.R. Pater, G.N. Patrick, J. Patt, R. Perez-Ochoa, S. Petzold, P. Pfeifenschneider, J.E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D.E. Plane, P. Poffenberger, B. Poli, A. Posthaus, C. Rembser, S. Robertson, S.A. Robins, N. Rodning, J.M. Roney, A. Rooke, A.M. Rossi, P. Routenburg, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, O. Runolfsson, U. Ruppel, D.R. Rust, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, O. Sahr, W.M. Sang, E.K.G. Sarkisyan, C. Sbarra, A.D. Schaile, O. Schaile, F. Scharf, P. Scharff-Hansen, J. Schieck, P. Schleper, B. Schmitt, S. Schmitt, A. Schöning, M. Schröder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W.G. Scott, T.G. Shears, B.C. Shen, C.H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, G.P. Siroli, A. Sittler, A. Skillman, A. Skuja, A.M. Smith, G.A. Snow, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, R.W. Springer, M. Sproston, K. Stephens, J. Steuerer, B. Stockhausen, K. Stoll, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, P. Szymanski, R. Tafirout, S.D. Talbot, P. Taras, S. Tarem, R. Teuscher, M. Thiergen, M.A. Thomson, E. von Törne, E. Torrence, S. Towers, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, A.S. Turcot, M.F. Turner-Watson, I. Ueda, P. Utzat, R. Van Kooten, P. Vannerem, M. Verzocchi, P. Vikas, E.H. Vokurka, H. Voss, F. Wäckerle, A. Wagner, C.P. Ward, D.R. Ward, P.M. Watkins, A.T. Watson, N.K. Watson, P.S. Wells, N. Wermes, J.S. White, G.W. Wilson, J.A. Wilson, T.R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, G. Yekutieli, V. Zacek, and D. Zer-Zion
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Aleph, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, FOS: Physical sciences, Jet (particle physics), 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Standard Model, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Production (computer science), 010306 general physics, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract: Events with four distinct jets from e^+e^- collisions, collected by the OPAL detector at centre-of-mass energies between 130 and 184 GeV, are analysed for a peak in the sum of dijet masses. This search is motivated by the ALEPH Collaboration's observation of a clear excess of events with dijet mass sums close to 105 GeV in data taken at centre-of-mass energies of 130 and 136 GeV in 1995. We have observed no significant excess of four-jet events compared to the Standard Model expectation for any dijet mass sum at any energy. Our observation is inconsistent with the excess observed by ALEPH in 1995. Upper limits are determined on the production cross-section as a function of the dijet mass sum., Comment: 24 pages, LaTeX, uses a4p.sty, 5 eps figures included, submitted to Physics Letters B
Published: 1998

18. Measurements of the Bs0 and Λb0 lifetimes

Author: K Ackerstaff, G Alexander, J Allison, N Altekamp, K.J Anderson, S Anderson, S Arcelli, S Asai, S.F Ashby, D Axen, G Azuelos, A.H Ball, E Barberio, R.J Barlow, R Bartoldus, J.R Batley, S Baumann, J Bechtluft, C Beeston, T Behnke, A.N Bell, K.W Bell, G Bella, S Bentvelsen, S Bethke, S Betts, O Biebel, A Biguzzi, S.D Bird, V Blobel, I.J Bloodworth, J.E Bloomer, M Bobinski, P Bock, D Bonacorsi, M Boutemeur, S Braibant, L Brigliadori, R.M Brown, H.J Burckhart, C Burgard, R Bürgin, P Capiluppi, R.K Carnegie, A.A Carter, J.R Carter, C.Y Chang, D.G Charlton, D Chrisman, P.E.L Clarke, I Cohen, J.E Conboy, O.C Cooke, C Couyoumtzelis, R.L Coxe, M Cuffiani, S Dado, C Dallapiccola, G.M Dallavalle, R Davis, S De Jong, L.A del Pozo, K Desch, B Dienes, M.S Dixit, M Doucet, E Duchovni, G Duckeck, I.P Duerdoth, D Eatough, J.E.G Edwards, P.G Estabrooks, H.G Evans, M Evans, F Fabbri, A Fanfani, M Fanti, A.A Faust, L Feld, F Fiedler, M Fierro, H.M Fischer, I Fleck, R Folman, D.G Fong, M Foucher, A Fürtjes, D.I Futyan, P Gagnon, J.W Gary, J Gascon, S.M Gascon-Shotkin, N.I Geddes, C Geich-Gimbel, T Geralis, G Giacomelli, P Giacomelli, R Giacomelli, V Gibson, W.R Gibson, D.M Gingrich, D Glenzinski, J Goldberg, M.J Goodrick, W Gorn, C Grandi, E Gross, J Grunhaus, M Gruwé, C Hajdu, G.G Hanson, M Hansroul, M Hapke, C.K Hargrove, P.A Hart, C Hartmann, M Hauschild, C.M Hawkes, R Hawkings, R.J Hemingway, M Herndon, G Herten, R.D Heuer, M.D Hildreth, J.C Hill, S.J Hillier, P.R Hobson, A Hocker, R.J Homer, A.K Honma, D Horváth, K.R Hossain, R Howard, P Hüntemeyer, D.E Hutchcroft, P Igo-Kemenes, D.C Imrie, M.R Ingram, K Ishii, A Jawahery, P.W Jeffreys, H Jeremie, M Jimack, A Joly, C.R Jones, G Jones, M Jones, U Jost, P Jovanovic, T.R Junk, J Kanzaki, D Karlen, V Kartvelishvili, K Kawagoe, T Kawamoto, P.I Kayal, R.K Keeler, R.G Kellogg, B.W Kennedy, J Kirk, A Klier, S Kluth, T Kobayashi, M Kobel, D.S Koetke, T.P Kokott, M Kolrep, S Komamiya, T Kress, P Krieger, J von Krogh, P Kyberd, G.D Lafferty, R Lahmann, W.P Lai, D Lanske, J Lauber, S.R Lautenschlager, J.G Layter, D Lazic, A.M Lee, E Lefebvre, D Lellouch, J Letts, L Levinson, S.L Lloyd, F.K Loebinger, G.D Long, M.J Losty, J Ludwig, D Lui, A Macchiolo, A Macpherson, M Mannelli, S Marcellini, C Markopoulos, C Markus, A.J Martin, J.P Martin, G Martinez, T Mashimo, P Mättig, W.J McDonald, J McKenna, E.A Mckigney, T.J McMahon, R.A McPherson, F Meijers, S Menke, F.S Merritt, H Mes, J Meyer, A Michelini, G Mikenberg, D.J Miller, A Mincer, R Mir, W Mohr, A Montanari, T Mori, U Müller, S Mihara, K Nagai, I Nakamura, H.A Neal, B Nellen, R Nisius, S.W O'Neale, F.G Oakham, F Odorici, H.O Ogren, A Oh, N.J Oldershaw, M.J Oreglia, S Orito, J Pálinkás, G Pásztor, J.R Pater, G.N Patrick, J Patt, R Perez-Ochoa, S Petzold, P Pfeifenschneider, J.E Pilcher, J Pinfold, D.E Plane, P Poffenberger, B Poli, A Posthaus, C Rembser, S Robertson, S.A Robins, N Rodning, J.M Roney, A Rooke, A.M Rossi, P Routenburg, Y Rozen, K Runge, O Runolfsson, U Ruppel, D.R Rust, R Rylko, K Sachs, T Saeki, W.M Sang, E.K.G Sarkisyan, C Sbarra, A.D Schaile, O Schaile, F Scharf, P Scharff-Hansen, J Schieck, P Schleper, B Schmitt, S Schmitt, A Schöning, M Schröder, H.C Schultz-Coulon, M Schumacher, C Schwick, W.G Scott, T.G Shears, B.C Shen, C.H Shepherd-Themistocleous, P Sherwood, G.P Siroli, A Sittler, A Skillman, A Skuja, A.M Smith, G.A Snow, R Sobie, S Söldner-Rembold, R.W Springer, M Sproston, K Stephens, J Steuerer, B Stockhausen, K Stoll, D Strom, R Ströhmer, P Szymanski, R Tafirout, S.D Talbot, S Tanaka, P Taras, S Tarem, R Teuscher, M Thiergen, M.A Thomson, E von Törne, E Torrence, S Towers, I Trigger, Z Trócsányi, E Tsur, A.S Turcot, M.F Turner-Watson, P Utzat, R Van Kooten, M Verzocchi, P Vikas, E.H Vokurka, H Voss, F Wäckerle, A Wagner, C.P Ward, D.R Ward, P.M Watkins, A.T Watson, N.K Watson, P.S Wells, N Wermes, J.S White, B Wilkens, G.W Wilson, J.A Wilson, T.R Wyatt, S Yamashita, G Yekutieli, V Zacek, and D Zer-Zion
Subjects: Baryon, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Meson, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 0103 physical sciences, Hadron, High Energy Physics::Experiment, 010306 general physics, Lambda, 01 natural sciences, Bar (unit)
Abstract: This paper presents updated measurements of the lifetimes of the B^0_s meson and the \Lambda_b baryon using 4.4 million hadronic Z^0 decays recorded by the OPAL detector at LEP from 1990 to 1995. A sample of B^0_s decays is obtained using D_s^- \ell^+ combinations, where the D_s^- is fully reconstructed in the \phi \pi^-, K^*0 K^- and K^- K^0_S decay channels and partially reconstructed in the \phi \ell^- \nu(bar) X decay mode. A sample of \Lambda_b decays is obtained using \Lambda_c^+ \ell^- combinations, where the \Lambda_c^+ is fully reconstructed in its decay to a p K^- \pi^+ final state and partially reconstructed in the \Lambda \ell^+ \nu X decay channel. From 172 +/- 28 D_s^- \ell^+ combinations attributed to B^0_s decays, the measured lifetime is \tau(B^0_s) = 1.50 +0.16 -0.15 +/- 0.04 ps, where the errors are statistical and systematic, respectively. From the 129 +\- 25 \Lamda_c^+ \ell^- combinations attributed to \Lambda_b decays, the measured lifetime \tau(\Lambda_b) = 1.29 +0.24 -0.22 +/- 0.06 ps, where the errors are statistical and systematic, respectively.
Published: 1998

19. Search for the Bc meson in hadronic Z0 decays

Author: K Ackerstaff, G Alexander, J Allison, N Altekamp, K.J Anderson, S Anderson, S Arcelli, S Asai, S.F Ashby, D Axen, G Azuelos, A.H Ball, E Barberio, R.J Barlow, R Bartoldus, J.R Batley, S Baumann, J Bechtluft, C Beeston, T Behnke, A.N Bell, K.W Bell, G Bella, S Bentvelsen, S Bethke, S Betts, O Biebel, A Biguzzi, S.D Bird, V Blobel, I.J Bloodworth, J.E Bloomer, M Bobinski, P Bock, D Bonacorsi, M Boutemeur, S Braibant, L Brigliadori, R.M Brown, H.J Burckhart, C Burgard, R Bürgin, P Capiluppi, R.K Carnegie, A.A Carter, J.R Carter, C.Y Chang, D.G Charlton, D Chrisman, P.E.L Clarke, I Cohen, J.E Conboy, O.C Cooke, C Couyoumtzelis, R.L Coxe, M Cuffiani, S Dado, C Dallapiccola, G.M Dallavalle, R Davis, S De Jong, L.A del Pozo, K Desch, B Dienes, M.S Dixit, M Doucet, E Duchovni, G Duckeck, I.P Duerdoth, D Eatough, J.E.G Edwards, P.G Estabrooks, H.G Evans, M Evans, F Fabbri, A Fanfani, M Fanti, A.A Faust, L Feld, F Fiedler, M Fierro, H.M Fischer, I Fleck, R Folman, D.G Fong, M Foucher, A Fürtjes, D.I Futyan, P Gagnon, J.W Gary, J Gascon, S.M Gascon-Shotkin, N.I Geddes, C Geich-Gimbel, T Geralis, G Giacomelli, P Giacomelli, R Giacomelli, V Gibson, W.R Gibson, D.M Gingrich, D Glenzinski, J Goldberg, M.J Goodrick, W Gorn, C Grandi, E Gross, J Grunhaus, M Gruwé, C Hajdu, G.G Hanson, M Hansroul, M Hapke, C.K Hargrove, P.A Hart, C Hartmann, M Hauschild, C.M Hawkes, R Hawkings, R.J Hemingway, M Herndon, G Herten, R.D Heuer, M.D Hildreth, J.C Hill, S.J Hillier, P.R Hobson, A Hocker, R.J Homer, A.K Honma, D Horváth, K.R Hossain, R Howard, P Hüntemeyer, D.E Hutchcroft, P Igo-Kemenes, D.C Imrie, M.R Ingram, K Ishii, A Jawahery, P.W Jeffreys, H Jeremie, M Jimack, A Joly, C.R Jones, G Jones, M Jones, U Jost, P Jovanovic, T.R Junk, J Kanzaki, D Karlen, V Kartvelishvili, K Kawagoe, T Kawamoto, P.I Kayal, R.K Keeler, R.G Kellogg, B.W Kennedy, J Kirk, A Klier, S Kluth, T Kobayashi, M Kobel, D.S Koetke, T.P Kokott, M Kolrep, S Komamiya, T Kress, P Krieger, J von Krogh, P Kyberd, G.D Lafferty, R Lahmann, W.P Lai, D Lanske, J Lauber, S.R Lautenschlager, J.G Layter, D Lazic, A.M Lee, E Lefebvre, D Lellouch, J Letts, L Levinson, S.L Lloyd, F.K Loebinger, G.D Long, M.J Losty, J Ludwig, D Lui, A Macchiolo, A Macpherson, M Mannelli, S Marcellini, C Markopoulos, C Markus, A.J Martin, J.P Martin, G Martinez, T Mashimo, P Mättig, W.J McDonald, J McKenna, E.A Mckigney, T.J McMahon, R.A McPherson, F Meijers, S Menke, F.S Merritt, H Mes, J Meyer, A Michelini, G Mikenberg, D.J Miller, A Mincer, R Mir, W Mohr, A Montanari, T Mori, U Müller, S Mihara, K Nagai, I Nakamura, H.A Neal, B Nellen, R Nisius, S.W O'Neale, F.G Oakham, F Odorici, H.O Ogren, A Oh, N.J Oldershaw, M.J Oreglia, S Orito, J Pálinkás, G Pásztor, J.R Pater, G.N Patrick, J Patt, R Perez-Ochoa, S Petzold, P Pfeifenschneider, J.E Pilcher, J Pinfold, D.E Plane, P Poffenberger, B Poli, A Posthaus, C Rembser, S Robertson, S.A Robins, N Rodning, J.M Roney, A Rooke, A.M Rossi, P Routenburg, Y Rozen, K Runge, O Runolfsson, U Ruppel, D.R Rust, R Rylko, K Sachs, T Saeki, W.M Sang, E.K.G Sarkisyan, C Sbarra, A.D Schaile, O Schaile, F Scharf, P Scharff-Hansen, J Schieck, P Schleper, B Schmitt, S Schmitt, A Schöning, M Schröder, H.C Schultz-Coulon, M Schumacher, C Schwick, W.G Scott, T.G Shears, B.C Shen, C.H Shepherd-Themistocleous, P Sherwood, G.P Siroli, A Sittler, A Skillman, A Skuja, A.M Smith, G.A Snow, R Sobie, S Söldner-Rembold, R.W Springer, M Sproston, K Stephens, J Steuerer, B Stockhausen, K Stoll, D Strom, R Ströhmer, P Szymanski, R Tafirout, S.D Talbot, S Tanaka, P Taras, S Tarem, R Teuscher, M Thiergen, M.A Thomson, E von Törne, E Torrence, S Towers, I Trigger, Z Trócsányi, E Tsur, A.S Turcot, M.F Turner-Watson, P Utzat, R Van Kooten, M Verzocchi, P Vikas, E.H Vokurka, H Voss, F Wäckerle, A Wagner, C.P Ward, D.R Ward, P.M Watkins, A.T Watson, N.K Watson, P.S Wells, N Wermes, J.S White, B Wilkens, G.W Wilson, J.A Wilson, T.R Wyatt, S Yamashita, G Yekutieli, V Zacek, and D Zer-Zion
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Muon, Meson, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Hadron, FOS: Physical sciences, Electron, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, 010306 general physics, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract: A search for decays of the B_c meson was performed using data collected from 1990-1995 with the OPAL detector on or near the Z peak at LEP. The decay channels B_c^+ -> J/psi pi^+, B_c^+ -> J/psi a_1^+ and B_c^+ -> J/psi ell^+ nu were investigated, where ell denotes an electron or a muon. Two candidates are observed in the mode B_c^+ -> J/psi pi^+, with an estimated background of (0.63 +/- 0.20) events. The weighted mean of the masses of the two candidates is (6.32 +/- 0.06) GeV/c^2, which is consistent with the predicted mass of the B_c meson. One candidate event is observed in the mode B_c^+ -> J/psi ell^+ nu with an estimated background of (0.82 +/- 0.19) events. No candidate events are observed in the B_c^+ -> J/psi a_1^+ decay mode, with an estimated background of (1.10 +/- 0.22) events. Upper bounds at the 90% confidence level are set on the production rates for these processes., 18 pages, LaTeX, uses a4p.sty, 6 eps figures included, submitted to Phys. Lett. B
Published: 1998

20. Tests of cathode strip chamber prototypes

Author: S Medved, Craig R. Wuest, O. Prokofiev, S. Otwinowski, P Schenk, Hafeez R Hoorani, C. Matthey, T Vercelli, Y. Bonushkin, Yu. Sedykh, P Lennous, W Gorn, Paolo Giacomelli, O Kisselev, J Zeng, C. Rush, J.G Layter, M.M Baarmand, Thomas Ferguson, Jay Hauser, S. Durkin, J Hirschfelder, L Preston, Christian P. Minor, A Vaniachine, D Chrisman, J. Hoftiezer, L Gorn, I Smirnov, D.E Klem, E. von Goeler, T.Y Ling, V Soulimov, G. Mitselmakher, Andrey Korytov, and T. Muller
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Large Hadron Collider, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, business.industry, Detector, Cathode, law.invention, Anode, Optics, law, Physics::Accelerator Physics, business, Instrumentation, Image resolution, Compact Muon Solenoid, Beam (structure)
Abstract: We report on the results of testing two six-layer 0.6 × 0.6 m 2 cathode strip chamber (CSC) prototypes in a muon beam at CERN. The prototypes were designed to simulate sections of the end-cap muon system of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector which will be installed at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). We measured the spatial and time resolutions of each chamber for different gains, different orientations with respect to the beam direction and different strength magnetic fields. The single-layer spatial resolution of a prototype with a strip pitch of 15.88 mm ranged from 78 to 468 μm, depending on whether the particle passed between two cathode strips or through the center of a strip; its six-layer resolution was found to be 44 μm. The single-layer spatial resolution of a prototype with a strip pitch of 6.35 mm ranged from 54 to 66 μm; its six-layer resolution was found to be 23 μm. The efficiency for collecting an anode wire signal from one of six layers within a 20 ns time window appropriate for the LHC was found to be greater than 95% in normal running conditions.
Published: 1998

