Search for lepton flavour violation in Z<sup>0</sup> decays

We have searched for lepton flavour violation in Z<sup>0</sup> boson decays into lepton pairs, Z<sup>0</sup>→μτ, Z<sup>0</sup>→eτ, and Z<sup>0</sup>→eμ. The data sample is based on an integrated luminosity of 10.4 pb<sup>-1</sup> correspond...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Dova, María Teresa, L3 Collaboration
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:1991
Country:Argentina
Institution:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repository:SEDICI (UNLP)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/81611
Online Access:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/81611
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Ciencias Exactas
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Lepton flavour violation
Large electron positron collider
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Summary:We have searched for lepton flavour violation in Z<sup>0</sup> boson decays into lepton pairs, Z<sup>0</sup>→μτ, Z<sup>0</sup>→eτ, and Z<sup>0</sup>→eμ. The data sample is based on an integrated luminosity of 10.4 pb<sup>-1</sup> corresponding to 370 000 Z<sup>0</sup>’s produced. We obtain upper limits on the branching ratios of 4.8 X 10<sup>-5</sup> for the μτ 3.4 X 10<sup>-5</sup> for the eτ and 2.4 X 10<sup>-5</sup> for the eμ decay modes at the 95% confidence level.