Search for magnetic monopoles with the Soudan 2 detector
Physical Review D 46:11 (1992) 4846-4851
Authors:
JL Thron, WWM Allison, GJ Alner, I Ambats, DS Ayres, LJ Balka, GD Barr, WL Barrett, D Benjamin, PM Border, CB Brooks, JH Cobb, DJA Cockerill, H Courant, JW Dawson, DM Demuth, VW Edwards, B Ewen, TH Fields, C Garcia-Garcia, RH Giles, GL Giller, MC Goodman, RN Gray, SJ Heilig, N Hill, JH Hoftiezer, DJ Jankowski, K Johns, T Kafka, SMS Kasahara, J Kochocki, W Leeson, PJ Litchfield, NP Longley, FV Lopez, MJ Lowe, WA Mann, ML Marshak, EN May, D Maxam, L McMaster, RH Milburn, WH Miller, CP Minor, A Napier, WP Oliver, GF Pearce, DH Perkins, EA Peterson, LE Price, DM Roback, DB Rosen, K Ruddick, B Saitta, DJ Schmid, J Schlereth, J Schneps, PD Shield, MA Shupe, N Sundaralingam, MA Thomson, LM Tupper, G Villaume, SJ Werkema, N West, CA WoodsAbstract:
A search for grand unified theory magnetic monopoles making highly ionizing tracks in argon gas has been conducted using the Soudan 2 nucleon decay detector. This underground detector is a large fine-grained tracking calorimeter comprised of long drift tubes read out by proportional wires. No monopole candidates were observed in data taken over almost three years, yielding an upper flux limit of 8.7 × 10-15 cm-2s-1sr-1 for monopole velocities of >2×10-3. © 1992 The American Physical Society.A DIRECT DETERMINATION OF THE NUMBER OF LIGHT NEUTRINO FAMILIES FROM E+E--]NU-NU-BAR-GAMMA AT LEP
PHYSICS LETTERS B 275:1-2 (1992) 209-221
Authors:
B ADEVA, O ADRIANI, M AGUILARBENITEZ, H AKBARI, J ALCARAZ, A ALOISIO, G ALVERSON, MG ALVIGGI, G AMBROSI, Q AN, H ANDERHUB, AL ANDERSON, VP ANDREEV, T ANGELOV, L ANTONOV, D ANTREASYAN, P ARCE, A AREFIEV, A ATAMANCHUK, T AZEMOON, T AZIZ, PVKS BABA, P BAGNAIA, JA BAKKEN, L BAKSAY, RC BALL, S BANERJEE, J BAO, R BARILLERE, L BARONE, R BATTISTON, A BAY, F BECATTINI, U BECKER, F BEHNER, J BEHRENS, S BEINGESSNER, GL BENCZE, J BERDUGO, P BERGES, B BERTUCCI, BL BETEV, M BIASINI, A BILAND, GM BILEI, R BIZZARRI, JJ BLAISING, P BLOMEKE, B BLUMENFELD, GJ BOBBINK, M BOCCIOLINI, R BOCK, A BOHM, B BORGIA, D BOURILKOV, M BOURQUIN, D BOUTIGNY, B BOUWENS, E BRAMBILLA, JG BRANSON, IC BROCK, M BROOKS, F BRUYANT, C BUISSON, A BUJAK, JD BURGER, WJ BURGER, JP BURQ, J BUSENITZ, XD CAI, M CAPELL, M CARIA, F CARMINATI, AM CARTACCI, M CERRADA, F CESARONI, YH CHANG, UK CHATURVEDI, M CHEMARIN, A CHEN, C CHEN, GM CHEN, HF CHEN, HS CHEN, J CHEN, M CHEN, ML CHEN, WY CHEN, G CHIEFARI, CY CHIEN, M CHMEISSANI, C CIVININI, I CLARE, R CLARE, TE COAN, HO COHN, G COIGNET, N COLINO, A CONTIN, F