21. A measurement of |Vcb| using decays

Author: A. I. McNab, A. S. Turcot, J. Goldberg, F. Fiedler, S. Yamashita, B. Nellen, P. Igo-Kemenes, Gideon Bella, H. J. Burckhart, K. Ishii, Jacqueline Batley, H. Jeremie, R. E. Hughes-Jones, M. Kolrep, K. Sachs, Shlomo Dado, M. F. Turner-Watson, M. Morii, H. G. Evans, P. Schenk, P. E.L. Clarke, M. K. Jones, Peter R Hobson, O. Schaile, M. Hapke, Achim Stahl, G. Azuelos, M. J. Goodrick, I. Cohen, J. P. Martin, S. De Jong, E. do Couto e Silva, P. Routenburg, R. Van Kooten, H. Przysiezniak, Sachio Komamiya, T. Omori, D. E. Hutchcroft, O. C. Cooke, A. N. Bell, Theodoros Geralis, E. Ros, A. T. Watson, Hans-Christian Schultz-Coulon, Randall Sobie, Michael Schulz, G. D. Lafferty, G. G. Hanson, G. Giacomelli, Reda Tafirout, Klaus Kurt Desch, Giora Mikenberg, M. S. Dixit, Frans Meijers, Sven Menke, C. Y. Chang, P. G. Estabrooks, C. R. Jones, M. J. Oreglia, T. P. Kokott, A. Rooke, J. G. Layter, J. von Krogh, W. Matthews, P. S. Wells, P. Taras, Michael Kobel, Gunter Wolf, F. X. Gentit, A. J. Martin, R. K. Keeler, F. Wäckerle, Ekg Sarkisyan, P. W. Jeffreys, R. J. Hawkings, K. Ackerstaff, Terry Richard Wyatt, D. M. Gingrich, H. Mes, M. A. Thomson, J. E. Bloomer, M. Boutemeur, Ehud Duchovni, D. Rigby, R. J. Hemingway, S. Braibant, J. E.G. Edward, Julie Kirk, H. M. Fischer, T. Behnke, Guenter Duckeck, M. Jimack, P. Fath, L. A. del Pozo, C. Sbarra, U. Ruppel, M. R. Ingram, Matthias Schröder, A. D. Schaile, Gabriella Pasztor, P. Berlich, W. R. Gibson, P. M. Watkins, Paolo Giacomelli, M. Thiergen, E. K. U. Gross, J. R. Carter, J. Grunhaus, G. Yekutieli, G. N. Patrick, J. Bechtluft, A. Michelini, J. A. McKenna, Dave Charlton, B. T. Bouwens, M. Hansroul, P. Poffenberger, M. Gruwé, C. M. Hawkes, A. A. Carter, J. J. Ward, B. Stockhausen, Paul Kyberd, P. Vikas, S. B. Anderson, G. A. Snow, C. P. Ward, F. K. Loebinger, P. Szymanski, Ron Folman, Roger Jones, B. W. Kennedy, P. Jovanovic, R. M. Brown, Lorne Levinson, Otmar Biebel, Satoshi Tanaka, T. Kobayashi, C. Burgard, D. Lanske, P. Schütz, R. J. Homer, I. J. Bloodworth, R. Bartoldus, S. Söldner-Rembold, B. J. King, H. O. Ogren, P. Utzat, Christoph Geich-Gimbel, R. Bürgin, Richard Nisius, A. Gaidot, A. Skillman, Austin Ball, J. Steuerer, F. S. Merritt, D. M. Strom, T. J. McMahon, Stan Bentvelsen, Peter Krieger, M. S. Proston, Marco Cuffiani, LP Duerdoth, Stefan Kluth, C. Hartmann, D. E. Plane, Shlomit Tarem, R. K. Carnegie, M. Schumacher, Joleen Pater, E. Lefebvre, S. Robertson, P. Pfeifenschneider, Stephen Hillier, Gregor Herten, U. Müller, Silvia Arcelli, J. Letts, M. Herndon, G. M. Dallavalle, S. A. Robins, J. E. Conboy, A. Fürtjes, M. Bobinski, J. A. Wilson, R. Rylko, J. Patt, F. Odorici, Manuella Vincter, Norbert Wermes, Alessandro Montanari, Sherry Towers, N. K. Watson, B. Wilkens, K. Ametewee, T. Kawamoto, R. Giacomelli, Robert McPherson, M. Fierro, S. W. O'Neale, A. Biguzzi, Gideon Alexander, K. J. Anderson, Paolo Capiluppi, D. Lazic, S. Orito, S. R. Lautenschlager, H. A. Neal, U. Jost, R. Mir, E. A. Mckigney, M. Rosvick, Yoram Rozen, J. E. Pilcher, Mathieu Doucet, C. K. Hargrove, R. D. Heuer, M. Foucher, D. Chrisman, Tara Shears, Claire Shepherd-Themistocleous, T. Hilse, W. P. Lai, O. Runolfsson, W. Mohr, N. J. Oldershaw, Volker Blobel, Fabrizio Fabbri, P. A. Hart, T. J. Smith, A. Posthaus, K. Stephens, J. M. Roney, C. Beeston, Stephen Lloyd, M. J. Pearce, R. Howard, J. S. White, Claudio Grandi, K. Nagai, F. G. Oakham, B. Schmitt, E. L. Barberio, D. R. Rust, V. Gibson, C. Dallapiccola, D. Karlen, D. L. Rees, T. R. Junk, N. Altekamp, A. Joly, I. Trigger, R. J. Barlow, D. R. Ward, H. Lafoux, D. J. Miller, T. Kress, F. Scharf, German Martinez, A. K. Honma, Daniel Lellouch, G. W. Wilson, M. Hauschild, A. M. Lee, S. A. Wotton, Takehiko Mori, C. Markus, E. von Törne, G. T. Jones, E. H. Vokurka, V. Zacek, R. Lahmann, John Allison, D. C. Imrie, Stefan Schmitt, N. I. Geddes, Michael Hildreth, R. G. Kellogg, M. Steiert, P. Mättig, Shoji Asai, Csaba Hajdu, G. P. Siroli, Stefano Marcellini, N. L. Rodning, B. Poli, S. M. Gascon-Shotkin, Kiyotomo Kawagoe, Matthew Evans, A. M. Rossi, T. Tsukamoto, P. Scharff-Hansen, A. M. Smith, D. Axen, A. Jawahery, G. Vasseur, Peter Sherwood, Andris Skuja, Alexander Wagner, S. Petzold, J. Ludwig, G. D. Long, K. Runge, P. Bock, Tetsuro Mashimo, J. Lauber, W. Gorn, F. Strumia, S. D. Talbot, James Pinfold, D. G. Fong, C. Lewis, J. Gascon, W. J. McDonald, A. Malik, B. C. Shen, J. W. Gary, D. S. Koetke, Marcello Mannelli, P. Gagnon, A. Sittler, Siegfried Bethke, B. Nijjhar, W. G. Scott, I. Nakamura, H. M. Bosch, D. Glenzinski, Dezso Horvath, M. J. Losty, Jean-Arcady Meyer, R. W. Springer, E. Tsur, M. Verzocchi, K. W. Bell, J. Pálinkás, J. C. Hill, and Misao Sasaki
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Muon, Meson, Electron–positron annihilation, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Hadron, Form factor (quantum field theory), Electron, Rest frame, Nuclear physics, Recoil, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: We report a measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element |Vcb|. From approximately 4.2 million hadronic Z0 decays recorded with the OPAL deteector, a sample is selected containing 1251 ± 125 B 0 → D ∗+ l − ν l candidates, where l is either an electron or a muon. Using Heavy Quark Effective Theory calculations for the decay form factor at zero recoil of the D∗+ meson in the B 0 rest frame, we derive |Vcb| = [36.0 ± 2.1 (stat) ± 2.4 (syst) ± 1.2 (theory)] × 10−3.
Published: 1997

22. Measurement of the triple gauge boson coupling αW from W+W− production in e+e− collisions at =161GeV

Author: S. A. Robins, J. R. Carter, Michael Hildreth, R. Bartoldus, N. L. Rodning, B. Poli, K. Nagai, N. K. Watson, Otmar Biebel, Shigenori Tanaka, S. M. Gascon-Shotkin, U. Müller, P. Igo-Kemenes, S. R. Lautenschlager, H. A. Neal, D. R. Rust, Matthew Evans, A. M. Rossi, T. Tsukamoto, H. O. Ogren, Christoph Geich-Gimbel, A. J. Martin, K. Ishii, H. Jeremie, T. Hilse, R. E. Hughes-Jones, M. Schumacher, E. Lefebvre, T. Behnke, O. C. Cooke, V. Gibson, A. Biguzzi, O. Runolfsson, Gideon Bella, A. M. Lee, H. J. Burckhart, E. von Törne, Jacqueline Batley, J. Letts, James Pinfold, W. Matthews, U. Ruppel, M. R. Ingram, D. G. Fong, C. Lewis, O. Schaile, F. Odorici, E. do Couto e Silva, S. Robertson, S. L. Lloyd, P. Schütz, P. Gagnon, A. Rooke, J. G. Layter, J. E. Conboy, A. Fürtjes, Gregor Herten, J. Allison, C. K. Hargrove, C. Hartmann, K. Ametewee, J. Gascon, D. E. Plane, A. Macchiolo, Sven Menke, Matthias Schröder, A. Sittler, B. Wilkens, T. Omori, Gideon Alexander, M. Sasaki, J. Palinkas, Norbert Wermes, Sherry Towers, Paolo Capiluppi, M. A. Thomson, Claudio Grandi, M. Thiergen, K. Sachs, M. Boutemeur, F. S. Merritt, T. Kawamoto, V. Zacek, R. Van Kooten, J. A. McKenna, Stephen Hillier, J. E. Pilcher, Shlomo Dado, C. R. Jones, G. M. Dallavalle, Ekg Sarkisyan, Richard Nisius, P. W. Jeffreys, J. Bechtluft, S. Orito, H. M. Bosch, M. Rosvick, S. W. O'Neale, J. von Krogh, D. S. Koetke, G. W. Wilson, T. Kobayashi, Marcello Mannelli, G. G. Hanson, H. Mes, M. Hauschild, R. G. Kellogg, M. Steiert, I. P. Duerdoth, R. W.L. Jones, S. A. Wotton, Marco Cuffiani, P. Fath, D. Chrisman, G. D. Long, E. K. U. Gross, Kiyotomo Kawagoe, C. Markus, D. M. Strom, C.J. Beeston, Csaba Hajdu, G. Giacomelli, J. Lauber, Volker Blobel, M. Hapke, Dave Charlton, K. J. Anderson, T. G. Shears, Stefano Marcellini, P. Scharff-Hansen, G. T. Jones, E. H. Vokurka, P. A. Hart, G. Mikenberg, T. J. Smith, N. J. Oldershaw, B. Nijjhar, M. J. Pearce, F. Wäckerle, Joleen Pater, M. Sproston, Claire Shepherd-Themistocleous, K. Stephens, L. A. del Pozo, C. Y. Chang, D. M. Gingrich, B. Stockhausen, Paul Kyberd, F. K. Loebinger, A. M. Smith, M. S. Dixit, Frans Meijers, R. Bürgin, M. J. Oreglia, W. R. Gibson, P. Taras, Michael Kobel, J. Steuerer, J. J. Ward, S. D. Talbot, Ehud Duchovni, R. Rylko, P. E.L. Clarke, M. K. Jones, P. Vikas, S. Braibant, A. D. Schaile, A. A. Faust, B. T. Bouwens, M. Jimack, P. Berlich, P. Poffenberger, M. Fanti, Andris Skuja, J. P. Martin, Gabriella Pasztor, R. Giacomelli, R. Lahmann, Julie Kirk, D. Lanske, A. Michelini, Gunter Wolf, K. Ackerstaff, Satoru Yamashita, S. Petzold, D. Eatough, S. De Jong, G. Yekutieli, Tetsuro Mashimo, G. N. Patrick, D. C. Imrie, R. M. Brown, Lorne Levinson, T. R. Junk, H. Przysiezniak, G. A. Snow, C. P. Ward, A. A. Carter, Ron Folman, Robert McPherson, G. P. Siroli, A. N. Bell, I. Trigger, A. Skillman, A. Joly, Mathieu Doucet, S. Söldner-Rembold, W. Gorn, S. D. Bird, R. D. Heuer, N. I. Geddes, P. Schenk, C. Sbarra, P. S. Wells, Fabrizio Fabbri, D. R. Ward, T. Kress, D. L. Rees, P. Utzat, A. T. Watson, Reda Tafirout, Klaus Kurt Desch, J. E. Bloomer, F. Scharf, German Martinez, D. Axen, A. I. McNab, A. Macpherson, J. Goldberg, A. Jawahery, T. R. Wyatt, T. J. McMahon, J. M. Roney, R. J. Sobie, B. Nellen, R. K. Carnegie, M. Herndon, R. Howard, M. Bobinski, R. J. Barlow, J. A. Wilson, J. S. White, W. Mohr, Peter Sherwood, A. Posthaus, D. Lazic, Alexander Wagner, M. Fierro, J. E.G. Edwards, J. Ludwig, K. Runge, P. Bock, H. G. Evans, M. J. Goodrick, I. Cohen, Stefan Kluth, Shlomit Tarem, R. W. Springer, Achim Stahl, Daniel Lellouch, Paolo Giacomelli, M. Hansroul, C. Burgard, Takehiko Mori, R. J. Homer, Georges Azuelos, E. Tsur, C. M. Hawkes, P. Pfeifenschneider, J. Patt, M. Verzocchi, K. W. Bell, J. C. Hill, B. C. Shen, Siegfried Bethke, A. K. Honma, W. G. Scott, I. Nakamura, J. W. Gary, D. Glenzinski, Dezso Horvath, M. J. Losty, Jean-Arcady Meyer, Sachio Komamiya, Stefan Schmitt, Theodoros Geralis, M. Gruwe, E. Ros, U. Jost, R. Mir, T. P. Kokott, R. Hawkings, W.J. McDonald, P. Mättig, Shoji Asai, J. Grunhaus, I. J. Bloodworth, S. B. Anderson, P. Szymanski, Stan Bentvelsen, F. G. Oakham, Hans-Christian Schultz-Coulon, B. Schmitt, E. L. Barberio, Michael Schulz, Yoram Rozen, G. Duckeck, M. Foucher, M. F. Turner-Watson, M. Morii, Peter R Hobson, D. Zer-Zion, P. Routenburg, D. Karlen, D. Rigby, R. J. Hemingway, B. W. Kennedy, P. Jovanovic, A. S. Turcot, F. Fiedler, Austin Ball, Peter Krieger, Manuella Vincter, Alessandro Montanari, M. Kolrep, D. E. Hutchcroft, C. Dallapiccola, N. Altekamp, D. J. Miller, P. G. Estabrooks, R. K. Keeler, P. M. Watkins, Silvia Arcelli, E. A. Mckigney, W. P. Lai, G. D. Lafferty, and H. M. Fischer
Subjects: Semileptonic decay, Coupling, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Gauge boson, Luminosity (scattering theory), Electron–positron annihilation, law.invention, Standard Model, Nuclear physics, Coupling parameter, law, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Collider
Abstract: This letter describes a measurement of one of the anomalous triple gauge boson couplings using the first data recorded by the OPAL detector at LEP2. A total of 28 W-pair candidates have been selected for an integrated luminosity of 9.89+/-0.06 pb(-1) recorded at a centre-of-mass energy of 161 GeV. We use these data to place constraints upon the coupling parameter alpha(W phi). We analyse the predicted variation of the total cross-section for all observed channels and the distribution of kinematic variables in the semileptonic decay channels. We measure alpha(W phi) to be -0.61(-0.61)(+0.73)+/-0.35, which is consistent with the Standard Model expectation of zero. (C) 1997 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
Published: 1997

23. Search for charged scalar leptons using the OPAL detector at GeV

Author: D. Rigby, R. J. Hemingway, V Zacek, B. W. Kennedy, R. Bartoldus, R. Lahmann, D. C. Imrie, G. P. Siroli, John Allison, P. Jovanovic, Austin Ball, J. Grunhaus, Christoph Geich-Gimbel, Peter Krieger, Manuella Vincter, Alessandro Montanari, D. Axen, A. Jawahery, R. G. Kellogg, M. Steiert, Gunter Wolf, Tara Shears, A. Biguzzi, K. Ackerstaff, Peter Sherwood, Alexander Wagner, Csaba Hajdu, K. Sachs, Shlomo Dado, I. J. Bloodworth, J. E. Conboy, A. Fürtjes, J. Ludwig, Claire Shepherd-Themistocleous, H.O Ogren, Stefano Marcellini, S. Robertson, K. Runge, P. Bock, Gregor Herten, Yoram Rozen, M. Foucher, P. A. Hart, Gideon Bella, M. J. Pearce, B. Wilkens, Giora Mikenberg, D. Karlen, H. J. Burckhart, Jacqueline Batley, Sachio Komamiya, Theodoros Geralis, E. Ros, A. T. Watson, T. Behnke, Daniel Lellouch, S. Braibant, A. D. Schaile, J. E. Pilcher, T. P. Kokott, G. Azuelos, Takehiko Mori, C. Sbarra, T. Omori, Gabriella Pasztor, R. W. Springer, M. Gruwé, C. M. Hawkes, G. A. Snow, C. P. Ward, G. Yekutieli, G. G. Hanson, C. R. Jones, U. Müller, S. Söldner-Rembold, P. Gagnon, Richard Nisius, A. A. Carter, Ron Folman, Roger Jones, A. Sittler, G. Giacomelli, C. Dallapiccola, Stefan Schmitt, A. I. McNab, J. Goldberg, Silvia Arcelli, Marco Cuffiani, H. M. Bosch, B. Nellen, B. J. King, M. Boutemeur, F. S. Merritt, Reda Tafirout, Klaus Kurt Desch, E. Tsur, M. S. Dixit, A. J. Martin, S. W. O'Neale, P. Utzat, Frans Meijers, Dave Charlton, M. Verzocchi, A. S. Turcot, F. Fiedler, J. Lauber, K. J. Anderson, P. Mättig, S Anderson, M. F. Turner-Watson, K. W. Bell, M. Morii, J. Pálinkás, A. Rooke, Peter R Hobson, J. G. Layter, Shoji Asai, P. Routenburg, R. Bürgin, N. Altekamp, F. Strumia, G. W. Wilson, E. A. Mckigney, S. D. Talbot, O. C. Cooke, M. Hauschild, J. C. Hill, S. A. Wotton, P. Poffenberger, W. R. Gibson, Misao Sasaki, H. G. Evans, J. Bechtluft, R. J. Barlow, W. P. Lai, J. A. McKenna, M. J. Goodrick, P. E.L. Clarke, D. J. Miller, C. Markus, M. K. Jones, P. Schütz, B. T. Bouwens, J. P. Martin, I. Cohen, M. Kolrep, S. De Jong, G. T. Jones, E. H. Vokurka, R. M. Brown, Lorne Levinson, A. Joly, J. M. Roney, J. von Krogh, C. K. Hargrove, Hans-Christian Schultz-Coulon, Randall Sobie, Michael Schulz, G. D. Lafferty, H. Przysiezniak, N. J. Oldershaw, C. Y. Chang, A. N. Bell, M. Hapke, P. Schenk, Paolo Giacomelli, D. E. Hutchcroft, A. Skillman, P. Taras, Michael Kobel, M. Hansroul, B. Stockhausen, Paul Kyberd, F. K. Loebinger, C. Hartmann, D. E. Plane, P. S. Wells, Stephen Hillier, Julie Kirk, J. Steuerer, Joleen Pater, R. J. Hawkings, Guenter Duckeck, C. Burgard, W. J. McDonald, G. M. Dallavalle, B. C. Shen, Terry Richard Wyatt, M. J. Oreglia, R. Giacomelli, L. A. del Pozo, R. J. Homer, Siegfried Bethke, A. K. Honma, B. Nijjhar, W. G. Scott, J. E. Bloomer, I. Nakamura, Andris Skuja, S. Petzold, G. D. Long, Tetsuro Mashimo, D. Glenzinski, Dezso Horvath, M. J. Losty, N. I. Geddes, Michael Hildreth, Jean-Arcady Meyer, U. Jost, R. Mir, Stefan Kluth, J. R. Carter, N. L. Rodning, Shlomit Tarem, B. Poli, G. N. Patrick, W. Gorn, P. Szymanski, Matthias Schröder, F. G. Oakham, B. Schmitt, Otmar Biebel, M. Thiergen, E. L. Barberio, S. M. Gascon-Shotkin, Stan Bentvelsen, P. Pfeifenschneider, R. Howard, J. S. White, J. Patt, Matthew Evans, A. M. Rossi, T. Tsukamoto, J. Letts, H. M. Fischer, D. M. Strom, Norbert Wermes, Sherry Towers, T. Kawamoto, P. Scharff-Hansen, R. Rylko, S. A. Robins, S. Orito, M. Rosvick, A. M. Smith, Achim Stahl, James Pinfold, D. G. Fong, C. Lewis, J. Gascon, J. W. Gary, D. S. Koetke, Marcello Mannelli, Ekg Sarkisyan, P. W. Jeffreys, J. J. Ward, P. Vikas, D. Lanske, S. R. Lautenschlager, H. A. Neal, T. Hilse, T. J. McMahon, O. Runolfsson, R. K. Carnegie, M. Herndon, C. Beeston, U. Ruppel, Claudio Grandi, M. Bobinski, J. A. Wilson, M. R. Ingram, D. Lazic, M. Fierro, J. E.G. Edwards, T. J. Smith, K. Stephens, V. Gibson, T. R. Junk, I. Trigger, D. R. Ward, T. Kress, D. Chrisman, Volker Blobel, Stephen Lloyd, S. Yamashita, P. Igo-Kemenes, Ehud Duchovni, K. Ishii, H. Jeremie, M. Jimack, A. Michelini, R. E. Hughes-Jones, O. Schaile, E. do Couto e Silva, Satoshi Tanaka, T. Kobayashi, Sven Menke, K. Ametewee, Gideon Alexander, Paolo Capiluppi, P. G. Estabrooks, R. K. Keeler, P. M. Watkins, Kiyotomo Kawagoe, D. L. Rees, F. Scharf, German Martinez, N. K. Watson, W. Mohr, A. Posthaus, H. Mes, I. P. Duerdoth, P. Fath, R. Van Kooten, W. Matthews, M. A. Thomson, E. K. U. Gross, M. Sproston, F. Wäckerle, D. M. Gingrich, P. Berlich, M. Schumacher, E. Lefebvre, F. Odorici, K. Nagai, D. R. Rust, A. M. Lee, E. von Törne, Robert McPherson, Mathieu Doucet, R. D. Heuer, and Fabrizio Fabbri
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Missing energy, Muon, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Detector, Scalar (physics), Electron, Nuclear physics, Selectron tube, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, Lepton
Abstract: A search for pair-produced scalar electron, muon and tau leptons has been performed using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 10.1 pb−1 at a centre-of-mass energy of s =161 GeV collected with the OPAL detector at LEP. Such events would yield an acoplanar pair of leptons with significant missing energy in the final state. No excess of acoplanar lepton pair events has been observed in the data. Limits are presented on the production cross-sections of charged scalar leptons. Exclusion regions are also presented in the framework of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model. A 95% C.L. lower limit on the right-handed selectron mass of 71.5 GeV is obtained for tan β ≥ 1.5, |μ| ≥ 200 GeV and m χ 1 0 = 12.0 GeV . A 95% C.L. lower limit on the right-handed smuon mass of 51.0 GeV is obtained for m χ 1 0 = 12.0 GeV , independent of tan β and μ.
Published: 1997

