The cross-section for e+e- → hadrons in the vicinity of the Z boson peak has been measured with the ALEPH detector at the CERN Large Electron Positron collider, LEP. Measurements of the Z mass, Mz = (91.174±0.070) GeV, the Z width Γz=(2.68±0.15) GeV, and of the peak hadronic cross-section, σhad peak=(29.3±1.2) nb, are presented. With the constraints of the standard electroweak model, the number of light neutrino species is found to be Nv=3.27±0.30. this results rules out of the possibility of a fourth type of light neutrino at 98% CL.

Determination of the number of light neutrino species / Decamp, D., Deschizeaux, B., Lees, J.-P., Minard, M.-N., Crespo, J.M., Delfino, M., Fernandez, E., Martinez, M., Miquel, R., Mir, M.L., Orteu, S., Pacheco, A., Perlas, J.A., Tubau, E., Catanesi, M.G., de Palma, M., Farilla, A., Iaselli, G., Maggi, G., Mastrogiacomo, A., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - STAMPA. - 231:4(1989), pp. 519-529. [10.1016/0370-2693(89)90704-1]

Determination of the number of light neutrino species

Iaselli, G.;Maggi, G.;
1989

Abstract

The cross-section for e+e- → hadrons in the vicinity of the Z boson peak has been measured with the ALEPH detector at the CERN Large Electron Positron collider, LEP. Measurements of the Z mass, Mz = (91.174±0.070) GeV, the Z width Γz=(2.68±0.15) GeV, and of the peak hadronic cross-section, σhad peak=(29.3±1.2) nb, are presented. With the constraints of the standard electroweak model, the number of light neutrino species is found to be Nv=3.27±0.30. this results rules out of the possibility of a fourth type of light neutrino at 98% CL.
1989
Determination of the number of light neutrino species / Decamp, D., Deschizeaux, B., Lees, J.-P., Minard, M.-N., Crespo, J.M., Delfino, M., Fernandez, E., Martinez, M., Miquel, R., Mir, M.L., Orteu, S., Pacheco, A., Perlas, J.A., Tubau, E., Catanesi, M.G., de Palma, M., Farilla, A., Iaselli, G., Maggi, G., Mastrogiacomo, A., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - STAMPA. - 231:4(1989), pp. 519-529. [10.1016/0370-2693(89)90704-1]
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