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2. Evaluation of the neutron-induced cross sections of actinides using the CONRAD code

Author

G. Noguere, P. Tamagno, O. Bouland, and C. De Saint Jean

Subjects
General Medicine
Abstract

The CONRAD computer code is being developed by the nuclear data group of CEA Cadarache since mid-2000. It was originally designed to analyse neutron-induced reactions in the resonance energy range and then, was extended to higher energies (several MeV) treatment with inclusion of charged-particles penetration factor. In the thermal energy range, a procedure was implemented to manage the so-called Thermal Neutron Constants, especially devoted to the 239Pu, 241Pu, 233U and 235U nuclei. In the resonance range, nuclear models implemented in the CONRAD program rely on R-matrix model fits with in particular, improved treatment of the fission penetration factor and fluctuations of the prompt neutron multiplicity via a two-step (n,γf) process. Above the resonance range, the neutron continuum energy region of the observed cross sections can be analysed either with the TALYS code or with an in-house optical model code named CCCP that is followed by Hauser-Feshbach calculations according to the compound nucleus deexcitation channels. Non-model least squares fitting procedures have been also tested for neutron cross sections adjustment in the continuum energy range, and such, applied in the framework of the standard cross section group at the IAEA (Vienna). This paper will only focus on the evaluation works performed in the resonance range of minor and major actinides with special emphasis on the experimental corrections suitable to reproduce time-of-flight experiments.

Published
2023

3. Measurement of U238(n,n′γ ) cross section data and their impact on reaction models

Author

P. Romain, G. Rudolf, N. Nankov, C. De Saint Jean, Toshihiko Kawano, A. Bacquias, A. Olacel, R. Wynants, M. Kerveno, M. Dupuis, P. Dessagne, Roberto Capote, J.C. Drohé, Fabio Belloni, M. Stanoiu, A. Negret, Markus Nyman, M. Boromiza, C. Rouki, C. Borcea, S. Hilaire, Pierre Leconte, G. Henning, D. Bernard, and A. J. M. Plompen

Subjects
Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear structure, Inelastic scattering, 01 natural sciences, Neutron temperature, Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), Reaction model, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Spectroscopy, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

A better knowledge of $(n,xn)$ reaction cross sections is important for both reaction modeling and energy applications. This article focuses on inelastic scattering of neutrons off $^{238}\mathrm{U}$ for which improvements are needed to better constrain evaluations and solve inconsistencies in nuclear power reactor calculations. A new precise measurement of $(n,xn\ensuremath{\gamma})$ reaction cross sections on $^{238}\mathrm{U}$ has been performed at the GELINA (Geel Electron LINear Accelerator) neutron facility operated by EC-JRC-Geel (Belgium) with the GRAPhEME (GeRmanium array for Actinides PrEcise MEasurements) setup. The prompt $\ensuremath{\gamma}$-ray spectroscopy method coupled to time-of-flight measurements is used to extract $(n,xn\ensuremath{\gamma})$ cross section values which can be further combined to infer the total neutron inelastic scattering cross section. Cross section data for 18 $\ensuremath{\gamma}$ transitions (five never measured before) are presented and compared to the data in the literature. Emphasis is especially given to the uncertainty determination to produce partial cross section data as accurate as possible. Due to intrinsic limitations of the experimental method, the use of additional nuclear structure information coupled with theoretical modeling is required to determine the total $(n,{n}^{\ensuremath{'}})$ cross section over the whole neutron energy range. We have investigated modeling aspects of the $^{238}\mathrm{U}(n,{n}^{\ensuremath{'}}\ensuremath{\gamma})$ cross sections related to the description of compound nucleus and preequilibirum mechanisms as well as the discrete part of nuclear structure. Through comparison between experimental and calculated $(n,{n}^{\ensuremath{'}}\ensuremath{\gamma})$ cross sections, we pinpoint inaccuracies in the description of specific reaction mechanisms and challenge recently implemented models. This helps improving the whole modeling of the $(n,{n}^{\ensuremath{'}})$ reaction.

Published
2021

5. The joint evaluated fission and fusion nuclear data library, JEFF-3.3

Author

Davide Flammini, A. J. M. Plompen, Luca Fiorito, Olivier Litaize, Gilles Noguere, Sandro Pelloni, Mark R. Gilbert, Andrej Trkov, Wim Haeck, K.-H. Schmidt, Pierre Tamagno, J.R. Granada, S. C. van der Marck, D. H. Kim, P. Romain, Petter Helgesson, A. Stankovskiy, F. Michel-Sendis, D. Foligno, Pierre Leconte, I. Kodeli, Luiz Leal, M. Fleming, Stanislav Simakov, J. C. Sublet, F. Alvarez-Velarde, Eric Bauge, Franz-Josef Hambsch, A. Yu. Konobeyev, E. Dupont, H. I. Kim, D. Roubtsov, Rosaria Villari, O. Bersillon, Peter Schillebeeckx, Henrik Sjöstrand, C. De Saint Jean, J. I. Márquez Damián, R. J. Perry, R.W. Mills, C. Jouanne, N. Leclaire, Oscar Cabellos, B. Erasmus, C.J. Diez, Ulrich Fischer, Y. O. Lee, James Dyrda, Stéphane Hilaire, D. Rochman, R. Jacqmin, M.A. Kellett, A. Krása, Massimo Angelone, A. Röhrmoser, Patrick Sauvan, T. Ware, Gašper Žerovnik, I. Hill, Pablo Romojaro, A. Chebboubi, K. Yokoyama, Pavel Pereslavtsev, F. Cantargi, A.I. Blokhin, Arjan J. Koning, B. Jansky, Mathieu Hursin, B. Morillon, Pascal Archier, Stefan Kopecky, I. Sirakov, B. Kos, H. Duarte, Mitja Majerle, H. Leeb, A. Algora, M. Pecchia, Olivier Serot, Raphaelle Ichou, Direction des Applications Militaires (DAM), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques (OCDE), CEA Cadarache, Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies (LIST), Direction de Recherche Technologique (CEA) (DRT (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Plompen, A. J. M., Cabellos, O., De Saint Jean, C., Fleming, M., Algora, A., Angelone, M., Archier, P., Bauge, E., Bersillon, O., Blokhin, A., Cantargi, F., Chebboubi, A., Diez, C., Duarte, H., Dupont, E., Dyrda, J., Erasmus, B., Fiorito, L., Fischer, U., Flammini, D., Foligno, D., Gilbert, M. R., Granada, J. R., Haeck, W., Hambsch, F. -J., Helgesson, P., Hilaire, S., Hill, I., Hursin, M., Ichou, R., Jacqmin, R., Jansky, B., Jouanne, C., Kellett, M. A., Kim, D. H., Kim, H. I., Kodeli, I., Koning, A. J., Konobeyev, A. Y., Kopecky, S., Kos, B., Krasa, A., Leal, L. C., Leclaire, N., Leconte, P., Lee, Y. O., Leeb, H., Litaize, O., Majerle, M., Marquezdamian, J. I., Michel-Sendis, F., Mills, R. W., Morillon, B., Noguere, G., Pecchia, M., Pelloni, S., Pereslavtsev, P., Perry, R. J., Rochman, D., Rohrmoser, A., Romain, P., Romojaro, P., Roubtsov, D., Sauvan, P., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, K. H., Serot, O., Simakov, S., Sirakov, I., Sjostrand, H., Stankovskiy, A., Sublet, J. C., Tamagno, P., Trkov, A., van der Marck, S., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Villari, R., Ware, T. C., Yokoyama, K., Zerovnik, G., Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OCDE), and Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies (LIST (CEA))

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Technology, [PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th], Fission, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear Data, Subatomär fysik, Nuclear physics, Subatomic Physics, 0103 physical sciences, JEFF-3.3, Nuclear fusion, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, NEA, Nuclear data, Neutron temperature, ddc, purl.org/becyt/ford/2 [https], purl.org/becyt/ford/2.3 [https], Delayed neutron, ddc:600, Radioactive decay, Neutron activation
Abstract

The joint evaluated fission and fusion nuclear data library 3.3 is described. New evaluations for neutron-induced interactions with the major actinides U , U and Pu , on Am and Na , Ni , Cr, Cu, Zr, Cd, Hf, W, Au, Pb and Bi are presented. It includes new fission yields, prompt fission neutron spectra and average number of neutrons per fission. In addition, new data for radioactive decay, thermal neutron scattering, gamma-ray emission, neutron activation, delayed neutrons and displacement damage are presented. JEFF-3.3 was complemented by files from the TENDL project. The libraries for photon, proton, deuteron, triton, helion and alpha-particle induced reactions are from TENDL-2017. The demands for uncertainty quantification in modeling led to many new covariance data for the evaluations. A comparison between results from model calculations using the JEFF-3.3 library and those from benchmark experiments for criticality, delayed neutron yields, shielding and decay heat, reveals that JEFF-3.3 performes very well for a wide range of nuclear technology applications, in particular nuclear energy., Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank all contributors to the JEFF project that shared their insights and provided their specific input for the present JEFF-3.3 evaluation and its immediate predecessors JEFF-3.2 and JEFF-3.1.2.

Published
2020

6. Nuclear data adjustment using Bayesian inference, diagnostics for model fit and influence of model parameters

Author

J. M. Palau, Divya Kumar, C. De Saint Jean, Syed Bahauddin Alam, and Henrik Sjöstrand

Subjects
Mathematical model, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Physics, QC1-999, Bayesian probability, Degrees of freedom (statistics), Information Criteria, Deviance (statistics), computer.software_genre, Bayesian inference, 01 natural sciences, Data assimilation, 0103 physical sciences, Sannolikhetsteori och statistik, Data mining, Akaike information criterion, 010306 general physics, Probability Theory and Statistics, computer
Abstract

The mathematical models used for nuclear data evaluations contain a large number of theoretical parameters that are usually uncertain. These parameters can be calibrated (or improved) by the information collected from integral/differential experiments. The Bayesian inference technique is used to utilize measurements for data assimilation. The Bayesian approximation is based on the least-square or Monte-Carlo approaches. In this process, the model parameters are optimized. In the adjustment process, it is essential to include the analysis related to the influence of model parameters on the adjusted data. In this work, some statistical indicators such as the concept of Cook’s distance; Akaike, Bayesian and deviance information criteria; effective degrees of freedom are developed within the CONRAD platform. Further, these indicators are applied to a test case of 155Gd to evaluate and compare the influence of resonance parameters.

Published
2020

7. Covariance matrices of the hydrogen neutron cross sections bound in light water for the JEFF-3.1.1 neutron library

Author

Pascal Archier, Gilles Noguere, C. De Saint Jean, Juan Pablo Scotta, CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)

Subjects
Work (thermodynamics), [PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th], Hydrogen, Fission, Covariance matrix, 020209 energy, Zero-Variance Penalty, chemistry.chemical_element, Thermal scattering, 02 engineering and technology, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Thermal Scattering Law, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, NJOY, Neutron, Marginalization, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear data, Covariance, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, chemistry, CONRAD, LEAPR
Abstract

In the international neutron libraries, the behavior with the energy of the neutron cross sections of hydrogen in light water depends on the Thermal Scattering Laws tabulated in terms of S ( α , β ) . For the Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion library (JEFF), Mattes and Keinert have established Thermal Scattering Laws by using the LEAPR module of the NJOY code. However, uncertainties on the corresponding S ( α , β ) were never reported. Such missing information was recently calculated with the nuclear data code CONRAD by determining the covariances between the model parameters involved in LEAPR. The obtained uncertainties were propagated to reactivity coefficients calculated for critical assemblies operating in “cold” conditions (temperature below 80 °C) and for PWR in “hot” operating conditions (300 °C). For the integral benchmarks investigated in this work, we found that the uncertainty on the calculated k eff , due to the S ( α , β ) uncertainties, is close to ± 130 pcm at room temperature and ± 50 pcm at 300 °C.

Published
2017

8. Influence of nuclear data parameters on integral experiment assimilation using Cook's distance

Author

Henrik Sjöstrand, C. De Saint Jean, Divya Kumar, Syed Bahauddin Alam, and J. M. Palau

Subjects
Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, QC1-999, Nuclear engineering, Nuclear data, Experimental data, 01 natural sciences, Core (optical fiber), Subatomär fysik, 0103 physical sciences, Subatomic Physics, 010306 general physics, Cook's distance
Abstract

Nuclear data used in designing of various nuclear applications (e.g., core design of reactors) is improved by using integral experiments. To utilize the past critical experimental data to the reactor design work, a typical procedure for the nuclear data adjustment is based on the Bayesian theory (least-square technique or Monte-Carlo). In this method, the nuclear data parameters are optimized by the inclusion of the experimental information using a Bayesian inference. The selection of integral experiments is based on the availability of well-documented specifications and experimental data. Data points with large uncertainties or large residuals (outliers) may affect the accuracy of the adjustment. Hence, in the adjustment process, it is very important to study the influence of experiments as well as of the prior nuclear data on the adjusted results. In this work, the influence of each individual reaction (related to nuclear data) is analyzed using the concept of Cook’s distance. First, JEZEBEL (Pu239, Pu240 and Pu241) integral experiment is considered for data assimilation and then the transposition of results on ASTRID fast reactor concept is discussed.

Published
2019

9. Integral data assimilation of the MERCI-1 experiment for the nuclear data associated with the PWR decay heat computation

Author

C. Reynard-Carette, J. Huyghe, C. De Saint-Jean, V. Vallet, D. Lecarpentier, C. Vaglio-Gaudard, CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Service de Physique des Réacteurs et du Cycle (SPRC), Département Etude des Réacteurs (DER), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), EDF (EDF), Institut des Matériaux, de Microélectronique et des Nanosciences de Provence (IM2NP), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)

Subjects
[PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th], Fission, QC1-999, Nuclear engineering, Shutdown, fission yield data, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, integral experiment, 0103 physical sciences, covariances, Decay heat, 010306 general physics, Dimensioning, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Physics, Nuclear data, MERCI-1, Covariance, nuclear data, Nuclear reactor core, decay heat, Assimilation, Environmental science, Radioactive decay
Abstract

WONDER-2018 – 5th International Workshop On Nuclear Data Evaluation for Reactor applications. 8-12 octobre 2018, Aix-en-Provence, France; International audience; Nuclear decay heat is a crucial issue for PWR in-core safetyafter reactor shutdown and back-end cycle. It is a dimensioning parameterfor safety injection systems (SIS) to avoid a dewatering of the reactor core.The decay heat uncertainty needs to be controlled over the largest range ofapplications. The assimilation of the MERCI-1 experiment was studied toprovide feedbacks on nuclear data. This experiment consisted in themeasurement of the decay heat of a PWR UOX fuel sample irradiated inthe OSIRIS reactor, for cooling times between 45 minutes and 42 days.More specifically, the consideration of several experimental values ofMERCI-1 at different cooling times was tested. This raised issues aboutcorrelations to consider between different measurements. Besides, theimpact of considering correlations between independent fission yields incovariance matrices on the decay heat uncertainty calculation and on thefeedbacks on nuclear data is discussed.

Published
2019

10. New delayed neutron group constants and covariances for LWR core applications, combining summation calculations and integral experiments

Author

Andrea Zoia, Benoit Geslot, Guillaume Truchet, Pierre Tamagno, Ricardo Diniz, L. Fautrat, Pierre Leconte, Pascal Archier, A. dos Santos, Erez Gilad, C. De Saint Jean, and D. Foligno

Subjects
Core (optical fiber), Nuclear physics, Physics, Uranium-238, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Neutron emission, Group (periodic table), Uranium-235, Neutron, Delayed neutron
Published
2020

11. Validation of actinide nuclear data based on reactivity worth experiments in a MOX-LWR spectrum

Author

Pierre Tamagno, Pierre Leconte, D. Bernard, A. Gruel, Guillaume Truchet, Jean-Pascal Hudelot, J. Di Salvo, C. De Saint Jean, M. Antony, Benoit Geslot, Pascal Archier, and Romain Eschbach

Subjects
Materials science, 020209 energy, Nuclear engineering, Experimental data, Nuclear data, 02 engineering and technology, Actinide, 01 natural sciences, 010305 fluids & plasmas, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, 0103 physical sciences, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Reactivity (chemistry), Sensitivity (control systems), MOX fuel
Abstract

OSMOSE was a CEA/DOE collaborative experiment dedicated to the improvement of actinide nuclear data. Based on reactivity worth measurements of pure isotopic samples of various actinides from 232Th to 245Cm, it represents a unique set experimental data to validate evaluated nuclear data. This paper presents the analysis of the experiments conducted in a MOXLWR-type core configuration, with TRIPOLI-4® Monte-Carlo calculations. The comparison between calculated and measured reactivity worth shows a good agreement with JEFF-3.1.1 for all the actinides, except 241Am. The combination of the C/E results with the sensitivity coefficients and prior covariances in a re-estimation process suggests that some improvement is required on the 241Am (n,g), towards an increase of +6% of the JEFF-3.1.1 thermal capture cross section. Based on the same reestimation process, improvements in the nuclear data covariances are pointed out, with posterior uncertainties on the reactivity worth significantly reduced for 238Pu, 239Pu, 241Am, 237Np and 244+245Cm.

Published
2020

12. Overview of the OECD-NEA Working Party on International Nuclear Data Evaluation Cooperation (WPEC)

Author

A. J. M. Plompen, Giuseppe Palmiotti, Vladimir Sobes, C. De Saint Jean, Ayman I. Hawari, Massimo Salvatores, Zhigang Ge, M. Fleming, Osamu Iwamoto, Hideo Harada, E. Dupont, D. Bernard, D. Brown, Morgan C. White, I. Kodeli, Arjan J. Koning, Fausto Malvagi, R.W. Mills, Mark B. Chadwick, Kenji Yokoyama, M. Herman, Gilles Noguere, and D. P. McNabb

Subjects
Engineering management, Software, Work (electrical), Application programming interface, Criticality, business.industry, Physics, QC1-999, Benchmark (surveying), Nuclear data, Thermal scattering, business, Quality assurance
Abstract

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Working Party on International Nuclear Data Evaluation Cooperation (WPEC) was established in 1989 to facilitate collaboration in nuclear data activities. Over its thirty year history, different Subgroups have been created to address topics in nearly every aspect of nuclear data, including: experimental measurements, evaluation, validation, model development, quality assurance of databases and the development of software tools.WPEC has recently completed activities on fission yield evaluation, the general nuclear database structure (GNDS) to replace the ENDF-6 format, methods to provide feedback to evaluation, studies of specific capture cross sections, new methods in thermal scattering kernel evaluation and the Collaborative International Evaluated Library Organisation (CIELO) Pilot Project. Ongoing activities in GNDS application programming interface (API) development, methods for covariance evaluation and quality assurance in nuclear data validation using the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) database are complemented by the work of two Expert Groups that oversee the High-Priority Request List (HPRL) for Nuclear Data and the continuous development of the GNDS. New activities on the use of integral experiments for nuclear data validation and adjustment, as well as the use of the Shielding Integral Benchmark Archive and Database (SINBAD) for validation have begun and will be coordinated alongside future Subgroups.After three decades we will review the status of WPEC, how it integrates other collections and activities organised by the NEA and how it dovetails with the initiatives of the IAEA and other bodies to effectively coordinate international activities in nuclear data.

Published
2020

13. Doppler broadening of neutron-induced resonances using ab initio phonon spectrum

Author

Pablo Maldonado, Gilles Noguere, C. De Saint Jean, Département Etude des Réacteurs (DER), CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Department of Physics and Astronomy [Uppsala], Uppsala University, Service de Physique des Réacteurs et du Cycle (SPRC), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN))

Subjects
Physics, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-CLASS-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Classical Physics [physics.class-ph], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Phonon, Ab initio, General Physics and Astronomy, Resonance, Lambda, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, Neutron, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Néel temperature, Doppler broadening
Abstract

Neutron resonances observed in neutron cross section data can only be compared with their theoretical analogues after a correct broadening of the resonance widths. This broadening is usually carried out by two different theoretical models, namely the Free Gas Model and the Crystal Lattice Model, which, however, are only applicable under certain assumptions. Here, we use neutron transmission experiments on UO2 samples at $T=23.7$ K and $T=293.7$ K, to investigate the limitations of these models when an ab initio phonon spectrum is introduced in the calculations. Comparisons of the experimental and theoretical transmissions highlight the underestimation of the energy transferred at low temperature and its impact on the accurate determination of the radiation widths $\Gamma_{\gamma_{\lambda}}$ of the 238U resonances $\lambda$ . The observed deficiency of the model represents an experimental evidence that the Debye-Waller factor is not correctly calculated at low temperature near the Neel temperature ( $ T_{N}=30.8$ K).