24. Search for unstable neutral and charged heavy leptons in e+e− collisions at =164

Author: R. K. Carnegie, M. Bobinski, J. A. Wilson, O. C. Cooke, J. von Krogh, R. J. Hawkings, L. A. del Pozo, Gideon Bella, H. J. Burckhart, G. Yekutieli, Jacqueline Batley, James Pinfold, Otmar Biebel, A. A. Carter, Ron Folman, B. J. King, P. Utzat, N. J. Oldershaw, D. G. Charlton, D. G. Fong, C. Lewis, Paolo Giacomelli, Marco Verzocchi, M. Hansroul, J. Grunhaus, J. Gascon, J.A. Lauber, P. Szymanski, C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, C. R. Jones, Michael Schulz, J. M. Roney, Tsunehiko Omori, R. J. Homer, H. Fischer, A. I. McNab, S. H. Robertson, J. Goldberg, Sherry Towers, V. Zacek, A. Rooke, J. G. Layter, J. Steuerer, T. Kawamoto, B. Nellen, Stefan Schmitt, P. Igo-Kemenes, K. Ishii, H. Jeremie, S. Orito, M. Rosvick, W.J. McDonald, T. Behnke, R. E. Hughes-Jones, H. G. Evans, Marcello Mannelli, Richard Nisius, M. J. Kobel, P. Mättig, Shoji Asai, M. J. Goodrick, I. Cohen, V. Gibson, S. Komamiya, I. J. Bloodworth, P. E. L. Clarke, W. Mohr, Marco Cuffiani, E. do Couto e Silva, Andris Skuja, G. Duckeck, R. W. L. Jones, Shigenori Tanaka, R. Bürgin, S. Petzold, Markus Schumacher, Sven Menke, R. Bartoldus, G. D. Long, Yoram Rozen, M. F. Turner-Watson, Meirin Oan Evans, D. R. Rust, M. Morii, K. Ametewee, Peter R Hobson, A. Posthaus, J. W. Gary, M. Foucher, H. O. Ogren, Christoph Geich-Gimbel, Tetsuro Mashimo, U. Jost, R. Mir, Carla Sbarra, J. E. Conboy, Gideon Alexander, Paolo Capiluppi, S. L. Lloyd, G. W. Wilson, A. Fürtjes, T. Geralis, R. D. Heuer, F. G. Oakham, E. L. Barberio, W. Matthews, H. Mes, Matthias Schröder, F. S. Merritt, A. Skillman, M. Hapke, D. Rigby, R. J. Hemingway, A. Stahl, P. Vikas, P. Pfeifenschneider, M. Thiergen, J. Bechtluft, W. Gorn, J. A. McKenna, F. Strumia, S. D. Talbot, P. Jovanovic, J. Patt, Peter Krieger, E. von Törne, M. J. Oreglia, P. Schütz, S. Braibant, K. Ackerstaff, Manuella Vincter, Daniel Lellouch, Alessandro Montanari, Takehiko Mori, D. E. Hutchcroft, C. Dallapiccola, M. Sproston, P. S. Wells, G. Mikenberg, G. N. Patrick, P.A. Hart, P. Routenburg, A. T. Watson, M. Gruwe, J. E. Bloomer, D. Glenzinski, Stan Bentvelsen, A. K. Honma, N. Altekamp, A. D. Schaile, A. S. Turcot, T. P. Kokott, Satoru Yamashita, B. Schmitt, H-C. Schultz-Coulon, Stefan Kluth, Shlomit Tarem, D. M. Strom, Matthew Herndon, R. Rylko, J.P. Martin, U. Müller, A. J. Martin, H. Przysiezniak, C. K. Hargrove, M. Kolrep, B. Nijjhar, M. J. Pearce, U. Ruppel, M. R. Ingram, R. J. Sobie, R. Howard, J. S. White, A. N. Bell, Eduardo Ros, D. Axen, A. Jawahery, BT Bouwens, N. K. Watson, R. Van Kooten, S. M. Gascon-Shotkin, R. W. Springer, J. Ludwig, K. Runge, P. Bock, S. B. Anderson, C.J. Beeston, T. G. Shears, A. M. Rossi, G. G. Hanson, T. Tsukamoto, F. Scharf, German Martinez, Eugene P. Gross, F. Wäckerle, Norbert Wermes, A. Michelini, Gy. Wolf, P. Berlich, G. Giacomelli, T. J. Smith, K. Stephens, D. Karlen, O. Schaile, P. Schenk, P. Gagnon, T. R. Junk, J. Allison, S. A. Robins, Robert McPherson, A. Sittler, Mathieu Doucet, Fabrizio Fabbri, Gregor Herten, P. Kyberd, H. M. Bosch, M. S. Dixit, Frans Meijers, B. Wilkens, J. R. Carter, P. Scharff-Hansen, D. Lazic, J. E. Pilcher, A. Joly, D. R. Ward, M. Hauschild, S. A. Wotton, C. Markus, G. T. Jones, N. I. Geddes, E. H. Vokurka, P R Poffenberger, S. J. De Jong, A. M. Smith, Frank Fiedler, B. Stockhausen, F. K. Loebinger, I. P. Duerdoth, B. C. Shen, Joleen Pater, P. Fath, Peter Sherwood, Siegfried Bethke, W. G. Scott, I. Nakamura, A. H. Ball, Silvia Arcelli, R. Giacomelli, Dezso Horvath, M. J. Losty, E. A. Mckigney, E. Lefebvre, W. P. Lai, F. Odorici, Jean-Arcady Meyer, G. D. Lafferty, Carsten Daniel Burgard, P. G. Estabrooks, R. K. Keeler, P. M. Watkins, M. Jimack, D Chrisman, Kiyotomo Kawagoe, A. P. Wagner, Matthew Jones, D. C. Imrie, R. G. Kellogg, M. Steiert, D. J. Miller, Doug Gingrich, G. P. Siroli, Reda Tafirout, Klaus Kurt Desch, D. S. Koetke, Csaba Hajdu, T. Kress, Stefano Marcellini, T. R. Wyatt, K. Nagai, Michael Hildreth, James Letts, Georges Azuelos, N. L. Rodning, E. Tsur, C. M. Hawkes, R. J. Barlow, Isabel Marian Trigger, K. W. Bell, J. C. Hill, B. Poli, M. Boutemeur, M. Fierro, W. R. Gibson, Ehud Duchovni, J. E.G. Edwards, S. J. Hillier, Lorne Levinson, B. W. Kennedy, M. Sasaki, C. Y. Chang, Volker Blobel, P. Taras, Robert M Brown, J. Palinkas, K. Sachs, Shlomo Dado, Ekg Sarkisyan, P. W. Jeffreys, T. Kobayashi, C. Hartmann, D. E. Plane, Julie Kirk, G. M. Dallavalle, A. M. Lee, O. Runolfsson, Robert Lahmann, J. J. Ward, M. A. Thomson, D. Lanske, Gabriella Pasztor, G. A. Snow, S. R. Lautenschlager, H. A. Neal, C. P. Ward, D. L. Rees, S. Söldner-Rembold, S. W. O'Neale, K. J. Anderson, T. Hilse, Claudio Grandi, and T. J. McMahon
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Lepton
Published: 1997

25. Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in e+e− collisions at =161

Author: C. Y. Chang, K. W. Bell, P. Taras, Michael Kobel, R. W. Springer, N. K. Watson, Julie Kirk, Reda Tafirout, Klaus Kurt Desch, D. Rigby, R. J. Hemingway, B. W. Kennedy, P. Jovanovic, Austin Ball, Peter Krieger, Manuella Vincter, Alessandro Montanari, Robert McPherson, E. Tsur, James Pinfold, U. Jost, R. Mir, F. G. Oakham, B. Schmitt, Mathieu Doucet, R. D. Heuer, Ekg Sarkisyan, M. Verzocchi, J. Pálinkás, C. Hartmann, D. E. Plane, W. Mohr, D. G. Fong, C. Lewis, E. L. Barberio, M. Boutemeur, F. S. Merritt, A. Posthaus, J. C. Hill, J. Gascon, Stephen Hillier, G. M. Dallavalle, A. S. Turcot, F. Fiedler, C. Dallapiccola, Fabrizio Fabbri, J. Grunhaus, Kiyotomo Kawagoe, Misao Sasaki, W. J. McDonald, B. C. Shen, Dave Charlton, S. M. Gascon-Shotkin, Otmar Biebel, P. W. Jeffreys, W. Matthews, A. Biguzzi, N. Altekamp, R. J. Barlow, D. J. Miller, T. J. Smith, K. Stephens, G. W. Wilson, M. Hauschild, R. Van Kooten, M. A. Thomson, D. Glenzinskj, Claire Shepherd-Themistocleous, Siegfried Bethke, A. K. Honma, B. Nijjhar, W. G. Scott, I. Nakamura, S. A. Wotton, S. Braibant, A. D. Schaile, Gabriella Pasztor, E. K. U. Gross, R. Bürgin, H. Mes, C. Markus, V. Gibson, M. Sproston, J. W. Gary, D. S. Koetke, J. A. McKenna, A. Rooke, G. T. Jones, T. R. Junk, I. P. Duerdoth, Sachio Komamiya, Theodoros Geralis, E. Ros, A. T. Watson, Matthew Evans, P. Fath, J. Letts, Dezso Horvath, M. J. Losty, E. H. Vokurka, N. J. Oldershaw, Marcello Mannelli, F. Wäckerle, R. Howard, J. S. White, J. G. Layter, I. Trigger, D. R. Ward, T. Kress, G. A. Snow, S. Yamashita, P. Igo-Kemenes, K. Ishii, C. P. Ward, Norbert Wermes, Sherry Towers, T. Kawamoto, Silvia Arcelli, W. R. Gibson, B. T. Bouwens, A. Joly, A. M. Rossi, T. Tsukamoto, M. Kolrep, Jean-Arcady Meyer, Gideon Bella, H. J. Burckhart, Jacqueline Batley, P. Berlich, S. Orito, M. Rosvick, R. M. Brown, Lorne Levinson, R. Bartoldus, J. J. Ward, P. Vikas, D. Lanske, R. Lahmann, R. E. Hughes-Jones, S. B. Anderson, P. Szymanski, S. W. O'Neale, S. Söldner-Rembold, A. Skillman, G. Azuelos, M. Hapke, P. Pfeifenschneider, K. Nagai, D. C. Imrie, T. Omori, N. I. Geddes, T. Behnke, Michael Hildreth, D. E. Hutchcroft, D. R. Rust, P. Scharff-Hansen, H. O. Ogren, Christoph Geich-Gimbel, D. M. Strom, N. L. Rodning, O. Schaile, C. R. Jones, D. L. Rees, G. P. Siroli, B. Poli, M. J. Oreglia, T. P. Kokott, E. do Couto e Silva, A. M. Lee, R. Rylko, M. F. Turner-Watson, M. Morii, Stan Bentvelsen, F. Scharf, E. von Törne, J. Patt, German Martinez, A. M. Smith, M. Gruwé, C. M. Hawkes, Sven Menke, H. M. Fischer, Peter R Hobson, M. Fierro, J. E.G. Edwards, K. Sachs, Paul Kyberd, F. K. Loebinger, P. Routenburg, D. Chrisman, Andris Skuja, J. E. Conboy, Shlomo Dado, J. Steuerer, E. A. Mckigney, J. R. Carter, A. Fürtjes, Hans-Christian Schultz-Coulon, G. N. Patrick, S. Petzold, Matthias Schröder, U. Ruppel, M. R. Ingram, Randall Sobie, Michael Schulz, G. D. Lafferty, G. D. Long, Tetsuro Mashimo, Volker Blobel, Joleen Pater, S. Robertson, S. R. Lautenschlager, H. A. Neal, Gregor Herten, W. P. Lai, M. Thiergen, G. G. Hanson, R. Giacomelli, Richard Nisius, KJ Anderson, T. Hilse, S. A. Robins, W. Gorn, B. Wilkens, O. Runolfsson, J. Lauber, Paolo Giacomelli, P. S. Wells, Marco Cuffiani, M. Hansroul, Giora Mikenberg, John Allison, G. Giacomelli, J. M. Roney, Guenter Duckeck, Terry Richard Wyatt, C. Beeston, B. Stockhausen, Claudio Grandi, C. Burgard, J. E. Bloomer, D. M. Gingrich, J. E. Pilcher, R. G. Kellogg, M. Steiert, Gunter Wolf, Stephen Lloyd, R. J. Homer, Csaba Hajdu, P. Schenk, K. Ackerstaff, Stefano Marcellini, Stefan Schmitt, M. S. Dixit, Frans Meijers, P. G. Estabrooks, R. K. Keeler, Achim Stahl, P. E.L. Clarke, M. K. Jones, P. M. Watkins, J. P. Martin, O. C. Cooke, F. Strumia, S. D. Talbot, U. Müller, S. De Jong, A. J. Martin, P. Mättig, P. Poffenberger, Shoji Asai, J. von Krogh, H. Przysiezniak, P. Schütz, J. Bechtluft, I. J. Bloodworth, K. Ametewee, A. N. Bell, R. J. Hawkings, Gideon Alexander, Paolo Capiluppi, A. I. McNab, M. Schumacher, H. Jeremie, P. Gagnon, Yoram Rozen, E. Lefebvre, L. A. del Pozo, M. Foucher, Ehud Duchovni, J. Goldberg, F. Odorici, C. K. Hargrove, C. Sbarra, Tara Shears, A. Sittler, M. Jimack, D. Karlen, P. A. Hart, B. Nellen, A. Michelini, M. J. Pearce, H. M. Bosch, Satoshi Tanaka, T. Kobayashi, G. Yekutieli, D. Axen, A. Jawahery, A. A. Carter, Daniel Lellouch, H. G. Evans, Peter Sherwood, Ron Folman, Roger Jones, Alexander Wagner, Takehiko Mori, M. J. Goodrick, I. Cohen, J. Ludwig, K. Runge, V. Zacek, P. Bock, B. J. King, P. Utzat, Stefan Kluth, Shlomit Tarem, T. J. McMahon, R. K. Carnegie, M. Herndon, M. Bobinski, J. A. Wilson, and D. Lazic
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Missing energy, Muon, Luminosity (scattering theory), Electron–positron annihilation, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Fermion, Standard Model, Nuclear physics, Higgs boson, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Lepton
Abstract: This letter describes a search for the Standard Model Higgs boson using data from e + e − collisions collected at a centre-of-mass energy of 161 GeV by the OPAL detector at LEP. The ata correspond to an integrated luminosity of 10.0 pb −1 . The search is sensitive to the main final states from the process where the Higgs boson is produced in association with a fermion anti-fermion pair, namely four jets, two jets with missing energy, and two jets produced together with a pair of electrons, muons or tau leptons. Two candidate events are observed, in agreement with Standard Model background expectations. In combination with previous OPAL searches at centre-of-mass energies close to the Z 0 resonance, we derive a lower limit of 65.0 GeV for the mass of the Standard Model Higgs boson, at the 95% confidence level.
Published: 1997

26. Photonic events with large missing energy in e+e− collisions at

Author: T. P. Kokott, A. Joly, Silvia Arcelli, C. Dallapiccola, C. Sbarra, P. Poffenberger, U. Ruppel, M. R. Ingram, N. Altekamp, E. A. Mckigney, R. J. Barlow, K. Nagai, W. P. Lai, Paolo Giacomelli, M. Hansroul, D. J. Miller, G. Yekutieli, J. Grunhaus, C. Burgard, P. Schütz, U. Jost, R. Mir, Gideon Bella, K. Sachs, J. M. Roney, S. R. Lautenschlager, R. J. Homer, Shlomo Dado, John Allison, R. G. Kellogg, M. Steiert, Csaba Hajdu, Stefano Marcellini, A. A. Carter, H. J. Burckhart, H. A. Neal, Ron Folman, Roger Jones, Jacqueline Batley, Tara Shears, T. Hilse, P. Schenk, M. Hapke, B. Stockhausen, Paul Kyberd, F. K. Loebinger, D. L. Rees, J. Steuerer, F. G. Oakham, B. Schmitt, Joleen Pater, Achim Stahl, O. Runolfsson, R. Giacomelli, G. Azuelos, F. Scharf, T. Omori, D. R. Rust, B. J. King, P. Utzat, P. A. Hart, E. L. Barberio, P. G. Estabrooks, Giora Mikenberg, R. K. Keeler, D. E. Hutchcroft, P. S. Wells, A. Rooke, German Martinez, H. M. Fischer, C. Beeston, Claudio Grandi, W. R. Gibson, J. G. Layter, S. Yamashita, T. J. McMahon, P. Igo-Kemenes, P. M. Watkins, M. J. Oreglia, A. M. Lee, A. S. Turcot, F. Fiedler, M. J. Pearce, G. W. Wilson, C. R. Jones, R. K. Carnegie, K. Ishii, H. Jeremie, W. Matthews, Claire Shepherd-Themistocleous, H. Mes, I. P. Duerdoth, M. Boutemeur, F. S. Merritt, S. W. O'Neale, K. J. Anderson, M. F. Turner-Watson, J. R. Carter, G. N. Patrick, E. von Törne, D. Rigby, R. J. Hemingway, B. W. Kennedy, P. Jovanovic, P. Pfeifenschneider, P. Fath, S. Braibant, A. D. Schaile, Gabriella Pasztor, M. Morii, M. Herndon, M. Bobinski, J. A. Wilson, M. Hauschild, S. A. Wotton, C. Markus, R. E. Hughes-Jones, Peter R Hobson, P. Routenburg, O. Schaile, T. J. Smith, K. Stephens, Terry Richard Wyatt, J. E. Bloomer, Austin Ball, Peter Krieger, Manuella Vincter, Alessandro Montanari, J. Patt, Dave Charlton, Otmar Biebel, J. Bechtluft, M. A. Thomson, S. A. Robins, R. Lahmann, A. Buguzzi, J. A. McKenna, D. C. Imrie, U. Müller, A. J. Martin, G. A. Snow, C. P. Ward, G. T. Jones, E. H. Vokurka, B. T. Bouwens, R. M. Brown, Lorne Levinson, E. do Couto e Silva, D. Lazic, P. E.L. Clarke, M. K. Jones, R. Bürgin, E. K. U. Gross, M. Sproston, S. Söldner-Rembold, M. Fierro, J. E.G. Edwards, D. Chrisman, Sven Menke, J. P. Martin, T. Behnke, V. Gibson, O. C. Cooke, Ekg Sarkisyan, P. W. Jeffreys, N. J. Oldershaw, R. Bartoldus, M. Kolrep, T. R. Junk, S. De Jong, I. Trigger, H. O. Ogren, A. Skillman, Volker Blobel, J. Letts, Christoph Geich-Gimbel, Norbert Wermes, Sherry Towers, M. Gruwé, C. M. Hawkes, D. R. Ward, T. Kress, J. von Krogh, M. Schumacher, T. Kawamoto, C. Hartmann, G. P. Siroli, Hans-Christian Schultz-Coulon, Robert McPherson, D. E. Plane, C. K. Hargrove, Randall Sobie, Michael Schulz, G. D. Lafferty, E. Lefebvre, H. Przysiezniak, N. K. Watson, R. J. Hawkings, S. Orito, M. Rosvick, Mathieu Doucet, Stephen Hillier, Matthias Schröder, L. A. del Pozo, R. D. Heuer, Richard Nisius, Fabrizio Fabbri, G. M. Dallavalle, Stephen Lloyd, F. Odorici, A. N. Bell, J. J. Ward, P. Vikas, M. Thiergen, Marco Cuffiani, J. E. Conboy, A. Fürtjes, N. I. Geddes, Michael Hildreth, D. Lanske, Guenter Duckeck, R. Van Kooten, W. Mohr, D. M. Gingrich, Ehud Duchovni, D. M. Strom, N. L. Rodning, A. Posthaus, S. B. Anderson, Kiyotomo Kawagoe, P. Szymanski, B. Poli, M. Jimack, Stan Bentvelsen, F. Wäckerle, S. Robertson, Gregor Herten, R. Rylko, G. G. Hanson, A. Michelini, B. Wilkens, Reda Tafirout, Klaus Kurt Desch, J. E. Pilcher, Satoshi Tanaka, T. Kobayashi, S. M. Gascon-Shotkin, G. Giacomelli, P. Berlich, Matthew Evans, R. Howard, J. S. White, A. M. Rossi, T. Tsukamoto, M. S. Dixit, Frans Meijers, Andris Skuja, S. Petzold, K. Ametewee, Gideon Alexander, G. D. Long, Paolo Capiluppi, Tetsuro Mashimo, W. Gorn, P. Scharff-Hansen, A. M. Smith, James Pinfold, D. G. Fong, C. Lewis, J. Gascon, J. W. Gary, D. S. Koetke, Marcello Mannelli, R. W. Springer, C. Y. Chang, P. Taras, Michael Kobel, Julie Kirk, E. Tsur, M. Verzocchi, K. W. Bell, J. Pálinkás, J. C. Hill, Misao Sasaki, W. J. McDonald, B. C. Shen, Siegfried Bethke, A. K. Honma, B. Nijjhar, W. G. Scott, I. Nakamura, D. Axen, A. Jawahery, Peter Sherwood, Alexander Wagner, J. Ludwig, K. Runge, P. Bock, J. Lauber, F. Strumia, S. D. Talbot, P. Gagnon, A. Sittler, D. Glenzinski, H. M. Bosch, Dezso Horvath, M. J. Losty, Jean-Arcady Meyer, Gunter Wolf, K. Ackerstaff, Stefan Kluth, Shlomit Tarem, A. I. McNab, J. Goldberg, B. Nellen, I. J. Bloodworth, H. G. Evans, M. J. Goodrick, I. Cohen, Yoram Rozen, M. Foucher, D. Karlen, Stefan Schmitt, P. Mättig, Shoji Asai, Daniel Lellouch, Takehiko Mori, V. Zacek, Sachio Komamiya, Theodoros Geralis, E. Ros, and A. T. Watson
Subjects: Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Photon, Luminosity (scattering theory), Missing energy, Branching fraction, Electron–positron annihilation, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Topology (electrical circuits), Supersymmetry, Standard Model
Abstract: Photonic events with large missing energy have been observed with the OPAL detector at LEP using two search topologies. The first topology looks for events with significant missing energy and at least one photon in |cosθ| 0.2. The second topology looks for events with an acoplanar photon pair where both photons are in |cosθ| < 0.7 and have energy exceeding 1.75 GeV. In the data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 10.0 pb−1, 11 events are selected for the first topology and a cross-section of 1.6 ± 0.5 pb is measured within the kinematic acceptance, consistent with that expected for the Standard Model process e+e− → ννγ(γ). No events are selected for the second topology giving a 95% CL cross-section upper limit of 0.41 pb within the kinematic acceptance. Upper limits on the cross-section times branching ratio for new particle production are also derived.
Published: 1997

