Title
A search for excited neutrinos in e <sup>-</sup> p collisions at HERA
Date Issued
05 June 2008
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Aaron F.D.
Alexa C.
Andreev V.
Antunovic B.
Aplin S.
Asmone A.
Astvatsatourov A.
Backovic S.
Baghdasaryan A.
Baranov P.
Barrelet E.
Bartel W.
Baudrand S.
Beckingham M.
Begzsuren K.
Behnke O.
Belousov A.
Berger N.
Bizot J.C.
Boenig M.O.
Boudry V.
Bozovic-Jelisavcic I.
Bracinik J.
Brandt G.
Brinkmann M.
Brisson V.
Bruncko D.
Bunyatyan A.
Buschhorn G.
Bystritskaya L.
Campbell A.J.
Cantun Avila K.B.
Cassol-Brunner F.
Cerny K.
Cerny V.
Chekelian V.
Cholewa A.
Contreras J.G.
Coughlan J.A.
Cozzika G.
Cvach J.
Dainton J.B.
Daum K.
Deák M.
de Boer Y.
Delcourt B.
Del Degan M.
Delvax J.
De Roeck A.
De Wolf E.A.
Diaconu C.
Dodonov V.
Dossanov A.
Dubak A.
Eckerlin G.
Efremenko V.
Egli S.
Eisele F.
Eliseev A.
Elsen E.
Essenov S.
Falkiewicz A.
Faulkner P.J.W.
Favart L.
Fedotov A.
Felst R.
Feltesse J.
Ferencei J.
Finke L.
Fleischer M.
Fomenko A.
Franke G.
Frisson T.
Gabathuler E.
Gayler J.
Ghazaryan S.
Glazov A.
Glushkov I.
Goerlich L.
Goettlich M.
Gogitidze N.
Gouzevitch M.
Grab C.
Greenshaw T.
Grell B.R.
Grindhammer G.
Habib S.
Haidt D.
Hansson M.
Helebrant C.
Henderson R.C.W.
Henschel H.
Herrera G.
Hildebrandt M.
Hiller K.H.
Hoffmann D.
Horisberger R.
Hovhannisyan A.
Hreus T.
Jacquet M.
Abstract
A search for first generation excited neutrinos is performed using the full e - p data sample collected by the H1 experiment at HERA at a centre-of-mass energy of 319 GeV, corresponding to a total luminosity of 184 pb -1. The electroweak decays of excited neutrinos ν * → ν γ, ν * → ν Z and ν * → e W with subsequent hadronic or leptonic decays of the W and Z bosons are considered. No evidence for excited neutrino production is found. Mass dependent exclusion limits on ν * production cross sections and on the ratio of the coupling to the compositeness scale f / Λ are derived within gauge mediated models. A limit on f / Λ, independent of the relative couplings to the SU (2) and U (1) gauge bosons, is also determined. These limits extend the excluded region to higher masses than has been possible in previous excited neutrino searches. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Start page
382
End page
389
Volume
663
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Ingeniería relacionada con la energía nuclear
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-44649172108
Source
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
ISSN of the container
03702693
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