Published
2018

14. Evaluation of Neutron-induced Cross Sections and their Related Covariances with Physical Constraints

Author

Edwin Privas, Pierre Tamagno, Gilles Noguere, B. Habert, C. De Saint Jean, Pascal Archier, CEA Cadarache, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA )

Subjects
Nuclear reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Computer science, Nuclear data, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Bayesian inference, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Resonance (particle physics), Nuclear physics, Range (mathematics), Criticality, Nuclear reactor core, 13. Climate action, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, Statistical physics, [ PHYS.NEXP ] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 010306 general physics
Abstract

International audience; Nuclear data, along with numerical methods and the associated calculation schemes, continue to play a key role in reactor design, reactor core operating parameters calculations, fuel cycle management and criticality safety calculations. Due to the intensive use of Monte-Carlo calculations reducing numerical biases, the final accuracy of neutronic calculations increasingly depends on the quality of nuclear data used. This paper gives a broad picture of all ingredients treated by nuclear data evaluators during their analyses. After giving an introduction to nuclear data evaluation, we present implications of using the Bayesian inference to obtain evaluated cross sections and related uncertainties. In particular, a focus is made on systematic uncertainties appearing in the analysis of differential measurements as well as advantages and drawbacks one may encounter by analyzing integral experiments.The evaluation work is in general done independently in the resonance and in the continuum energy ranges giving rise to inconsistencies in evaluated files. For future evaluations on the whole energy range, we call attention to two innovative methods used to analyze several nuclear reaction models and impose constraints. Finally, we discuss suggestions for possible improvements in the evaluation process to master the quantification of uncertainties. These are associated with experiments (microscopic and integral), nuclear reaction theories and the Bayesian inference.

Published
2018

15. CIELO Collaboration Summary Results: International Evaluations of Neutron Reactions on Uranium, Plutonium, Iron, Oxygen and Hydrogen

Author

S. C. van der Marck, Denise Neudecker, D. Roubtsov, Tokio Fukahori, A.C. Kahler, Patrick Talou, E. Mendoza, R. Arcilla, Andrej Trkov, Stefan Kopecky, B. McDermott, I. Hill, I. Sirakov, Makoto Ishikawa, Giuseppe Palmiotti, V.G. Pronyaev, M.W. Herman, A. J. M. Plompen, Naohiko Otuka, Luiz Leal, David Bernard, Osamu Iwamoto, F. Cantargi, John Lestone, L. Hanlin, Peter Schillebeeckx, Oscar Cabellos, Nobuyuki Iwamoto, I. Duran, Marco T. Pigni, Ulrich Fischer, Sofia Quaglioni, A. Daskalakis, H.I. Kim, Eric Bauge, Yaron Danon, Mark B. Chadwick, D. Cano-Ott, Gerald M. Hale, Stanislav Simakov, Gustavo Nobre, Satoshi Kunieda, W. Haicheng, Z. Ge, I. Kodeli, J. Qian, A.V. Ignatyuk, E. Dupont, B. Morillon, C. De Saint Jean, C.R. Lubitz, Klaus H Guber, Mark W. Paris, Arjan J. Koning, M. Sin, F.-J. Hambsch, J. Balibrea, Roberto Capote, Allan D. Carlson, Gilles Noguere, R. Jacqmin, C. Paradela, P. Romain, Ian J. Thompson, X. Ruan, Michael Evan Rising, Y.O. Lee, Massimo Salvatores, T. Liu, O. Bouland, Brian C. Kiedrowski, Toshihiko Kawano, K. Yokoyama, David Brown, Michael E Dunn, G. Giorginis, J.I. Márquez Damián, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire ( IRSN ), Direction des Applications Militaires ( DAM ), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ), OECD, CEA Cadarache, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), Direction des Applications Militaires (DAM), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques (OCDE), and Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OCDE)

Subjects
Technology, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Otras Ingenierías y Tecnologías, Nuclear engineering, Cross section libaries, Nuclear data, chemistry.chemical_element, Neutron, INGENIERÍAS Y TECNOLOGÍAS, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclide, [ PHYS.NEXP ] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 010306 general physics, purl.org/becyt/ford/2.11 [https], Isotopes of uranium, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Uranium, Plutonium, Uranium-238, purl.org/becyt/ford/2 [https], chemistry, Criticality, Environmental science, ddc:600
Abstract

The CIELO collaboration has studied neutron cross sections on nuclides that significantly impact criticality in nuclear technologies - 235,238U, 239Pu, 56Fe, 16O and 1H - with the aim of improving the accuracy of the data and resolving previous discrepancies in our understanding. This multi-laboratory pilot project, coordinated via the OECD/NEA Working Party on Evaluation Cooperation (WPEC) Subgroup 40 with support also from the IAEA, has motivated experimental and theoretical work and led to suites of new evaluated libraries that accurately reflect measured data and also perform Fil: Chadwick, M.B.. Los Alamos National High Magnetic Field Laboratory; Estados Unidos Fil: Capote, R.. International Atomic Energy Agenc; Austria Fil: Trkov, A.. Brookhaven National Laboratory; Estados Unidos Fil: Herman, M.W.. Brookhaven National Laboratory; Estados Unidos Fil: Brown, D.A.. European Commission, Joint Research Center; Bélgica Fil: Hale, G.M.. 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2018

16. Evaluation of Cross Section Uncertainties Using Physical Constraints: Focus on Integral Experiments

Author

Gilles Noguere, Edwin Privas, Pascal Archier, Olivier Litaize, Pierre Leconte, and C. De Saint Jean

Subjects
Nuclear reaction, Physics, Nuclear physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Cross section (physics), Data assimilation, Consistency (statistics), Range (statistics), Nuclear data, Nuclear Experiment, Focus (optics), Resonance (particle physics)
Abstract

Evaluation of neutron-induced reactions between 0 eV and 20 MeV is mainly based on nuclear reaction models with parameters estimated from data assimilation on experiments. Several inconsistencies may appear such as mismatches for the cross sections, larger uncertainties on boundary and no cross-correlations between high energy domain and resonance range. In addition, different evaluations could give good overall behaviour of integral experiments with large compensating effects among them. After a summary of several methods which take into account physical constraints on overlapping energy domains where two nuclear reaction models are needed, we focus on a review of the use of integral experiments as additional physical constraints in the evaluation of parameters and cross section covariances. In particular, we present comparison of traditional multigroup adjustment with data assimilation based on nuclear model parameters by the analysis of JEZEBEL. A general consistency is obtained between these adjustments as well as important reduction of fission cross section uncertainties.

Published
2015

17. Study on Prompt Fission Neutron Spectra and Associated Covariances for 235U(nth,f) and 239Pu(nth,f)

Author

Léonie Berge, O Serot, C. De Saint Jean, Olivier Litaize, Pascal Archier, and Y. Peneliau

Subjects
Physics, Covariance, Fission, Covariance matrix, FIFRELIN, Nuclear data, Thermal Fission, Physics and Astronomy(all), Nuclear physics, Moment (mathematics), Prompt Fission Neutron Spectra, Neutron flux, Madland-Nix, CONRAD, Neutron detection, Neutron, vessel flux, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Prompt Fission Neutron Spectra (PFNS) are very important nuclear data for reactor neutronic calculation tools. Most of the international evaluated nuclear data libraries lie on the Madland-Nix model, which is a based on evaporation theory of fission fragments. But very scarce data can be found regarding the PFNS covariance matrix associated to these evaluations. As an illustration of the impact of the PFNS on neutronic calculations, we will show a Monte-Carlo calculation of the neutron flux received by a PWR vessel, using different PFNS evaluations. The neutrons that have the highest probability to contribute to the vessel flux are those that are emitted at the highest energies; however most of the fission neutrons are emitted around 2 MeV. These results show the necessity to have very precise PFNS evaluations, and a proper estimation of associated covariances. The estimation of the PFNS covariance matrix associated to a model, after adjustment of model parameters, will be shown. This is performed by the CONRAD code, developed at CEA Cadarache. The final goal of the study is to adjust the parameters involved in fission fragments de-excitation in the FIFRELIN Monte-Carlo code, also developed at CEA Cadarache, which computes the PFNS among other fission quantities, and to provide the associated PFNS covariance matrix. However for the moment we focused the study on three historically widely used PFNS models: Maxwellian, Watt and Madland-Nix models. The covariance matrix on the adjusted spectrum comes mainly from the systematic uncertainty on some experimental parameters — namely the normalization, background, detection efficiency, etc. In order to propagate this type of uncertainties properly, the marginalization technique is used. A close knowledge of the conditions in which a particular experimental PFNS has been measured is required, in order to have a correct estimation of the PFNS uncertainties after adjustment. In this work, we propagated the uncertainty on normalization of experimental spectra, and the uncertainty on the energy-dependent neutron detection efficiency. We show the resulting PFNS and associated covariance matrix in the case of thermal neutron-induced fission of 235 U and 239 Pu.

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2015
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18. Fission yield covariance matrices for the main neutron-induced fissioning systems contained in the JEFF-3.1.1 library

Author

C. De Saint Jean, N. Terranova, Pascal Archier, O Serot, Marco Sumini, Terranova, N., Serot, O., Archier, P., De Saint Jean, C., Sumini, M., CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), University of Bologna, Département Etude des Réacteurs (DER), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), and University of Bologna/Università di Bologna

Subjects
Propagation of uncertainty, Nuclear fission product, [PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th], Covariance, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Nuclear data, Fission yield, Fission product yield, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Fission yields, Nuclear physics, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, CONRAD, 0103 physical sciences, Uncertainty propagation, Neutron, Decay heat, 010306 general physics, Mathematics
Abstract

Nuclear data improvement, validation and completion are one of the major concerns for ensuring safety-by-design standards and economic optimization for modern nuclear facilities. Uncertainty and sensitivity analyses must be carried out to estimate the nuclear data influence on integral reactor parameters, highlighting margins of improvement needed to get full benefit from modern advanced modeling. The quality of any uncertainty quantification analysis strongly depends on the covariance matrices made available in the evaluated nuclear data libraries. In modern nuclear data libraries (e.g. JEFF, ENDF/B or JENDL) no correlations for fission yields (FY) are provided, so in the present work we propose a covariance generation methodology which yielded reasonable results for application-relevant thermal and fast neutron-induced fission product yields. The main goal was not to perform a new evaluation but to reproduce coherently the JEFF-3.1.1 fission yield library and add covariance information. We did so using the Generalized Least Square Method (GLSM) and the Marginalization techniques implemented in the CONRAD code, developed at CEA-Cadarache. Results on the thermal neutron-induced fission of 235 U , 239 Pu , 241 Pu and on the fast-neutron induced fission of 238 U , 239 Pu and 240 Pu are presented and tested on elementary fission decay heat uncertainty quantifications.

Published
2017

19. The CIELO collaboration: Progress in international evaluations of neutron reactions on Oxygen, Iron, Uranium and Plutonium

Author

Marian Jandel, M.W. Herman, Gilles Noguere, Toshihiko Kawano, Arjan J. Koning, L. Tingjin, Brian C. Kiedrowski, Ulrich Fischer, Michael E Dunn, A. J. M. Plompen, P. Schillebeeck, Mark B. Chadwick, Q. Jing, Patrick Talou, Tokio Fukahori, Andrej Trkov, V.G. Pronyaev, John Lestone, A.V. Ignatyuk, Sofia Quaglioni, G. Zhigang, Denise Neudecker, I. Hill, H.I. Kim, Mark W. Paris, Osamu Iwamoto, Eric Bauge, I. Kodeli, Yaron Danon, O. Bouland, F.-J. Hambsch, Giuseppe Palmiotti, Roberto Capote, B. Morillon, W. Haicheng, K. Yokoyama, Nobuyuki Iwamoto, R. Jacqmin, R. Arcilla, Stefan Kopecky, E. Dupont, I. Sirakov, M. Ishikawa, Michael Evan Rising, M. Sin, Massimo Salvatores, Gustavo Nobre, Gerald M. Hale, A.C. Kahler, Ian J. Thompson, Luiz Leal, R. Xichao, Allan D. Carlson, G. Giorginis, Marco T. Pigni, C. De Saint Jean, C.R. Lubitz, D. Roubtsov, Oscar Cabellos, P. Romain, D. Brown, S. Kuneada, L. Hanlin, Y.O. Lee, and Shea Mosby

Subjects
Physics, Technology, Isotopes of uranium, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear engineering, QC1-999, chemistry.chemical_element, Uranium, 01 natural sciences, Plutonium, Nuclear physics, Nuclear technology, Criticality, chemistry, 0103 physical sciences, Uranium-235, Neutron, Nuclide, 010306 general physics, ddc:600
Abstract

The CIELO collaboration has studied neutron cross sections on nuclides that significantly impact criticality in nuclear technologies – 16 O, 56 Fe, 235,8 U and 239 Pu – with the aim of improving the accuracy of the data and resolving previous discrepancies in our understanding. This multi-laboratory pilot project, coordinated via the OECD/NEA Working Party on Evaluation Cooperation (WPEC) Subgroup 40 with support also from the IAEA, has motivated experimental and theoretical work and led to suites of new evaluated libraries that accurately reflect measured data and also perform well in integral simulations of criticality.

Published
2017

20. Working Party on International Nuclear Data Evaluation Cooperation (WPEC)

Author

Mark B. Chadwick, A. J. M. Plompen, Y.O. Lee, Makoto Ishikawa, Osamu Iwamoto, Toshihiko Kawano, Yaron Danon, Zhigang Ge, A.V. Ignatyuk, R.A. Forrest, E. Dupont, Michael E Dunn, R. Jacqmin, Massimo Salvatores, M.W. Herman, Arjan J. Koning, Hideo Harada, Ulrich Fischer, Peter Schillebeeckx, Giuseppe Palmiotti, R.W. Mills, Tokio Fukahori, Masayuki Igashira, Luiz C Leal, D. P. McNabb, R.D. McKnight, C. De Saint Jean, and A.C. Kahler

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Nuclear fission product, Fission products, Angular distribution, Exchange of information, Computer science, Energy agency, Nuclear data, Experimental data
Abstract

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) organizes cooperation between the major nuclear data evaluation projects in the world. The NEA Working Party on International Nuclear Data Evaluation Cooperation (WPEC) was established to promote the exchange of information on nuclear data evaluation, measurement, nuclear model calculation, validation, and related topics, and to provide a framework for cooperative activities between the participating projects. The working party assesses nuclear data improvement needs and addresses these needs by initiating joint activities in the framework of dedicated WPEC subgroups. Studies recently completed comprise a number of works related to nuclear data covariance and associated processing issues, as well as more specific studies related to the resonance parameter representation in the unresolved resonance region, the gamma production from fission product capture reactions, the 235U capture cross section, the EXFOR database, and the improvement of nuclear data for advanced reactor systems. Ongoing activities focus on the evaluation of 239Pu in the resonance region, scattering angular distribution in the fast energy range, and reporting/usage of experimental data for evaluation in the resolved resonance region. New activities include two subgroups on improved fission product yield evaluation methodologies and on modern nuclear database structures. Future activities under discussion include a pilot project for a Collaborative International Evaluated Library Organization (CIELO) and methods to provide feedback from nuclear and covariance data adjustment for improvement of nuclear data. In addition to the above mentioned short-term task-oriented subgroups, WPEC also hosts a longer-term subgroup charged with reviewing and compiling the most important nuclear data requirements in a high priority request list (HPRL)., JRC.D.4-Standards for Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards

Published
2014

21. Neutron Inelastic Scattering Measurements for Na, Ge, Zr, Mo and U

Author

N. Nankov, A. J. M. Plompen, C. Borcea, M. Kerveno, Luiz C Leal, P. Dessagne, C. De Saint Jean, C. Vaglio-Gaudard, J.C. Drohé, Gilles Noguere, A. Bacquias, Markus Nyman, Arjan J. Koning, Pascal Archier, C. Rouki, A. Domula, G. Rudolf, Alexandru Negret, and Kai Zuber

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials science, Nuclear transmutation, Fuel cycle, Nuclear data, Neutron, Actinide, Inelastic scattering, Spectroscopy, High-level waste
Abstract

Studies for advanced reactor systems such as sodium-cooled fast reactors designed for recycling of high level waste, accelerator driven systems for transmutation, and systems envisioning the use of the Th/U fuel cycle impose tight requirements on nuclear data for accurate predictions of their operation and safety characteristics. Among the identified needs established by sensitivity studies, neutron inelastic scattering on the main structural materials and actinides and some (n,xn) cross sections for actinides feature prominently. Prompt-gamma spectroscopy and time-of-flight techniques were used to measure (n,xnγ) cross-sections of interest. Experiments were performed at the GELINA neutron time-of-flight facility of IRMM. Results for 235U and 23Na are briefly recalled; pertaining theoretical discussions are mentioned to explain observations concerning 238U. The status of studies on 76Ge, Zr and Mo is also reported.

Published
2014

22. Estimation of Nuclear Reaction Model Parameter Covariances and the Related Neutron Induced Cross Sections with Physical Constraints

Author

Edwin Privas, Gilles Noguere, Pascal Archier, and C. De Saint Jean

Subjects
Normalization (statistics), Nuclear reaction, Physics, Nuclear physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Range (mathematics), symbols.namesake, Lagrange multiplier, symbols, Boundary (topology), Nuclear data, Neutron, Resonance (particle physics)
Abstract

In neutron induced reactions between 0 eV and 20 MeV, a general problem arises during the evaluation of cross sections. Most of the time, the evaluation work is done independently between the resolved resonance range and the continuum, giving rise to mismatches for the cross sections, larger uncertainties on boundary and no cross-correlations between high energy domain and resonance range. This paper will present several methodologies that may be used for avoiding such effects. A first idea based on the use of experiments overlapping two energy domains appeared in the near past. It will be reviewed and extended to the use of systematic uncertainties (normalization for example). In addition, we propose a methodology taking into account physical constraints on an overlapping energy domain where two nuclear reaction models are used (continuity of both cross sections or derivatives for example). The use of Lagrange multipliers (related to these constraints) in a classical generalized least square procedure will be presented and some academic examples will be detailed.

Published
2014

23. On the Use of Zero Variance Penalty Conditions for the Generation of Covariance Matrix between Model Parameters

Author

B. Habert, Gilles Noguere, C. De Saint Jean, and Pascal Archier

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Nuisance variable, Covariance matrix, Statistics, Zero (complex analysis), Nuisance parameter, Observable, Variance (accounting), Measure (mathematics), Resonance (particle physics), Mathematics
Abstract

This paper presents models developed to generate covariances between observable, latent and nuisance variables. The methodology consists in using “variance penalty” terms as a measure of the contribution of the uncertainty of the latent and nuisance variables to the variance of a given calculated quantity z . The Resonance Parameter Covariance Matrix for 241 Am obtained with the Zero Variance Penalty model (ZVP) is compared with the corresponding one provided by Monte-Carlo.

Published
2014

24. 239Pu Prompt Fission Neutron Spectra Impact on a Set of Criticality and Experimental Reactor Benchmarks

Author

Olivier Litaize, Pascal Archier, Y. Peneliau, and C. De Saint Jean

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Neutron transport, Criticality, law, Neutron flux, Fission, Nuclear power plant, Nuclear data, Neutron, MOX fuel, law.invention
Abstract

A large set of nuclear data are investigated to improve the calculation predictions of the new neutron transport simulation codes. With the next generation of nuclear power plants (GEN IV projects), one expects to reduce the calculated uncertainties which are mainly coming from nuclear data and are still very important, before taking into account integral information in the adjustment process. In France, future nuclear power plant concepts will probably use MOX fuel, either in Sodium Fast Reactors or in Gas Cooled Fast Reactors. Consequently, the knowledge of 239 Pu cross sections and other nuclear data is crucial issue in order to reduce these sources of uncertainty. The Prompt Fission Neutron Spectra (PFNS) for 239 Pu are part of these relevant data (an IAEA working group is even dedicated to PFNS) and the work presented here deals with this particular topic. The main international data files (i.e. JEFF-3.1.1, ENDF/B-VII.0, JENDL-4.0, BRC-2009) have been considered and compared with two different spectra, coming from the works of Maslov and Kornilov respectively. The spectra are first compared by calculating their mathematical moments in order to characterize them. Then, a reference calculation using the whole JEFF-3.1.1 evaluation file is performed and compared with another calculation performed with a new evaluation file, in which the data block containing the fission spectra (MF=5, MT=18) is replaced by the investigated spectra (one for each evaluation). A set of benchmarks is used to analyze the effects of PFNS, covering criticality cases and mock-up cases in various neutron flux spectra (thermal, intermediate, and fast flux spectra). Data coming from many ICSBEP experiments are used (PU-SOL-THERM, PU-MET-FAST, PU-MET-INTER and PU-MET-MIXED) and French mock-up experiments are also investigated (EOLE for thermal neutron flux spectrum and MASURCA for fast neutron flux spectrum). This study shows that many experiments and neutron parameters are very sensitive to the PFNS, in particular for high leakage thermal criticality cases for which the discrepancy between international evaluation files spectra and Kornilov spectra can reach 800 pcm. A neutronic analysis is proposed to explain this large discrepancy. For fast spectrum cases, Maslov's and Kornilov's spectra have a negative effect, between some dozens of pcm to around 300 pcm.