27. Measurement of the mass of the W boson in e+e− collisions at =161

Author: J. Grunhaus, Otmar Biebel, S. Braibant, A. D. Schaile, K. Nagai, Ehud Duchovni, M. Jimack, Gabriella Pasztor, D. R. Rust, A. Rooke, A. Michelini, John Allison, Daniel Lellouch, J. Letts, O. C. Cooke, J. G. Layter, G. A. Snow, Takehiko Mori, T. Behnke, K. Ackerstaff, Norbert Wermes, Satoshi Tanaka, T. Kobayashi, A. M. Lee, Sherry Towers, T. Kawamoto, P. Schenk, J. von Krogh, C. P. Ward, R. Lahmann, C. Sbarra, D. C. Imrie, E. von Törne, G. Yekutieli, R. J. Hawkings, Sachio Komamiya, W. Matthews, A. A. Carter, Ron Folman, Roger Jones, R. G. Kellogg, B. J. King, P. Utzat, S. Orito, M. Steiert, S. Söldner-Rembold, V. Zacek, Theodoros Geralis, E. Ros, A. T. Watson, L. A. del Pozo, T. J. McMahon, M. Rosvick, M. A. Thomson, Csaba Hajdu, James Pinfold, M. Gruwé, D. G. Fong, C. Lewis, C. M. Hawkes, P. G. Estabrooks, R. K. Keeler, U. Ruppel, M. R. Ingram, Stefano Marcellini, M. Boutemeur, F. S. Merritt, W. J. McDonald, E. K. U. Gross, N. I. Geddes, Michael Hildreth, J. Gascon, M. Hapke, T. P. Kokott, H. Mes, Richard Nisius, J. Lauber, S. B. Anderson, N. L. Rodning, Gideon Bella, P. Szymanski, G. P. Siroli, P. M. Watkins, M. Sproston, R. Van Kooten, P. E.L. Clarke, D. E. Hutchcroft, Marco Cuffiani, R. K. Carnegie, I. J. Bloodworth, B. C. Shen, M. Herndon, I. P. Duerdoth, M. Bobinski, A. I. McNab, J. Goldberg, J. A. Wilson, H. J. Burckhart, M. K. Jones, B. Poli, J. P. Martin, Jacqueline Batley, M. J. Oreglia, D. Lazic, J. W. Gary, P. Fath, B. Nellen, F. Strumia, S. Yamashita, C. Y. Chang, B. Stockhausen, Paul Kyberd, F. K. Loebinger, S. De Jong, S. D. Talbot, H. M. Fischer, D. S. Koetke, Marcello Mannelli, K. Ametewee, Siegfried Bethke, N. K. Watson, F. Wäckerle, A. K. Honma, J. Steuerer, Paolo Giacomelli, M. Hansroul, K. Sachs, Yoram Rozen, Shlomo Dado, B. Nijjhar, W. G. Scott, J. R. Carter, G. N. Patrick, Silvia Arcelli, P. Taras, Michael Kobel, Gideon Alexander, H. Przysiezniak, T. Omori, Claire Shepherd-Themistocleous, Joleen Pater, P. Igo-Kemenes, J. Bechtluft, H. G. Evans, P. Berlich, Paolo Capiluppi, S. A. Robins, P. Scharff-Hansen, J. A. McKenna, I. Nakamura, M. F. Turner-Watson, Stan Bentvelsen, M. Foucher, R. Giacomelli, M. Morii, Peter R Hobson, K. Ishii, H. Jeremie, P. Routenburg, M. J. Goodrick, I. Cohen, E. A. Mckigney, W. Mohr, Robert McPherson, A. M. Smith, A. N. Bell, M. Schumacher, E. Lefebvre, Giora Mikenberg, A. Posthaus, D. Chrisman, W. P. Lai, Mathieu Doucet, R. D. Heuer, R. E. Hughes-Jones, S. M. Gascon-Shotkin, Volker Blobel, C. Burgard, R. J. Homer, Fabrizio Fabbri, M. Fierro, Andris Skuja, S. Petzold, C. R. Jones, J. E.G. Edwards, D. Glenzinski, Dezso Horvath, M. J. Losty, F. Odorici, G. G. Hanson, G. D. Long, J. M. Roney, Tetsuro Mashimo, D. Karlen, Hans-Christian Schultz-Coulon, Stephen Lloyd, Randall Sobie, Michael Schulz, G. D. Lafferty, S. R. Lautenschlager, Stefan Kluth, Shlomit Tarem, Jean-Arcady Meyer, P. Gagnon, Matthew Evans, H. A. Neal, A. M. Rossi, T. J. Smith, K. Stephens, R. Bartoldus, D. L. Rees, T. Tsukamoto, W. Gorn, A. Joly, G. Giacomelli, F. Scharf, German Martinez, T. Hilse, R. W. Springer, G. W. Wilson, O. Runolfsson, H. O. Ogren, Dave Charlton, P. Pfeifenschneider, V. Gibson, Christoph Geich-Gimbel, Guenter Duckeck, O. Schaile, Stefan Schmitt, T. R. Junk, A. Sittler, C. Beeston, M. Hauschild, R. Bürgin, J. Patt, Claudio Grandi, E. do Couto e Silva, Georges Azuelos, I. Trigger, Ekg Sarkisyan, P. W. Jeffreys, M. S. Dixit, E. Tsur, D. R. Ward, T. Kress, M. Verzocchi, Frans Meijers, K. W. Bell, P. Mättig, J. Pálinkás, Shoji Asai, S. A. Wotton, Kiyotomo Kawagoe, A. S. Turcot, J. J. Ward, F. Fiedler, P. Vikas, J. C. Hill, D. Lanske, Misao Sasaki, Achim Stahl, Sven Menke, H. M. Bosch, M. Kolrep, C. Markus, G. T. Jones, D. Axen, A. Jawahery, J. E. Conboy, A. Fürtjes, E. H. Vokurka, Peter Sherwood, Alexander Wagner, J. Ludwig, K. Runge, P. Bock, N. J. Oldershaw, P. S. Wells, S. Robertson, Gregor Herten, B. Wilkens, J. E. Pilcher, Terry Richard Wyatt, J. E. Bloomer, U. Müller, A. J. Martin, C. K. Hargrove, Tara Shears, P. A. Hart, R. Howard, M. J. Pearce, J. S. White, Reda Tafirout, Klaus Kurt Desch, Matthias Schröder, C. Hartmann, D. E. Plane, Stephen Hillier, M. Thiergen, G. M. Dallavalle, Julie Kirk, W. R. Gibson, D. M. Gingrich, B. T. Bouwens, S. W. O'Neale, K. J. Anderson, R. M. Brown, G. WoIf, Lorne Levinson, P. Poffenberger, A. Skillman, P. Schütz, D. M. Strom, R. Rylko, U. Jost, R. Mir, F. G. Oakham, B. Schmitt, E. L. Barberio, C. Dallapiccola, N. Altekamp, R. J. Barlow, D. J. Miller, D. Rigby, R. J. Hemingway, B. W. Kennedy, P. Jovanovic, Austin Ball, Peter Krieger, Manuella Vincter, and Alessandro Montanari
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Pair production, Luminosity (scattering theory), Electron–positron annihilation, Detector, Beam energy, Energy (signal processing), Standard Model
Abstract: This letter describes the first observation of W boson pair production at a centre-of-mass energy s =161 GeV in the OPAL detector at LEP. The analysis is sensitive to all expected W + W − decay channels. A total of 28 events have been selected for an integrated luminosity of 9.89±0.06 pb −1 . This is consistent with the Standard Model expectation, including signal and background contributions. The W pair production cross-section is measured to be σ WW = 3.62 −0.82 +0.93 ±0.16 pb. An analysis of the predicted M W dependence of the accepted cross-section, taking into account interference in the four-fermion production processes, yields M W = 80.40 −0.41−0.10 +0.44+0.09 ±0.10 GeV, where the first and second uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively, and the third arises form the beam energy uncertainty.
Published: 1996

28. Search for chargino and neutralino production in e+e− collisions at = 161

Author: A. Rooke, J. G. Layter, Sachio Komamiya, Theodoros Geralis, I. J. Bloodworth, K. Nagai, E. Ros, A. T. Watson, A. I. McNab, J. Goldberg, Silvia Arcelli, S. R. Lautenschlager, R. Lahmann, D. R. Rust, H. A. Neal, B. Nellen, Otmar Biebel, P. E.L. Clarke, M. K. Jones, J. P. Martin, W. Matthews, S. De Jong, Tara Shears, G. G. Hanson, G. Giacomelli, H. Mes, M. S. Dixit, Frans Meijers, Yoram Rozen, U. Jost, R. Mir, H. Przysiezniak, A. N. Bell, T. Hilse, M. Foucher, M. A. Thomson, T. P. Kokott, I. P. Duerdoth, A. M. Lee, D. M. Strom, P. A. Hart, E. A. Mckigney, H. G. Evans, O. Runolfsson, E. K. U. Gross, Claire Shepherd-Themistocleous, S. Braibant, P. Fath, D. Chrisman, M. J. Goodrick, I. Cohen, E. von Törne, M. Boutemeur, F. S. Merritt, W. P. Lai, R. Rylko, M. Sproston, Volker Blobel, A. D. Schaile, Gabriella Pasztor, D. Karlen, Reda Tafirout, Klaus Kurt Desch, M. J. Pearce, Dave Charlton, J. Letts, F. G. Oakham, C. Beeston, Claudio Grandi, G. P. Siroli, Daniel Lellouch, G. A. Snow, C. P. Ward, Stephen Lloyd, S. Yamashita, B. Schmitt, Stefan Kluth, Norbert Wermes, Sherry Towers, T. Kawamoto, S. W. O'Neale, E. L. Barberio, J. M. Roney, Takehiko Mori, D. C. Imrie, P. Igo-Kemenes, S. Söldner-Rembold, Shlomit Tarem, C. Dallapiccola, J. Bechtluft, K. J. Anderson, R. Bürgin, V. Zacek, P. Scharff-Hansen, N. K. Watson, Robert McPherson, C. Y. Chang, J. A. McKenna, Mathieu Doucet, S. Orito, M. Rosvick, T. Behnke, P. Taras, P. Schenk, K. Ishii, H. Jeremie, R. D. Heuer, Fabrizio Fabbri, U. Müller, Michael Kobel, R. E. Hughes-Jones, N. Altekamp, M. Hapke, Gunter Wolf, P. S. Wells, Terry Richard Wyatt, K. Ackerstaff, R. Van Kooten, A. J. Martin, P. G. Estabrooks, R. K. Keeler, M. Fierro, J. E.G. Edwards, C. Sbarra, R. J. Barlow, A. M. Smith, Stefan Schmitt, Ekg Sarkisyan, P. W. Jeffreys, M. F. Turner-Watson, D. J. Miller, R. Bartoldus, D. E. Hutchcroft, Julie Kirk, J. E. Bloomer, P. Gagnon, Kiyotomo Kawagoe, M. Morii, H. O. Ogren, Gideon Bella, N. J. Oldershaw, W. Mohr, F. Wäckerle, D. M. Gingrich, Christoph Geich-Gimbel, Peter R Hobson, M. Gruwé, G. Yekutieli, M. J. Oreglia, C. K. Hargrove, P. Mättig, J. J. Ward, P. Poffenberger, K. Ametewee, P. Vikas, A. Posthaus, O. Schaile, P. M. Watkins, Shoji Asai, Matthias Schröder, C. M. Hawkes, D. Lanske, Gideon Alexander, C. Hartmann, D. E. Plane, P. Berlich, H. J. Burckhart, A. Sittler, James Pinfold, Paolo Capiluppi, Stephen Hillier, D. Rigby, R. J. Hemingway, R. W. Springer, P. Schütz, M. Thiergen, P. Routenburg, D. G. Fong, C. Lewis, E. do Couto e Silva, A. A. Carter, Ron Folman, Roger Jones, Richard Nisius, J. Gascon, G. M. Dallavalle, J. R. Carter, M. Schumacher, G. N. Patrick, B. W. Kennedy, S. Robertson, Gregor Herten, P. Jovanovic, Jacqueline Batley, B. J. King, E. Lefebvre, P. Utzat, Ehud Duchovni, Marco Cuffiani, B. Wilkens, M. Jimack, D. L. Rees, J. E. Conboy, Austin Ball, A. Fürtjes, J. E. Pilcher, A. Michelini, Peter Krieger, O. C. Cooke, F. Odorici, J. W. Gary, F. Scharf, German Martinez, H. M. Bosch, R. Howard, J. S. White, J. Grunhaus, G. W. Wilson, D. S. Koetke, M. Hauschild, Manuella Vincter, Alessandro Montanari, S. A. Wotton, Satoshi Tanaka, T. Kobayashi, Georges Azuelos, Marcello Mannelli, C. Markus, J. von Krogh, W. R. Gibson, Andris Skuja, E. Tsur, G. T. Jones, Sven Menke, E. H. Vokurka, S. Petzold, G. D. Long, R. J. Hawkings, M. Verzocchi, K. W. Bell, Tetsuro Mashimo, B. T. Bouwens, L. A. del Pozo, J. Pálinkás, A. Joly, H. M. Fischer, T. J. McMahon, T. Omori, D. Axen, J. C. Hill, A. Jawahery, Misao Sasaki, W. J. McDonald, R. K. Carnegie, B. C. Shen, M. Herndon, M. Bobinski, S. A. Robins, W. Gorn, R. M. Brown, Lorne Levinson, J. A. Wilson, T. J. Smith, Siegfried Bethke, K. Stephens, A. K. Honma, B. Nijjhar, W. G. Scott, Peter Sherwood, C. R. Jones, I. Nakamura, D. Lazic, N. I. Geddes, Michael Hildreth, V. Gibson, Alexander Wagner, A. Skillman, N. L. Rodning, B. Poli, J. Ludwig, John Allison, T. R. Junk, K. Runge, P. Bock, I. Trigger, D. R. Ward, T. Kress, J. Lauber, S. M. Gascon-Shotkin, U. Ruppel, M. R. Ingram, D. Glenzinski, Dezso Horvath, Matthew Evans, A. M. Rossi, R. G. Kellogg, T. Tsukamoto, M. Steiert, M. J. Losty, Jean-Arcady Meyer, F. Strumia, S. D. Talbot, Csaba Hajdu, Stefano Marcellini, B. Stockhausen, Paul Kyberd, F. K. Loebinger, J. Steuerer, Joleen Pater, R. Giacomelli, Paolo Giacomelli, M. Hansroul, C. Burgard, R. J. Homer, P. Pfeifenschneider, J. Patt, Achim Stahl, K. Sachs, Shlomo Dado, Giora Mikenberg, Hans-Christian Schultz-Coulon, Randall Sobie, Michael Schulz, G. D. Lafferty, Guenter Duckeck, A. S. Turcot, F. Fiedler, M. Kolrep, S. B. Anderson, P. Szymanski, and Stan Bentvelsen
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Luminosity (scattering theory), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Supergravity, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Scalar (mathematics), Supersymmetry, Lower limit, Nuclear physics, Chargino, Neutralino, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model
Abstract: Charginos and neutralinos, predicted by supersymmetric theories, have been searched for in e+e− collisions with an intergrated luminosity of 10.0 pb−1 at a centre-of-mass energy of s = 161 GeV with the OPAL detector at LEP. Two candidate events are selected; consistent with the total background estimate of 0.7 ± 0.2 events. The 95% C.L. lower limit on the lightest chargino mass in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model is 78.5 GeV if the universal scalar mass m0 is greater than 1 TeV, and 62.0 GeV for the smallest m0 compatible with slepton and sneutrino mass limits obtained at centre-of-mass energies near the Z peak. These limits were obtained under the conditions that the lightest chargino is heavier than the lightest neutralino by more than 10 GeV and tan β = 1.5. The new exclusion limits significantly improve on the results obtained at s = 130 and 136 GeV.
Published: 1996

