2000/01/01 by The OPAL collaboration, G. Abbiendi · 4 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s100520050734
published as Eur.Phys.J.C14:73-84,2000 · 27 pages, 8 figures, submitted to Eur.Phys. J. C
openalex publication_date 2000/01/01 · arxiv created 2000/01/24 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2019/06/27 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
Searches for unstable neutral and charged heavy leptons, N and L+-, and for excited states of neutral and charged leptons, nu*, e*, mu*, and tau*, have been performed in e+e- collisions using data collected by the OPAL detector at LEP. The data analysed correspond to an integrated luminosity of about 58pb-1 at a centre-of-mass energy of 183GeV, and about 10pb-1 each at 161GeV and 172GeV. No evidence for new particles was found. Lower limits on the masses of unstable heavy and excited leptons are derived. From the analysis of charged-current, neutral-current, and photonic decays of singly produced excited leptons, upper limits are determined for the ratio of the coupling to the compositeness scale, f/Lambda, for masses up to the kinematic limit. For excited leptons, the limits are established independently of the relative values of the coupling constants f and f'.