Published
2014

25. 239Pu Resonance Evaluation for Thermal Benchmark System Calculations

Author

A.C. Kahler, Luiz C Leal, Gilles Noguere, and C. De Saint Jean

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Prompt neutron, chemistry, Fission, Thermal, Energy agency, Benchmark (computing), Nuclear data, chemistry.chemical_element, Resonance (particle physics), Plutonium
Abstract

Analyses of thermal plutonium solution critical benchmark systems have indicated a deficiency in the 239 Pu resonance evaluation. To investigate possible solutions to this issue, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Working Party for Evaluation Cooperation (WPEC) established Subgroup 34 to focus on the reevaluation of the 239 Pu resolved resonance parameters. In addition, the impacts of the prompt neutron multiplicity ( ν ¯ ) and the prompt neutron fission spectrum (PFNS) have been investigated. The objective of this paper is to present the results of the 239 Pu resolved resonance evaluation effort.

Published
2014

26. Covariance Matrix Evaluations for Independent Mass Fission Yields

Author

Marco Sumini, Pascal Archier, O Serot, N. Terranova, C. De Saint Jean, N. Terranova, O. Serot, P. Archier, C. De Saint Jean, and M. Sumini

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Fission products, Covariance matrix, Fission, Nuclear data, fission yield, Fission product yield, Covariance, NUCLEAR DATA, Nuclear physics, Matrix (mathematics), Prompt neutron, COVARIANCE MATRIX, Mathematics
Abstract

Recent needs for more accurate fission product yields include covariance information to allow improved uncertainty estimations of the parameters used by design codes. The aim of this work is to investigate the possibility to generate more reliable and complete uncertainty information on independent mass fission yields. Mass yields covariances are estimated through a convolution between the multi-Gaussian empirical model based on Brosa's fission modes, which describe the pre-neutron mass yields, and the average prompt neutron multiplicity curve. The covariance generation task has been approached using the Bayesian generalized least squared method through the CONRAD code. Preliminary results on mass yields variance-covariance matrix will be presented and discussed from physical grounds in the case of 235U( n th , f) and 239Pu( n th , f) reactions.

Published
2015

27. Measurement of inclusive π 0 production in hadronic Z 0 decays

Author

F. Simonetto, G. Leder, B. Åsman, V. Lefebure, D. Crennell, F. Mandl, G. Smadja, Patrick Jarry, G. Rinaudo, J. Salt, Z. Krumstein, L.N. Gerdyukov, T. Tabarelli, H. Palka, A. De Min, A. Trombini, I. Siccama, G. Sajot, P. Rebecchi, H. Rahmani, M. Blume, F. Barao, R. Mc Nulty, H. De Boeck, B. Jean-Marie, M. Tyndel, A. Deghorain, T. Buran, Markus Elsing, D. Fassouliotis, Ariella Cattai, F. Ledroit, J. Fuster, J.D. Richardson, Richard Jacobsson, O. Smirnova, A. N. Sisakian, A. Petrolini, A. Sadovsky, S. C. Blyth, G. Wilkinson, E. Higon, J. M. Lopez, Leif J. Jönsson, Borge Svane Nielsen, S. De Brabandere, B. De Lotto, G. Crosetti, Evgueni Vlasov, C. Joram, Andrei Nomerotski, J. Dolbeau, P. Bambade, C. Maocun, S. Bosworth, A. Lopez-Fernandez, R. Zuberi, Krzysztof Doroba, A. Passeri, F. Scuri, Chiara Meroni, P. Bruckman, G. W. Van Apeldoorn, L. Ventura, K. Yip, R. Lindner, J. W. Lamsa, Y. Lemoigne, Kathy Huet, Valeriy Pozdniakov, Olga Botner, M. Weierstall, Christine Kourkoumelis, E. Dahl-Jensen, T. Bolognese, K. Kurvinen, P.S.L. Booth, Per Jönsson, Norbert Neumeister, H. Herr, G. Transtromer, Chiara Mariotti, L. G. Tkatchev, Manfred Krammer, A. M. Wetherell, Charles Bricman, P. Kubinec, Peter Kluit, Clara Troncon, Carmen García, A. Seitz, J. P. Tavernet, M. Michelotto, D. Wicke, Javier Sánchez, L. Lanceri, G. Vegni, J. Van Eldik, Stéphane Plaszczynski, I. Lippi, T. S. Hill, H. Foeth, W. Bonivento, I. Stavitski, M. Schimmelpfennig, C. Zacharatou, P. Carrilho, J. J. Hernandez, J. Garcia, Kerem Cankocak, O. Podobrin, M.A. Lopez Aguera, S. Hahn, Francesca Romana Cavallo, M. Berggren, J. H. Wickens, B. Muryn, Marco Paganoni, Jose Luis Contreras, P. Delpierre, B. Ueberschaer, Paul Baillon, D. Zontar, Alexander Lincoln Read, A. Galloni, S. O. Holmgren, A. Klovning, Y. Arnoud, U. Mjoernmark, C. Bosio, P. B. Renton, E. I. Rosenberg, M. Szeptycka, Konstantinos Papageorgiou, H. T. Phillips, Vladimir Cindro, D. C. Fries, Louis Lyons, L. S. Vertogradov, M. Gibbs, R. Aleksan, W. Kucewicz, Tord Ekelof, Piotr Zalewski, B. Marechal, E. C. Katsoufis, A. De Angelis, S. Hoorelbeke, P. Herquet, Marta Calvi, Vincenzo Canale, V. V. Lapin, Geoffrey Smith, C. De Clercq, Marc Winter, G. Myatt, P. Collins, Maurizio Canepa, V. Obraztsov, K. D. Brand, W. J. Murray, L. Vitale, H. B. Crawley, D. Gele, M. Davenport, P. P. Allport, N. I. Zimin, S. Ragazzi, N. Redaelli, B. Golob, C. Kreuter, F. Dupont, P. Seager, Paolo Ronchese, A. G. Frodesen, O. Yushchenko, N. J. Kjaer, W. Oberschulte-Beckmann, E. K. Johansson, G. A. Chelkov, B. Loerstad, H. Wahlen, I. Roncagliolo, Klaus Hamacher, Daniel Bloch, D. Radojicic, Steinar Stapnes, M. Verlato, Ahmimed Ouraou, Tiziano Camporesi, G. Cosme, Juan Abel Barrio, R. C. Shellard, L. Di Ciaccio, Josef Hrubec, T. Burgsmueller, N. Vassilopoulos, Maria Elena Pol, J. Chauveau, S. Katsanevas, Jan Krolikowski, Luiz Mundim, N. N. Khovanski, W. Bartl, Z. Hajduk, Maciej Górski, Demetrios Loukas, I. A. Tyapkin, V.A. Uvarov, R. A. Brenner, Robert S. Brown, S. J. Alvsvaag, E. Agasi, V. Ruhlmann-Kleider, K. H. Becks, P. Lutz, G. Tristram, P. J. Holt, Marco Bozzo, M. L. Andrieux, Manolis Dris, R. Moeller, M. Petrovyck, W. Krupinski, R. Sekulin, V. Nikolaenko, P. Frenkiel, M. Karlsson, A. M. Segar, Sandra Amato, T. A. Filippas, K. Belous, M. Regler, F. Fontanelli, J. P. Laugier, E. Vallazza, T. Moa, M. Pimenta, B. A. Khomenko, R. Barate, P. Roudeau, C. Vander Velde, G. Valenti, Matteo Pegoraro, A. Firestone, L. K. Resvanis, J. Baudot, I. V. Ajinenko, C. Walck, M. S. Bilenky, V. Malychev, Massimo Caccia, L.J. Carroll, A. Buys, A. Normand, C. Weiser, R. Ehret, A. Romero, P. V. Chliapnikov, Imad Baptiste Laktineh, D. Y. Bardin, S. Squarcia, H. Saarikko, Yu. Sedykh, Francesco Navarria, Alberto Benvenuti, W.S.C. Williams, P. Langefeld, Lucio Cerrito, T. Maron, Mogens Dam, H. Mueller, F. Pierre, Vincent Hedberg, A. Ferrer, Ugo Amaldi, J. Medbo, W. De Boer, E. Zevgolatakos, G. Sciolla, G. Maehlum, P. Juillot, D. W. Lane, P. Antilogus, Fabio Cossutti, J. N. Jackson, P. Pages, P. Weilhammer, H. J. Hilke, M. Battaglia, V. Chorowicz, D. Vilanova, J-C. Marin, B. Erzen, R. Gokieli, L. Gorn, Amiran Tomaradze, Fares Djama, O. Ullaland, R. Lauhakangas, Ph. Charpentier, T. Brenke, M. Zito, G. Ekspong, Josef Strauss, V. Chabaud, M. Espirito Santo, W. Venus, T. Lesiak, J. Rames, W. Van Doninck, P. N. Ratoff, W. Neumann, P. Kokkinias, Y. Dufour, Sandor Czellar, P. Gunnarsson, Spyros Tzamarias, O. Tchikilev, B. Franek, S. Lamblot, L. Bugge, P. Niss, W. T. Meyer, K. Grzelak, M. Prest, Lydia Roos, M. Mazzucato, Allan Hallgren, S. Simonetti, M. Begalli, R. Nicolaidou, A. J. Camacho Rozas, I. Kronkvist, J. P. Gerber, C. K. Legan, G. Polok, R. Orava, M. Donszelmann, Yu. Gouz, Danilo Zavrtanik, F. Stichelbaut, P. Buschmann, R. Mc Kay, C. Martinez-Rivero, J. Drees, William Trischuk, A. Markou, G. Eigen, A. Andreazza, Evangelos Gazis, Tiziano Rovelli, B. Bouquet, Ernesto Migliore, D. Z. Toet, P. Siegrist, P. H. Kramer, I. Ripp, R. Keranen, F. Zach, S. S. Meyer, R. Janik, Stanislav Nemecek, Francisco Matorras, N. Pukhaeva, Pierre Billoir, D. Souza-Santos, G. Della Ricca, B. Tome, Th. D. Papadopoulou, M. Dracos, L. Chaussard, J. Dahm, C. Defoix, F. Fulda-Quenzer, E. Graziani, J. E. Augustin, J. M. Brunet, D. J. Holthuizen, Cristian Stanescu, P. Branchini, P. A. Fischer, Vaclav Vrba, H. Schneider, Y. Sacquin, Hans Dijkstra, C. Gaspar, T. L. Hessing, R. Contri, Wolfgang Adam, G. C. Zucchelli, Yu. Belokopytov, V. Lepeltier, Paolo Checchia, Ph. Gavillet, R. Henriques, M. Kaiser, M. Gunther, J. MacNaughton, C. Caso, Rupert Leitner, G. Piana, Claire Bourdarios, P. Paganini, M. Nieuwenhuizen, G. Matthiae, Luc Pape, A. Maio, L. Brillault, J. P. Engel, M. V. Castillo Gimenez, Paul Dauncey, N. Demaria, G. Damgaard, V. Gracco, Klaus Moenig, M. A. Houlden, W. Da Silva, W. A. Mitaroff, F. Richard, P. Chochula, C. Matteuzzi, S. Almehed, R. Chierici, F. Hahn, F. Formenti, F. Cao, N. Ershaidat, V. Bocci, O. Kouznetsov, Martino Margoni, E. Fokitis, Luis Peralta, F. Kapusta, Ugo Gasparini, K. A. Drees, Guido Barbiellini, J. Guy, Marek Szczekowski, E. Rosso, H. Klein, Tim Adye, K. Osterberg, A. Baroncelli, P. Van Dam, G. D. Alekseev, C. De La Vaissiere, Mario Sannino, M. Mc Cubbin, K. Hultqvist, Gary John Barker, K. Woschnagg, A. Tilquin, L. De Paula, Pawel Jalocha, Barry King, E. Falk, M. J. Bates, E. Spiriti, M. Bonesini, R. Frühwirth, Toralf Bernhard Skaali, T. Spassov, D. Gamba, M. Witek, J. Timmermans, B. Dalmagne, F. Verbeure, B. Stugu, S. Gumenyuk, M. Gandelman, A. Lipniacka, Milos Lokajicek, D. Bertrand, L. Tortora, F. J. Harris, M. Pindo, E. Cortina, W. Ruckstuhl, Carlos Lacasta, Krzysztof A. Rybicki, G. Borisov, M. Baubillier, Achille Stocchi, A. M. Zaitsev, Alexander Vodopyanov, F. Bianchi, B. Koene, F. Parodi, E. Karvelas, J. Cuevas Maestro, T. Todorov, M. Wielers, K. Karafasoulis, M. L. Turluer, D. Reid, R. Sosnowski, P. Vincent, Gianni Zumerle, F. Naraghi, P. Poropat, Andromachi Tsirou, Andre Augustinus, Paolo Morettini, J. G. Loken, C. De Saint-Jean, P. Beilliere, S. Marti i Garcia, D. Edsall, G. Grosdidier, A. Ruiz, M. A E Schyns, W. Hao, O. Barring, A. Onofre, T. J. V. Bowcock, F. Carena, A. G. Olshevski, U. Schwickerath, Maria Roberta Monge, A. Zalewska, M. Pernicka, Jesus Marco, G. Lenzen, R. Strub, Jacques Lemonne, F. Martinez-Vidal, V. Kostioukhine, M. Koratzinos, Laurent Mirabito, M. Feindt, S. Sánchez Navas, P. Negri, P. Sponholz, Göran Jarlskog, G. P. Gopal, W. D. Apel, Dietrich Liko, P. Privitera, Chariclia Petridou, Branislav Sitar, M. Reale, Daniel Treille, M. Bigi, J. Ridky, C. Parkes, Nikita Smirnov, and Andrea Perrotta

Subjects
Scattering cross-section, Physics, Particle physics, Photon, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Hadron, Function (mathematics), 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Distribution (mathematics), Electromagnetic calorimeter, 0103 physical sciences, Production (computer science), 010306 general physics, Parton shower
Abstract

An analysis is presented of inclusiveπ 0 production inZ 0 decays measured with the DELPHI detector. At low energies,π 0 decays are reconstructed by using pairs of converted photons and combinations of converted photons and photons reconstructed in the barrel electromagnetic calorimeter (HPC). At high energies (up to $$x_p = 2 \cdot p_\pi /\sqrt s = 0.75$$ ) the excellent granularity of the HPC is exploited to search for two-photon substructures in single showers. The inclusive differential cross section is measured as a function of energy forqq andbb events. The number ofπ 0’s per hadronicZ 0 event isN(π 0)/Z 0 =9.2±0.2(stat)±1.0(syst) and forbb events the number ofπ 0’s is N(π 0)/bb=10.1±0.4(stat)±1.1(syst). The ratio of the number ofπ 0’s inbb events to hadronicZ 0 events is less affected by the systematic errors and is found to be 1.09±0.05±0.01. The measuredπ 0 cross sections are compared with the predictions of different parton shower models. For hadronic events, the peak position in theξ p=ln(1/xp) distribution isξ* p =3.90 −0.14 +0.24 . The average number ofπ 0’s from the decay of primary B hadrons is found to be N(B→π 0 X)/B hadron=2.78±0.15(stat)±0.60(syst).

Published
2016

28. High resolution measurement of neutron inelastic scattering cross-sections for 23Na

Author

J. C. Drohe, A. J. M. Plompen, C. Rouki, Stefan Kopecky, Alexandru Negret, C. Borcea, Pascal Archier, C. De Saint Jean, N. Nankov, M. Stanoiu, A. Moens, and Gilles Noguere

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Neutron stimulated emission computed tomography, Neutron cross section, Neutron source, Neutron, Inelastic scattering, Neutron scattering, Instrumentation, Neutron time-of-flight scattering, Inelastic neutron scattering
Abstract

The neutron inelastic scattering cross-section of 23 Na has been measured in response to the relevant request of the OECD–NEA High Priority Request List, which requires a target uncertainty of 4% in the energy range up to 1.35 MeV for the development of sodium-cooled fast reactors. The measurement was performed at the GELINA facility with the Gamma Array for Inelastic Neutron Scattering (GAINS), featuring eight high purity germanium detectors. The setup is installed at a 200 m flight path from the neutron source and provides high resolution measurements using the (n,n′γ)-technique. The sample was an 80 mm diameter metallic sodium disk prepared at IRMM. Transitions up to the seventh excited state were observed and the differential gamma cross-sections at 110° and 150° were measured, showing mostly isotropic gamma emission. From these the gamma production, level and inelastic cross-sections were determined for neutron energies up to 3838.9 keV. The results agree well with the existing data and the evaluated nuclear data libraries in the low energies, and provide new experimental points in the little studied region above 2 MeV. Following a detailed review of the methodology used for the gamma efficiency calibrations and flux normalization of GAINS data, an estimated total uncertainty of 2.2% was achieved for the inelastic cross-section integrals over the energy ranges 0.498–1.35 MeV and 1.35–2.23 MeV, meeting the required targets.

Published
2012

29. From low- to high-energy nuclear data evaluations

Author

C. De Saint Jean, Gilles Noguere, Olivier Bouland, Edwin Privas, Pascal Archier, O Serot, and Pierre Tamagno

Subjects
Nuclear reaction, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Range (mathematics), Monte Carlo method, Nuclear data, Nuclear fusion, Neutron, Statistical physics, Covariance, Resonance (particle physics)
Abstract

Evaluation of neutron cross sections between 0eV and 20MeV is based on several aspects of nuclear physics such as nuclear reaction and structure models and microscopic and integral measurements. Most of the time, the evaluation process is separately done in the resolved resonance range and the continuum. It may give rise to non-physical mismatches of cross sections and large uncertainties at boundaries. It also leads to an absence of cross correlations between high-energy domain and resonance range. In addition, integral experiments are sometimes only used to check central values (evaluation is “working fine” on a dedicated set of benchmarks). Eventual reduction of uncertainties on cross sections is not straightforward: “working fine” could be mathematically turned into reduced uncertainties. This paper will present several ideas that could be used to avoid such effects. They are based on basic physical principles, recent advances in terms of covariance evaluation methodologies, intensive use of Monte Carlo methods and High Performance Computing (HPC) and on some newly introduced models. A clear connection is made between resonance and continuum energy ranges.

Published
2015

30. Average radiation widths of levels in natural xenon isotopes

Author

Pascal Archier, P. Mutti, Gilles Noguere, C. De Saint Jean, and Olivier Litaize

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Isotope, Neutron resonance, chemistry.chemical_element, Radiation, Nuclear physics, Stable xenon, Xenon, Electron linear accelerator, Nuclear magnetic resonance, chemistry, Isotopes of xenon, Shape analysis (digital geometry)
Abstract

Average radiation widths 〈Γγ〉 for the stable xenon isotopes have been estimated using neutron resonance spectroscopic information deduced from high-resolution capture and transmission data measured at the electron linear accelerator GELINA of the Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM) in Geel, Belgium. The combination of conventional Neutron Resonance Shape Analysis techniques (NRSA) with high-energy model calculations in a simple Bayesian learning method permit to calculate a consistent local systematic in the xenonʼs mass region (Z=54) from A=124 to A=136.

Published
2011

33. 23Na Evaluation with CONRAD for Fast Reactor Applications

Author

Gilles Noguere, C. De Saint Jean, Jean Tommasi, and Pascal Archier

Subjects
Materials science, chemistry, Nuclear engineering, Sodium, General Physics and Astronomy, Nuclear data, chemistry.chemical_element
Published
2011

36. CONRAD Evaluation Code: Development Status and Perspectives

Author

Pierre Tamagno, Léonie Berge, C. De Saint Jean, Gilles Noguere, Olivier Litaize, Edwin Privas, and Pascal Archier

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Parsing, Shape analysis (program analysis), Interface (Java), Computer science, Process (engineering), Gaussian, Frame (networking), computer.software_genre, Nuclear physics, symbols.namesake, Computer engineering, Interfacing, Code (cryptography), symbols, computer
Abstract

CONRAD is an object-oriented code developed at CEA Cadarache since 2005 to treat issues occurring during the data assimilation process. The last new features of the code in terms of experimental, theoretical and interface aspects are presented in this paper. The experimental descriptions capabilities have been enhanced thanks to the implementation of both analytical (Chi-Square, Gaussian) and Monte-Carlo resolution functions which are required for neutron resonance shape analysis. On the theoretical aspects, efforts have been focused on the fast energy region with the wrapping of the ECIS and TALYS codes and the management of optical model and statistical parameters. These new features make it possible for CONRAD to currently perform evaluations from 0 to 20 MeV. Concerning the interfacing developments, a multigroup cross-sections generating tool and an ENDF parser have been recently improved to produce multigroup cross-section covariance matrices in the frame of the JEFF project. Several examples and comparisons with other codes (SAMMY, REFIT) are provided to validate each development.