29. Test of QCD analytic predictions for the multiplicity ratio between gluon and quark jets

Author: G. W. Wilson, James Pinfold, M. Hauschild, P. Poffenberger, D. G. Fong, C. Lewis, J. Gascon, S. A. Wotton, C. Markus, P. G. Estabrooks, Stefan Schmitt, P. Schütz, W. J. McDonald, B. C. Shen, D. Rigby, R. J. Hemingway, T. J. Smith, P. Gagnon, S. L. Chu, Siegfried Bethke, G. T. Jones, B. W. Kennedy, P. Jovanovic, Ekg Sarkisyan, P. M. Watkins, A. K. Honma, B. Nijjhar, W. G. Scott, Austin Ball, A. Malik, A. Gaidot, A. Sittler, Paolo Giacomelli, M. Hansroul, I. Nakamura, E. H. Vokurka, M. Hapke, P. Mättig, Shoji Asai, Kiyotomo Kawagoe, J. W. Gary, D. S. Koetke, P. Pfeifenschneider, C. Hartmann, D. E. Plane, J. Patt, Peter Krieger, Marcello Mannelli, C. Burgard, Manuella Vincter, D. M. Strom, Matthias Schröder, H. M. Bosch, D. E. Hutchcroft, I. J. Bloodworth, R. J. Homer, P. W. Jeffreys, Stephen Hillier, M. Boutemeur, F. S. Merritt, Alessandro Montanari, Dave Charlton, H. Mes, M. Thiergen, G. G. Hanson, C. Dallapiccola, S. Braibant, A. D. Schaile, D. Glenzinski, Dezso Horvath, J. Lauber, P. Scharff-Hansen, G. M. Dallavalle, M. J. Oreglia, M. J. Losty, Yoram Rozen, Gabriella Pasztor, P. Weber, I. P. Duerdoth, M. Foucher, Jean-Arcady Meyer, Achim Stahl, R. Bürgin, P. Fath, Silvia Arcelli, T. J. McMahon, T. Behnke, Alan Watson, F. Strumia, S. D. Talbot, R. Rylko, P. Schenk, A. M. Smith, Tara Shears, D. Karlen, J. Bechtluft, G. A. Snow, C. P. Ward, G. Giacomelli, Gideon Bella, C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, H. J. Burckhart, S. Söldner-Rembold, N. Altekamp, R. J. Barlow, Jacqueline Batley, G. Vasseur, Stefan Kluth, J. R. Carter, Eilam Gross, R. W. Springer, G. N. Patrick, R. K. Carnegie, M. Bobinski, S. Yamashita, J. A. Wilson, Frank Fiedler, S. W. O'Neale, K. J. Anderson, E. A. Mckigney, J. A. McKenna, Hans-Christian Schultz-Coulon, Randall Sobie, Michael Schulz, G. D. Lafferty, P. Igo-Kemenes, P. A. Hart, Georges Azuelos, U. Ruppel, M. R. Ingram, M. J. Pearce, M. S. Dixit, E. Tsur, W. P. Lai, C. Y. Chang, M. Gruwé, C. M. Hawkes, Shlomit Tarem, Frans Meijers, B. Stockhausen, Paul Kyberd, F. K. Loebinger, S. M. Gascon-Shotkin, Andris Skuja, K. Ishii, H. Jeremie, Otmar Biebel, T. Omori, R. Bartoldus, Reda Tafirout, Klaus Kurt Desch, D. Lazic, Robert McPherson, P. Taras, M. Verzocchi, K. W. Bell, D. Axen, S. Petzold, A. Jawahery, J. J. Ward, U. Jost, R. Mir, Richard Nisius, Gregor Herten, G. D. Long, R. E. Hughes-Jones, P. Vikas, Tetsuro Mashimo, Richard Keeler, J. Steuerer, J. Pálinkás, J. M. Roney, Michael Kobel, Daniel Lellouch, O. C. Cooke, J. C. Hill, C. R. Jones, H. O. Ogren, K. Sachs, R. Kowalewski, Misao Sasaki, D. L. Rees, Shlomo Dado, Takehiko Mori, M. Schumacher, Mathieu Doucet, B. Wilkens, U. Müller, Joleen Pater, O. Schaile, E. Lefebvre, Peter Sherwood, Alexander Wagner, J. Ludwig, Christoph Geich-Gimbel, A. J. Martin, Julie Kirk, J. Letts, V. Zacek, K. Runge, P. Bock, Guenter Duckeck, W. Gorn, R. Giacomelli, D. Lanske, E. do Couto e Silva, Norbert Wermes, Sherry Towers, J. E. Conboy, F. Scharf, R. D. Heuer, Marco Cuffiani, F. Odorici, A. Rooke, J. G. Layter, T. Kawamoto, F. G. Oakham, J. von Krogh, Fabrizio Fabbri, K. Stephens, R. Howard, W. R. Gibson, J. S. White, Giora Mikenberg, K. Ametewee, German Martinez, D. J. Miller, S. Orito, M. Rosvick, B. T. Bouwens, R. J. Hawkings, B. Schmitt, E. L. Barberio, Sven Menke, A. Fürtjes, C. K. Hargrove, C. Charlesworth, Matthew Evans, Gideon Alexander, A. M. Rossi, R. Van Kooten, Paolo Capiluppi, L. A. del Pozo, Gunter Wolf, F. X. Gentit, V. Gibson, Lorne Levinson, S. B. Anderson, C. Sbarra, J. E. Pilcher, P. Szymanski, John Allison, N. K. Watson, T. R. Junk, T. Tsukamoto, A. Skillman, H. M. Fischer, G. Yekutieli, P. S. Wells, M. Fierro, D. R. Ward, H. Lafoux, T. Kress, J. E.G. Edwards, Terry Richard Wyatt, A. A. Carter, Ron Folman, Roger Jones, J. E. Bloomer, S. R. Lautenschlager, H. A. Neal, A. I. McNab, J. Goldberg, Stan Bentvelsen, F. Wäckerle, D. Chrisman, R. G. Kellogg, B. J. King, B. Nellen, T. Hilse, Volker Blobel, P. Utzat, O. Runolfsson, M. Steiert, D. M. Gingrich, H. G. Evans, W. Mohr, S. A. Robins, M. J. Goodrick, A. Posthaus, I. Cohen, Csaba Hajdu, C. Beeston, A. S. Turcot, Claudio Grandi, W. Matthews, P. E.L. Clarke, M. K. Jones, P. Berlich, Stefano Marcellini, K. Nagai, J. P. Martin, M. A. Thomson, D. R. Rust, Stephen Lloyd, M. Sproston, A. M. Lee, M. Kolrep, Robert M Brown, M. Tecchio, E. von Törne, M. Starks, A. Joly, S. De Jong, N. I. Geddes, Michael Hildreth, Ehud Duchovni, M. Jimack, N. L. Rodning, B. Poli, H. Przysiezniak, A. Michelini, A. N. Bell, Satoshi Tanaka, T. Kobayashi, M. F. Turner-Watson, R. Lahmann, M. Morii, D. C. Imrie, Peter R Hobson, P. Routenburg, G. P. Siroli, Sachio Komamiya, Theodoros Geralis, E. Ros, and T. P. Kokott
Subjects: Quark, Quantum chromodynamics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Electron–positron annihilation, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Hadron, Charged particle, Gluon, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Multiplicity (chemistry), Nuclear Experiment, Parton shower, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract: Gluon jets with about 39 GeV energy are identified in hadronic Z 0 decays by tagging two jets in the same hemisphere of an event as quark jets. Identifying the gluon jet to be all the particles observed in the hemisphere opposite to that containing the two tagged jets yields an inclusive gluon jet definition corresponding to that used in analytic calculations, allowing the first direct test of those calculations. In particular, this jet definition yields results which are only weakly dependent on a jet finding algorithm. We find r ch. =1.552±0.0041 ( stat ) ±0.061 ( syst. ) for the ratio of the mean charged particle multiplicity in gluon jets to that in light quark uds jets, where the uds jets are identified using an inclusive jet definition similar to that used for the gluon jets. Our result is in general agreement with the prediction of a recent analytic calculation which incorporates energy conservation into the parton shower branching processes, but is considerably smaller than analytic predictions which do not incorporate energy conservation.
Published: 1996

30. Measurement of the branching fraction of the radiative decay τ → μνγ

Author: Frank Fiedler, S. M. Gascon-Shotkin, R. W. Springer, O. C. Cooke, R. Bartoldus, T. J. Smith, K. Stephens, V. Gibson, Silvia Arcelli, T. R. Junk, U. Ruppel, M. R. Ingram, D. R. Ward, H. Lafoux, T. Kress, G. G. Hanson, Achim Stahl, Matthias Schröder, C. Hartmann, D. E. Plane, Stephen Hillier, G. M. Dallavalle, A. I. McNab, D. Axen, A. Jawahery, R. Van Kooten, Otmar Biebel, Matthew Evans, H. O. Ogren, A. M. Rossi, G. Giacomelli, M. Thiergen, N. K. Watson, S. Yamashita, J. Goldberg, K. Sachs, Shlomo Dado, Christoph Geich-Gimbel, M. Schumacher, E. Lefebvre, P. Igo-Kemenes, P. Schenk, K. Ishii, H. Jeremie, B. Nellen, T. Tsukamoto, E. Tsur, M. Verzocchi, K. W. Bell, J. Pálinkás, E. A. Mckigney, S. R. Lautenschlager, H. A. Neal, W. P. Lai, Peter Sherwood, Alexander Wagner, S. L. Chu, John Allison, W. R. Gibson, M. S. Dixit, R. E. Hughes-Jones, J. Ludwig, J. C. Hill, Frans Meijers, Misao Sasaki, P. Poffenberger, J. Letts, K. Runge, P. Bock, F. Odorici, Norbert Wermes, H. G. Evans, W. J. McDonald, M. J. Goodrick, B. C. Shen, I. Cohen, J. Lauber, P. S. Wells, Sherry Towers, T. Kawamoto, F. Wäckerle, J. von Krogh, Gregor Herten, O. Schaile, E. do Couto e Silva, J. M. Roney, N. I. Geddes, Siegfried Bethke, A. K. Honma, B. Nijjhar, W. G. Scott, P. Schütz, D. M. Gingrich, B. T. Bouwens, Michael Hildreth, S. Orito, M. Rosvick, Dave Charlton, P. E.L. Clarke, M. K. Jones, P. Pfeifenschneider, Terry Richard Wyatt, T. Hilse, Giora Mikenberg, Gunter Wolf, F. X. Gentit, I. Nakamura, B. Wilkens, R. M. Brown, F. Strumia, S. D. Talbot, N. L. Rodning, M. Hapke, Lorne Levinson, J. P. Martin, B. Poli, A. Gaidot, J. E. Bloomer, P. Berlich, D. E. Hutchcroft, Sven Menke, R. Kowalewski, J. E. Conboy, James Pinfold, S. De Jong, S. Braibant, A. Fürtjes, H. M. Fischer, M. J. Oreglia, R. J. Hawkings, A. Skillman, J. Patt, D. G. Fong, C. Lewis, A. D. Schaile, Gabriella Pasztor, P. G. Estabrooks, R. K. Keeler, D. Glenzinski, Dezso Horvath, M. J. Losty, R. G. Kellogg, M. Steiert, Jean-Arcady Meyer, J. E. Pilcher, O. Runolfsson, U. Müller, U. Jost, H. Mes, R. Bürgin, J. R. Carter, G. N. Patrick, J. Gascon, P. M. Watkins, G. A. Snow, C. P. Ward, Csaba Hajdu, A. J. Martin, H. Przysiezniak, R. Mir, I. P. Duerdoth, P. Gagnon, S. A. Robins, L. A. del Pozo, Kiyotomo Kawagoe, A. N. Bell, P. Fath, Stefano Marcellini, Reda Tafirout, Klaus Kurt Desch, W. Mohr, S. Söldner-Rembold, T. Behnke, M. Boutemeur, F. S. Merritt, C. Beeston, A. Sittler, S. W. O'Neale, Stefan Kluth, K. J. Anderson, Shlomit Tarem, T. J. McMahon, Robert McPherson, Paolo Giacomelli, Claudio Grandi, A. Posthaus, D. M. Strom, M. Hansroul, K. Ametewee, A. Rooke, J. G. Layter, H. M. Bosch, F. G. Oakham, Ekg Sarkisyan, C. Burgard, R. K. Carnegie, M. Gruwé, B. Schmitt, C. Y. Chang, P. Taras, E. L. Barberio, Mathieu Doucet, R. Rylko, C. K. Hargrove, J. Bechtluft, P. W. Jeffreys, Michael Kobel, W. Matthews, R. J. Homer, Tara Shears, M. Bobinski, J. A. Wilson, C. Charlesworth, C. M. Hawkes, J. A. McKenna, Gideon Alexander, P. Weber, A. Joly, Daniel Lellouch, R. D. Heuer, Paolo Capiluppi, Gideon Bella, P. A. Hart, Takehiko Mori, Fabrizio Fabbri, Richard Nisius, C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, Marco Cuffiani, S. B. Anderson, P. Szymanski, A. Malik, H. J. Burckhart, M. J. Pearce, Jacqueline Batley, M. A. Thomson, D. Rigby, R. J. Hemingway, V. Zacek, K. Nagai, R. Lahmann, D. Lazic, D. C. Imrie, Julie Kirk, J. W. Gary, J. J. Ward, P. Vikas, D. Lanske, C. Sbarra, M. Starks, D. S. Koetke, D. Chrisman, D. R. Rust, B. Stockhausen, Paul Kyberd, E. K. U. Gross, F. K. Loebinger, G. P. Siroli, Volker Blobel, J. Steuerer, G. Yekutieli, Joleen Pater, Stefan Schmitt, Marcello Mannelli, G. Azuelos, G. W. Wilson, Stan Bentvelsen, R. Giacomelli, M. Hauschild, T. Omori, M. Sproston, R. Howard, S. A. Wotton, J. S. White, A. A. Carter, C. Markus, Ron Folman, Roger Jones, Stephen Lloyd, M. Fierro, J. E.G. Edwards, G. T. Jones, E. H. Vokurka, B. J. King, P. Utzat, B. W. Kennedy, P. Jovanovic, A. M. Lee, M. F. Turner-Watson, M. Morii, M. Tecchio, E. von Törne, Ehud Duchovni, M. Jimack, A. Michelini, C. R. Jones, Satoshi Tanaka, T. Kobayashi, Hans-Christian Schultz-Coulon, Austin Ball, Peter R Hobson, P. Scharff-Hansen, Randall Sobie, Michael Schulz, G. D. Lafferty, Peter Krieger, P. Mättig, Shoji Asai, P. Routenburg, Manuella Vincter, Alessandro Montanari, Sachio Komamiya, Guenter Duckeck, Theodoros Geralis, E. Ros, A. T. Watson, C. Dallapiccola, A. S. Turcot, I. J. Bloodworth, A. M. Smith, T. P. Kokott, N. Altekamp, H. Voss, G. Vasseur, R. J. Barlow, M. Kolrep, D. J. Miller, Andris Skuja, Yoram Rozen, S. Petzold, G. D. Long, Tetsuro Mashimo, M. Foucher, W. Gorn, D. Karlen, D. L. Rees, F. Scharf, and German Martinez
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Photon, Branching fraction, Electron–positron annihilation, Radiative transfer, Radiative decay, Rest frame, Atomic physics, Standard Model
Abstract: The branching ratio of the radiative τ decay τ − → μ − ν μ ν τ γ has been measured using data collected with the OPAL detector at LEP. The result is B(τ − → μ − ν μ ν τ γ) = (3.0 ± 0.4 ± 0.5) × 10 −3 for photon energies above 20 MeV measured in the τ rest frame. The result is in good agreement with the Standard Model expectation.
Published: 1996

31. Test of the four-fermion contact interaction in e+e− collisions at 130–140 GeV

Author: S. R. Lautenschlager, H. A. Neal, T. Hilse, O. Runolfsson, D. J. Miller, Claudio Grandi, T. R. Wyatt, R. J. Barlow, M. Fierro, J. E.G. Edwards, H. Mes, Ekg Sarkisyan, R. Bartoldus, P. W. Jeffreys, H. O. Ogren, Christoph Geich-Gimbel, Gideon Bella, Daniel Lellouch, C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, H. J. Burckhart, M. Hapke, S. M. Gascon-Shotkin, J. J. Ward, P. Vikas, D. Lanske, S. Braibant, Andris Skuja, S. Petzold, G. D. Long, Tetsuro Mashimo, Jacqueline Batley, P. G. Estabrooks, A. S. Turcot, R. K. Keeler, Takehiko Mori, I. P. Duerdoth, A. D. Schaile, T. Omori, M. J. Oreglia, Gabriella Pasztor, P. Fath, F. X. Gentit, V. Zacek, N. K. Watson, W. Gorn, Matthew Evans, A. M. Rossi, J. E. Conboy, A. Fürtjes, R. W. Springer, C. R. Jones, T. Tsukamoto, P. M. Watkins, G. A. Snow, C. P. Ward, S. Söldner-Rembold, H. M. Fischer, P. Poffenberger, P. Scharff-Hansen, G. N. Patrick, I. J. Bloodworth, Otmar Biebel, M. F. Turner-Watson, M. Morii, Peter R Hobson, J. Palinkas, A. M. Smith, P. Schütz, S. A. Robins, Yoram Rozen, Dave Charlton, Georges Azuelos, K. Sachs, P. Routenburg, Sachio Komamiya, M. Schumacher, E. Tsur, C. M. Hawkes, E. Lefebvre, M. Foucher, Shlomo Dado, S. L. Chu, W. Mohr, M. Boutemeur, F. S. Merritt, G. Vasseur, A. Posthaus, J. Letts, M. Verzocchi, James Pinfold, J. R. Carter, R. Bürgin, Silvia Arcelli, K. W. Bell, F. Odorici, Norbert Wermes, Sherry Towers, Theodoros Geralis, E. Ros, A. T. Watson, S. Yamashita, J. Lauber, T. Kawamoto, P. Igo-Kemenes, S. B. Anderson, P. Szymanski, G. Giacomelli, J. Bechtluft, J. A. McKenna, D. G. Fong, C. Lewis, Stefan Kluth, J. Gascon, Giora Mikenberg, Shlomit Tarem, D. Karlen, U. Jost, R. Mir, J. C. Hill, Misao Sasaki, C. Y. Chang, S. Orito, M. Rosvick, W. J. McDonald, K. Ishii, H. Jeremie, R. E. Hughes-Jones, N. I. Geddes, Michael Hildreth, F. Strumia, S. D. Talbot, T. P. Kokott, A. Luig, E. A. Mckigney, N. L. Rodning, P. Taras, A. Malik, J. W. Gary, W. P. Lai, D. S. Koetke, B. Poli, Marcello Mannelli, Michael Kobel, V. Gibson, O. Schaile, Stan Bentvelsen, B. C. Shen, Siegfried Bethke, A. K. Honma, W. G. Scott, I. Nakamura, Stefan Schmitt, D. L. Rees, A. I. McNab, F. Scharf, J. Goldberg, T. J. Smith, J. M. Roney, F. G. Oakham, B. Stockhausen, Paul Kyberd, F. K. Loebinger, E. do Couto e Silva, B. Schmitt, G. D. Lafferty, J. Steuerer, T. Behnke, German Martinez, Eilam Gross, Julie Kirk, E. L. Barberio, B. Nellen, P. Mättig, D. E. Hutchcroft, Joleen Pater, Sven Menke, D. Glenzinski, Shoji Asai, P. Gagnon, J. Allison, Reda Tafirout, Klaus Kurt Desch, P. A. Hart, M. Gruwé, R. Giacomelli, W. Matthews, C. Dallapiccola, Dezso Horvath, M. J. Losty, Jean-Arcady Meyer, A. Sittler, H. G. Evans, B. Nijjhar, Hans-Christian Schultz-Coulon, Randall Sobie, Michael Schulz, H. M. Bosch, M. J. Pearce, M. A. Thomson, Richard Nisius, N. Altekamp, A. Gaidot, M. J. Goodrick, S. W. O'Neale, I. Cohen, M. Sproston, K. J. Anderson, Marco Cuffiani, A. Joly, C. Hartmann, Guenter Duckeck, D. E. Plane, D. Axen, A. Jawahery, Gunter Wolf, Matthias Schröder, R. Kowalewski, Peter Sherwood, M. Thiergen, D. Rigby, R. J. Hemingway, Stephen Hillier, G. M. Dallavalle, H. Lafoux, Alexander Wagner, J. Ludwig, K. Runge, K. Ametewee, P. Bock, B. W. Kennedy, P. Jovanovic, Gideon Alexander, Paolo Capiluppi, K. Stephens, Austin Ball, Peter Krieger, W. R. Gibson, R. G. Kellogg, Manuella Vincter, Alessandro Montanari, M. Steiert, Csaba Hajdu, Stefano Marcellini, B. T. Bouwens, U. Müller, A. J. Martin, D. Chrisman, Volker Blobel, Lorne Levinson, Stephen Lloyd, A. Skillman, Robert M Brown, T. R. Junk, C. K. Hargrove, Ehud Duchovni, M. Jimack, A. Michelini, D. R. Ward, Satoshi Tanaka, T. Kobayashi, T. Kress, Frank Fiedler, U. Ruppel, M. R. Ingram, Paolo Giacomelli, M. Hansroul, C. Burgard, R. J. Homer, Achim Stahl, T. J. McMahon, P. Pfeifenschneider, R. K. Carnegie, J. Patt, M. Bobinski, J. A. Wilson, G. G. Hanson, P. Schenk, D. Lazic, M. S. Dixit, C. Sbarra, Frans Meijers, G. Yekutieli, A. Rooke, J. G. Layter, C. Charlesworth, A. A. Carter, Ron Folman, Roger Jones, P. E.L. Clarke, M. K. Jones, J. P. Martin, S. De Jong, B. J. King, P. Utzat, H. Przysiezniak, A. N. Bell, O. C. Cooke, J. von Krogh, R. J. Hawkings, L. A. del Pozo, R. Lahmann, D. C. Imrie, G. P. Siroli, Kiyotomo Kawagoe, P. Weber, K. Nagai, P. S. Wells, D. R. Rust, J. E. Bloomer, D. M. Strom, R. Rylko, A. M. Lee, M. Tecchio, E. von Törne, R. Howard, J. S. White, R. Van Kooten, C.J. Beeston, T. G. Shears, F. Wäckerle, D. M. Gingrich, P. Berlich, Robert McPherson, Mathieu Doucet, R. D. Heuer, Fabrizio Fabbri, Gregor Herten, B. Wilkens, J. E. Pilcher, M. Starks, G. W. Wilson, M. Hauschild, S. A. Wotton, C. Markus, G. T. Jones, and E. H. Vokurka
Subjects: Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Electron–positron annihilation, Fermion, Particle Physics - Experiment, Standard Model
Abstract: The differential cross-sections for e + e − → e + e − , e + e − → μ + μ − and e + e − → τ + τ − , and the total cross-section for e + e − → qq at centre-of-mass energies of 130–140 GeV were studied using about 5 pb −1 of data collected with the OPAL detector at LEP in October and November 1995. The results are in agreement with the Standard Model predictions. Four-fermion contact interaction models were fitted to the data and lower limits were obtained on the energy scale Λ at the 95% confidence level.
Published: 1996