CRIJNS, XY CUI, TS DAI, R DALESSANDRO, R DEASMUNDIS, A DEGRE, K DEITERS, E DENES, P DENES, F DENOTARISTEFANI, M DHINA, D DIBITONTO, M DIEMOZ, HR DIMITROV, C DIONISI, MT DOVA, E DRAGO, T DRIEVER, D DUCHESNEAU, P DUINKER, I DURAN, H ELMAMOUNI, A ENGLER, FJ EPPLING, FC ERNE, P EXTERMANN, R FABBRETTI, M FABRE, S FALCIANO, Q FAN, SJ FAN, O FACKLER, J FAY, M FELCINI, T FERGUSON, D FERNANDEZ, G FERNANDEZ, F FERRONI, H FESEFELDT, E FIANDRINI, J FIELD, F FILTHAUT, G FINOCCHIARO, PH FISHER, G FORCONI, T FOREMAN, K FREUDENREICH, W FRIEBEL, M FUKUSHIMA, M GAILLOUD, Y GALAKTIONOV, E GALLO, SN GANGULI, P GARCIAABIA, SS GAU, D GELE, S GENTILE, S GOLDFARB, ZF GONG, E GONZALEZ, A GORDEEV, P GOTTLICHER, D GOUJON, G GRATTA, C GRINNELL, M GRUENEWALD, M GUANZIROLI, JK GUO, A GURTU, HR GUSTAFSON, LJ GUTAY, K HANGARTER, A HASAN, D HAUSCHILDT, CF HE, T HEBBEKER, M HEBERT, G HERTEN, U HERTEN, A HERVE, K HILGERS, H HOFER, H HOORANI, G HU, GQ HU, B ILLE, MM ILYAS, V INNOCENTE, H JANSSEN, S JEZEQUEL, BN JIN, LW JONES, A KASSER, RA KHAN, Y KAMYSHKOV, P KAPINOS, JS KAPUSTINSKY, Y KARYOTAKIS, M KAUR, S KHOKHAR, MN KIENZLEFOCACCI, WW KINNISON, D KIRKBY, S KIRSCH, W KITTEL, A KLIMENTOV, AC KONIG, O KORNADT, V KOUTSENKO, A KOULBARDIS, RW KRAEMER, T KRAMER, VR KRASTEV, W KRENZ, A KRIVSHICH, J KRIZMANIC, KS KUMAR, V KUMAR, A KUNIN, G LANDI, K LANIUS, D LANSKE, S LANZANO, P LEBRUN, P LECOMTE, P LECOQ, P LECOULTRE, DM LEE, I LEEDOM, JM LEGOFF, L LEISTAM, R LEISTE, M LENTI, E LEONARDI, J LETTRY, X LEYTENS, C LI, HT LI, JF LI, PJ LI, Q LI, XG LI, JY LIAO, WT LIN, ZY LIN, FL LINDE, B LINDEMANN, D LINNHOFER, R LIU, Y LIU, W LOHMANN, E LONGO, YS LU, JM LUBBERS, K LUBELSMEYER, C LUCI, D LUCKEY, L LUDOVICI, L LUMINARI, WG MA, M MACDERMOTT, PK MALHOTRA, R MALIK, A MALININ, C MANA, DN MAO, YF MAO, M MAOLINBAY, P MARCHESINI, JP MARTIN, L MARTINEZLASO, F MARZANO, GGG MASSARO, T MATSUDA, K MAZUMDAR, P MCBRIDE, T MCMAHON, D MCNALLY, T MEINHOLZ, M MERK, L MEROLA, M MESCHINI, WJ METZGER, Y MI, GB MILLS, Y MIR, G MIRABELLI, J MNICH, M MOLLER, B MONTELEONI, R MORAND, S MORGANTI, NE MOULAI, R MOUNT, S MULLER, A NADTOCHY, E NAGY, M NAPOLITANO, H NEWMAN, C NEYER, MA NIAZ, L NIESSEN, H NOWAK, G ORGANTINI, D PANDOULAS, M PAULUZZI, F PAUSS, G PASSALEVA, S PAOLETTI, S PATRICELLI, YJ PEI, D PERRETGALLIX, J PERRIER, A PEVSNER, M PIERI, PA PIROUE, F PLASIL, V PLYASKIN, M POHL, V POJIDAEV, N PRODUIT, JM QIAN, KN QURESHI, R RAGHAVAN, G RAHALCALLOT, G RAVEN, P RAZIS, K READ, D REN, Z REN, M RESCIGNO, S REUCROFT, A RICKER, S RIEMANN, O RIND, HA RIZVI, BP ROE, M ROHNER, S ROHNER, L ROMERO, J ROSE, S