Published
2014

38. Scenario with inert matrix fuel: a specific study

Author

J.P. Grouiller, C. de Saint-Jean, J. Pavageau, and J.Y. Doriath

Subjects
Inert, Inventory control, Nuclear fuel, Scale (chemistry), Nuclear engineering, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, chemistry.chemical_element, Minor actinide, Actinide, Nuclear reactor, law.invention, Plutonium, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, chemistry, law, Environmental science, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Waste Management and Disposal
Abstract

In this paper, we describe a strategy study concerning the future of the French nuclear energy infrastructure, with a scenario involving reactors loaded with inert matrix fuel. We select the problem of the inventory control of minor actinides by target introduction into fast reactors. Added to pressurized water reactors in the French nuclear infrastructure, this scenario permits one to balance plutonium and minor actinide production and consumption and to obtain a substantial reduction of the radiological impact compared to a non-reprocessing fuel scenario on a one million year scale.

Published
2001

39. New JEFF-3.2 sodium neutron induced cross-sections evaluation for neutron fast reactors applications: from 0 to 20 MeV

Author

Gilles Noguere, A. J. M. Plompen, C. Rouki, Pascal Archier, and C. De Saint Jean

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Set (abstract data type), Physics, Nuclear reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Data assimilation, Experimental data, High resolution, Nuclear data, Neutron, Covariance
Abstract

In the framework of the ASTRID project, a new 23Na evaluation, containing re-evaluated nuclear data and associated covariances, has been prepared to be submitted for the future JEFF-3.2 library. This work has been motivated mainly because the current JEFF-3.1.1 sodium evaluation showed large differences with microscopic measurements and does not have covariances data. Recent experimental data from IRMM and high resolution measurements from Larson have been simultaneously analyzed with the data assimilation code CONRAD and a good agreement with the evaluated cross-sections has been achieved. Experimental systematic uncertainties have been propagated to the nuclear reaction model parameters in order to produce a coherent set of covariance data. Several figures are provided in this paper to illustrate the new features of this evaluation., JRC.D.4-Standards for Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards

Published
2013

40. The CIELO collaboration: Neutron reactions on 1H, 16O, 56Fe, 235,238U, and 239Pu

Author

Mark B. Chadwick, Roberto Capote, Toshihiko Kawano, V.G. Pronyaev, Makoto Ishikawa, Michael E Dunn, R. Jacqmin, A. J. M. Plompen, S. C. van der Marck, D. Brown, Said F. Mughabghab, I. Kodeli, Y.O. Lee, Luiz C Leal, A. Blokhin, J. C. Sublet, Allan D. Carlson, S. M. Grimes, Gerald M. Hale, R.A. Forrest, S. Simakov, P. Romain, Ramona Vogt, Marian Jandel, E. Dupont, Gilles Noguere, Eric Bauge, D. Roubtsov, O. Bouland, M.W. Herman, Brian C. Kiedrowski, Yaron Danon, Michael MacInnes, Tokio Fukahori, Boris Pritychenko, Arjan J. Koning, Massimo Salvatores, D. P. McNabb, S.C. Frankle, C. De Saint Jean, John Lestone, C.R. Lubitz, A.V. Ignatyuk, Patrick Talou, Ulrich Fischer, E. Sh. Soukhovitskii, Dimitri Rochman, Ian J. Thompson, Z. Ge, Andrej Trkov, Peter Schillebeeckx, Osamu Iwamoto, M. Moxon, Giuseppe Palmiotti, R.D. McKnight, A.C. Kahler, Nobuyuki Iwamoto, and Satoshi Kunieda

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Nuclear reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computer science, Energy agency, Cielo, Evaluated data, Nuclear data, Neutron, Nuclear science
Abstract

CIELO (Collaborative International Evaluated Library Organization) provides a new working paradigm to facilitate evaluated nuclear reaction data advances. It brings together experts from across the international nuclear reaction data community to identify and document discrepancies among existing evaluated data libraries, measured data, and model calculation interpretations, and aims to make rapid progress in reconciling these discrepancies to create more accurate ENDF-formatted files. Our goal is for this first step to be achieved within three years. The focus will initially be on a small number of the highest-priority isotopes, namely 1H, 16O, 56Fe, 235,238U, and 239Pu. The present paper is a first step to identify discrepancies between various evaluations of the highest priority isotopes, which was commissioned by the OECD's Nuclear Energy Agency WPEC (Working Party on International Nuclear Data Evaluation Co-operation) during a meeting held in May 2012. The evaluated data for these materials in the existing nuclear data libraries - ENDF/B-VII.1, JEFF-3.1, JENDL-4.0, CENDL-3.1, ROSFOND, IRDFF 1.0 - are reviewed, disrepancies are identified, and some integral properties are given. The paper summarizes a program of nuclear science and computational work needed to create the new CIELO nuclear data evaluations., JRC.D.4-Standards for Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards

Published
2013

41. Search for stable heavy charged particles in e+e− collisions at , 161 and 172 GeV

Author

P. Abreu, W. Adam, T. Adye, I. Ajinenko, G.D. Alekseev, R. Alemany, P.P. Allport, S. Almehed, U. Amaldi, S. Amato, A. Andreazza, M.L. Andrieux, P. Antilogus, W-D. Apel, B. Åsman, J-E. Augustin, A. Augustinus, P. Baillon, P. Bambade, F. Barao, M. Barbi, G. Barbiellini, D.Y. Bardin, G. Barker, A. Baroncelli, O. Barring, J.A. Barrio, W. Bartl, M.J. Bates, M. Battaglia, M. Baubillier, J. Baudot, K-H. Becks, M. Begalli, P. Beilliere, Yu. Belokopytov, K. Belous, A.C. Benvenuti, M. Berggren, D. Bertini, D. Bertrand, M. Besancon, F. Bianchi, M. Bigi, M.S. Bilenky, P. Billoir, M-A. Bizouard, D. Bloch, M. Blume, T. Bolognese, M. Bonesini, W. Bonivento, P.S.L. Booth, G. Borisov, C. Bosio, O. Botner, E. Boudinov, B. Bouquet, C. Bourdarios, T.J.V. Bowcock, M. Bozzo, P. Branchini, K.D. Brand, T. Brenke, R.A. Brenner, C. Bricman, R.C.A. Brown, P. Bruckman, J-M. Brunet, L. Bugge, T. Buran, T. Burgsmueller, P. Buschmann, S. Cabrera, M. Caccia, M. Calvi, A.J. Camacho Rozas, T. Camporesi, V. Canale, M. Canepa, K. Cankocak, F. Cao, F. Carena, L. Carroll, C. Caso, M.V. Castillo Gimenez, A. Cattai, F.R. Cavallo, V. Chabaud, Ph. Charpentier, L. Chaussard, P. Checchia, G.A. Chelkov, M. Chen, R. Chierici, P. Chliapnikov, P. Chochula, V. Chorowicz, V. Cindro, P. Collins, R. Contri, E. Cortina, G. Cosme, F. Cossutti, J-H. Cowell, H.B. Crawley, D. Crennell, G. Crosetti, J. Cuevas Maestro, S. Czellar, E. Dahl-Jensen, J. Dahm, B. Dalmagne, M. Dam, G. Damgaard, P.D. Dauncey, M. Davenport, W. Da Silva, C. Defoix, A. Deghorain, G. Della Ricca, P. Delpierre, N. Demaria, A. De Angelis, W. De Boer, S. De Brabandere, C. De Clercq, C. De La Vaissiere, B. De Lotto, A. De Min, L. De Paula, C. De Saint-Jean, H. Dijkstra, L. Di Ciaccio, A. Di Diodato, F. Djama, A. Djannati, J. Dolbeau, K. Doroba, M. Dracos, J. Drees, K.-A. Drees, M. Dris, J-D. Durand, D. Edsall, R. Ehret, G. Eigen, T. Ekelof, G. Ekspong, M. Elsing, J-P. Engel, B. Erzen, M. Espirito Santo, E. Falk, D. Fassouliotis, M. Feindt, A. Fenyuk, A. Ferrer, S. Fichet, T.A. Filippas, A. Firestone, P.-A. Fischer, H. Foeth, E. Fokitis, F. Fontanelli, F. Formenti, B. Franek, P. Frenkiel, D.C. Fries, A.G. Frodesen, R. Fruhwirth, F. Fulda-Quenzer, J. Fuster, A. Galloni, D. Gamba, M. Gandelman, C. Garcia, J. Garcia, C. Gaspar, U. Gasparini, Ph. Gavillet, E.N. Gazis, D. Gele, J-P. Gerber, L. Gerdyukov, R. Gokieli, B. Golob, G. Gopal, L. Gorn, M. Gorski, Yu. Gouz, V. Gracco, E. Graziani, C. Green, A. Grefrath, P. Gris, G. Grosdidier, K. Grzelak, S. Gumenyuk, P. Gunnarsson, M. Gunther, J. Guy, F. Hahn, S. Hahn, Z. Hajduk, A. Hallgren, K. Hamacher, F.J. Harris, V. Hedberg, R. Henriques, J.J. Hernandez, P. Herquet, H. Herr, T.L. Hessing, J.-M. Heuser, E. Higon, H.J. Hilke, T.S. Hill, S-O. Holmgren, P.J. Holt, D. Holthuizen, S. Hoorelbeke, M. Houlden, J. Hrubec, K. Huet, K. Hultqvist, J.N. Jackson, R. Jacobsson, P. Jalocha, R. Janik, Ch. Jarlskog, G. Jarlskog, P. Jarry, B. Jean-Marie, E.K. Johansson, L. Jonsson, P. Jonsson, C. Joram, P. Juillot, M. Kaiser, F. Kapusta, K. Karafasoulis, M. Karlsson, E. Karvelas, S. Katsanevas, E.C. Katsoufis, R. Keranen, Yu. Khokhlov, B.A. Khomenko, N.N. Khovanski, B. King, N.J. Kjaer, O. Klapp, H. Klein, A. Klovning, P. Kluit, P. Kokkinias, A. Konopliannikov, M. Koratzinos, K. Korcyl, V. Kostioukhine, C. Kourkoumelis, O. Kouznetsov, M. Krammer, C. Kreuter, I. Kronkvist, Z. Krumstein, W. Krupinski, P. Kubinec, W. Kucewicz, K. Kurvinen, C. Lacasta, I. Laktineh, J.W. Lamsa, L. Lanceri, D.W. Lane, P. Langefeld, J-P. Laugier, R. Lauhakangas, G. Leder, F. Ledroit, V. Lefebure, C.K. Legan, R. Leitner, J. Lemonne, G. Lenzen, V. Lepeltier, T. Lesiak, J. Libby, D. Liko, R. Lindner, A. Lipniacka, I. Lippi, B. Loerstad, J.G. Loken, J.M. Lopez, D. Loukas, P. Lutz, L. Lyons, J. MacNaughton, G. Maehlum, J.R. Mahon, T.G.M. Malmgren, V. Malychev, F. Mandl, J. Marco, R. Marco, B. Marechal, M. Margoni, J-C. Marin, C. Mariotti, A. Markou, C. Martinez-Rivero, F. Martinez-Vidal, S. Marti i Garcia, F. Matorras, C. Matteuzzi, G. Matthiae, M. Mazzucato, M. Mc Cubbin, R. Mc Kay, R. Mc Nulty, J. Medbo, M. Merk, C. Meroni, S. Meyer, W.T. Meyer, M. Michelotto, E. Migliore, L. Mirabito, W.A. Mitaroff, U. Mjoernmark, T. Moa, R. Moeller, K. Moenig, M.R. Monge, P. Morettini, H. Mueller, K. Muenich, M. Mulders, L.M. Mundim, W.J. Murray, B. Muryn, G. Myatt, F. Naraghi, F.L. Navarria, S. Navas, K. Nawrocki, P. Negri, S. Nemecek, W. Neumann, N. Neumeister, R. Nicolaidou, B.S. Nielsen, M. Nieuwenhuizen, V. Nikolaenko, P. Niss, A. Nomerotski, A. Normand, M. Novak, W. Oberschulte-Beckmann, V. Obraztsov, A.G. Olshevski, A. Onofre, R. Orava, K. Osterberg, A. Ouraou, P. Paganini, M. Paganoni, P. Pages, R. Pain, H. Palka, Th.D. Papadopoulou, K. Papageorgiou, L. Pape, C. Parkes, F. Parodi, A. Passeri, M. Pegoraro, L. Peralta, M. Pernicka, A. Perrotta, C. Petridou, A. Petrolini, H.T. Phillips, G. Piana, F. Pierre, M. Pimenta, T. Podobnik, O. Podobrin, M.E. Pol, G. Polok, P. Poropat, V. Pozdniakov, P. Privitera, N. Pukhaeva, A. Pullia, D. Radojicic, S. Ragazzi, H. Rahmani, J. Rames, P.N. Ratoff, A.L. Read, M. Reale, P. Rebecchi, N.G. Redaelli, M. Regler, D. Reid, R. Reinhardt, P.B. Renton, L.K. Resvanis, F. Richard, J. Richardson, J. Ridky, G. Rinaudo, I. Ripp, A. Romero, I. Roncagliolo, P. Ronchese, L. Roos, E.I. Rosenberg, P. Roudeau, T. Rovelli, V. Ruhlmann-Kleider, A. Ruiz, K. Rybicki, H. Saarikko, Y. Sacquin, A. Sadovsky, O. Sahr, G. Sajot, J. Salt, J. Sanchez, M. Sannino, M. Schimmelpfennig, H. Schneider, U. Schwickerath, M.A.E. Schyns, G. Sciolla, F. Scuri, P. Seager, Y. Sedykh, A.M. Segar, A. Seitz, R. Sekulin, L. Serbelloni, R.C. Shellard, P. Siegrist, R. Silvestre, S. Simonetti, F. Simonetto, A.N. Sisakian, B. Sitar, T.B. Skaali, G. Smadja, N. Smirnov, O. Smirnova, G.R. Smith, O. Solovianov, R. Sosnowski, D. Souza-Santos, T. Spassov, E. Spiriti, P. Sponholz, S. Squarcia, D. Stampfer, C. Stanescu, S. Stanic, S. Stapnes, I. Stavitski, K. Stevenson, A. Stocchi, J. Strauss, R. Strub, B. Stugu, M. Szczekowski, M. Szeptycka, T. Tabarelli, J.P. Tavernet, E. Tcherniaev, J. Thomas, A. Tilquin, J. Timmermans, L.G. Tkatchev, T. Todorov, S. Todorova, D.Z. Toet, A. Tomaradze, B. Tome, A. Tonazzo, L. Tortora, G. Transtromer, D. Treille, G. Tristram, A. Trombini, C. Troncon, A. Tsirou, M-L. Turluer, I.A. Tyapkin, M. Tyndel, S. Tzamarias, B. Ueberschaer, O. Ullaland, V. Uvarov, G. Valenti, E. Vallazza, C. Vander Velde, G.W. Van Apeldoorn, P. Van Dam, W.K. Van Doninck, J. Van Eldik, A. Van Lysebetten, N. Vassilopoulos, G. Vegni, L. Ventura, W. Venus, F. Verbeure, M. Verlato, L.S. Vertogradov, D. Vilanova, P. Vincent, L. Vitale, A.S. Vodopyanov, V. Vrba, H. Wahlen, C. Walck, M. Weierstall, P. Weilhammer, C. Weiser, A.M. Wetherell, D. Wicke, J.H. Wickens, M. Wielers, G.R. Wilkinson, W.S.C. Williams, M. Winter, M. Witek, T. Wlodek, K. Woschnagg, K. Yip, O. Yushchenko, F. Zach, A. Zaitsev, A. Zalewska, P. Zalewski, D. Zavrtanik, E. Zevgolatakos, N.I. Zimin, M. Zito, D. Zontar, G.C. Zucchelli, and G. Zumerle

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Range (particle radiation), Particle physics, Time projection chamber, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Electron–positron annihilation, Supersymmetry, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Particle identification, Charged particle, Ring-imaging Cherenkov detector, Standard Model, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, 010306 general physics
Abstract

A search for stable or long-lived heavy charged particles in e+e− interactions at energies of 130–136, 161 and 172 GeV has been performed using the data taken by the DELPHI experiment at LEP. The search is based on particle identification provided by the Time Projection Chamber and the Ring Imaging Cherenkov detector. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are derived on the cross-section for heavy long-lived pair-produced charge ±e and View the MathML source particles in the range of 0.4–2.3 pb for masses from 45 to 84 GeV/c2. Within supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model, long-lived charginos with masses from 45 to 84 (80) GeV/c2 for high (low) sneutrino masses can be excluded at 95% confidence level. Left-handed (right-handed) long-lived or stable smuons and staus with masses between 45 and 68 (65) GeV/c2 can be excluded at 95% confidence level.

