Bounding the tau neutrino magnetic moment from single photon searches at LEP

1994/05/05 by Thomas M. Gould, I. Z Rothstein, I.Z. Rothstein · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Neutrino Physics Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0370-2693(94)90181-3

published as Phys.Lett.B333:545-547,1994 · 5 pgs. LaTeX, one reference fixed in revised version, JHU-TIPAC-940004, UM-TH-94-16

arxiv created 1994/05/05 · openalex publication_date 1994/08/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We show that single photon searches at LEP constrain the tau neutrino magnetic moment to be less than \cal O(10^-6)~μ_B. This bound is competitive with low energy (s≃ (30~GeV)²) single photon searches.

Citations

• Closing the windows on MeV tau neutrinos

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