32. Prompt production in hadronic Z0 decays

Author: R. Van Kooten, Gideon Bella, C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, H. J. Burckhart, F. Wäckerle, C. Y. Chang, J. Lauber, P. Berlich, A. S. Turcot, M. Hapke, Ekg Sarkisyan, Jacqueline Batley, P. Taras, D. R. Rust, A. M. Lee, M. Tecchio, E. von Törne, Sachio Komamiya, D. E. Hutchcroft, R. Bartoldus, R. W. Springer, D. M. Strom, A. Rooke, G. Azuelos, T. Omori, I. J. Bloodworth, J. G. Layter, O. C. Cooke, S. Yamashita, P. Igo-Kemenes, Theodoros Geralis, E. Ros, A. T. Watson, Madjid Boutemeur, M. J. Oreglia, F. Strumia, S. D. Talbot, H. O. Ogren, Christoph Geich-Gimbel, P. W. Jeffreys, H. Fukui, C. Charlesworth, R. Rylko, Julie Kirk, H. Jeremie, K. Stephens, Gregor Herten, James Pinfold, J. E. Conboy, T. P. Kokott, R. E. Hughes-Jones, D. G. Fong, C. Lewis, H. Mes, I. P. Duerdoth, Gunter Wolf, F. X. Gentit, J. Gascon, Yoram Rozen, J. von Krogh, P. G. Estabrooks, R. K. Keeler, U. Jost, R. Mir, A. Luig, B. Wilkens, C. Hartmann, E. Tsur, D. E. Plane, M. Foucher, P. Fath, J. R. Carter, G. N. Patrick, G. G. Hanson, A. Fürtjes, R. J. Hawkings, J. P. Pansart, M. Verzocchi, K. W. Bell, E. do Couto e Silva, J. E. Pilcher, L. A. del Pozo, C. Sbarra, A. Malik, D. Karlen, C. Burgard, Stephen Hillier, S. B. Anderson, J. Pálinkás, P. Szymanski, J. W. Gary, Otmar Biebel, D. S. Koetke, P. S. Wells, P. Schenk, S. W. O'Neale, G. Yekutieli, Terry Richard Wyatt, Marcello Mannelli, Stefan Schmitt, E. Lefebvre, P. M. Watkins, K. J. Anderson, Sven Menke, G. M. Dallavalle, A. Sittler, F. S. Merritt, M. S. Dixit, Frans Meijers, J. E. Bloomer, Dave Charlton, A. A. Carter, Ron Folman, Roger Jones, T. J. Smith, F. G. Oakham, F. Odorici, J. C. Hill, Stan Bentvelsen, P. E.L. Clarke, M. K. Jones, H. M. Bosch, J. P. Martin, Misao Sasaki, W. J. McDonald, B. C. Shen, T. R. Junk, Siegfried Bethke, B. J. King, J. Bechtluft, J. A. McKenna, M. Kobe, M. Tscheulin, J. Ludwig, P. Utzat, O. Schaile, P. Mättig, Shoji Asai, R. Bürgin, M. F. Turner-Watson, Andris Skuja, S. Petzold, G. D. Long, Tetsuro Mashimo, M. Morii, S. De Jong, Silvia Arcelli, J. Letts, E. L. Barberio, Daniel Lellouch, N. Werrnes, B. Nijjhar, C. Dallapiccola, W. G. Scott, Sherry Towers, Peter R Hobson, P. Poffenberger, T. J. McMahon, J. J. Ward, P. Vikas, M. Starks, D. Lanske, Takehiko Mori, H. Przysiezniak, Hans-Christian Schultz-Coulon, Randall Sobie, Michael Schulz, G. D. Lafferty, Stefan Kluth, Shlomit Tarem, T. Kawamoto, R. K. Carnegie, P. Routenburg, G. Giacomelli, D. Axen, P. Pfeifenschneider, W. Gorn, A. Jawahery, A. N. Bell, J. A. Wilson, D. R. Ward, H. Lafoux, R. J. Barlow, D. J. Miller, V. Zacek, P. Schütz, S. Orito, E. A. Mckigney, M. Rosvick, Reda Tafirout, Klaus Kurt Desch, A. I. McNab, Peter Sherwood, T. Kress, D. Lazic, G. W. Wilson, R. Howard, J. S. White, M. Hauschild, J. Goldberg, S. R. Lautenschlager, S. A. Wotton, Guenter Duckeck, W. P. Lai, P. Scharff-Hansen, Alexander Wagner, A. K. Honrna, A. Gaidot, K. Runge, P. Bock, C. Markus, Dezso Horvath, M. J. Losty, J. M. Roney, H. A. Neal, D. Rigby, R. J. Hemingway, Jean-Arcady Meyer, H. G. Evans, U. Ruppel, M. R. Ingram, M. J. Goodrick, G. T. Jones, E. H. Vokurka, T. Hilse, A. M. Smith, I. Cohen, B. W. Kennedy, P. Jovanovic, G. Vasseur, Austin Ball, Peter Krieger, Manuella Vincter, Alessandro Montanari, O. Runolfsson, S. Braibant, Gabriella Pasztor, C. Beeston, Claudio Grandi, G. A. Snow, C. P. Ward, P. Gagnon, S. Söldner-Rembold, A. Joly, M. Fierro, J. E.G. Edwards, C. R. Jones, Shlomo Dado, Paolo Giacomelli, Kiyotomo Kawagoe, M. Hansroul, P. Weber, Giora Mikenberg, R. Lahmann, D. C. Imrie, B. Stockhausen, Paul Kyberd, F. K. Loebinger, G. P. Siroli, R. J. Homer, S. L. Chu, J. Hoare, J. Steuerer, Joleen Pater, S. M. Gascon-Shotkin, Frank Fiedler, Achim Stahl, R. Giacomelli, B. Schmitt, N. Altekamp, Matthew Evans, A. M. Rossi, T. Behnke, U. Müller, A. J. Martin, T. Tsukamoto, Eilam Gross, John Allison, C. K. Hargrove, Matthias Schröder, M. Thiergen, M. Gruwé, C. M. Hawkes, Ehud Duchovni, D. M. Gingrich, M. Jimack, N. I. Geddes, B. Nellen, V. Gibson, Michael Hildreth, R. G. Kellogg, M. Steiert, A. Michelini, Tara Shears, Richard Nisius, Csaba Hajdu, N. L. Rodning, Marco Cuffiani, P. A. Hart, Stefano Marcellini, Satoshi Tanaka, T. Kobayashi, B. Poli, M. J. Pearce, H. M. Fischer, D. Chrisman, S. A. Robins, Volker Blobel, Stephen Lloyd, Robert M Brown, R. Kowalewski, K. Ametewee, Gideon Alexander, Paolo Capiluppi, W. R. Gibson, B. T. Bouwens, Lorne Levinson, Gilles Beaudoin, A. Skillman, Robert McPherson, Mathieu Doucet, R. D. Heuer, Fabrizio Fabbri, W. Matthews, M. A. Thomson, T. Wlodek, M. Sproston, D. L. Rees, F. Scharf, German Martinez, A. D. Schaile, N. K. Watson, W. Mohr, and A. Posthaus
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Meson, Branching fraction, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Electron–positron annihilation, Hadron, Energy spectrum, Tevatron, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Lepton
Abstract: Evidence is presented for the production of prompt J/psi mesons (not originating in b-hadron decays) in hadronic Z(0) decays. Using a sample of 3.6 million hadronic events, 24 prompt J/psi candidates are identified from their decays into e(+)e(-) and mu(+)mu(-)pairs. The background is estimated to be 10.2+/-2.0 events. The following branching ratio for prompt J/psi production is obtained: Br(Z(0)-->prompt J/psi+X)=(1.9+/-0.7+/-0.5+/-0.5). 10(-4), where the first error is statistical, the second systematic and the third error accounts for uncertainties in the prompt J/psi production mechanism.
Published: 1996

33. A first measurement of the Λ and ΛΛ () spin compositions in hadronic Z0 decays

Author: S. Yamashita, Dave Charlton, F. S. Merritt, W. J. McDonald, Stefan Kluth, Shlomit Tarem, B. C. Shen, Otmar Biebel, P. Igo-Kemenes, H. Jeremie, R. E. Hughes-Jones, Siegfried Bethke, R. Bürgin, O. Schaile, A. K. Honma, B. Nijjhar, D. E. Plane, W. G. Scott, Stephen Hillier, Robert McPherson, J. Bechtluft, Madjid Boutemeur, G. M. Dallavalle, J. A. McKenna, M. Starks, E. do Couto e Silva, H. O. Ogren, A. A. Carter, Christoph Geich-Gimbel, J. E. Conboy, U. Jost, R. Mir, A. Fürtjes, Stefan Schmitt, Dezso Horvath, M. J. Losty, Jean-Arcady Meyer, P. Poffenberger, Sven Menke, P. G. Estabrooks, R. K. Keeler, Mathieu Doucet, Gideon Bella, J. E. Bloomer, C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, H. J. Burckhart, R. D. Heuer, Fabrizio Fabbri, A. I. McNab, P. Schütz, P. M. Watkins, Jacqueline Batley, J. Goldberg, J. Letts, T. J. McMahon, P. Mättig, A. Gaidot, D. R. Rust, B. Nellen, E. Lefebvre, M. F. Turner-Watson, R. W. Springer, M. Morii, T. Omori, Gregor Herten, F. Odorici, A. Rooke, F. G. Oakham, Shoji Asai, Peter R Hobson, E. L. Barberio, Norbert Wermes, Sherry Towers, Reda Tafirout, Klaus Kurt Desch, R. K. Carnegie, B. Wilkens, J. G. Layter, H. G. Evans, C. Dallapiccola, C. Charlesworth, R. Howard, M. J. Goodrick, P. Routenburg, J. S. White, A. M. Lee, E. Tsur, J. A. Wilson, T. Kawamoto, I. Cohen, Sachio Komamiya, M. Verzocchi, M. Tecchio, E. von Törne, C. Y. Chang, Theodoros Geralis, E. Ros, A. T. Watson, K. W. Bell, J. P. Pansart, J. Pálinkás, Gunter Wolf, F. X. Gentit, I. J. Bloodworth, J. C. Hill, Misao Sasaki, J. E. Pilcher, P. E.L. Clarke, N. Altekamp, P. Taras, W. R. Gibson, Michael Kobel, M. K. Jones, E. A. Mckigney, R. J. Barlow, J. P. Martin, S. Orito, M. Tscheulin, H. Mes, A. S. Turcot, B. T. Bouwens, I. P. Duerdoth, D. J. Miller, A. Luig, M. Rosvick, S. De Jong, R. Bartoldus, W. P. Lai, P. Fath, Yoram Rozen, D. Lazic, C. R. Jones, M. Foucher, R. M. Brown, G. W. Wilson, M. Hauschild, Lorne Levinson, S. A. Wotton, O. C. Cooke, Julie Kirk, T. P. Kokott, D. Axen, Gilles Beaudoin, A. Jawahery, C. Markus, J. M. Roney, A. Skillman, H. Przysiezniak, D. M. Strom, R. Van Kooten, D. Rigby, R. J. Hemingway, A. N. Bell, D. Karlen, C. Burgard, G. T. Jones, B. W. Kennedy, E. H. Vokurka, Daniel Lellouch, H. Fukui, P. Jovanovic, G. G. Hanson, M. Hapke, Austin Ball, J. von Krogh, R. Rylko, M. Fierro, J. E.G. Edwards, Takehiko Mori, Ekg Sarkisyan, P. W. Jeffreys, Peter Krieger, Peter Sherwood, V. Zacek, F. Wäckerle, G. Giacomelli, D. M. Gingrich, S. W. O'Neale, Manuella Vincter, R. J. Hawkings, Alessandro Montanari, K. J. Anderson, L. A. del Pozo, P. Schenk, C. Sbarra, D. E. Hutchcroft, M. S. Dixit, Frans Meijers, P. Berlich, J. J. Ward, Alexander Wagner, J. Ludwig, P. Vikas, K. Runge, G. Yekutieli, P. Bock, D. Lanske, S. R. Lautenschlager, J. Lauber, M. J. Oreglia, P. S. Wells, H. A. Neal, Ron Folman, Roger Jones, T. Hilse, O. Runolfsson, B. J. King, P. Utzat, Terry Richard Wyatt, C. Beeston, Claudio Grandi, J. R. Carter, G. N. Patrick, F. Strumia, S. D. Talbot, G. Azuelos, P. Gagnon, A. Sittler, Hans-Christian Schultz-Coulon, H. M. Bosch, Randall Sobie, Michael Schulz, G. D. Lafferty, Guenter Duckeck, C. Hartmann, P. Szymanski, Stan Bentvelsen, M. Sproston, Andris Skuja, S. Petzold, G. D. Long, Tetsuro Mashimo, Achim Stahl, W. Gorn, B. Stockhausen, Paul Kyberd, F. K. Loebinger, B. Schmitt, J. Steuerer, Joleen Pater, R. Giacomelli, P. Scharff-Hansen, P. Pfeifenschneider, A. Joly, A. M. Smith, G. Vasseur, Paolo Giacomelli, John Allison, M. Hansroul, James Pinfold, R. G. Kellogg, D. G. Fong, C. Lewis, M. Steiert, J. Gascon, R. J. Homer, Csaba Hajdu, Stefano Marcellini, A. Malik, J. W. Gary, D. S. Koetke, Marcello Mannelli, J. Hoare, U. Ruppel, M. R. Ingram, T. J. Smith, K. Stephens, V. Gibson, T. Behnke, T. R. Junk, D. R. Ward, H. Lafoux, T. Kress, M. Gruwé, S. Braibant, C. M. Hawkes, Gabriella Pasztor, Frank Fiedler, G. A. Snow, C. P. Ward, S. Söldner-Rembold, R. Lahmann, D. C. Imrie, Shlomo Dado, G. P. Siroli, Giora Mikenberg, Richard Nisius, Kiyotomo Kawagoe, P. Weber, D. Chrisman, Marco Cuffiani, Volker Blobel, S. L. Chu, N. I. Geddes, Stephen Lloyd, Michael Hildreth, N. L. Rodning, B. Poli, Ehud Duchovni, M. Jimack, A. Michelini, H. M. Fischer, Satoshi Tanaka, T. Kobayashi, S. A. Robins, U. Müller, S. M. Gascon-Shotkin, A. J. Martin, Matthew Evans, A. M. Rossi, T. Tsukamoto, R. Kowalewski, C. K. Hargrove, Matthias Schröder, M. Thiergen, K. Ametewee, Gideon Alexander, Tara Shears, Paolo Capiluppi, P. A. Hart, M. J. Pearce, D. L. Rees, F. Scharf, German Martinez, A. D. Schaile, N. K. Watson, W. Mohr, A. Posthaus, W. Matthews, M. A. Thomson, E. K. U. Gross, and T. Wlodek
Subjects: Quantum chromodynamics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Spin states, Hadron, Hyperon, Nuclear physics, symbols.namesake, Pair production, Pauli exclusion principle, symbols, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Invariant mass, Spin (physics)
Abstract: The spin composition of Λ Λ , ΛΛ and Λ Λ pairs at low invariant mass values has been measured for the first time in multihadronic Z0 decays with the OPAL detector at LEP. No single spin state has been observed in the Λ Λ sample, verifying that the low mass enhancement in this sample, attributed to local baryon number compensation, is not a resonance state. The fraction of the spin 1 contribution to the Λ Λ pairs was found to be consistent with the value 0.75, as expected from a statistical spin mixture. This may be the net effect of many different QCD processes which contribute to the hyperon anti-hyperon pair production. The spin composition of the identical ΛΛ and Λ Λ pairs, well above threshold, is found to be similar to that of the Λ Λ sample. A ΛΛ emitter dimension is estimated from the data assuming the onset of the Pauli exclusion principle near threshold.
Published: 1996