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1997

42. Search for excited leptons in e+e− collisions at

Author

P. Abreu, W. Adam, T. Adye, I. Ajinenko, G.D. Alekseev, R. Alemany, P.P. Allport, S. Almehed, U. Amaldi, S. Amato, A. Andreazza, M.L. Andrieux, P. Antilogus, W-D. Apel, B. Åsman, J-E. Augustin, A. Augustinus, P. Baillon, P. Bambade, F. Barao, R. Barate, M. Barbi, D.Y. Bardin, G. Barker, A. Baroncelli, O. Barring, J.A. Barrio, W. Bartl, M.J. Bates, M. Battaglia, M. Baubillier, J. Baudot, K-H. Becks, M. Begalli, P. Beilliere, Yu. Belokopytov, K. Belous, A.C. Benvenuti, M. Berggren, D. Bertini, D. Bertrand, M. Besancon, F. Bianchi, M. Bigi, M.S. Bilenky, P. Billoir, M-A. Bizouard, D. Bloch, M. Blume, T. Bolognese, M. Bonesini, W. Bonivento, P.S.L. Booth, G. Borisov, C. Bosio, O. Botner, E. Boudinov, B. Bouquet, C. Bourdarios, T.J.V. Bowcock, M. Bozzo, P. Branchini, K.D. Brand, T. Brenke, R.A. Brenner, C. Bricman, R.C.A. Brown, P. Bruckman, J-M. Brunet, L. Bugge, T. Buran, T. Burgsmueller, P. Buschmann, S. Cabrera, M. Caccia, M. Calvi, A.J. Camacho Rozas, T. Camporesi, V. Canale, M. Canepa, K. Cankocak, F. Cao, F. Carena, L. Carroll, C. Caso, M.V. Castillo Gimenez, A. Cattai, F.R. Cavallo, V. Chabaud, M. Chapkin, Ph. Charpentier, L. Chaussard, P. Checchia, G.A. Chelkov, M. Chen, R. Chierici, P. Chliapnikov, P. Chochula, J. Chodoba, V. Chorowicz, V. Cindro, P. Collins, R. Contri, E. Cortina, G. Cosme, F. Cossutti, J-H. Cowell, H.B. Crawley, D. Crennell, G. Crosetti, J. Cuevas Maestro, S. Czellar, E. Dahl-Jensen, J. Dahm, B. Dalmagne, M. Dann, G. Damgaard, P.D. Dauncey, M. Davenport, W. Da Silva, C. Defoix, A. Deghorain, G. Della Ricca, P. Delpierre, N. Demaria, A. De Angelis, W. De Boer, S. De Brabandere, C. De Clercq, C. De La Vaissiere, B. De Lotto, A. De Min, L. De Paula, C. De Saint-Jean, H. Dijkstra, L. Di Ciaccio, A. Di Diodato, F. Djama, A. Djannati, J. Dolbeau, K. Doroba, M. Dracos, J. Drees, K.-A. Drees, M. Dris, J-D. Durand, D. Edsall, R. Ehret, G. Eigen, T. Ekelof, G. Ekspong, M. Elsing, J-P. Engel, B. Erzen, M. Espirito Santo, E. Falk, D. Fassouliotis, M. Feindt, A. Ferrer, S. Fichet, T.A. Filippas, A. Firestone, P.-A. Fischer, H. Foeth, E. Fokitis, F. Fontanelli, F. Formenti, B. Franek, P. Frenkiel, D.C. Fries, A.G. Frodesen, R. Fruhwirth, F. Fulda-Quenzer, J. Fuster, A. Galloni, D. Gamba, M. Gandelman, C. Garcia, J. Garcia, C. Gaspar, U. Gasparini, Ph. Gavillet, E.N. Gazis, D. Gele, J-P. Gerber, L. Gerdyukov, R. Gokieli, B. Golob, C. Gopal, L. Gorn, M. Gorski, Yu. Gouz, V. Gracco, E. Graziani, C. Green, A. Grefrath, P. Gris, G. Grosdidier, K. Grzelak, S. Gumenyuk, P. Gunnarsson, M. Gunther, J. Guy, F. Hahn, S. Hahn, Z. Hajduk, A. Hallgren, K. Hamacher, F.J. Harris, V. Hedberg, R. Henriques, J.J. Hernandez, P. Herquet, H. Herr, T.L. Hessing, E. Higon, H.J. Hilke, T.S. Hill, S-O. Holmgren, P.J. Holt, D. Holthuizen, S. Hoorelbeke, M. Houlden, K. Huet, K. Hultqvist, J.N. Jackson, R. Jacobsson, P. Jalocha, R. Janik, Ch. Jarlskog, G. Jarlskog, P. Jarry, B. Jean-Marie, E.K. Johansson, L. Jonsson, P. Jonsson, C. Joram, P. Juillot, M. Kaiser, F. Kapusta, K. Karafasoulis, M. Karlsson, E. Karvelas, S. Katsanevas, E.C. Katsoufis, R. Keranen, Yu. Khokhlov, B.A. Khomenko, N.N. Khovanski, B. King, N.J. Kjaer, O. Klapp, H. Klein, A. Klovning, P. Kluit, P. Kokkinias, A. Konopliannikov, M. Koratzinos, K. Korcyl, V. Kostioukhine, C. Kourkoumelis, O. Kouznetsov, M. Krammer, C. Kreuter, I. Kronkvist, Z. Krumstein, W. Krupinski, P. Kubinec, W. Kucewicz, K. Kurvinen, C. Lacasta, I. Laktineh, J.W. Lamsa, L. Lanceri, D.W. Lane, P. Langefeld, V. Lapin, J-P. Laugier, R. Lauhakangas, G. Leder, F. Ledroit, V. Lefebure, C.K. Legan, R. Leitner, J. Lemonne, G. Lenzen, V. Lepeltier, T. Lesiak, J. Libby, D. Liko, R. Lindner, A. Lipniacka, I. Lippi, B. Loerstad, J.G. Loken, J.M. Lopez, D. Loukas, P. Lutz, L. Lyons, J. MacNaughton, G. Maehlum, J.R. Mahon, A. Maio, T.G.M. Malmgren, V. Malychev, F. Mandl, J. Marco, R. Marco, B. Marechal, M. Margoni, J-C. Marin, C. Mariotti, A. Markou, C. Martinez-Rivero, F. Martinez-Vidal, S. Marti i Garcia, J. Masik, F. Matorras, C. Matteuzzi, G. Matthiae, M. Mazzucato, M. Mc Cubbin, R. Mc Kay, R. Mc Nulty, J. Medbo, M. Merk, C. Meroni, S. Meyer, W.T. Meyer, M. Michelotto, E. Migliore, L. Mirabito, W.A. Mitaroff, U. Mjoernmark, T. Moa, R. Moeller, K. Moenig, M.R. Monge, P. Morettini, H. Mueller, K. Muenich, M. Mulders, L.M. Mundim, W.J. Murray, B. Muryn, G. Myatt, F. Naraghi, F.L. Navarria, S. Navas, K. Nawrocki, P. Negri, W. Neumann, N. Neumeister, R. Nicolaidou, B.S. Nielsen, M. Nieuwenhuizen, V. Nikolaenko, P. Niss, A. Nomerotski, A. Normand, W. Oberschulte-Beckmann, V. Obraztsov, A.G. Olshevski, A. Onofre, R. Orava, K. Osterberg, A. Ouraou, P. Paganini, M. Paganoni, P. Pages, R. Pain, H. Palka, Th.D. Papadopoulou, K. Papageorgiou, L. Pape, C. Parkes, F. Parodi, A. Passeri, M. Pegoraro, L. Peralta, H. Pernegger, M. Pernicka, A. Perrotta, C. Petridou, A. Petrolini, H.T. Phillips, G. Piana, F. Pierre, M. Pimenta, T. Podobnik, O. Podobrin, M.E. Pol, G. Polok, P. Poropat, V. Pozdniakov, P. Privitera, N. Pukhaeva, A. Pullia, D. Radojicic, S. Ragazzi, H. Rahmani, J. Rames, P.N. Ratoff, A.L. Read, M. Reale, P. Rebecchi, N.G. Redaelli, M. Regler, D. Reid, P.B. Renton, L.K. Resvanis, F. Richard, J. Richardson, J. Ridky, G. Rinaudo, I. Ripp, A. Romero, I. Roncagliolo, P. Ronchese, L. Roos, E.I. Rosenberg, P. Roudeau, T. Rovelli, V. Ruhlmann-Kleider, A. Ruiz, K. Rybicki, H. Saarikko, Y. Sacquin, A. Sadovsky, O. Sahr, G. Sajot, J. Salt, J. Sanchez, M. Sannino, M. Schimmelpfennig, H. Schneider, U. Schwickerath, M.A.E. Schyns, G. Sciolla, F. Scuri, P. Seager, Y. Sedykh, A.M. Segar, A. Seitz, R. Sekulin, L. Serbelloni, R.C. Shellard, P. Siegrist, R. Silvestre, S. Simonetti, F. Simonetto, A.N. Sisakian, B. Sitar, T.B. Skaali, G. Smadja, N. Smirnov, O. Smirnova, G.R. Smith, A. Sokolov, R. Sosnowski, D. Souza-Santos, T. Spassov, E. Spiriti, P. Sponholz, S. Squarcia, D. Stampfer, C. Stanescu, S. Stanic, S. Stapnes, I. Stavitski, K. Stevenson, A. Stocchi, J. Strauss, R. Strub, B. Stugu, M. Szczekowski, M. Szeptycka, T. Tabarelli, J.P. Tavernet, J. Thomas, A. Tilquin, J. Timmermans, L.G. Tkatchev, T. Todorov, S. Todorova, D.Z. Toet, A. Tomaradze, B. Tome, A. Tonazzo, L. Tortora, G. Transtromer, D. Treille, G. Tristram, A. Trombini, C. Troncon, A. Tsirou, M-L. Turluer, I.A. Tyapkin, M. Tyndel, S. Tzamarias, B. Ueberschaer, O. Ullaland, G. Valenti, E. Vallazza, C. Vander Velde, G.W. Van Apeldoorn, P. Van Dam, W.K. Van Doninck, J. Van Eldik, A. Van Lysebetten, N. Vassilopoulos, G. Vegni, L. Ventura, W. Venus, F. Verbeure, M. Verlato, L.S. Vertogradov, D. Vilanova, P. Vincent, L. Vitale, E. Vlasov, A.S. Vodopyanov, V. Vrba, H. Wahlen, C. Walck, F. Waldner, M. Weierstall, P. Weilhammer, C. Weiser, A.M. Wetherell, D. Wicke, J.H. Wickens, M. Wielers, G.R. Wilkinson, W.S.C. Williams, M. Winter, M. Witek, T. Wlodek, K. Woschnagg, K. Yip, O. Yushchenko, F. Zach, A. Zaitsev, A. Zalewska, P. Zalewski, D. Zavrtanik, E. Zevgolatakos, N.I. Zimin, M. Zito, D. Zontar, G.C. Zucchelli, and G. Zumerle

Subjects
Physics, Coupling, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Missing energy, Luminosity (scattering theory), Annihilation, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Electron–positron annihilation, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Electron, HERA, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Luminosity, Nuclear physics, Pair production, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, Computer Science::Mathematical Software, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, 010306 general physics, Boson, Lepton
Abstract

We have searched for excited states of charged and neutral leptons, e∗, μ ∗ , τ ∗ and ν ∗ , in e+e− collisions at s =130 using the OPAL detector at LEP. No evidence for their existence was found. With the most common coupling assumptions, the final states from excited lepton pair production include l+l−γγ and l+l−WW (with the subsequent decay of the virtual W bosons). From the analysis of these final states, 95% confidence level lower mass limits of 66.5 GeV for e∗, 66.8 GeV for μ ∗ , 65.3 GeV for τ ∗ , 66.2 GeV for ν e ∗ , 66.5 GeV for ν μ ∗ and 64.7 GeV for ν τ ∗ are inferred. From the analysis of γγ final states with missing energy and using alternative coupling assignments which permit photonic ν ∗ decays, a 95% confidence level lower mass limit of 65.0 GeV for each ν ∗ flavour is inferred. From the analysis of the l+l−γ, acoplanar lepton pair, and single γ final states expected from excited lepton single production, upper limits on f Λ (ratio of the coupling to the compositeness scale) are determined for excited lepton masses up to the kinematic limit.

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1997

44. Search for neutralinos, scalar leptons and scalar quarks in e+e− interactions at

Author

P. Abreu, W. Adam, T. Adye, E. Agasi, I. Ajinenko, G.D. Alekseev, R. Alemany, P.P. Allport, S. Almehed, U. Amaldi, S. Amato, P. Andersson, A. Andreazza, M.L. Andrieux, P. Antilogus, W-D. Apel, B. Åsman, J-E. Augustin, A. Augustinus, P. Baillon, P. Bambade, F. Barao, R. Barate, M. Barbi, D.Y. Bardin, A. Baroncelli, O. Barring, J.A. Barrio, W. Bartl, M.J. Bates, M. Battaglia, M. Baubillier, J. Baudot, K-H. Becks, M. Begalli, P. Beilliere, Yu. Belokopytov, A.C. Benvenuti, M. Berggren, D. Bertini, D. Bertrand, M. Besancon, F. Bianchi, M. Bigi, M.S. Bilenky, P. Billoir, D. Bloch, M. Blume, T. Bolognese, M. Bonesini, W. Bonivento, P.S.L. Booth, C. Bosio, O. Botner, E. Boudinov, B. Bouquet, C. Bourdarios, T.J.V. Bowcock, M. Bozzo, P. Branchini, K.D. Brand, T. Brenke, R.A. Brenner, C. Bricman, R.C.A. Brown, P. Bruckman, J-M. Brunet, L. Bugge, T. Buran, T. Burgsmueller, P. Buschmann, A. Buys, S. Cabrera, M. Caccia, M. Calvi, A.J. Camacho Rozas, T. Camporesi, V. Canale, M. Canepa, K. Cankocak, F. Cao, F. Carena, L. Carroll, C. Caso, M.V. Castillo Gimenez, A. Cattai, F.R. Cavallo, V. Chabaud, Ph. Charpentier, L. Chaussard, P. Checchia, G.A. Chelkov, M. Chen, R. Chierici, P. Chliapnikov, P. Chochula, V. Chorowicz, J. Chudoba, V. Cindro, P. Collins, J.L. Contreras, R. Contri, E. Cortina, G. Cosme, F. Cossutti, J-H. Cowell, H.B. Crawley, D. Crennell, G. Crosetti, J. Cuevas Maestro, S. Czellar, E. Dahl-Jensen, J. Dahm, B. Dalmagne, M. Dam, G. Damgaard, P.D. Dauncey, M. Davenport, W. Da Silva, C. Defoix, A. Deghorain, G. Della Ricca, P. Delpierre, N. Demaria, A. De Angelis, W. De Boer, S. De Brabandere, C. De Clercq, C. De La Vaissiere, B. De Lotto, A. De Min, L. De Paula, C. De Saint-Jean, H. Dijkstra, L. Di Ciaccio, A. Di Diodato, F. Djama, J. Dolbeau, M. Donszelmann, K. Doroba, M. Dracos, J. Drees, K.-A. Drees, M. Dris, J-D. Durand, D. Edsall, R. Ehret, T. Ekelof, G. Ekspong, M. Elsing, J-P. Engel, B. Erzen, M. Espirito Santo, E. Falk, D. Fassouliotis, M. Feindt, A. Ferrer, S. Fichet, T.A. Filippas, A. Firestone, P.-A. Fischer, H. Foeth, E. Fokitis, F. Fontanelli, F. Formenti, B. Franek, P. Frenkiel, D.C. Fries, A.G. Frodesen, R. Fruhwirth, F. Fulda-Quenzer, J. Fuster, A. Galloni, D. Gamba, M. Gandelman, C. Garcia, J. Garcia, C. Gaspar, U. Gasparini, Ph. Gavillet, E.N. Gazis, D. Gele, J-P. Gerber, R. Gokieli, B. Golob, G. Gopal, L. Gorn, M. Gorski, Yu. Gouz, V. Gracco, E. Graziani, C. Green, A. Grefrath, P. Gris, G. Grosdidier, K. Grzelak, S. Gumenyuk, P. Gunnarsson, M. Gunther, J. Guy, F. Hahn, S. Hahn, Z. Hajduk, A. Hallgren, K. Hamacher, W. Hao, F.J. Harris, V. Hedberg, J.J. Hernandez, P. Herquet, H. Herr, T.L. Hessing, E. Higon, H.J. Hilke, T.S. Hill, S-O. Holmgren, P.J. Holt, D. Holthuizen, S. Hoorelbeke, M. Houlden, J. Hrubec, K. Huet, K. Hultqvist, J.N. Jackson, R. Jacobsson, P. Jalocha, R. Janik, Ch. Jarlskog, G. Jarlskog, P. Jarry, B. Jean-Marie, E.K. Johansson, L. Jonsson, P. Jonsson, C. Joram, P. Juillot, M. Kaiser, F. Kapusta, K. Karafasoulis, M. Karlsson, E. Karvelas, S. Katsanevas, E.C. Katsoufis, R. Keranen, Yu. Khokhlov, B.A. Khomenko, N.N. Khovanski, B. King, N.J. Kjaer, O. Klapp, H. Klein, A. Klovning, P. Kluit, B. Koene, P. Kokkinias, M. Koratzinos, K. Korcyl, V. Kostioukhine, C. Kourkoumelis, O. Kouznetsov, M. Krammer, C. Kreuter, I. Kronkvist, Z. Krumstein, W. Krupinski, P. Kubinec, W. Kucewicz, K. Kurvinen, C. Lacasta, I. Laktineh, J.W. Lamsa, L. Lanceri, D.W. Lane, P. Langefeld, V. Lapin, J-P. Laugier, R. Lauhakangas, G. Leder, F. Ledroit, V. Lefebure, C.K. Legan, R. Leitner, J. Lemonne, G. Lenzen, V. Lepeltier, T. Lesiak, J. Libby, D. Liko, R. Lindner, A. Lipniacka, I. Lippi, B. Loerstad, J.G. Loken, J.M. Lopez, D. Loukas, P. Lutz, L. Lyons, J. MacNaughton, G. Maehlum, J.R. Mahon, A. Maio, T.G.M. Malmgren, V. Malychev, F. Mandl, J. Marco, R. Marco, B. Marechal, M. Margoni, J-C. Marin, C. Mariotti, A. Markou, C. Martinez-Rivero, F. Martinez-Vidal, S. Marti i Garcia, J. Masik, F. Matorras, C. Matteuzzi, G. Matthiae, M. Mazzucato, M. Mc Cubbin, R. Mc Kay, R. Mc Nulty, J. Medbo, M. Merk, C. Meroni, S. Meyer, W.T. Meyer, A. Miagkov, M. Michelotto, E. Migliore, L. Mirabito, U. Mjoernmark, T. Moa, R. Moeller, K. Moenig, M.R. Monge, P. Morettini, H. Mueller, L.M. Mundim, W.J. Murray, B. Muryn, G. Myatt, F. Naraghi, F.L. Navarria, S. Navas, K. Nawrocki, P. Negri, S. Nemecek, W. Neumann, N. Neumeister, R. Nicolaidou, B.S. Nielsen, M. Nieuwenhuizen, V. Nikolaenko, P. Niss, A. Nomerotski, A. Normand, W. Oberschulte-Beckmann, V. Obraztsov, A.G. Olshevski, A. Onofre, R. Orava, K. Osterberg, A. Ouraou, P. Paganini, M. Paganoni, P. Pages, R. Pain, H. Palka, Th.D. Papadopoulou, K. Papageorgiou, L. Pape, C. Parkes, F. Parodi, A. Passeri, M. Pegoraro, L. Peralta, H. Pernegger, M. Pernicka, A. Perrotta, C. Petridou, A. Petrolini, M. Petrovyck, H.T. Phillips, G. Piana, F. Pierre, M. Pimenta, S. Plaszczynski, O. Podobrin, M.E. Pol, G. Polok, P. Poropat, V. Pozdniakov, P. Privitera, N. Pukhaeva, A. Pullia, D. Radojicic, S. Ragazzi, H. Rahmani, P.N. Ratoff, A.L. Read, M. Reale, P. Rebecchi, N.G. Redaelli, M. Regler, D. Reid, P.B. Renton, L.K. Resvanis, F. Richard, J. Richardson, J. Ridky, G. Rinaudo, I. Ripp, A. Romero, I. Roncagliolo, P. Ronchese, L. Roos, E.I. Rosenberg, E. Rosso, P. Roudeau, T. Rovelli, W. Ruckstuhl, V. Ruhlmann-Kleider, A. Ruiz, K. Rybicki, H. Saarikko, Y. Sacquin, A. Sadovsky, O. Sahr, G. Sajot, J. Salt, J. Sanchez, M. Sannino, M. Schimmelpfennig, H. Schneider, U. Schwickerath, M.A.E. Schyns, G. Sciolla, F. Scuri, P. Seager, Y. Sedykh, A.M. Segar, A. Seitz, R. Sekulin, L. Serbelloni, R.C. Shellard, I. Siccama, P. Siegrist, R. Silvestre, S. Simonetti, F. Simonetto, A.N. Sisakian, B. Sitar, T.B. Skaali, G. Smadja, N. Smirnov, O. Smirnova, G.R. Smith, A. Sokolov, R. Sosnowski, D. Souza-Santos, T. Spassov, E. Spiriti, P. Sponholz, S. Squarcia, C. Stanescu, S. Stapnes, I. Stavitski, K. Stevenson, F. Stichelbaut, A. Stocchi, J. Strauss, R. Strub, B. Stugu, M. Szczekowski, M. Szeptycka, T. Tabarelli, J.P. Tavernet, E. Tcherniaev, O. Tchikilev, J. Thomas, A. Tilquin, J. Timmermans, L.G. Tkatchev, T. Todorov, S. Todorova, D.Z. Toet, A. Tomaradze, B. Tome, A. Tonazzo, L. Tortora, G. Transtromer, D. Treille, W. Trischuk, G. Tristram, A. Trombini, C. Troncon, A. Tsirou, M-L. Turluer, I.A. Tyapkin, M. Tyndel, S. Tzamarias, B. Ueberschaer, O. Ullaland, V. Uvarov, G. Valenti, E. Vallazza, C. Vander Velde, G.W. Van Apeldoorn, P. Van Dam, J. Van Eldik, N. Vassilopoulos, G. Vegni, L. Ventura, W. Venus, F. Verbeure, M. Verlato, L.S. Vertogradov, D. Vilanova, P. Vincent, L. Vitale, E. Vlasov, A.S. Vodopyanov, V. Vrba, H. Wahlen, C. Walck, F. Waldner, M. Weierstall, P. Weilhammer, C. Weiser, A.M. Wetherell, D. Wicke, J.H. Wickens, M. Wielers, G.R. Wilkinson, W.S.C. Williams, M. Winter, M. Witek, K. Woschnagg, K. Yip, O. Yushchenko, F. Zach, A. Zaitsev, A. Zalewska, P. Zalewski, D. Zavrtanik, E. Zevgolatakos, N.I. Zimin, M. Zito, D. Zontar, G.C. Zucchelli, and G. Zumerle

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Quark, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Electron–positron annihilation, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Scalar (physics), High Energy Physics::Experiment, Supersymmetry, Lepton
Abstract

Using data accumulated by DELPHI during the November 1995 LEP run at 130–136 GeV, searchs have been made for events with jets or leptons in conjunction with missing momentum. The results are interpreted in terms of limits on the production of neutralinos, scalar leptons, and scalar quarks.