ROSIERLEES, R ROSMALEN, P ROSSELET, A RUBBIA, JA RUBIO, H RYKACZEWSKI, M SACHWITZ, J SALICIO, JM SALICIO, GS SANDERS, A SANTOCCHIA, MS SARAKINOS, G SARTORELLI, G SAUVAGE, A SAVIN, V SCHEGELSKY, K SCHMIEMANN, D SCHMITZ, P SCHMITZ, M SCHNEEGANS, H SCHOPPER, DJ SCHOTANUS, S SHOTKIN, HJ SCHREIBER, J SHUKLA, R SCHULTE, S SCHULTE, K SCHULTZE, J SCHUTTE, J SCHWENKE, G SCHWERING, C SCIACCA, I SCOTT, R SEHGAL, PG SEILER, JC SENS, L SERVOLI, I SHEER, DZ SHEN, S SHEVCHENKO, XR SHI, K SHMAKOV, E SHUMILOV, V SHOUTKO, E SODERSTROM, A SOPCZAK, C SPARTIOTIS, T SPICKERMANN, P SPILLANTINI, R STAROSTA, M STEUER, DP STICKLAND, F STICOZZI, H STONE, K STRAUCH, BC STRINGFELLOW, K SUDHAKAR, G SULTANOV, RL SUMNER, LZ SUN, H SUTER, RB SUTTON, JD SWAIN, AA SYED, XW TANG, E TARKOVSKY, L TAYLOR, C TIMMERMANS, SCC TING, SM TING, M TONUTTI, SC TONWAR, J TOTH, A TSAREGORODTSEV, G TSIPOLITIS, C TULLY, KL TUNG, J ULBRICHT, L URBAN, U UWER, E VALENTE, RT VANDEWALLE, I VETLITSKY, G VIERTEL, P VIKAS, U VIKAS, M VIVARGENT, H VOGEL, H VOGT, G VONDARDEL, I VOROBIEV, AA VOROBYOV, L VUILLEUMIER, M WADHWA, W WALLRAFF, CR WANG, GH WANG, JH WANG, QF WANG, XL WANG, YF WANG, Z WANG, ZM WANG, A WEBER, J WEBER, R WEILL, TJ WENAUS, J WENNINGER, M WHITE, C WILLMOTT, F WITTGENSTEIN, D WRIGHT, RJ WU, SL WU, SX WU, YG WU, B WYSLOUCH, YY XIE, YD XU, ZZ XU, ZL XUE, DS YAN, XJ YAN, BZ YANG, CG YANG, G YANG, KS YANG, QY YANG, ZQ YANG, CH YE, JB YE, Q YE, SC YEH, ZW YIN, JM YOU, M YZERMAN, C ZACCARDELLI, P ZEMP, M ZENG, Y ZENG, DH ZHANG, ZP ZHANG, JF ZHOU, RY ZHU, HL ZHUANG, A ZICHICHIA MEASUREMENT OF TAU POLARIZATION IN Z0 DECAYS
PHYSICS LETTERS B 294:3-4 (1992) 466-478
Authors:
O ADRIANI, M AGUILARBENITEZ, S AHLEN, H AKBARI, J ALCARAZ, A ALOISIO, G ALVERSON, MG ALVIGGI, G AMBROSI, Q AN, H ANDERHUB, AL ANDERSON, VP ANDREEV, T ANGELOV, L ANTONOV, D ANTREASYAN, P ARCE, A AREFIEV, A ATAMANCHUK, T AZEMOON, T AZIZ, PVKS BABA, P BAGNAIA, JA BAKKEN, L BAKSAY, RC BALL, S BANERJEE, J BAO, R BARILLERE, L BARONE, A BASCHIROTTO, R BATTISTON, A BAY, F BECATTINI, U BECKER, F BEHNER, J BEHRENS, S BEINGESSNER, GL BENCZE, J BERDUGO, P BERGES, B BERTUCCI, BL BETEV, M BIASINI, A BILAND, GM BILEI, R BIZZARRI, JJ BLAISING, B BLUMENFELD, GJ BOBBINK, M BOCCIOLINI, R BOCK, A BOHM, B BORGIA, M BOSETI, D BOURILKOV, M BOURQUIN, D BOUTIGNY, B BOUWENS, E BRAMBILLA, JG BRANSON, IC BROCK, M BROOKS, C BUISSON, A BUJAK, JD BURGER, WJ BURGER, JP BURQ, J BUSENITZ, XD CAI, M CAPELL, M CARIA, G CARLINO, F CARMINATI, AM CARTACCI, R CASTELLO, M CERRADA, F CESARONI, YH CHANG, UK CHATURVEDI, M CHEMARIN, A CHEN, C CHEN, GM