34. Search for chargino and neutralino production using the OPAL detector at =130−136 GeV at LEP

Author: Tara Shears, W. J. McDonald, B. C. Shen, P. A. Hart, A. P. Wagner, Reda Tafirout, D. Chrisman, Volker Blobel, M. J. Pearce, Sachio Komamiya, Ekg Sarkisyan, Siegfried Bethke, B. Nijjhar, W. G. Scott, S. L. Chu, T. Behnke, J. Steuerer, M. Gruwé, C. M. Hawkes, Richard Nisius, P. Weber, Marco Cuffiani, Stephen Lloyd, G. G. Hanson, E. Ros, A. T. Watson, S. B. Anderson, P. Szymanski, Daniel Lellouch, T. J. Smith, K. Stephens, P. W. Jeffreys, E. Lefebvre, Andris Skuja, Koji Yoshimura, Takehiko Mori, S. Yamashita, W. R. Gibson, Madjid Boutemeur, F. Odorici, G. Giacomelli, Dezso Horvath, M. J. Losty, D. M. Strom, S. Petzold, G. D. Long, A. Joly, P. Poffenberger, P. Igo-Kemenes, Shlomo Dado, Matthias Schröder, T. P. Kokott, Stan Bentvelsen, Jean-Arcady Meyer, B. T. Bouwens, P. Schenk, M. Hauschild, A. Luig, Tetsuro Mashimo, H. Fukui, V. Zacek, F. S. Merritt, Ehud Duchovni, V. Gibson, P. G. Estabrooks, H. Jeremie, R. E. Hughes-Jones, R. K. Keeler, R. Rylko, R. M. Brown, Lorne Levinson, M. S. Dixit, M. Jimack, Frans Meijers, D. L. Rees, M. Hapke, M. Thiergen, H. Lafoux, D. E. Hutchcroft, Achim Stahl, F. Palmonari, Gilles Beaudoin, C. Sbarra, A. Skillman, F. Scharf, C. Markus, N. I. Geddes, German Martinez, J. J. Ward, W. Gorn, Michael Hildreth, P. Vikas, R. D. Heuer, P. M. Watkins, Giora Mikenberg, P. Schütz, E. do Couto e Silva, S. W. Gensler, Fabrizio Fabbri, S. Söldner-Rembol, A. S. Turcot, R. W. Springer, D. Lanske, A. D. Schaile, C. Hartmann, D. E. Plane, T. Kobayashi, J. Bechtluft, N. L. Rodning, B. Schmitt, Sven Menke, G. T. Jones, M. J. Oreglia, D. R. Ward, B. Stockhausen, Paul Kyberd, F. K. Loebinger, T. Kress, R. Lahmann, D. C. Imrie, M. Palazzo, J. A. McKenna, M. R. Ingram, E. H. Vokurka, James Pinfold, Stephen Hillier, Silvia Arcelli, G. M. Dallavalle, W. Matthews, B. Poli, S. Braibant, G. Yekutieli, D. R. Rust, Stefan Kluth, D. M. Gingrich, M. A. Thomson, E. Tsur, D. G. Fong, C. Lewis, Joleen Pater, C. Darling, Gabriella Pasztor, H. Mes, I. P. Duerdoth, Shlomit Tarem, J. Gascon, Paolo Giacomelli, M. Verzocchi, K. W. Bell, M. Hansroul, C. Y. Chang, E. K. U. Gross, R. Giacomelli, T. Hilse, R. Bartoldus, G. P. Siroli, J. King, P. Fath, O. Runolfsson, A. Gaidot, P. Mättig, J. Pálinkás, Shoji Asai, J. C. Hill, Gregor Herten, T. Wlodek, M. Sproston, S. M. Gascon-Shotkin, Christoph Geich-Gimbel, A. A. Carter, G. A. Snow, C. P. Ward, A. M. Lee, P. Taras, A. Rooke, Misao Sasaki, A. Malik, Carsten Daniel Burgard, J. G. Layter, Michael Kobel, M. Tecchio, A. H. Bain, I. J. Bloodworth, E. von Törne, J. W. Gary, Ron Folman, C. Beeston, E. A. Mckigney, W. P. Lai, R. Kowalewski, B. Wilkens, U. Müller, D. S. Koetke, C. Charlesworth, N. Tesch, J. R. Carter, G. N. Patrick, Otmar Biebel, Claudio Grandi, John Allison, Hans-Christian Schultz-Coulon, Randall Sobie, Michael Schulz, G. D. Lafferty, Marcello Mannelli, Matthew Evans, Gunter Wolf, J. E. Pilcher, Julie Kirk, Stefania Xella, C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, A. M. Rossi, R. J. Homer, F. X. Gentit, A. J. Martin, R. Howard, Yoram Rozen, A. Fürtjes, M. F. Turner-Watson, N. K. Watson, K. Ametewee, M. Morii, Peter R Hobson, J. E. Conboy, J. S. White, Roger Jones, S. Wotton, J. P. Pansart, H. M. Fischer, J. M. Roney, P. Scharff-Hansen, P. E.L. Clarke, P. Utzat, M. K. Jones, Gideon Alexander, M. Foucher, A. Michelini, Paolo Capiluppi, R. G. Kellogg, J. P. Martin, R. Van Kooten, M. Tscheulin, P. Routenburg, A. I. McNab, S. De Jong, M. G. Rison, Guenter Duckeck, Frank Fiedler, J. Letts, G. W. Wilson, Junichi Kanzaki, S. A. Robins, D. Karlen, J. Goldberg, W. Mohr, O. Schaile, A. Posthaus, P. S. Wells, B. Nellen, M. Fierro, S. W. O'Neale, Norbert Wermes, Sherry Towers, T. Kawamoto, H. Przysiezniak, K. J. Anderson, T. J. McMahon, J. E.G. Edwards, A. M. Smith, Terry Richard Wyatt, C. K. Hargrove, M. Starks, J. E. Bloomer, A. N. Bell, F. Wäckerle, G. Vasseur, B. Lorazo, H. G. Evans, M. J. Goodrick, I. Cohen, S. Orito, J. Schwiening, M. Rosvick, R. K. Carnegie, P. Berlich, J. A. Wilson, O. C. Cooke, J. von Krogh, Csaba Hajdu, R. J. Hawkings, Stefano Marcellini, L. A. del Pozo, Gideon Bella, H. J. Burckhart, Jacqueline Batley, G. Azuelos, T. Omori, H. O. Ogren, D. Rigby, R. J. Hemingway, D. Axen, A. Jawahery, T. Geralis, B. W. Kennedy, P. Jovanovic, Peter Sherwood, Peter Krieger, Manuella Vincter, Alessandro Montanari, J. Ludwig, K. Runge, P. Bock, Dave Charlton, C. Dallapiccola, R. Bürgin, P. Gagnon, N. Altekamp, R. J. Barlow, D. J. Miller, A. K. Honma, U. Jost, R. Mir, A. Sittler, H. Takeda, F. G. Oakham, E. L. Barberio, H. M. Bosch, J. Lauber, and F. Strumia
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Electron–positron annihilation, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Detector, Scalar (mathematics), Lightest Supersymmetric Particle, Lower limit, Nuclear physics, Chargino, Neutralino, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Particle Physics - Experiment, Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model
Abstract: A search for charginos and neutralinos, predicted by supersymmetric theories, has been performed using a data sample of 2.6 pb−1 at a centre-of-mass energy of S=130 GeV and 2.6 pb−1 at 136 GeV collected with the OPAL detector at LEP during November 1995. No candidate events were observed. The 95% C.L. lower limit on the lightest chargino mass in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model is 65.4 GeV if the universal scalar mass m0 is greater than 1 TeV, and 58.7 GeV for the smallest m0 compatible with slepton and sneutrino mass limits obtained at centre-of-mass energies near the Z peak. These limits were obtained under the conditions that the lightest chargino is heavier than the lightest neutralino by more than 10 GeV and tan β is larger than 1.5. The results of a model independent search for charginos and neutralinos are also given.
Published: 1996

35. Topological search for the production of neutralinos and scalar particles

Author: C. Sbarra, G. Yekutieli, Ehud Duchovni, J. Lauber, Shlomo Dado, A. S. Turcot, Dave Charlton, A. A. Carter, Ron Folman, M. Jimack, Roger Jones, P. E.L. Clarke, M. K. Jones, Otmar Biebel, P. Utzat, Reda Tafirout, S. W. Gensler, T. Kobayashi, J. P. Martin, M. Kobe, M. Tscheulin, Matthias Schröder, Giora Mikenberg, M. Thiergen, F. Strumia, M. G. Rison, R. Bürgin, Andris Skuja, S. Petzold, G. D. Long, Frank Fiedler, P. S. Wells, Terry Richard Wyatt, J. E. Bloomer, H. Mes, I. P. Duerdoth, P. Fath, H. M. Fischer, A. Michelini, O. Schaile, M. Starks, Sachio Komamiya, Theodoros Geralis, E. Ros, R. Kowalewski, B. Stockhausen, Paul Kyberd, S. A. Robins, E. Lefebvre, F. Odorici, T. P. Kokott, K. Ametewee, F. K. Loebinger, S. De Jong, Tara Shears, Gideon Alexander, A. Luig, H. Przysiezniak, R. W. Springer, Tetsuro Mashimo, K. Stephens, Paolo Capiluppi, Gregor Herten, D. J. Miller, J. Steuerer, A. I. McNab, J. Goldberg, B. Nellen, R. Bartoldus, B. Wilkens, I. J. Bloodworth, J. Letts, P. A. Hart, R. Lahmann, D. C. Imrie, M. Palazzo, H. O. Ogren, S. Braibant, Gabriella Pasztor, Norbert Wermes, T. Behnke, A. N. Bell, S. Yamashita, J. P. Pansart, Joleen Pater, W. R. Gibson, Richard Keeler, M. J. Pearce, Mathieu Doucet, Georges Azuelos, Sherry Towers, V. Gibson, J. E. Pilcher, Christoph Geich-Gimbel, T. J. McMahon, P. Igo-Kemenes, E. Tsur, S. M. Gascon-Shotkin, G. P. Siroli, J. King, R. D. Heuer, Fabrizio Fabbri, T. Kawamoto, B. T. Bouwens, M. Verzocchi, D. Axen, A. Jawahery, G. A. Snow, C. P. Ward, G. W. Wilson, K. W. Bell, J. Pálinkás, H. Jeremie, M. Hauschild, H. G. Evans, J. Schwiening, R. K. Carnegie, M. J. Goodrick, I. Cohen, M. Gruwé, J. C. Hill, Misao Sasaki, S. Söldner-Rembold, Peter Sherwood, M. Fierro, J. E.G. Edwards, C. Markus, C. M. Hawkes, R. E. Hughes-Jones, D. Chrisman, Volker Blobel, R. Giacomelli, Yoram Rozen, D. R. Rust, J. A. Wilson, W. J. McDonald, B. C. Shen, Siegfried Bethke, A. K. Honma, W. Gorn, G. T. Jones, Alexander Wagner, Ekg Sarkisyan, Lorne Levinson, P. W. Jeffreys, Matthew Evans, E. H. Vokurka, S. Orito, M. Rosvick, M. F. Turner-Watson, Achim Stahl, J. Ludwig, A. Rooke, D. R. Ward, H. Lafoux, A. M. Rossi, T. Kress, B. Nijjhar, W. G. Scott, J. G. Layter, M. Morii, Peter R Hobson, K. Runge, P. Bock, A. J. Martin, Gilles Beaudoin, Richard Nisius, R. Howard, M. Foucher, A. Skillman, A. M. Lee, P. Routenburg, P. Weber, Marco Cuffiani, Stephen Lloyd, M. Tecchio, E. von Törne, Robert M Brown, Gideon Bella, C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, H. J. Burckhart, S. Asa, J. S. White, S. W. O'Neale, C. Charlesworth, M. R. Ingram, Dezso Horvath, M. J. Losty, Jean-Arcady Meyer, E. do Couto e Silva, P. Scharff-Hansen, P. Gagnon, Stefan Kluth, Shlomit Tarem, P. Bright-Thomas, K. J. Anderson, N. I. Geddes, Michael Hildreth, M. Hapke, D. E. Plane, S. L. Chu, Jacqueline Batley, B. Schmitt, O. C. Cooke, R. Van Kooten, Stephen Hillier, U. Müller, N. L. Rodning, B. Poli, C. K. Hargrove, D. Rigby, R. J. Hemingway, Stefania Xella, D. E. Hutchcroft, Junichi Kanzaki, G. M. Dallavalle, J. E. Conboy, J. J. Ward, P. Vikas, A. Fürtjes, P. Poffenberger, A. M. Smith, Sven Menke, A. Sittler, G. Vasseur, B. Lorazo, F. Wäckerle, D. Karlen, C. Burgard, T. Omori, D. M. Gingrich, Alan Watson, J. von Krogh, D. Lanske, B. W. Kennedy, P. Jovanovic, Silvia Arcelli, P. Schütz, M. J. Oreglia, P. Berlich, R. J. Hawkings, A. Gaidot, Gunter Wolf, F. X. Gentit, H. M. Bosch, G. G. Hanson, L. A. del Pozo, Austin Ball, Peter Krieger, James Pinfold, C. Y. Chang, D. G. Fong, C. Lewis, J. Gascon, D. M. Strom, C. Darling, P. Taras, T. J. Smith, Manuella Vincter, Alessandro Montanari, Paolo Giacomelli, M. Hansroul, A. Malik, G. Giacomelli, E. A. Mckigney, J. W. Gary, P. Mättig, D. S. Koetke, S. Wotton, Marcello Mannelli, R. J. Homer, J. R. Carter, G. N. Patrick, Julie Kirk, U. Jost, R. Mir, H. Fukui, P. Schenk, R. Rylko, Daniel Lellouch, T. Hilse, S. B. Anderson, C. Hartmann, Takehiko Mori, P. Szymanski, F. S. Merritt, O. Runolfsson, W. P. Lai, V. Zacek, H. Takeda, M. S. Dixit, Frans Meijers, F. G. Oakham, E. L. Barberio, C. Dallapiccola, C. Beeston, A. Joly, N. Altekamp, Stan Bentvelsen, R. J. Barlow, J. Bechtluft, J. A. McKenna, Claudio Grandi, Hans-Christian Schultz-Coulon, Randall Sobie, Michael Schulz, G. D. Lafferty, Guenter Duckeck, J. M. Roney, John Allison, Madjid Boutemeur, R. G. Kellogg, Csaba Hajdu, Stefano Marcellini, P. G. Estabrooks, P. M. Watkins, Koji Yoshimura, D. L. Rees, F. Scharf, German Martinez, A. D. Schaile, N. K. Watson, W. Mohr, A. Posthaus, W. Matthews, M. A. Thomson, E. K. U. Gross, T. Wlodek, M. Sproston, and N. Tesch
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Missing energy, Electron–positron annihilation, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Scalar (mathematics), Supersymmetry, law.invention, Nuclear physics, law, Neutralino, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Collider, Particle Physics - Experiment, Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model
Abstract: A search for scalar particles and neutralinos such as those predicted by supersymmetric models has been performed using a data sample of 4.4 million hadronic Z 0 decays recorded by the OPAL detector at the e + e − collider LEP. The production of such particles typically leads to event topologies consisting of an acoplanar pair of jets, or of a mono-jet, accompanied by sizeable missing energy owing to neutrinos and other undetectable neutral particles. Limits are obtained, at the 95% confidence level, on the masses and production rates of scalar particles produced in association with the Z 0 . Limits are also placed on neutralino production, for which an additional possible signature is also studied, events containing a single observed photon. Within the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, the mass of the lightest neutralino is found to be larger than 12.5 GeV/ c 2 at 95% C.L., provided that tan β is larger than 1.5.
Published: 1996

36. Measurement of the branching ratio

Author: F. S. Merritt, Otmar Biebel, D. L. Wagner, D. E. Hutchcroft, C. Dallapiccola, O. C. Cooke, I. J. Bloodworth, J. Bechtluft, D. M. Strom, C. Stegmann, H. M. Fischer, H. Fukui, R. Rylko, Margret Fincke-Keeler, A. Michelini, D. R. Rust, J. von Krogh, Yoram Rozen, R. W. Springer, R. Lahmann, D. C. Imrie, M. Palazzo, J. Letts, M. Foucher, R. J. Sobie, N. Altekamp, R. Howard, P. E.L. Clarke, Norbert Wermes, Sherry Towers, J. P. Pansart, S. Braibant, Gabriella Pasztor, P. Gagnon, R. J. Hawkings, T. Kawamoto, R. Bartoldus, E. Lefebvre, G. P. Siroli, J. King, P. Igo-Kemenes, M. K. Jones, W. Matthews, A. M. Lee, T. Behnke, J. Steuerer, S. A. Robins, P. S. Wells, J. Allison, D. J. Miller, H. O. Ogren, A. T. Watson, J. P. Martin, S. Orito, L. A. del Pozo, J. E. Bloomer, Joleen Pater, C. Y. Chang, H. Jeremie, M. Tscheulin, M. A. Thomson, M. Rosvick, Christoph Geich-Gimbel, P. Scharff-Hansen, Stefan Kluth, Shlomit Tarem, M. Tecchio, E. von Törne, A. Sittler, C. Burgard, F. Odorici, S. De Jong, Sachio Komamiya, Theodoros Geralis, Georges Azuelos, D Darlen, J. R. Carter, R. E. Hughes-Jones, C. P. Ward, E. K. U. Gross, Gideon Bella, A. Gaidot, T. Wlodek, M. Sproston, C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, C. Sbarra, C. J. Oram, E. Ros, W. R. Gibson, S. L. Lloyd, F. X. Gentit, Gregor Herten, P. Taras, E. Tsur, A. Joly, S. Söldner-Rembold, H. M. Bosch, A. S. Turcot, Michael Kobel, M. Hapke, J. E. Conboy, A. Fürtjes, H. J. Burckhart, Jacqueline Batley, K. W. Bell, G. Yekutieli, T. P. Kokott, C. Darling, V. Gibson, A. Luig, N. I. Geddes, J. A. McKenna, B. Wilkens, J. C. Hill, B. T. Bouwens, N. Tesch, H. Przysiezniak, A. M. Smith, Michael Hildreth, Paolo Giacomelli, G.A Show, Gunter Wolf, Silvia Arcelli, Satoru Yamashita, M. Hansroul, W.J. McDonald, D. Rigby, R. J. Hemingway, A. A. Carter, Ron Folman, A. N. Bell, E. do Couto e Silva, U. Müller, T. J. Smith, N. L. Rodning, K. Stephens, G. Vasseur, B. Lorazo, B. Poli, R. M. Brown, D. Axen, Lorne Levinson, A. Jawahery, P. Mättig, Richard Nisius, M. J. Oreglia, S. Wotton, J. E. Pilcher, T. Omori, Shoji Asai, B. W. Kennedy, B. J. King, C. M. Hawkes, P. D. Phillips, Julie Kirk, T. Hilse, O. Schaile, B. C. Shen, Andris Skuja, A. J. Martin, J. Palinkas, Peter Sherwood, Marco Cuffiani, Daniel Lellouch, H. Mes, N. J. Oldershaw, D. L. Rees, Shlomo Dado, I. P. Duerdoth, P. Fath, G. D. Long, R. J. Homer, R. G. Kellogg, P. Utzat, Gilles Beaudoin, A. Skillman, P. Jovanovic, Austin Ball, M. G. Rison, Alexander Wagner, Csaba Hajdu, Peter Krieger, Takehiko Mori, Sven Menke, Siegfried Bethke, Tetsuro Mashimo, J. Ludwig, K. Runge, P. Bock, A. K. Honma, A. I. McNab, J. Goldberg, G. N. Patrick, F. Scharf, S. B. Anderson, B. Nellen, German Martinez, Stefano Marcellini, S. M. Gascon-Shotkin, T. J. McMahon, Manuella Vincter, J. Schwiening, G. G. Hanson, Alessandro Montanari, M. F. Turner-Watson, P. Szymanski, O. Runolfsson, M. Morii, Peter R Hobson, W. G. Scott, R. D. Heuer, G. A. Beck, Achim Stahl, J. Lauber, J. W. Gary, B. Stockhausen, Paul Kyberd, Reda Tafirout, F. K. Loebinger, Fabrizio Fabbri, A. D. Schaile, R. Van Kooten, S. L. Chu, F. Strumia, H. G. Evans, M. J. Goodrick, I. Cohen, N. K. Watson, G. Mikenberg, U. Jost, R. K. Carnegie, R. Mir, J. A. Wilson, P. Poffenberger, Dave Charlton, R. Giacomelli, C. K. Hargrove, P. Routenburg, P. Schütz, W. Gorn, D. R. Ward, T. Kress, P. Weber, Stan Bentvelsen, Dezso Horvath, U. C. Dunwoody, Claudio Grandi, B. Schmitt, J. M. Roney, P. A. Hart, G. Giacomelli, P. Schenk, M. Starks, C.J. Beeston, M. J. Losty, Jean-Arcady Meyer, T. G. Shears, E. A. Mckigney, Abish Malik, Ekg Sarkisyan, P. W. Jeffreys, B. Nijjhar, T. Kobayashi, H. Takeda, C. Hartmann, D. E. Plane, F. Wäckerle, R. Bürgin, B. Fabbro, M. Sasaki, D. M. Gingrich, M. S. Dixit, Frans Meijers, M. J. Pearce, G. M. Dallavalle, W. P. Lai, F. G. Oakham, G. W. Wilson, W. Mohr, P. Berlich, James Pinfold, M. Hauschild, Hans-Christian Schultz-Coulon, A. Posthaus, P. Bright-Thomas, Michael Schulz, E. L. Barberio, A. M. Rossi, D. G. Fong, C. Lewis, J. Gascon, Frank Fiedler, D. Hochman, J. J. Ward, T. Tsukamoto, P. Vikas, D. Lanske, C. Markus, Matthias Schröder, T. W. Pritchard, V. Zacek, H. Lafoux, T. R. Wyatt, D. S. Koetke, G. D. Lafferty, Guenter Duckeck, R. J. Barlow, Marcello Mannelli, R. W.L. Jones, Madjid Boutemeur, S. G. Clowes, M. Fierro, J. E.G. Edwards, J. G. Layter, S. W. O'Neale, E. H. Vokurka, P. G. Estabrooks, R. K. Keeler, P. M. Watkins, C. Charlesworth, K. J. Anderson, Stefania Xella, D. Chrisman, R. Kowalewski, K. Ametewee, Gideon Alexander, Paolo Capiluppi, Ehud Duchovni, M. Jimack, S. W. Gensler, and S. J. Hillier
Subjects: Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Branching fraction, Electron–positron annihilation, Detector, Weak interaction, Charged current, Universality (dynamical systems)
Abstract: The branching ratio of the τ− → e−νeντ decay mode has been measured with the OPAL detector to be (17.78 ± 0.10 ±0.09)% where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic. The branching ratio, together with other measurements, has been used to test e — μ and μ — τ universality in the charged current weak interaction.
Published: 1996

37. A UV laser technique for the Lorentz effect compensation studies in end-cap cathode strip chambers

Author: T. Muller, D. Chrisman, V. Tcherniatine, A. Gordeev, G. S. Varner, S. Whitaker, V. Gratchev, Jay Hauser, D. Joyce, D. Stephani, O. Prokofiev, James Shank, Y. Bonushkin, and Guenakh Mitselmakher
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Solenoidal vector field, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, business.industry, Cathode, Particle detector, Magnetic field, Anode, law.invention, Compensation (engineering), Optics, law, Magnet, Ionization, business, Instrumentation
Abstract: We report on a technique to study the Lorentz effect compensation in muon end-cap cathode strip chambers in detectors with solenoidal magnetic fields like GEM and CMS. The method utilizes a pulsed UV laser for depositing a track-like ionization in a chamber volume and a specially designed chamber with a rotating anode wire frame. The optimal compensation angle was measured to be 26.6±0.5° in a 3.4 T magnetic field using the M1 magnet of the RD5 experiment at CERN. The results are in good agreement with simulations.
Published: 1995