Published
1996

45. Search for the lightest chargino at GeV

Author

P. Abreu, W. Adam, T. Adye, E. Agasi, I. Ajinenko, R. Aleksan, G.D. Alekseev, R. Alemany, P.P. Allport, S. Almehed, U. Amaldi, S. Amato, A. Andreazza, M.L. Andrieux, P. Antilogus, W-D. Apel, Y. Arnoud, B. Åsman, J-E. Augustin, A. Augustinus, P. Baillon, P. Bambade, F. Barao, R. Barate, M. Barbi, D.Y. Bardin, A. Baroncelli, O. Barring, J.A. Barrio, W. Bartl, M.J. Bates, M. Battaglia, M. Baubillier, J. Baudot, K-H. Becks, M. Begalli, P. Beilliere, Yu. Belokopytov, K. Belous, A.C. Benvenuti, M. Berggren, D. Bertini, D. Bertrand, F. Bianchi, M. Bigi, M.S. Bilenky, P. Billoir, D. Bloch, M. Blume, T. Bolognese, M. Bonesini, W. Bonivento, P.S.L. Booth, C. Bosio, O. Botner, E. Boudinov, B. Bouquet, C. Bourdarios, T.J.V. Bowcock, M. Bozzo, P. Branchini, K.D. Brand, T. Brenke, R.A. Brenner, C. Bricman, R.C.A. Brown, P. Bruckman, J-M. Brunet, L. Bugge, T. Buran, T. Burgsmueller, P. Buschmann, A. Buys, S. Cabrera, M. Caccia, M. Calvi, A.J. Camacho Rozas, T. Camporesi, V. Canale, M. Canepa, K. Cankocak, F. Cao, F. Carena, L. Carroll, C. Caso, M.V. Castillo Gimenez, A. Cattai, F.R. Cavallo, V. Chabaud, M. Chapkin, Ph. Charpentier, L. Chaussard, P. Checchia, G.A. Chelkov, M. Chen, R. Chierici, P. Chliapnikov, P. Chochula, V. Chorowicz, V. Cindro, P. Collins, J.L. Contreras, R. Contri, E. Cortina, G. Cosme, F. Cossutti, H.B. Crawley, D. Crennell, G. Crosetti, J. Cuevas Maestro, S. Czellar, E. Dahl-Jensen, J. Dahm, B. Dalmagne, M. Dam, G. Damgaard, P.D. Dauncey, M. Davenport, W. Da Silva, C. Defoix, A. Deghorain, G. Della Ricca, P. Delpierre, N. Demaria, A. De Angelis, W. De Boer, S. De Brabandere, C. De Clercq, C. De La Vaissiere, B. De Lotto, A. De Min, L. De Paula, C. De Saint-Jean, H. Dijkstra, L. Di Ciaccio, F. Djama, J. Dolbeau, M. Donszelmann, K. Doroba, M. Dracos, J. Drees, K.-A. Drees, M. Dris, J-D. Durand, D. Edsall, R. Ehret, G. Eigen, T. Ekelof, G. Ekspong, M. Elsing, J-P. Engel, B. Erzen, M. Espirito Santo, E. Falk, D. Fassouliotis, M. Feindt, A. Ferrer, S. Fichet, T.A. Filippas, A. Firestone, P.-A. Fischer, H. Foeth, E. Fokitis, F. Fontanelli, F. Formenti, B. Franek, P. Frenkiel, D.C. Fries, A.G. Frodesen, R. Fruhwirth, F. Fulda-Quenzer, J. Fuster, A. Galloni, D. Gamba, M. Gandelman, C. Garcia, J. Garcia, C. Gaspar, U. Gasparini, Ph. Gavillet, E.N. Gazis, D. Gele, J-P. Gerber, M. Gibbs, R. Gokieli, B. Golob, G. Gopal, L. Gorn, M. Gorski, Yu. Gouz, V. Gracco, E. Graziani, G. Grosdidier, K. Grzelak, S. Gumenyuk, P. Gunnarsson, M. Gunther, J. Guy, F. Hahn, S. Hahn, Z. Hajduk, A. Hallgren, K. Hamacher, W. Hao, F.J. Harris, V. Hedberg, R. Henriques, J.J. Hernandez, P. Herquet, H. Herr, T.L. Hessing, E. Higon, H.J. Hilke, T.S. Hill, S-O. Holmgren, P.J. Holt, D. Holthuizen, S. Hoorelbeke, M. Houlden, J. Hrubec, K. Huet, K. Hultqvist, J.N. Jackson, R. Jacobsson, P. Jalocha, R. Janik, Ch. Jarlskog, G. Jarlskog, P. Jarry, B. Jean-Marie, E.K. Johansson, L. Jonsson, P. Jonsson, C. Joram, P. Juillot, M. Kaiser, F. Kapusta, K. Karafasoulis, M. Karlsson, E. Karvelas, S. Katsanevas, E.C. Katsoufis, R. Keranen, Yu. Khokhlov, B.A. Khomenko, N.N. Khovanski, B. King, N.J. Kjaer, H. Klein, A. Klovning, P. Kluit, B. Koene, P. Kokkinias, M. Koratzinos, K. Korcyl, V. Kostioukhine, C. Kourkoumelis, O. Kouznetsov, P.-H. Kramer, M. Krammer, C. Kreuter, I. Kronkvist, Z. Krumstein, W. Krupinski, P. Kubinec, W. Kucewicz, K. Kurvinen, C. Lacasta, I. Laktineh, J.W. Lamsa, L. Lanceri, D.W. Lane, P. Langefeld, V. Lapin, I. Last, J-P. Laugier, R. Lauhakangas, G. Leder, F. Ledroit, V. Lefebure, C.K. Legan, R. Leitner, Y. Lemoigne, J. Lemonne, G. Lenzen, V. Lepeltier, T. Lesiak, J. Libby, R. Lindner, A. Lipniacka, I. Lippi, B. Loerstad, J.G. Loken, J.M. Lopez, D. Loukas, P. Lutz, L. Lyons, J. MacNaughton, G. Maehlum, A. Maio, T.G.M. Malmgren, V. Malychev, F. Mandl, J. Marco, R. Marco, B. Marechal, M. Margoni, J-C. Marin, C. Mariotti, A. Markou, T. Maron, C. Martinez-Rivero, F. Martinez-Vidal, S. Marti i Garcia, F. Matorras, C. Matteuzzi, G. Matthiae, M. Mazzucato, M. Mc Cubbin, R. Mc Kay, R. Mc Nulty, J. Medbo, M. Merk, C. Meroni, S. Meyer, W.T. Meyer, M. Michelotto, E. Migliore, L. Mirabito, W.A. Mitaroff, U. Mjoernmark, T. Moa, R. Moeller, K. Moenig, M.R. Monge, P. Morettini, H. Mueller, L.M. Mundim, W.J. Murray, B. Muryn, G. Myatt, F. Naraghi, F.L. Navarria, S. Navas, K. Nawrocki, P. Negri, S. Nemecek, W. Neumann, N. Neumeister, R. Nicolaidou, B.S. Nielsen, M. Nieuwenhuizen, V. Nikolaenko, P. Niss, A. Nomerotski, A. Normand, M. Novak, W. Oberschulte-Beckmann, V. Obraztsov, A.G. Olshevski, A. Onofre, R. Orava, K. Osterberg, A. Ouraou, P. Paganini, M. Paganoni, P. Pages, R. Pain, H. Palka, Th.D. Papadopoulou, K. Papageorgiou, L. Pape, C. Parkes, F. Parodi, A. Passeri, M. Pegoraro, L. Peralta, H. Pernegger, M. Pernicka, A. Perrotta, C. Petridou, A. Petrolini, M. Petrovyck, H.T. Phillips, G. Piana, F. Pierre, M. Pimenta, S. Plaszczynski, O. Podobrin, M.E. Pol, G. Polok, P. Poropat, V. Pozdniakov, M. Prest, P. Privitera, N. Pukhaeva, A. Pullia, D. Radojicic, S. Ragazzi, H. Rahmani, J. Rames, P.N. Ratoff, A.L. Read, M. Reale, P. Rebecchi, N.G. Redaelli, M. Regler, D. Reid, P.B. Renton, L.K. Resvanis, F. Richard, J. Richardson, J. Ridky, G. Rinaudo, I. Ripp, A. Romero, I. Roncagliolo, P. Ronchese, L. Roos, E.I. Rosenberg, E. Rosso, P. Roudeau, T. Rovelli, W. Ruckstuhl, V. Ruhlmann-Kleider, A. Ruiz, K. Rybicki, H. Saarikko, Y. Sacquin, A. Sadovsky, O. Sahr, G. Sajot, J. Salt, J. Sanchez, M. Sannino, M. Schimmelpfennig, H. Schneider, U. Schwickerath, M.A.E. Schyns, G. Sciolla, F. Scuri, P. Seager, Y. Sedykh, A.M. Segar, A. Seitz, R. Sekulin, L. Serbelloni, R.C. Shellard, I. Siccama, P. Siegrist, S. Simonetti, F. Simonetto, A.N. Sisakian, B. Sitar, T.B. Skaali, G. Smadja, N. Smirnov, O. Smirnova, G.R. Smith, R. Sosnowski, D. Souza-Santos, T. Spassov, E. Spiriti, P. Sponholz, S. Squarcia, C. Stanescu, S. Stapnes, I. Stavitski, K. Stevenson, F. Stichelbaut, A. Stocchi, J. Strauss, R. Strub, B. Stugu, M. Szczekowski, M. Szeptycka, T. Tabarelli, J.P. Tavernet, E. Tcherniaev, O. Tchikilev, J. Thomas, A. Tilquin, J. Timmermans, L.G. Tkatchev, T. Todorov, S. Todorova, D.Z. Toet, A. Tomaradze, A. Tonazzo, L. Tortora, G. Transtromer, D. Treille, W. Trischuk, G. Tristram, A. Trombini, C. Troncon, A. Tsirou, M-L. Turluer, I.A. Tyapkin, M. Tyndel, S. Tzamarias, B. Ueberschaer, O. Ullaland, V. Uvarov, G. Valenti, E. Vallazza, C. Vander Velde, G.W. Van Apeldoorn, P. Van Dam, J. Van Eldik, N. Vassilopoulos, G. Vegni, L. Ventura, W. Venus, F. Verbeure, M. Verlato, L.S. Vertogradov, D. Vilanova, P. Vincent, L. Vitale, E. Vlasov, A.S. Vodopyanov, V. Vrba, H. Wahlen, C. Walck, F. Waldner, M. Weierstall, P. Weilhammer, C. Weiser, A.M. Wetherell, D. Wicke, J.H. Wickens, M. Wielers, G.R. Wilkinson, W.S.C. Williams, M. Winter, M. Witek, K. Woschnagg, K. Yip, O. Yushchenko, F. Zach, A. Zaitsev, A. Zalewska, P. Zalewski, D. Zavrtanik, E. Zevgolatakos, N.I. Zimin, M. Zito, D. Zontar, G.C. Zucchelli, and G. Zumerle

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Missing energy, Pair production, Chargino, Electron–positron annihilation, Root (chord), Supersymmetry, Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, Standard Model
Abstract

A search for pair production of the lightest chargino at root-s = 130.4 and 136.3 GeV has been carried out using the data sample corresponding to the 5.92 pb(-1) recorded by the DELPHI detector dur ...

Published
1996

46. Search for anomalous production of single photons at and 136 GeV

Author

W Adam, T Adye, E Agasi, I Ajinenko, R Aleksan, G.D Alekseev, R Alemany, P.P Allport, S Almehed, U Amaldi, S Amato, A Andreazza, M.L Andrieux, P Antilogus, W-D Apel, Y Arnoud, B Åsman, J-E Augustin, A Augustinus, P Baillon, P Bambade, F Barao, R Barate, M Barbi, G Barbiellini, D.Y Bardin, A Baroncelli, O Barring, J.A Barrio, W Bartl, M.J Bates, M Battaglia, M Baubillier, J Baudot, K-H Becks, M Begalli, P Beilliere, Yu Belokopytov, K Belous, A.C Benvenuti, M Berggren, D Bertini, D Bertrand, F Bianchi, M Bigi, M.S Bilenky, P Billoir, D Bloch, M Blume, T Bolognese, M Bonesini, W Bonivento, P.S.L Booth, C Bosio, O Botner, E Boudinov, B Bouquet, C Bourdarios, T.J.V Bowcock, M Bozzo, P Branchini, K.D Brand, T Brenke, R.A Brenner, C Bricman, R.C.A Brown, P Bruckman, J-M Brunet, L Bugge, T Buran, T Burgsmueller, P Buschmann, A Buys, S Cabrera, M Caccia, M Calvi, A.J Camacho Rozas, T Camporesi, V Canale, M Canepa, K Cankocak, F Cao, F Carena, L Carroll, C Caso, M.V Castillo Gimenez, A Cattai, F.R Cavallo, V Chabaud, Ph Charpentier, L Chaussard, J Chauveau, P Checchia, G.A Chelkov, M Chen, R Chierici, P Chliapnikov, P Chochula, V Chorowicz, V Cindro, P Collins, J.L Contreras, R Contri, E Cortina, G Cosme, F Cossutti, H.B Crawley, D Crennell, G Crosetti, J Cuevas Maestro, S Czellar, E Dahl-Jensen, J Dahm, B Dalmagne, M Dam, G Damgaard, P.D Dauncey, M Davenport, W Da Silva, C Defoix, A Deghorain, G Della Ricca, P Delpierre, N Demaria, A De Angelis, W De Boer, S De Brabandere, C De Clercq, C De La Vaissiere, B De Lotto, A De Min, L De Paula, C De Saint-Jean, H Dijkstra, L Di Ciaccio, F Djama, J Dolbeau, M Donszelmann, K Doroba, M Dracos, J Drees, K.-A Drees, M Dris, J-D Durand, D Edsall, R Ehret, G Eigen, T Ekelof, G Ekspong, M Elsing, J-P Engel, B Erzen, M Espirito Santo, E Falk, D Fassouliotis, M Feindt, A Fenyuk, A Ferrer, S Fichet, T.A Filippas, A Firestone, P.-A Fischer, H Foeth, E Fokitis, F Fontanelli, F Formenti, B Franek, P Frenkiel, D.C Fries, A.G Frodesen, R Fruhwirth, F Fulda-Quenzer, J Fuster, A Galloni, D Gamba, M Gandelman, C Garcia, J Garcia, C Gaspar, U Gasparini, Ph Gavillet, E.N Gazis, D Gele, J-P Gerber, M Gibbs, R Gokieli, B Golob, G Gopal, L Gorn, M Gorski, Yu Gouz, V Gracco, E Graziani, G Grosdidier, K Grzelak, S Gumenyuk, P Gunnarsson, M Gunther, J Guy, F Hahn, S Hahn, Z Hajduk, A Hallgren, K Hamacher, W Hao, F.J Harris, V Hedberg, R Henriques, J.J Hernandez, P Herquet, H Herr, T.L Hessing, E Higon, H.J Hilke, T.S Hill, S-O Holmgren, P.J Holt, D Holthuizen, S Hoorelbeke, M Houlden, J Hrubec, K Huet, K Hultqvist, J.N Jackson, R Jacobsson, P Jalocha, R Janik, Ch Jarlskog, G Jarlskog, P Jarry, B Jean-Marie, E.K Johansson, L Jonsson, P Jonsson, C Joram, P Juillot, M Kaiser, F Kapusta, K Karafasoulis, M Karlsson, E Karvelas, S Katsanevas, E.C Katsoufis, R Keranen, Yu Khokhlov, B.A Khomenko, N.N Khovanski, B King, N.J Kjaer, H Klein, A Klovning, P Kluit, B Koene, P Kokkinias, M Koratzinos, K Korcyl, V Kostioukhine, C Kourkoumelis, O Kouznetsov, P.-H Kramer, M Krammer, C Kreuter, I Kronkvist, Z Krumstein, W Krupinski, P Kubinec, W Kucewicz, K Kurvinen, C Lacasta, I Laktineh, S Lamblot, J.W Lamsa, L Lanceri, D.W Lane, P Langefeld, V Lapin, I Last, J-P Laugier, R Lauhakangas, G Leder, F Ledroit, V Lefebure, C.K Legan, R Leitner, Y Lemoigne, J Lemonne, G Lenzen, V Lepeltier, T Lesiak, J Libby, D Liko, R Lindner, A Lipniacka, I Lippi, B Loerstad, J.G Loken, J.M Lopez, D Loukas, P Lutz, L Lyons, J MacNaughton, G Maehlum, A Maio, V Malychev, J Marco, R Marco, B Marechal, M Margoni, J-C Marin, C Mariotti, A Markou, T Maron, C Martinez-Rivero, F Martinez-Vidal, S Marti i Garcia, F Matorras, C Matteuzzi, G Matthiae, M Mazzucato, M Mc Cubbin, R Mc Kay, R Mc Nulty, J Medbo, M Merk, C Meroni, S Meyer, W.T Meyer, A Miagkov, M Michelotto, E Migliore, L Mirabito, W.A Mitaroff, U Mjoernmark, T Moa, R Moeller, K Moenig, M.R Monge, P Morettini, H Mueller, L.M Mundim, W.J Murray, B Muryn, G Myatt, F Naraghi, F.L Navarria, S Navas, K Nawrocki, P Negri, S Nemecek, W Neumann, N Neumeister, R Nicolaidou, B.S Nielsen, M Nieuwenhuizen, V Nikolaenko, P Niss, A Nomerotski, A Normand, M Novak, W Oberschulte-Beckmann, V Obraztsov, A.G Olshevski, A Onofre, R Orava, K Osterberg, A Ouraou, P Paganini, M Paganoni, P Pages, H Palka, Th.D Papadopoulou, K Papageorgiou, L Pape, C Parkes, F Parodi, A Passeri, M Pegoraro, L Peralta, H Pernegger, M Pernicka, A Perrotta, C Petridou, A Petrolini, M Petrovyck, H.T Phillips, G Piana, F Pierre, M Pimenta, M Pindo, S Plaszczynski, O Podobrin, M.E Pol, G Polok, P Poropat, V Pozdniakov, M Prest, P Privitera, N Pukhaeva, A Pullia, D Radojicic, S Ragazzi, H Rahmani, J Rames, P.N Ratoff, A.L Read, M Reale, P Rebecchi, N.G Redaelli, M Regler, D Reid, P.B Renton, L.K Resvanis, F Richard, J Richardson, J Ridky, G Rinaudo, I Ripp, A Romero, I Roncagliolo, P Ronchese, L Roos, E.I Rosenberg, E Rosso, P Roudeau, T Rovelli, W Ruckstuhl, V Ruhlmann-Kleider, A Ruiz, K Rybicki, H Saarikko, Y Sacquin, A Sadovsky, O Sahr, G Sajot, J Salt, J Sanchez, M Sannino, M Schimmelpfennig, H Schneider, U Schwickerath, M.A.E Schyns, G Sciolla, F Scuri, P Seager, Y Sedykh, A.M Segar, A Seitz, R Sekulin, L Serbelloni, R.C Shellard, I Siccama, P Siegrist, S Simonetti, F Simonetto, A.N Sisakian, B Sitar, T.B Skaali, G Smadja, N Smirnov, O Smirnova, G.R Smith, R Sosnowski, D Souza-Santos, T Spassov, E Spiriti, P Sponholz, S Squarcia, C Stanescu, S Stapnes, I Stavitski, K Stevenson, F Stichelbaut, A Stocchi, J Strauss, R Strub, B Stugu, M Szczekowski, M Szeptycka, T Tabarelli, J.P Tavernet, O Tchikilev, J Thomas, A Tilquin, J Timmermans, L.G Tkatchev, T Todorov, S Todorova, D.Z Toet, A Tomaradze, B Tome, A Tonazzo, L Tortora, G Transtromer, D Treille, W Trischuk, G Tristram, A Trombini, C Troncon, A Tsirou, M-L Turluer, I.A Tyapkin, M Tyndel, S Tzamarias, B Ueberschaer, O Ullaland, V Uvarov, G Valenti, E Vallazza, G.W Van Apeldoorn, P Van Dam, W.K Van Doninck, J Van Eldik, N Vassilopoulos, G Vegni, L Ventura, W Venus, F Verbeure, M Verlato, L.S Vertogradov, D Vilanova, P Vincent, L Vitale, E Vlasov, A.S Vodopyanov, V Vrba, H Wahlen, C Walck, M Weierstall, P Weilhammer, C Weiser, A.M Wetherell, D Wicke, J.H Wickens, M Wielers, G.R Wilkinson, W.S.C Williams, M Winter, M Witek, K Woschnagg, K Yip, O Yushchenko, F Zach, A Zaitsev, A Zalewska, P Zalewski, D Zavrtanik, E Zevgolatakos, N.I Zimin, M Zito, D Zontar, G.C Zucchelli, and G Zumerle

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Gauge boson, Particle physics, Photon, Luminosity (scattering theory), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Electron–positron annihilation, Detector, 01 natural sciences, Standard Model, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Large Electron–Positron Collider, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, 010306 general physics
Abstract

This letter reports the results of the measurement of single photon production in the reaction e+e− → γ+ invisible particles at centre-of-mass energies View the MathML source and 136 GeV and an integrated luminosity of 5.83 pb−1, collected with the DELPHI detector at LEP. The signal is compatible with the prediction of the Standard Model for the process View the MathML source, and the number of neutrino families has been determined to be Nν = 3.1 ± 0.6. Limits have been derived on anomalous neutral gauge boson couplings and on compositeness in the framework of a specific model.

