The L3 detector at LEP has been used to determine the number of light neutrino families by measuring the cross section of single photon even in e+e- collisions at energies near the Z0 resonance. We have observed 61 single photon candidates with more than 1.5 GeV of deposited energy in the barrel electromagnetic calorimeter, for a total integrated luminosity of 3.0 pb-1. From a likelihood fit to the single photon cross sections, we determine N(nu) = 3.24 +/- 0.46 (statistical) +/- 0.22 (systematic).

A Direct Determination of the Number of Light Neutrino Families From E+e--]nu-nu-bar-gamma At Lep / B. ADEVA, O. ADRIANI, M. AGUILARBENITEZ, H. AKBARI, J. ALCARAZ, A. ALOISIO, G. ALVERSON, M. G. ALVIGGI, G. AMBROSI, Q. AN, H. ANDERHUB, A. L. ANDERSON, V. P. ANDREEV, T. ANGELOV, L. ANTONOV, D. ANTREASYAN, P. ARCE, A. AREFIEV, A. ATAMANCHUK, T. AZEMOON, et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - STAMPA. - 275:(1992), pp. 209-221. [10.1016/0370-2693(92)90877-7]

A Direct Determination of the Number of Light Neutrino Families From E+e--]nu-nu-bar-gamma At Lep

ADRIANI, OSCAR;D'ALESSANDRO, RAFFAELLO;M. LENTI;
1992

Abstract

The L3 detector at LEP has been used to determine the number of light neutrino families by measuring the cross section of single photon even in e+e- collisions at energies near the Z0 resonance. We have observed 61 single photon candidates with more than 1.5 GeV of deposited energy in the barrel electromagnetic calorimeter, for a total integrated luminosity of 3.0 pb-1. From a likelihood fit to the single photon cross sections, we determine N(nu) = 3.24 +/- 0.46 (statistical) +/- 0.22 (systematic).
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B. ADEVA;O. ADRIANI;M. AGUILARBENITEZ;H. AKBARI;J. ALCARAZ;A. ALOISIO;G. ALVERSON;M. G. ALVIGGI;G. AMBROSI;Q. AN;H. ANDERHUB;A. L. ANDERSO...espandi
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