CHEN, HF CHEN, HS CHEN, J CHEN, M CHEN, ML CHEN, WY CHEN, G CHIEFARI, CY CHIEN, M CHMEISSANI, MT CHOI, S CHUNG, C CIVININI, I CLARE, R CLARE, TE COAN, HO COHN, G COIGNET, N COLINO, A CONTIN, F CRIJNS, XT CUI, XY CUI, TS DAI, R DALESSANDRO, R DEASMUNDIS, A DEGRE, K DEITERS, E DENES, P DENES, F DENOTARISTEFANI, M DHINA, D DIBITONTO, M DIEMOZ, HR DIMITROV, C DIONISI, MT DOVA, E DRAGO, T DRIEVER, D DUCHESNEAU, P DUINKER, I DURAN, S EASO, H ELMAMOUNI, A ENGLER, FJ EPPLING, FC ERNE, P EXTERMANN, R FABBRETTI, M FABRE, S FALCIANO, SJ FAN, O FACKLER, J FAY, M FELCINI, T FERGUSON, D FERNANDEZ, G FERNANDEZ, F FERRONI, H FESEFELDT, E FIANDRINI, J FIELD, F FILTHAUT, G FINOCCHIARO, PH FISHER, G FORCONI, T FOREMAN, K FREUDENREICH, W FRIEBEL, M FUKUSHIMA, M GAILLOUD, Y GALAKTIONOV, E GALLO, SN GANGULI, P GARCIAABIA, SS GAU, D GELE, S GENTILE, S GOLDFARB, ZF GONG, E GONZALEZ, P GOTTLICHER, A GOUGAS, D GOUJON, G GRATTA, C GRINNELL, M GRUENEWALD, C GU, M GUANZIROLI, JK GUO, VK GUPTA, A GURTU, HR GUSTAFSON, LJ GUTAY, K HANGARTER, A HASAN, D HAUSCHILDT, CF HE, T HEBBEKER, M HEBERT, G HERTEN, U HERTEN, A HERVE, K HILGERS, H HOFER, H HOORANI, G HU, GQ HU, B ILLE, MM ILYAS, V INNOCENTE, H JANSSEN, S JEZEQUEL, BN JIN, LW JONES, A KASSER, RA KHAN, Y KAMYSHKOV, P KAPINOS, JS KAPUSTINSKY, Y KARYOTAKIS, M KAUR, S KHOKHAR, MN KIENZLEFOCACCI, JK KIM, SC KIM, YG KIM, WW KINNISON, D KIRKBY, S KIRSCH, W KITTEL, A KLIMENTOV, AC KONIG, E KOFFEMAN, O KORNADT, V KOUTSENKO, A KOULBARDIS, RW KRAEMER, T KRAMER, VR KRASTEV, W KRENZ, A KRIVSHICH, H KUIJTEN, KS KUMAR, A KUNIN, G LANDI, D LANSKE, S LANZANO, P LEBRUN, P LECOMTE, P LECOQ, P LECOULTRE, DM LEE, I LEEDOM, JM LEGOFF, R LEISTE, M LENTI, E LEONARDI, J LETTRY, X LEYTENS, C LI, HT LI, PJ LI, XG LI, JY LIAO, WT LIN, ZY LIN, FL LINDE, B LINDEMANN, D LINNHOFER, L LISTA, Y LIU, W LOHMANN, E LONGO, YS LU, JM LUBBERS, K LUBELSMEYER, C LUCI, D LUCKEY, L LUDOVICI, L LUMINARI, W LUSTERMANN, JM MA, WG MA, M MACDERMOTT, PK MALHOTRA, R MALIK, A MALININ, C MANA, DN MAO, YF MAO, M MAOLINBAY, P MARCHESINI, F MARION, A MARIN, JP MARTIN, L MARTINEZLASO, F MARZANO, GGG MASSARO, T MATSUDA, K MAZUMDAR, P MCBRIDE, T MCMAHON, D MCNALLY, T MEINHOLZ, M MERK, L MEROLA, M MESCHINI, WJ METZGER, Y MI, GB MILLS, Y MIR, G MIRABELLI, J MNICH, M MOLLER, B MONTELEONI, R MORAND, S MORGANTI, NE MOULAI, R MOUNT, S MULLER, A NADTOCHY, E NAGY, M NAPOLITANO, H NEWMAN, C NEYER, MA NIAZ, A NIPPE, H NOWAK, G ORGANTINI, D PANDOULAS, S PAOLETTI, P PAOLUCCI, G PASSALEVA, S PATRICELLI, T PAUL, M PAULUZZI, F PAUSS, YJ PEI, S PENSOTTI, D PERRETGALLIX, J PERRIER, A