Published
1996

47. Study of radiative leptonic events with hard photons and search for excited charged leptons at GeV

Author

P. Abreu, W. Adam, T. Adye, E. Agasi, I. Ajinenko, R. Aleksan, G.D. Alekseev, R. Alemany, P.P. Allport, S. Almehed, U. Amaldi, S. Amato, A. Andreazza, M.L. Andrieux, P. Antilogus, W-D. Apel, Y. Arnoud, B. Åsman, J-E. Augustin, A. Augustinus, P. Baillon, P. Bambade, F. Barao, R. Barate, M. Barbi, G. Barbiellini, D.Y. Bardin, A. Baroncelli, O. Barring, J.A. Barrio, W. Bartl, M.J. Bates, M. Battaglia, M. Baubillier, J. Baudot, K-H. Becks, M. Begalli, P. Beilliere, Yu. Belokopytov, A.C. Benvenuti, M. Berggren, D. Bertini, D. Bertrand, F. Bianchi, M. Bigi, M.S. Bilenky, P. Billoir, D. Bloch, M. Blume, T. Bolognese, M. Bonesini, W. Bonivento, P.S.L. Booth, C. Bosio, O. Botner, E. Boudinov, B. Bouquet, C. Bourdarios, T.J.V. Bowcock, M. Bozzo, P. Branchini, K.D. Brand, T. Brenke, R.A. Brenner, C. Bricman, R.C.A. Brown, P. Bruckman, J-M. Brunet, L. Bugge, T. Buran, T. Burgsmueller, P. Buschmann, A. Buys, S. Cabrera, M. Caccia, M. Calvi, A.J. Camacho Rozas, T. Camporesi, V. Canale, M. Canepa, K. Cankocak, F. Cao, F. Carena, L. Carroll, C. Caso, M.V. Castillo Gimenez, A. Cattai, F.R. Cavallo, V. Chabaud, Ph. Charpentier, L. Chaussard, J. Chauveau, P. Checchia, G.A. Chelkov, M. Chen, R. Chierici, P. Chliapnikov, P. Chochula, V. Chorowicz, V. Cindro, P. Collins, J.L. Contreras, R. Contri, E. Cortina, G. Cosme, F. Cossutti, H.B. Crawley, D. Crennell, G. Crosetti, J. Cuevas Maestro, S. Czellar, E. Dahl-Jensen, J. Dahm, B. Dalmagne, M. Dam, G. Damgaard, P.D. Dauncey, M. Davenport, W. Da Silva, C. Defoix, A. Deghorain, G. Della Ricca, P. Delpierre, N. Demaria, A. De Angelis, W. De Boer, S. De Brabandere, C. De Clercq, C. De La Vaissiere, B. De Lotto, A. De Min, J. De Paula, C. De Saint-Jean, H. Dijkstra, L. Di Ciaccio, F. Djama, J. Dolbeau, M. Donszelmann, K. Doroba, M. Dracos, J. Drees, K.-A. Drees, M. Dris, J-D. Durand, D. Edsall, R. Ehret, G. Eigen, T. Ekelof, G. Ekspong, M. Elsing, J-P. Engel, B. Erzen, M. Espirito Santo, E. Falk, D. Fassouliotis, M. Feindt, A. Fenyuk, A. Ferrer, S. Fichet, T.A. Filippas, A. Firestone, P.-A. Fischer, H. Foeth, E. Fokitis, F. Fontanelli, F. Formenti, B. Franek, P. Frenkiel, D.C. Fries, A.G. Frodesen, R. Fruhwirth, F. Fulda-Quenzer, J. Fuster, A. Galloni, D. Gamba, M. Gandelman, C. Garcia, J. Garcia, C. Gaspar, U. Gasparini, Ph. Gavillet, E.N. Gazis, D. Gele, J-P. Gerber, M. Gibbs, R. Gokieli, B. Golob, G. Gopal, L. Gorn, M. Gorski, Yu. Gouz, V. Gracco, E. Graziani, G. Grosdidier, K. Grzelak, S. Gumenyuk, P. Gunnarsson, M. Gunther, J. Guy, F. Hahn, S. Hahn, Z. Hajduk, A. Hallgren, K. Hamacher, W. Hao, F.J. Harris, V. Hedberg, R. Henriques, J.J. Hernandez, P. Herquet, H. Herr, T.L. Hessing, E. Higon, H.J. Hilke, T.S. Hill, S-O. Holmgren, P.J. Holt, D. Holthuizen, S. Hoorelbeke, M. Houlden, J. Hrubec, K. Huet, K. Hultqvist, J.N. Jackson, R. Jacobsson, P. Jalocha, R. Janik, Ch. Jarlskog, G. Jarlskog, P. Jarry, B. Jean-Marie, E.K. Johansson, L. Jonsson, P. Jonsson, C. Joram, P. Juillot, M. Kaiser, F. Kapusta, K. Karafasoulis, M. Karlsson, E. Karvelas, S. Katsanevas, E.C. Katsoufis, R. Keranen, Yu. Khokhlov, B.A. Khomenko, N.N. Khovanski, B. King, N.J. Kjaer, H. Klein, A. Klovning, P. Kluit, B. Koene, P. Kokkinias, M. Koratzinos, K. Korcyl, V. Kostioukhine, C. Kourkoumelis, O. Kouznetsov, P.-H. Kramer, M. Krammer, C. Kreuter, I. Kronkvist, Z. Krumstein, W. Krupinski, P. Kubinec, W. Kucewicz, K. Kurvinen, C. Lacasta, I. Laktineh, S. Lamblot, J.W. Lamsa, L. Lanceri, D.W. Lane, P. Langefld, V. Lapin, I. Last, J-P. Laugier, R. Lauhakangas, F. Ledroit, V. Lefebure, C.K. Legan, R. Leitner, Y. Lemoigne, J. Lemonne, G. Lenzen, V. Lepeltier, T. Lesiak, J. Libby, D. Liko, R. Lindner, A. Lipniacka, I. Lippi, B. Loerstad, J.G. Loken, J.M. Lopez, D. Loukas, P. Lutz, L. Lyons, J. MacNaughton, G. Maehlum, A. Maio, V. Malychev, F. Mandl, J. Marco, R. Marco, B. Marechal, M. Margoni, J-C. Marin, C. Mariotti, A. Markou, T. Maron, C. Martinez-Rivero, F. Martinez-Vidal, S. Marti i Garcia, F. Matorras, C. Matteuzzi, G. Matthiae, M. Mazzucato, M. Mc Cubbin, R. Mc Kay, R. Mc Nulty, J. Medbo, M. Merk, C. Meroni, S. Meyer, W.T. Meyer, A. Miagkov, M. Michelotto, E. Migliore, L. Mirabito, W.A. Mitaroff, U. Mjoernmark, T. Moa, R. Moeller, K. Moenig, M.R. Monge, P. Morettini, H. Mueller, L.M. Mundim, W.J. Murray, B. Muryn, G. Myatt, F. Naraghi, F.L. Navarria, S. Navas, K. Nawrocki, P. Negri, S. Nemecek, W. Neumann, N. Neumeister, R. Nicolaidou, B.S. Nielsen, M. Nieuwenhuizen, V. Nikolaenko, P. Niss, A. Nomerotski, A. Normand, M. Novak, W. Oberschulte-Beckmann, V. Obraztsov, A.G. Olshevski, A. Onofre, R. Orava, K. Osterberg, A. Ouraou, P. Paganini, M. Paganoni, P. Pages, H. Palka, Th.D. Papadopoulou, K. Papageorgiou, L. Pape, C. Parkes, F. Parodi, A. Passeri, M. Pegoraro, L. Peralta, H. Pernegger, M. Pernicka, A. Perrotta, C. Petridou, A. Petrolini, M. Petrovyck, H.T. Phillips, G. Piana, F. Pierre, M. Pimenta, M. Pindo, S. Plaszczynski, O. Podobrin, M.E. Pol, G. Polok, P. Poropat, V. Pozdniakov, M. Prest, P. Privitera, N. Pukhaeva, A. Pullia, D. Radojicic, S. Ragazzi, H. Rahmani, J. Rames, P.N. Ratoff, A.L. Read, M. Reale, P. Rebecchi, N.G. Redaelli, M. Regler, D. Reid, P.B. Renton, L.K. Resvanis, F. Richard, J. Richardson, J. Ridky, G. Rinaudo, I. Ripp, A. Romero, I. Roncagliolo, P. Ronchese, L. Roos, E.I. Rosenberg, E. Rosso, P. Roudeau, T. Rovelli, W. Ruckstuhl, V. Ruhlmann-Kleider, A. Ruiz, K. Rybicki, H. Saarikko, Y. Sacquin, A. Sadovsky, O. Sahr, G. Sajot, J. Salt, J. Sanchez, M. Sannino, M. Schimmelpfennig, H. Schneider, U. Schwickerath, M.A.E. Schyns, G. Sciolla, F. Scuri, P. Seager, Y. Sedykh, A.M. Segar, A. Seitz, R. Sekulin, L. Serbelloni, R.C. Shellard, I. Siccama, P. Siegrist, S. Simonetti, F. Simonetto, A.N. Sisakian, B. Sitar, T.B. Skaali, G. Smadja, N. Smirnov, O. Smirnova, G.R. Smith, A. Sokolov, R. Sosnowski, D. Souza-Santos, E. Spiriti, P. Sponholz, S. Squarcia, C. Stanescu, S. Stapnes, I. Stavitski, K. Stevenson, F. Stichelbaut, A. Stocchi, J. Strauss, R. Strub, B. Stugu, M. Szczekowski, M. Szeptycka, T. Tabarelli, J.P. Tavernet, O. Tchikilev, J. Thomas, A. Tilquin, J. Timmermans, L.G. Tkatchev, T. Todorov, S. Todorova, D.Z. Toet, A. Tomaradze, B. Tome, A. Tonazzo, L. Tortora, G. Transtromer, D. Treille, W. Trischuk, G. Tristram, A. Trombini, C. Troncon, A. Tsirou, M-L. Turluer, I.A. Tyapkin, M. Tyndel, S. Tzamarias, B. Ueberschaer, O. Ullaland, V. Uvarov, G. Valenti, E. Vallazza, C. Vander Velde, G.W. Van Apeldoorn, P. Van Dam, W.K. Van Doninck, J. Van Eldik, N. Vassilopoulos, G. Vegni, L. Ventura, W. Venus, F. Verbeure, M. Verlato, L.S. Vertogradov, D. Vilanova, P. Vincent, L. Vitale, E. Vlasov, A.S. Vodopyanov, V. Vrba, H. Wahlen, C. Walck, M. Weierstall, P. Weilhammer, C. Weiser, A.M. Wetherell, D. Wicke, J.H. Wickens, M. Wielers, G.R. Wilkinson, W.S.C. Williams, M. Winter, M. Witek, K. Woschnagg, K. Yip, O. Yushchenko, F. Zach, A. Zaitsev, A. Zalewska, P. Zalewski, D. Zavrtanik, E. Zevgolatakos, N.I. Zimin, M. Zito, D. Zontar, G.C. Zucchelli, and G. Zumerle

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Luminosity (scattering theory), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Electron–positron annihilation, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, HERA, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Standard Model, Nuclear physics, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, Large Electron–Positron Collider, Radiative transfer, High Energy Physics::Experiment, 010306 general physics, Lepton
Abstract

During the last 1995 data acquisition period at LEP, the DELPHI experiment collected an integrated luminosity of 5.9 pb−1 at centre-of-mass energies of 130 GeV and 136 GeV. Radiative leptonic events (e, μ, τ) with high energy photons were studied and compared to Standard Model predictions. The data were used to search for charged excited leptons decaying through an electromagnetic transition. No significant signal was found. From the search for pair produced excited leptons, the limits View the MathML source, View the MathML source and View the MathML source at 95% confidence level were established. For single excited lepton production, upper limits on the ratio View the MathML source of the coupling of the excited charged lepton to its mass were derived.

Published
1996

48. Charged particle multiplicity in e+e− interactions at

Author

P. Abreu, W. Adam, T. Adye, E. Agasi, I. Ajinenko, R. Aleksan, G.D. Alekseev, R. Alemany, P.P. Allport, S. Almehed, U. Amaldi, S. Amato, A. Andreazza, M.L. Andrieux, P. Antilogus, W-D. Apel, Y. Arnoud, B. Åsman, J-E. Augustin, A. Augustinus, P. Baillon, P. Bambade, F. Barao, R. Barate, M. Barbi, D.Y. Bardin, A. Baroncelli, O. Barring, J.A. Barrio, W. Bartl, M.J. Bates, M. Battaglia, M. Baubillier, J. Baudot, K-H. Becks, M. Begalli, P. Beilliere, Yu. Belokopytov, K. Belous, A.C. Benvenuti, M. Berggren, D. Bertrand, F. Bianchi, M. Bigi, M.S. Bilenky, P. Billoir, D. Bloch, M. Blume, S. Blyth, T. Bolognese, M. Bonesini, W. Bonivento, P.S.L. Booth, G. Borisov, C. Bosio, S. Bosworth, O. Botner, E. Boudinov, B. Bouquet, C. Bourdarios, T.J.V. Bowcock, M. Bozzo, P. Branchini, K.D. Brand, T. Brenke, R.A. Brenner, C. Bricman, L. Brillault, R.C.A. Brown, P. Bruckman, J-M. Brunet, L. Bugge, T. Buran, T. Bursgsmueller, P. Buschmann, A. Buys, S. Cabrera, M. Caccia, M. Calvi, A.J.Camacho Rozas, T. Camporesi, V. Canale, M. Canepa, K. Cankocak, F. Cao, F. Carena, L. Carroll, C. Caso, M.V.Castillo Gimenez, A. Cattai, F.R. Cavallo, L. Cerrito, V. Chabaud, Ph. Charpentier, L. Chaussard, J. Chauveau, P. Checchia, G.A. Chelkov, M. Chen, R. Chierici, P. Chliapnikov, P. Chochula, V. Chorowicz, V. Cindro, P. Collins, J.L. Contreras, R. Contri, E. Cortina, G. Cosme, F. Cossutti, H.B. Crawley, D. Crennell, G. Crosetti, J.Cuevas Maestro, S. Czellar, E. Dahl-Jensen, J. Dahm, B. Dalmagne, M. Dam, G. Damgaard, P.D. Dauncey, M. Davenport, W. Da Silva, C. Defoix, A. Deghorain, G.Della Ricca, P. Delpierre, N. Demaria, A. De Angelis, W. De Boer, S. De Brabandere, C. De Clercq, C. De La Vaissiere, B. De Lotto, A. De Min, L. De Paula, C. De Saint-Jean, H. Dijkstra, L. Di Ciaccio, F. Djama, J. Dolbeau, M. Donszelmann, K. Doroba, M. Dracos, J. Drees, K.-A. Drees, M. Dris, Y. Dufour, D. Edsall, R. Ehret, G. Eigen, T. Ekelof, G. Ekspong, M. Elsing, J-P. Engel, N. Ershaidat, B. Erzen, M.Espirito Santo, E. Falk, D. Fassouliotis, M. Feindt, A. Fenyuk, A. Ferrer, T.A. Filippas, A. Firestone, P.-A. Fischer, H. Foeth, E. Fokitis, F. Fontanelli, F. Formenti, B. Franek, P. Frenkiel, D.C. Fries, A.G. Frodesen, R. Fruhwirth, F. Fulda-Quenzer, J. Fuster, A. Galloni, D. Gamba, M. Gandelman, C. Garcia, J. Garcia, C. Gaspar, U. Gasparini, Ph. Gavillet, E.N. Gazis, D. Gele, J-P. Gerber, L. Gerdyukov, M. Gibbs, R. Gokieli, B. Golob, G. Gopal, L. Gorn, M. Gorski, Yu. Gouz, V. Gracco, E. Graziani, G. Grosdidier, K. Grzelak, S. Gumenyuk, P. Gunnarsson, M. Gunther, J. Guy, F. Hahn, S. Hahn, Z. Hajduk, A. Hallgren, K. Hamacher, W. Hao, F.J. Harris, V. Hedberg, R. Henriques, J.J. Hernandez, P. Herquet, H. Herr, T.L. Hessing, E. Higon, H.J. Hilke, T.S. Hill, S-O. Holmgren, P.J. Holt, D. Holthuizen, S. Hoorelbeke, M. Houlden, J. Hrubec, K. Huet, K. Hultqvist, J.N. Jackson, R. Jacobsson, P. Jalocha, R. Janik, Ch. Jarlskog, G. Jarlskog, P. Jarry, B. Jean-Marie, E.K. Johansson, L. Jonsson, P. Jonsson, C. Joram, P. Juillot, M. Kaiser, F. Kapusta, K. Karafasoulis, M. Karlsson, E. Karvelas, S. Katsanevas, E.C. Katsoufis, R. Keranen, Yu. Khohklov, B.A. Khomenko, N.N. Khovanski, B. King, N.J. Kjaer, H. Klein, A. Klovning, P. Kluit, B. Koene, P. Kokkinias, M. Koratzinos, K. Korcyl, C. Kourkoumelis, O. Kouznetsov, P.-H. Kramer, M. Krammer, C. Kreuter, I. Kronkvist, Z. Krumstein, W. Krupinski, P. Kubinec, W. Kucewicz, K. Kurvinen, C. Lacasta, I. Laktineh, S. Lamblot, J.W. Lamsa, L. Lanceri, D.W. Lane, P. Langefeld, I. Last, J-P. Laugier, R. Lauhakangas, G. Leder, F. Ledroit, V. Lefebure, C.K. Legan, R. Leitner, Y. Lemoigne, J. Lemonne, G. Lenzen, V. Lepeltier, T. Lesiak, D. Liko, R. Lindner, A. Lipniacka, I. Lippi, B. Loerstad, M. Lokajicek, J.G. Loken, J.M. Lopez, D. Loukas, P. Lutz, L. Lyons, J. MacNaughton, G. Maehlum, A. Maio, V. Malychev, F. Mandl, J. Marco, R. Marco, B. Marechal, M. Margoni, J-C. Marin, C. Mariotti, A. Markou, T. Maron, C. Martinez-Rivero, F. Martinez-Vidal, S. Marti i Garcia, F. Matorras, C. Matteuzzi, G. Matthiae, M. Mazzucato, M.Mc Cubbin, R.Mc Kay, R.Mc Nulty, J. Medbo, M. Merk, C. Meroni, S. Meyer, W.T. Meyer, M. Michelotto, E. Migliore, L. Mirabito, U. Mjoernmark, T. Moa, R. Moeller, K. Moenig, M.R. Monge, P. Morettini, H. Mueller, L.M. Mundim, W.J. Murray, B. Muryn, G. Myatt, F. Naraghi, F.L. Navarria, S. Navas, K. Nawrocki, P. Negri, S. Nemecek, W. Neumann, N. Neumeister, R. Nicolaidou, B.S. Nielsen, M. Nieuwenhuizen, V. Nikolaenko, P. Niss, A. Nomerotski, A. Normand, W. Oberschulte-Beckmann, V. Obraztsov, A.G. Olshevski, A. Onofre, R. Orava, K. Osterberg, A. Ouraou, P. Paganini, M. Paganoni, P. Pages, H. Palka, Th.D. Papadopoulou, K. Papageorgiou, L. Pape, C. Parkes, F. Parodi, A. Passeri, M. Pegoraro, L. Peralta, H. Pernegger, M. Pernicka, A. Perrotta, C. Petridou, A. Petrolini, M. Petrovyck, H.T. Phillips, G. Piana, F. Pierre, M. Pimenta, M. Pindo, S. Plaszczynski, O. Podobrin, M.E. Pol, G. Polok, P. Poropat, V. Pozdniakov, M. Prest, P. Privitera, N. Pukhaeva, A. Pullia, D. Radojicic, S. Ragazzi, H. Rahmani, J. Rames, P.N. Ratoff, A.L. Read, M. Reale, P. Rebecchi, N.G. Redaelli, M. Regler, D. Reid, P.B. Renton, L.K. Resvanis, F. Richard, J. Richardson, J. Ridky, G. Rinaudo, I. Ripp, A. Romero, I. Roncagliolo, P. Ronchese, L. Roos, E.I. Rosenberg, E. Rosso, P. Roudeau, T. Rovelli, W. Ruckstuhl, V. Ruhlmann-Kleider, A. Ruiz, K. Rybicki, H. Saarikko, Y. Sacquin, A. Sadovsky, G. Sajot, J. Salt, J. Sanchez, M. Sannino, M. Schimmelpfennig, H. Schneider, U. Schwickerath, M.A.E. Schyns, G. Sciolla, F. Scuri, P. Seager, Y. Sedykh, A.M. Segar, A. Seitz, R. Sekulin, R.C. Shellard, I. Siccama, P. Siegrist, S. Simonetti, F. Simonetto, A.N. Sisakian, B. Sitar, T.B. Skaali, G. Smadja, N. Smirnov, O. Smirnova, G.R. Smith, O. Solovianov, R. Sosnowski, D. Souza-Santos, E. Spiriti, P. Sponholz, S. Squarcia, C. Stanescu, S. Stapnes, I. Stavitski, F. Stichelbaut, A. Stocchi, J. Strauss, R. Strub, B. Stugu, M. Szczekowski, M. Szeptycka, T. Tabarelli, J.P. Tavernet, O. Tchikilev, A. Tilquin, J. Timmermans, L.G. Tkatchev, T. Todorov, D.Z. Toet, A. Tomaradze, B. Tome, A. Tonazzo, L. Tortora, G. Transtromer, D. Treille, W. Trischuk, G. Tristram, A. Trombini, C. Troncon, A. Tsirou, M-L. Turluer, I.A. Tyapkin, M. Tyndel, S. Tzamarias, B. Ueberschaer, O. Ullaland, V. Uvarov, G. Valenti, E. Vallazza, C.Vander Velde, G.W. Van Apeldoorn, P. Van Dam, W.K. Van Doninck, J. Van Eldik, N. Vassilopoulos, G. Vegni, L. Ventura, W. Venus, F. Verbeure, M. Verlato, L.S. Vertogradov, D. Vilanova, P. Vincent, L. Vitale, E. Vlasov, A.S. Vodopyanov, V. Vrba, H. Wahlen, C. Walck, F. Waldner, M. Weierstall, P. Weilhammer, C. Weiser, A.M. Wetherell, D. Wicke, J.H. Wickens, M. Wielers, G.R. Wilkinson, W.S.C. Williams, M. Winter, M. Witek, K. Woschnagg, K. Yip, O. Yushchenko, F. Zach, A. Zaitsev, A. Zalewska, P. Zalewski, D. Zavrtanik, E. Zevgolatakos, N.I. Zimin, M. Zito, D. Zontar, R. Zuberi, G.C. Zucchelli, and G. Zumerle

Subjects
Physics, Quantum chromodynamics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Electron–positron annihilation, Hadron, 01 natural sciences, Lower energy, Charged particle, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Large Electron–Positron Collider, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Multiplicity (chemistry), Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics
Abstract

From the data collected by DELPHI at LEP in autumn 1995, the multiplicity of charged particles at a hadronic energy of 130 GeV has been measured to be 〈nch〉 = 23.84 ± 0.51 (stat) ± 0.52 (syst). When compared to lower energy data, the value measured is consistent with the evolution predicted by QCD with corrections at next-to-leading order, for a value αs(130 GeV) = 0.105 ± 0.003 (stat) ± 0.008 (syst).

