Review of heavy lepton production in e/sup +/e/sup -/ annihilation

Conference · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1977

OSTI ID:5162502

Perl, M L

The existing data on e{sup +-}..mu..{sup -+}, e{sup +-}x{sup -+}, ..mu..{sup +-}x{sup -+}, and related events produced in e{sup +}e{sup -} annihilation are reviewed. All data are consistent with the existence of a new charged lepton, tau{sup +-}, of mass 1.9 +- .1 GeV/c{sup 2}.

• Research Organization: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US DOE)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-S-03-0326
• OSTI ID: 5162502
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-2022; CONF-770883-3; TRN: 78-007957
• Resource Relation: Conference: Symposium on lepton and photon interactions at high energies, Hamburg, F.R. Germany, 25 Aug 1977
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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INCLUSIVE INTERACTIONS
HEAVY LEPTONS
ELECTROPRODUCTION
TAU PARTICLE
DECAY
MASS
ELECTRONS
MUONS MINUS
MUONS PLUS
NEUTRINOS
POSITRONS
REVIEWS
TAU NEUTRINO
ANTILEPTONS
ANTIMATTER
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ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
INTERACTIONS
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LEPTONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MUONS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
POSTULATED PARTICLES
Antileptons
Antimatter
Antiparticles
Basic Interactions
Document Types
Electromagnetic Interactions
Elementary Particles
Fermions
Heavy Leptons
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Lepton-lepton Interactions
Leptons
Massless Particles
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