38. RD30 - study of an optical trigger proposed for a beauty search in fixed target mode at the LHC

Author: Ph. Rebourgeard, Daniel M. Kaplan, A. Delbart, D. Coltuc, V. Buzuloiu, O. G. Vlad, J. P. Perroud, C. Joseph, D. Chrisman, S. Loucatos, David B. Cline, J. Derre, C. Kochowski, Y. Giomataris, Remi Chipaux, M. T. Tran, M. Atac, T. Hill, Georges Charpak, E. I. Rosenberg, Y. Lemoigne, and J. Rhoades
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Discriminator, Large Hadron Collider, genetic structures, business.industry, Shell (structure), Charged particle, Nuclear physics, Crystal, Optics, Impact parameter, business, Particle beam, Instrumentation, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract: The optical discriminator is based on the detection of Cherenkov light produced and trapped in a thin, spherical, crystal shell. It is only sensitive to charged particles with a non-zero impact parameter relative to the centre of the crystal sphere. The properties of this device, the results of tests in a particle beam and the expected performance in a fast selection of B events in fixed target experiments are reported.
Published: 1994

39. Seminal plasma factors that cause large elevations in cellular cyclic GMP are C-type natriuretic peptides

Author: Ted D. Chrisman, David L. Garbers, Lincoln R. Potter, and Stephanie Schulz
Subjects: chemistry.chemical_classification, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.drug_class, Peptide, Cell Biology, Biology, Apical membrane, Peptide hormone, Biochemistry, Endocrinology, chemistry, Internal medicine, medicine, Natriuretic peptide, biology.protein, Oviduct, Antibody, Receptor, Molecular Biology, Peptide sequence
Abstract: Seminal plasma (porcine) was shown to elevate cyclic GMP in Balb/3T3 cells (235-fold), NIH/3T3, Rat-2, but not in human T84 cells. Seminal plasma and C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) markedly elevated cyclic GMP of 293 cells stably transfected with the guanylyl cyclase-B (GC-B) receptor, but failed to elevate cyclic GMP concentrations of 293 cells stably transfected with the guanylyl cyclase-A receptor. The seminal plasma activity was analyzed by reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography; two major fractions were obtained and the amino acid sequence of one matched that of proCNP-103. For the second peak of activity, sequence could not be obtained but the purified material bound to antibody specific for CNP. CNP concentrations in seminal plasma and seminal vesicle fluid were shown to be 2,000- and 100,000-fold greater than those found in porcine brain, respectively. Significant amounts of immunoreactive CNP also were detected in tracheal mucosa and uterus suggesting a general signaling role for the peptide. That seminal plasma CNP serves a function during fertilization was suggested by finding expression of GC-B mRNA in the uterus/oviduct and CNP-stimulatable GC-B in the intact uterus. Therefore, some or all of the GC-B receptor appears to exist on the apical membrane of uterine epithelial cells.
Published: 1993

40. Tracking with scintillating fibers and visible light photon counters

Author: Randy Ruchti, B. Baumbaugh, H. C. Fenker, R. Davies, D. Chrisman, F. Bird, J. Park, M.D. Petroff, J. Thomas, Brad Abbott, M. L. Kelly, M. Atac, K. Morgan, David B. Cline, J. Warchol, and D.S. Koltick
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Photon, Optical fiber, Interaction point, business.industry, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Physics::Optics, Cosmic ray, Photoelectric effect, Tracking (particle physics), law.invention, Optics, law, Calibration, Optoelectronics, business, Instrumentation, Visible spectrum
Abstract: A fiber tracking system was constructed at UCLA, consisting of four layers of scintillating fiber ribbons coupled to visible light photon counters (VLPCs), and was tested by measuring cosmic ray track. The total legth of the fiber array is 7 m: 4 m of scintillating fiber and 3 m of clear optical fiber, 0.83 mm diameter. An average number of 6 photoelectrons were detected by the VLPCs, 7 m from the cosmic ray interaction point at the end of the fibers. The details of the experimental arragement and the test results are presented.
Published: 1992

41. Scintillating fiber tracking for the SSC using visible light photon counters

Author: David B. Cline, J. Park, D. Chrisman, E. Anderson, M.D. Petroff, and M. Atac
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Photon, Silicon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, business.industry, Detector, Doping, Physics::Optics, chemistry.chemical_element, Tracking (particle physics), chemistry.chemical_compound, Optics, chemistry, Optoelectronics, Polystyrene, Fiber, business, Instrumentation, Visible spectrum
Abstract: Scintillating fiber tracking is being developed for the SSC laboratory as a part of the detector subsystem research and development program. For this research, photons produced in polystyrene based scintillating fibers are detected by visible light photon counters (VLPCs). The VLPCs are silicon impurity band conduction solid state devices [1] with quantum efficiencies near 85%. They provide a fast avalanche gain greater than 104 and a count rate capability above 107 mm−2s−1. We report here some of the performance characteristics of these solid state devices and some experimental results obtained using 0.83 mm diameter 3HF+PTP doped polystyrene scintillating fibers. Recent experiments done at UCLA show that an average minimum number of four photons are detected at the end of 4 m of scintillating fiber plus 3 m of clear fiber guide that transmits the photons to the VLPCs.
Published: 1992

42. Development of a high resolution scintillating fiber gamma ray telescope

Author: E.J. Fenyves, Roy C. Chaney, M. Atac, P.P. Antich, David B. Cline, D. Chrisman, and J. Park
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Photon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, business.industry, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Compton telescope, Resolution (electron density), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Gamma-ray astronomy, Astrophysics, Collimated light, law.invention, Telescope, Optics, law, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Angular resolution, business, Instrumentation, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract: We report on the initia development and testing of a Compton telescope that is composed of scintillating fibers and position sensitive photomultiphers. Initial tests of the telescope result in a 17.5 mrad (rms) angular resolution for 1.2 MeV photons from a collimated 60Co gamma source. This type of device can be used for constructing large area telescopes for gamma ray astronomy. The results from the prototype arrangement suggest that angular resolutions better than 4 mrad (rms) at 1.2 MeV and 1 mrad (rms) at 5 MeV may be obtainable by reducing all possible systematic errors.
Published: 1990

43. 73. Relationship Between Depression and Traumatic Brain injury in Adolescents

Author: Laura P. Richardson and Sara P D Chrisman
Subjects: Psychiatry and Mental health, Traumatic brain injury, business.industry, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, medicine, Rivermead post-concussion symptoms questionnaire, medicine.disease, business, Depression (differential diagnoses), Clinical psychology
Published: 2012

44. Cloning and expression of guanylin. Its existence in various mammalian tissues

Author: S. Schulz, T D Chrisman, and David L. Garbers
Subjects: Signal peptide, chemistry.chemical_classification, cDNA library, Guanylin, Cell Biology, Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular biology, Amino acid, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, Complementary DNA, Peptide Biosynthesis, Molecular Biology, Peptide sequence, Uroguanylin
Abstract: Guanylin (PNTCEICAYAACTGC) is a peptide recently isolated from the intestine, the actions of which appear to be mimicked by bacterial heat-stable enterotoxins (Currie, M. G., Fok, K. F., Kato, J., Moore, R. J., Hamra, F. K., Duffin, K. L., and Smith, C. E. (1992) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 89, 947-951). A cDNA clone encoding the peptide was isolated from a rat intestinal cDNA library using a degenerate oligonucleotide probe. The mRNA (approximately 0.8-0.9 kilobase) encoding the peptide contained an open reading frame of 115 amino acids, including an amino-terminal signal peptide. The carboxyl-terminal region of the predicted polypeptide contained a sequence identical to guanylin, but the 15-amino acid peptide likely represents an artifact of previous acetic acid extraction methods, since an aspartate residue precedes the amino-terminal proline. A lysine-lysine dipeptide bond is one likely processing site of pro-guanylin and would generate a 60-amino acid mature peptide. Other potential cleavage sites exist at single lysine and arginine residues, which could result in peptides ranging from 22 to 56 amino acids. Transfection of COS-7 cells with the guanylin cDNA resulted in the expression of a secreted protein of M(r) 10,000. The expressed proguanylin failed to elevate cyclic GMP concentrations in human colonic T84 cells, but acetic acid treatment of pro-guanylin activated it and resulted in large elevations of cyclic GMP. Guanylin mRNA was prevalent in rat intestine but was also found in low abundance in adrenal gland, kidney, and uterus/oviduct. Guanylyl cyclase C, the apparent guanylin receptor, was found in abundant amounts in the intestine by Northern analysis, and by the polymerase chain reaction or cDNA cloning it was also found in adrenal gland, airway epithelial cells, brain, and olfactory and tracheal mucosa. Therefore, the ligand and apparent receptor (guanylyl cyclase C) both originate from mammalian genes, and are expressed in various mammalian tissues.
Published: 1992

45. Phosphorylation and inactivation of liver glycogen synthase by liver protein kinases

Author: W G Strickland, T D Chrisman, M Imazu, and John H. Exton
Subjects: biology, Chemistry, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular biology, Glycogen debranching enzyme, Glycogen phosphorylase, GSK-3, Glycogen branching enzyme, biology.protein, Phosphorylase kinase, GSK3A, Glycogen synthase, Molecular Biology, GSK3B
Abstract: A rapid method for purifying glycogen synthase a from rat liver was developed and the enzyme was tested as a substrate for nine different protein kinases, six of which were isolated from rat liver. The enzyme was phosphorylated on a 17-kDa CNBr fragment to approximately 1 phosphate/87-kDa subunit by phosphorylase b kinase from muscle or liver with a decrease in the activity ratio (-Glc-6-P/+Glc-6-P) from 0.95 to 0.6. Calmodulin-dependent glycogen synthase kinase from rabbit liver produced a similar phosphorylation pattern, but a smaller activity change. The catalytic subunit of beef heart cAMP-dependent protein kinase incorporated greater than 1 phosphate/subunit initially into a 17-kDa CNBr peptide and then into a 27-30-kDa CNBr peptide, with an activity ratio decrease to 0.5. Glycogen synthase kinases 3, 4, and 5 and casein kinase 1 were purified from rat liver. Glycogen synthase kinase 3 rapidly phosphorylated liver glycogen synthase to 1.5 phosphate/subunit with incorporation of phosphate into 3 CNBr peptides and a decrease in the activity ratio to 0.3. Glycogen synthase kinase 4 produced a pattern of phosphorylation and inactivation of liver synthase which was very similar to that caused by phosphorylase b kinase. Glycogen synthase kinase 5 incorporated 1 phosphate/subunit into a 24-kDa CNBr peptide, but did not alter the activity of the synthase. Casein kinase 1 phosphorylated and inactivated liver synthase with incorporation of phosphate into a 24-kDa CNBr peptide. This kinase and glycogen synthase kinase 4 were more active against muscle glycogen synthase. Calcium-phospholipid-dependent protein kinase from brain phosphorylated liver and muscle glycogen synthase on 17- and 27-kDa CNBr peptides, respectively. However, there was no change in the activity ratio of either enzyme. The following conclusions are drawn. 1) Liver glycogen synthase a is subject to multiple site phosphorylation. 2) Phosphorylation of some sites does not per se control activity of the enzyme under the assay conditions used. 3) Liver contains most, if not all, of the protein kinases active on glycogen synthase previously identified in skeletal muscle.
Published: 1984

46. Purification of rat liver phosphorylase kinase

Author: J E Jordan, J H Exton, and T D Chrisman
Subjects: chemistry.chemical_classification, Glycogen, Chemistry, Skeletal muscle, Ether, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Glycogen phosphorylase, chemistry.chemical_compound, Enzyme, medicine.anatomical_structure, medicine, Phosphorylation, Phosphorylase kinase, Protein kinase A, Molecular Biology
Abstract: A rapid method for the purification of rat liver phosphorylase kinase 30,000-fold over homogenate values is described. The method allows the isolation of a near homogeneous preparation of phosphorylase kinase initially associated with the glycogen pellet to be accomplished within 24 h. The enzyme has Mr (apparent) = 1.3 million by gel filtration and is composed of subunits similar in size to those of skeletal muscle phosphorylase kinase. The enzyme is phosphorylated by the cAMP-dependent protein kinase: phosphate is incorporated into two of the subunits (Mr = 140,000 and Mr = 116,000) and is closely paralleled by activation of the enzyme. The enzyme is partially inhibited by ethylene glycol bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid and is stimulated by 10(-8)-10(-6) M Ca2+. The pH optimum of the nonactivated enzyme is 7.0. Activation by cAMP-dependent protein kinase does not appear to alter the Ca2+ sensitivity of the enzyme. However, it results in a large increase in activity at pH 7 through 8, but not at pH below 6.5. Purified rat liver phosphorylase kinase thus shows many similarities to purified skeletal muscle phosphorylase kinase, but differs in respect to its incomplete inhibition by ethylene glycol bis(beta-amino-ethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid and to the effects of phosphorylation by cAMP-dependent protein kinase on its pH activity profile and Ca2+ sensitivity.
Published: 1982

47. Characterization of particulate and soluble guanylate cyclases from rat lung

Author: Joel G. Hardman, T D Chrisman, M A Parks, and David L. Garbers
Subjects: chemistry.chemical_classification, Lung, Chromatography, GTP', Guanylate cyclase activity, Size-exclusion chromatography, Cell Biology, Particulates, Biochemistry, Divalent, Enzyme, medicine.anatomical_structure, chemistry, medicine, Cooperative behavior, Molecular Biology
Abstract: Rat lung homogenates contained significant amounts of guanylate cyclase activity in both 100,000 times g (60 min) particulate and supernatant fractions. In the presence of detergent, the particulate fraction contained 40% as much activity as did the supernatant fraction. Detergent-dispersed particulate and partially purified soluble guanylate cyclase preparations were characterized with respect to divalent cation requirements, divalent cation interactions, kinetic behavior, and gel filtration profiles. Both soluble and particulate guanylate cyclases required divalent cation for activity. The soluble preparation was 10 times more active in the presence of Mn-2plus than in the presence of Mg-2plus or Ca-2plus and no detectable activity was seen with Ba-2plus or Sr-2plus. Particulate guanylate cyclase activity was detectable only in the presence of Mn-2plus. Both enzyme preparations required Mn-2plus in excess of GTP for optimal activity at subsaturating amounts of GTP. At near-saturating GTP, the soluble enzyme required excess Mn-2plus, but the particulate enzyme did not. For kinetic analyses the enzymes were considered to require two substrates: metal-GTP and Me-2plus. Apparent negative cooperative behavior was seen with the soluble enzyme when excess Mn-2plus (in excess of GTP) was varied from 0.01 to 0.2 mM; above 0.2 mM excess Mn-2plus classical kinetic behavior was seen with an apparent KMn-2plus of 0.2 mM at near-saturating MnGTP. Similar studies using the particulate preparation yielded only classical kinetic behavior, but the apparent KMn-2plus decreased to near zero when MnGTP was near-saturating. Kinetic patterns for the particulate and soluble enzymes also differed when reciprocal initial velocities were plotted as a function of reciprocal MnGTP concentrations; classical kinetic behavior was seen with the soluble enzyme with an apparent KMnGTP of about 12 muM (at near-saturating excess Mn-2plus), whereas apparent positive cooperative behavior was seen with the particulate preparation (Hill coefficient equals 1.6, S0.5 EQUALS 70 MUM. Ca-2plus "activation" of soluble guanylate cyclase was related to the Mn-2plus:GTP ratio. Activation was most apparent when saturating amounts of Mn-2plus and MnGTP. At relatively high concentrations of Ca-2plus (0.1 to 4 mM), the addition of 10 muM Mn-2plus resulted in a 3- to 5-fold increase in soluble guanylate cyclase activity. In contrast, Ca-2plus sharply inhibited particulate guanylate cyclase activity. Gel filtration profiles of particulate and soluble preparations indicated differences in physical properties of the enzymes. As estimated by gel filtration, particulate (detergent-dispersed)evels. Here, removal of renal tissue is contraindicated. In all renal hy
Published: 1975

48. Regulation of rat liver glycogen synthase. Roles of Ca2+, phosphorylase kinase, and phosphorylase a

Author: John H. Exton, T D Chrisman, M Imazu, and W G Strickland
Subjects: biology, chemistry.chemical_element, Cell Biology, Calcium, Biochemistry, Glycogen debranching enzyme, Enzyme activator, Glycogen phosphorylase, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, Glycogen branching enzyme, biology.protein, Glycogen synthase, Phosphorylase kinase, Molecular Biology, Adenosine triphosphate
Published: 1983

49. Formation of pyrophosphate by soluble guanylate cyclase from rat lung

Author: Joel G. Hardman, Ted D. Chrisman, David L. Garbers, and Janice L. Suddath
Subjects: GUCY1B3, Guanylate kinase, GTP', Stereochemistry, education, Biophysics, Biochemistry, Pyrophosphate, chemistry.chemical_compound, Animals, Nucleotide, Lung, Molecular Biology, chemistry.chemical_classification, Chromatography, Manganese, GUCY1A2, Chemistry, GUCY1A3, Guanylate cyclase 2C, Rats, Diphosphates, Guanylate Cyclase, Chromatography, Gel, Calcium
Abstract: The guanylate cyclase reaction was studied to determine the identity of the product(s) formed other than guanosine-3′,5′-monophosphate (cyclic GMP). Partially purified guanylate cyclase preparations from rat lung catalyzed the formation of nearly equal amounts of PP 1 and of cyclic GMP from GTP. Column chromatography of the enzyme preparation on DEAE-Sephadex or Bio-Gel A-5m failed to separate the enzyme(s) involved in formation of cyclic GMP and of PP 1 . Nucleotide inhibitors of cyclic GMP formation also inhibited PP 1 formation, and Ca 2+ , a stimulant of cyclic GMP formation in the presence of Mn 2+ , also stimulated PP 1 formation. Detectable PP 1 formation was not observed when ATP was present instead of GTP. The results show that guanylate cyclase, in vitro , catalyzes the formation of pyrophosphate from GTP concomitant with the synthesis of cyclic GMP.
Published: 1975

50. Rat hepatic 6-phosphofructo 2-kinase/fructose 2,6-bisphosphatase: A unique bifunctional enzyme

Author: Ann D. Colosia, Simon J. Pilkis, Jo Pilkis, Ted D. Chrisman, M. Raafat El-Maghrabi, M. McGrane, Billy Burgress, and T.H. Claus
Subjects: Cancer Research, Hepatic fructokinase, Phosphofructokinase-2, Stereochemistry, Fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase, Fructose-bisphosphate aldolase, Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental, Enzyme activator, chemistry.chemical_compound, Adenosine Triphosphate, Multienzyme Complexes, Cyclic AMP, Fructosediphosphates, Genetics, Animals, Phosphofructokinase 2, Phosphorylation, Molecular Biology, biology, Chemistry, Aldolase B, Phosphotransferases, Fructose, Chromatography, Ion Exchange, Electrophoresis, Disc, Hormones, Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases, Rats, Liver, Biochemistry, Starvation, Fructolysis, biology.protein, Molecular Medicine
Abstract: Fructose 2,6-bisphosphate is a potent allosteric activator of 6-phosphofructo 1-kinase and an inhibitor of fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase. It potentiates the effect of AMP on both enzymes. A great deal of compelling evidence supports the hypothesis that fructose 2,6-bisphosphate plays a key role in the hormonal and substrate regulation of substrate cycling at the fructose 6-phosphate/fructose 1,6-bisphosphate level in liver. This regulation is exerted at the level of the enzyme activities responsible for the synthesis and degradation of fructose 2,6-bisphosphate. Synthesis of the compound is catalyzed by a unique enzyme which transfers the gamma-phosphate of ATP to the C2 position of fructose 6-phosphate (ATP:D fructose 6-phosphate 2-phosphotransferase) while degradation is catalyzed by a phosphohydrolase activity which is specific for the C-2 position of fructose 2,6-bisphosphate (D-fructose 2,6-bisphosphate 2-phosphohydrolase). These activities are distinct from the classical 6-phosphofructo 1-kinase and fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase with regard to molecular weight, interaction with ligands, and the efficiency with which phosphoryl transfer occurs. Both activities have been purified to homogeneity and have been shown to be present in a single enzyme protein, i.e. the enzyme is bifunctional. Incubation of the 6-phosphofructo 2-kinase/fructose 2,6-bisphosphatase with cAMP-dependent protein kinase and ATP leads to phosphorylation of the enzyme resulting in inactivation of the phosphotransferase activity and stimulation of the phosphohydrolase activity. Since fructose 2,6-bisphosphate is not further metabolized and can only be recycled to fructose 6-phosphate, simultaneous modulation of the synthesis and degradation of the compound by covalent modification of a single protein provides a very efficient and sensitive regulatory mechanism. The bifunctional enzyme was also shown to possess an ATPase activity which was nearly equal to the activity of the kinase reaction. However, in the presence of fructose 6-phosphate the enzyme did not transfer phosphate to water but rather to the C-2 position of the phosphorylated sugar. The ability of the enzyme to catalyze a partial reaction at a rate nearly equal to that of the forward reaction suggested that the reaction mechanism of the kinase proceeds by a two step transfer, i.e. via a phosphoryl enzyme intermediate.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
Published: 1983

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