Published
1996

49. Mean lifetime of theB s 0 meson

Author

W.S.C. Williams, Lucio Cerrito, V. Chorowicz, M. Verlato, G. D. Alekseev, B. Loerstad, G. Valenti, P. Niss, A. Galloni, G. Borisov, A. N. Sisakian, A. Sadovsky, Mario Sannino, M. Mazzucato, W. Krupinski, R. Sosnowski, P. H. Kramer, Pierre Billoir, F. Pierre, Vincent Hedberg, A. Ferrer, D. W. Lane, L. S. Vertogradov, M. Mc Cubbin, K. Hultqvist, Rafael Marco, M. Baubillier, Tiziano Camporesi, H. Palka, J. W. Lamsa, Robert S. Brown, H. J. Hilke, Lydia Roos, Borge Svane Nielsen, R. Moeller, A. G. Frodesen, M. Blume, W. Oberschulte-Beckmann, G. Ekspong, Manfred Krammer, P. J. Holt, N. G. Redaelli, F. Barao, S. Todorova, A. Deghorain, A. M. Zaitsev, Alexander Vodopyanov, R. C. Shellard, L. Di Ciaccio, Z. Hajduk, V. Nikolaenko, C. Martinez-Rivero, J. Drees, E. Higon, G. Vegni, Maciej Górski, S. Bosworth, S. De Brabandere, Krzysztof Doroba, Chiara Meroni, J. P. Tavernet, Norbert Neumeister, P. N. Ratoff, S. Simonetti, Evangelos Gazis, M. Michelotto, M. Chapkin, L. K. Resvanis, Marco Bozzo, A. M. Segar, F. Scuri, J. L. Contreras, M. Barbi, P. V. Chliapnikov, A. M. Wetherell, L. Lanceri, Stéphane Plaszczynski, F. Bianchi, P. Bruckman, O. Podobrin, Vaclav Vrba, Hans Dijkstra, M. Begalli, Massimo Caccia, P. Frenkiel, Matteo Pegoraro, M. Dracos, P. A. Fischer, M. J. Bates, F. Fontanelli, J. Dolbeau, P. Bambade, P.S.L. Booth, M. Bonesini, T. J. V. Bowcock, S. Cabrera, C. Gaspar, C. Kreuter, Peter Kluit, Patrick Jarry, G. Rinaudo, J. Salt, F. Simonetto, P. Juillot, S. Marti i Garcia, D. Edsall, G. Grosdidier, S-O. Holmgren, J. Baudot, B. Jean-Marie, T. L. Hessing, E. Karvelas, A. B. Fenyuk, G. C. Zucchelli, C. Walck, Charles Bricman, A. Firestone, A. Klovning, Y. Arnoud, U. Mjoernmark, Toralf Bernhard Skaali, T. Spassov, A. Buys, G. Leder, W. Neumann, Ugo Gasparini, D. Gamba, Klaus Hamacher, Alessandra Romero, M. L. Andrieux, A. Normand, C. Weiser, B. Åsman, V. Lepeltier, H. T. Phillips, Vladimir Cindro, P. Pages, P. Paganini, I. A. Tyapkin, R. A. Brenner, M. Witek, D. Vilanova, K. A. Drees, A. Ruiz, J. Chudova, Sandor Czellar, F. Verbeure, T. Brenke, J. Cuevas Maestro, M. Zito, M. A E Schyns, F. Kapusta, D. J. Holthuizen, M. Petrovyck, J-C. Marin, J. P. Engel, M. V. Castillo Gimenez, P. Abreu, Guido Barbiellini, Paolo Checchia, Ph. Gavillet, Louis Lyons, I. V. Ajinenko, M. Novak, K. Grzelak, M. Prest, J. Guy, B. Erzen, G. Cosme, R. Gokieli, V. Lefebure, R. Aleksan, Chiara Mariotti, D. Crennell, G. Polok, Yu. Gouz, Allan Hallgren, P. Kubinec, Juan Fuster, E. Agasi, P. Gunnarsson, B. Stugu, D. Gele, A. Onofre, Spyros Tzamarias, O. Tchikilev, Phillip Allport, Antonio Baroncelli, S. Gumenyuk, Tim Adye, P. Seager, J. J. Hernandez, M. Kaiser, J. MacNaughton, R. Barate, G. Della Ricca, E. I. Rosenberg, S. Hahn, Francesca Romana Cavallo, M. Gandelman, Th. D. Papadopoulou, G. Sajot, Ernesto Migliore, M. Gibbs, F. Naraghi, F. Mandl, G. Smadja, J. Chauveau, B. Dalmagne, Paul Dauncey, N. Demaria, G. Damgaard, Clara Troncon, Josef Strauss, S. Hoorelbeke, Paolo Ronchese, V. Chabaud, P. Delpierre, Claire Bourdarios, Luiz Mundim, N. N. Khovanski, N. J. Kjaer, M. Nieuwenhuizen, Juan Abel Barrio, K. Kurvinen, D. Wicke, B. Golob, A. Trombini, Demetrios Loukas, V. V. Lapin, D. Bertrand, S. C. Blyth, Stefano Ragazzi, G. Wilkinson, J. M. Lopez, A. Tonazzo, A. G. Olshevski, M. Merk, L. Chaussard, M. Davenport, Mogens Dam, Javier Sánchez, W. Bartl, M. Espirito Santo, W. Venus, A. Pullia, Mingshui Chen, C. De Clercq, W. J. Murray, Y. Sacquin, Piotr Zalewski, G. Myatt, Kathy Huet, Valeriy Pozdniakov, G. Tristram, R. Sekulin, F. Formenti, F. Cao, R. Alemany, U. Schwickerath, T. Bolognese, J. P. Laugier, R. Nicolaidou, I. Kronkvist, Sandra Amato, Per Jönsson, M. Pindo, K. D. Brand, Andrea Perrotta, I. Stavitski, Maria Roberta Monge, J. P. Gerber, W. Bonivento, M. Pimenta, Paul Baillon, D. Zontar, B. A. Khomenko, Alexander Lincoln Read, N. Ershaidat, Marek Szczekowski, Z. Krumstein, A. De Min, A. Stocchi, V.A. Uvarov, Francesco Navarria, I. Siccama, N. I. Zimin, Kerem Cankocak, T. Moa, Imad Baptiste Laktineh, M. Szeptycka, Konstantinos Papageorgiou, A. Tomaradze, A. Zalewska, V. Gracco, W. T. Meyer, Jacques Lemonne, L. Tortora, F. J. Harris, P. Langefeld, Cristian Stanescu, P. Branchini, O. Kouznetsov, E. K. Johansson, R. Mc Nulty, R. Orava, C. Bosio, Wolfgang Adam, E. Rosso, H. Klein, H. Schneider, E. Cortina, Steinar Stapnes, W. Ruckstuhl, J. N. Jackson, S. Squarcia, H. Saarikko, T. Tabarelli, M. Tyndel, K. Osterberg, Martino Margoni, G. Maehlum, Laurent Mirabito, T. Maron, L. Gorn, S. Lamblot, Carlos Lacasta, Krzysztof A. Rybicki, R. Lauhakangas, Ph. Charpentier, E. Fokitis, N. Vassilopoulos, P. Kokkinias, Yu. Belokopytov, C. K. Legan, G. Eigen, H. Rahmani, B. Bouquet, M. S. Bilenky, Klaus Moenig, R. Henriques, C. Joram, M. Gunther, M. Donszelmann, D. Fassouliotis, Maria Elena Pol, Ariella Cattai, V. Malychev, S. Katsanevas, F. Ledroit, Fares Djama, Danilo Zavrtanik, A. Passeri, D. Y. Bardin, M. Karlsson, Oxana Smirnova, T. Todorov, M. Wielers, K. Karafasoulis, Rupert Leitner, G. Piana, G. Matthiae, O. Ullaland, L.J. Carroll, L. Bugge, Leif J. Jönsson, K. Woschnagg, T. A. Filippas, A. J. Camacho Rozas, G. Gopal, Fabrizio Parodi, D. Z. Toet, P. Siegrist, M. A. Houlden, M. L. Turluer, D. Reid, J. E. Augustin, M. Regler, Andrei Nomerotski, William Trischuk, A. Markou, J. Medbo, I. Ripp, L. De Paula, E. Falk, J.D. Richardson, R. Janik, P. Roudeau, P. Herquet, Gianni Zumerle, A. Maio, R. Contri, Fabio Cossutti, R. Ehret, P. Poropat, T. Burgsmueller, Andromachi Tsirou, Yu. Sedykh, B. Franek, P. Weilhammer, Manolis Dris, Richard Jacobsson, Andre Augustinus, H. Mueller, A. Petrolini, B. De Lotto, Evgueni Vlasov, T. Lesiak, F. Zach, Alberto Benvenuti, S. S. Meyer, C. Caso, H. Herr, L. G. Tkatchev, A. Seitz, I. Lippi, J. H. Wickens, B. Muryn, Marco Paganoni, M. Berggren, Tiziano Rovelli, J. Masik, G. Cresetti, L. Vitale, A. P. Ostankov, F. Martinez-Vidal, D. Radojicic, H. B. Crawley, P. Lutz, L. Brillault, Luc Pape, N. Pukhaeva, W. Da Silva, W. A. Mitaroff, F. Richard, P. Chochula, P. Vincent, C. Matteuzzi, S. Almehed, R. Chierici, F. Hahn, J. Dahm, B. Tome, P. Antilogus, C. Vander Velde, F. Stichelbaut, P. Buschmann, R. Mc Kay, A. Andreazza, R. Keranen, Francisco Matorras, D. Souza-Santos, G. A. Chelkov, Ugo Amaldi, W. Kucewicz, W. De Boer, Marc Winter, H. Wahlen, V. Ruhlmann-Kleider, E. Zevgolatakos, K. H. Becks, E. Vallazza, G. Sciolla, M. Battaglia, W. Van Doninck, J. Garcia, V. Obraztsov, T. Buran, Markus Elsing, I. Roncagliolo, R. Zuberi, Olga Botner, Krzysztof Korcyl, G. Transtromer, Carmen García, C. Defoix, F. Fulda-Quenzer, E. Graziani, J. M. Brunet, H. Foeth, B. Ueberschaer, A. De Angelis, P. Collins, Maurizio Canepa, Daniel Bloch, Ahmimed Ouraou, M. Feindt, S. Sánchez Navas, P. Negri, P. Sponholz, Göran Jarlskog, Ch. Jarlskog, W. D. Apel, F. Carena, P. B. Renton, E. Spiriti, D. C. Fries, B. Marechal, E. C. Katsoufis, Marta Calvi, Vincenzo Canale, Geoffrey Smith, M. Pernicka, Jesus Marco, G. Lenzen, R. Strub, V. Kostioukhine, M. Koratzinos, Dietrich Liko, P. Privitera, J. Van Eldik, Heinz Pernegger, T. S. Hill, Chariclia Petridou, M. Schimmelpfennig, P. Rebecchi, Branislav Sitar, M. Reale, Daniel Treille, M. Bigi, G. W. Van Apeldoorn, L. Ventura, K. Yip, J. Ridky, R. Lindner, Y. Lemoigne, C. Parkes, Nikita Smirnov, M. Weierstall, Christine Kourkoumelis, E. Dahl-Jensen, P. Van Dam, C. De La Vaissiere, A. Tilquin, Pawel Jalocha, Barry King, R. Frühwirth, J. Timmermans, A. Lipniacka, E. Boudinov, B. Koene, Paolo Morettini, J. G. Loken, C. De Saint-Jean, P. Beilliere, Krzysztof Nawrocki, W. Hao, O. Barring, and Tord Ekelof

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Particle physics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Meson, Hadron, Decay length, Invariant mass, Probability density distribution
Abstract

This paper presents an update of the measurement of the mean lifetime of theBs0 meson. CombiningDs−l,Ds−h,φ−l and inclusiveDs final states from the 3.2 million hadronic Z decays collected by DELPHI between 1991 and 1994, theBs0 mean lifetime was measured to be:τ(Bs0)=1.67±0.14 ps.

Published
1996

50. A measurement of B+ and B0 lifetimes using $$\bar D\ell ^ + $$ events

Author

A. G. Olshevski, K. Stepaniak, H. Furstenau, Maria Roberta Monge, A. Zalewska, W. T. Meyer, M. Feindt, S. Sánchez Navas, P. Negri, C. Vander Velde, Jacques Lemonne, F. Stichelbaut, Tord Ekelof, H. Staeck, G. A. Chelkov, Ugo Amaldi, W. De Boer, E. Zevgolatakos, Göran Jarlskog, A. N. Sisakian, R. Mc Kay, Laurent Mirabito, A. Andreazza, B. Loerstad, G. Sciolla, O. Podobrin, A. Sadovsky, Ugo Gasparini, W. D. Apel, Luis Peralta, F. Kapusta, W. Van Doninck, R. Sosnowski, P. Vincent, F. Naraghi, K. A. Drees, T. Todorov, M. Wielers, Guido Barbiellini, J. Guy, A. Lopez-Fernandez, Dietrich Liko, P. Privitera, Jorge-Armando Benitez Garcia, Manfred Krammer, Robert S. Brown, J. E. Augustin, A. Pullia, Z. Krumstein, A. Baroncelli, Tim Adye, C. Zacharatou, M. Michelotto, O. Yushchenko, R. Keranen, Francisco Matorras, D. Gillespie, Chariclia Petridou, A. Galloni, D. Souza-Santos, R. Sekulin, S. O. Holmgren, L. S. Vertogradov, M. L. Turluer, D. Reid, Klaus Hamacher, P. Kubinec, Clara Troncon, J. P. Tavernet, Branislav Sitar, V. Obraztsov, Daniel Treille, M. Bigi, G. Vegni, G. Valenti, G. W. Van Apeldoorn, A. De Min, A. Trombini, I. Roncagliolo, J. Ridky, T. Moa, G. Maehlum, Matteo Pegoraro, W. Oberschulte-Beckmann, R. A. Brenner, S. J. Alvsvaag, E. Agasi, I. Siccama, R. C. Shellard, L. Di Ciaccio, Josef Hrubec, Gianni Zumerle, Stefano Ragazzi, C. Kreuter, C. Parkes, P. Van Dam, F. Formenti, Nikita Smirnov, F. Pierre, L. Ventura, K. Yip, Y. Lemoigne, Vincent Hedberg, D. W. Lane, C. Caso, M. Battaglia, P. Poropat, G. Sajot, Fares Djama, A. M. Segar, F. Cao, Andromachi Tsirou, F. Fontanelli, S. Marti i Garcia, D. Edsall, G. Grosdidier, K. D. Brand, N. I. Zimin, G. Ekspong, I. Lippi, William Trischuk, A. Markou, J. Dolbeau, O. Smirnova, Patrick Jarry, G. Rinaudo, Marek Szczekowski, Alessandra Romero, Andre Augustinus, A. Wehr, J. P. Gerber, W. Neumann, W. Kucewicz, P. N. Ratoff, Marc Winter, F. Carena, S. Simonetti, Tiziano Rovelli, M. Begalli, M. Reale, Mogens Dam, J. H. Wickens, G. Borisov, R. Henriques, C. De La Vaissiere, A. Ruiz, Tiziano Camporesi, D. Vilanova, Y. Dufour, M. A E Schyns, J. M. Lopez, Themistocles Bowcock, Mariusz Witek, N. Ershaidat, A. Ferrer, V. Bocci, J-C. Marin, P. Bambade, B. Muryn, M. Baubillier, Achille Stocchi, P.S.L. Booth, Marco Paganoni, Jose Luis Contreras, Charles Bricman, H. B. Crawley, A. Tomaradze, W.S.C. Williams, M. Weierstall, B. Erzen, R. Gokieli, M. Gunther, P. Gunnarsson, Spyros Tzamarias, O. Tchikilev, M. Pernicka, A. Onofre, Rupert Leitner, G. Piana, E. K. Johansson, G. Matthiae, Steinar Stapnes, F. Zach, H. Wahlen, Borge Svane Nielsen, Jesus Marco, G. Lenzen, R. Strub, C. Joram, A. Tilquin, Josef Strauss, O. Kouznetsov, Sandor Czellar, G. Polok, V. Chabaud, W. Venus, L. Vitale, D. Radojicic, Lucio Cerrito, V. Chorowicz, L. Brillault, Pawel Jalocha, Barry King, J. P. Engel, M. V. Castillo Gimenez, J. H. Koehne, E. Spiriti, Stanislav Nemecek, R. Frühwirth, J. Timmermans, N. Pukhaeva, J. Dahm, Yu. Gouz, M. 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Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Meson, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Electron–positron annihilation, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Decay length, Large Electron–Positron Collider, D meson, High Energy Physics::Experiment, B meson, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Engineering (miscellaneous), Lepton, Bar (unit)
Abstract

A measurement of B meson lifetimes is presented using data collected from 1991 to 1993 by the DELPHI detector at the LEP collider. Samples of events with a D meson and a lepton in the same jet are selected where\(\bar D^{^0 } \ell ^ + \) and D*l+ events originate mainly from the semileptonic decays of B+ and B0 mesons, respectively. From the reconstructed B decay length and the estimated B momentum, taking into account the dilution due to B decays into\(\bar D^{^{**} } \ell ^ + v\), the following B meson lifetimes and lifetime ratio are measured: $$\begin{gathered} \tau (B^ + ) = 1.61_{ - 0.16}^{ + 0.16} (stat.) \pm 0.12(syst.) ps \hfill \\ \tau (B^0 ) = 1.61_{ - 0.13}^{ + 0.14} (stat.) \pm 0.08(syst.) ps \hfill \\ \tau (B^ + )/\tau (B^0 ) = 1.00_{ - 0.15}^{ + 0.17} (stat.) \pm 0.10(syst.) \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$ and an average lifetime of B+ and B0 mesons is obtained: $$\tau (B) = 1.61_{ - 0.07}^{ + 0.08} (stat.) \pm 0.05(syst.) ps$$

Published
1995

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