PEVSNER, D PICCOLO, M PIERI, PA PIROUE, F PLASIL, V PLYASKIN, M POHL, V POJIDAEV, N PRODUIT, JM QIAN, KN QURESHI, R RAGHAVAN, R RAHALCALLOT, PG RANCOITA, M RATTAGGI, G RAVEN, P RAZIS, K READ, D REN, Z REN, M RESCIGNO, S REUCROFT, A RICKER, S RIEMANN, W RIEMERS, O RIND, HA RIZVI, FJ RODRIGUEZ, BP ROE, M ROHNER, S ROHNER, L ROMERO, J ROSE, S ROSIERLEES, R ROSMALEN, P ROSSELET, A RUBBIA, JA RUBIO, H RYKACZEWSKI, M SACHWITZ, E SAJAN, J SALICIO, JM SALICIO, GS SANDERS, A SANTOCCHIA, MS SARAKINOS, G SARTORELLI, M SASSOWSKY, G SAUVAGE, V SCHEGELSKY, K SCHMIEMANN, D SCHMITZ, P SCHMITZ, M SCHNEEGANS, H SCHOPPER, DJ SCHOTANUS, S SHOTKIN, HJ SCHREIBER, J SHUKLA, R SCHULTE, S SCHULTE, K SCHULTZE, J SCHUTTE, J SCHWENKE, G SCHWERING, C SCIACCA, I SCOTT, R SEHGAL, PG SEILER, JC SENS, L SERVOLI, I SHEER, DZ SHEN, S SHEVCHENKO, XR SHI, E SHUMILOV, V SHOUTKO, E SODERSTROM, D SON, A SOPCZAK, C SPARTIOTIS, T SPICKERMANN, P SPILLANTINI, R STAROSTA, M STEUER, DP STICKLAND, F STICOZZI, H STONE, K STRAUCH, BC STRINGFELLOW, K SUDHAKAR, G SULTANOV, RL SUMNER, LZ SUN, H SUTER, RB SUTTON, JD SWAIN, AA SYED, XW TANG, L TAYLOR, G TERZI, C TIMMERMANS, SCC TING, SM TING, M TONUTTI, SC TONWAR, J TOTH, A TSAREGORODTSEV, G TSIPOLITIS, C TULLY, KL TUNG, J ULBRICHT, L URBAN, U UWER, E VALENTE, RT VANDEWALLE, I VETLITSKY, G VIERTEL, P VIKAS, U VIKAS, M VIVARGENT, H VOGEL, H VOGT, I VOROBIEV, AA VOROBYOV, L VUILLEUMIER, M WADHWA, W WALLRAFF, CR WANG, GH WANG, JH WANG, QF WANG, XL WANG, YF WANG, ZM WANG, A WEBER, J WEBER, R WEILL, TJ WENAUS, J WENNINGER, M WHITE, C WILLMOTT, F WITTGENSTEIN, D WRIGHT, RJ WU, SX WU, YG WU, B WYSLOUCH, YY XIE, YD XU, ZZ XU, ZL XUE, DS YAN, XJ YAN, BZ YANG, CG YANG, G YANG, KS YANG, QY YANG, ZQ YANG, CH YE, JB YE, Q YE, SC YEH, ZW YIN, JM YOU, N YUNUS, M YZERMAN, C ZACCARDELLI, P ZEMP, M ZENG, Y ZENG, DH ZHANG, ZP ZHANG, B ZHOU, JF ZHOU, RY ZHU, HL ZHUANG, A ZICHICHI, BCC VANDERZWAANA MEASUREMENT OF THE DECAY KL - PI-0-GAMMA-GAMMA
284 (1992) 440-447
Authors:
GD Barr, P Buchholz, R Carosi, D Coward, D Cundy, N Doble, L Gatignon, P Grafstrom, R Hagelberg, HN Nelson, H Wahl, KJ Peach, H Blumer, R Heinz, K Kleinknecht, P Mayer, B Panzer, B Renk, H Rohrer, A Wagner, E Auge, D Fournier, L Iconomidoufayard, I Harrus, O Perdereau, AC Schaffer, L Serin, L Bertanza, A Bigi, P Calafiura, M Calvetti, R Casali, IG Mannelli, VM Marzulli, A Nappi, G Pierazzini, M Holder, A Kreutz, M Rost, R WerthenbachA TEST OF QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS IN THE REACTION E+E- -]GAMMA-GAMMA(GAMMA)
PHYSICS LETTERS B 288:3-4 (1992) 404-411