Search for a New Gauge Boson in Electron-Nucleus Fixed-Target Scattering by the APEX Experiment

Abrahamyan, S.; Ahmed, Z.; Allada, K.; Anez, D.; Averett, T.; Barbieri, A.; Bartlett, K.; Beacham, J.; Bono, J.; Boyce, J. R.; Brindza, P.; Camsonne, A.; Cranmer, K.; Dalton, M. M.; de Jager, C. W.; Donaghy, J.; Essig, R.; Field, C.; Folts, E.; Gasparian, A.; Goeckner-Wald, N.; Gomez, J.; Graham, M.; Hansen, J. -O.; Higinbotham, D. W.; Holmstrom, T.; Huang, J.; Iqbal, S.; Jaros, J.; Jensen, E.; Kelleher, A.; Khandaker, M.; LeRose, J. J.; Lindgren, R.; Liyanage, N.; Long, E.; Mammei, J.; Markowitz, P.; Maruyama, T.; Maxwell, V.; Mayilyan, S.; McDonald, J.; Michaels, R.; Moffeit, K.; Nelyubin, V.; Odian, A.; Oriunno, M.; Partridge, R.; Paolone, M.; Piasetzky, E.; Pomerantz, I.; Qiang, Y.; Riordan, S.; Roblin, Y.; Sawatzky, B.; Schuster, P.; Segal, J.; Selvy, L.; Shahinyan, A.; Subedi, R.; Sulkosky, V.; Stepanyan, S.; Toro, N.; Walz, D.; Wojtsekhowski, B.; Zhang, J.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.191804

Title: Search for a New Gauge Boson in Electron-Nucleus Fixed-Target Scattering by the APEX Experiment

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Authors:: Abrahamyan, S.; Ahmed, Z.; Allada, K.; Anez, D.; Averett, T.; Barbieri, A.; Bartlett, K.; Beacham, J.; Bono, J.; Boyce, J. R.; Brindza, P.; Camsonne, A.; Cranmer, K.; Dalton, M. M.; de Jager, C. W.; Donaghy, J.; Essig, R.; Field, C.; Folts, E.; Gasparian, A. more »« less

Publication Date:: Fri Nov 04 00:00:00 EDT 2011

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1101094

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 107 Journal Issue: 19; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Abrahamyan, S., Ahmed, Z., Allada, K., Anez, D., Averett, T., Barbieri, A., Bartlett, K., Beacham, J., Bono, J., Boyce, J. R., Brindza, P., Camsonne, A., Cranmer, K., Dalton, M. M., de Jager, C. W., Donaghy, J., Essig, R., Field, C., Folts, E., Gasparian, A., Goeckner-Wald, N., Gomez, J., Graham, M., Hansen, J. -O., Higinbotham, D. W., Holmstrom, T., Huang, J., Iqbal, S., Jaros, J., Jensen, E., Kelleher, A., Khandaker, M., LeRose, J. J., Lindgren, R., Liyanage, N., Long, E., Mammei, J., Markowitz, P., Maruyama, T., Maxwell, V., Mayilyan, S., McDonald, J., Michaels, R., Moffeit, K., Nelyubin, V., Odian, A., Oriunno, M., Partridge, R., Paolone, M., Piasetzky, E., Pomerantz, I., Qiang, Y., Riordan, S., Roblin, Y., Sawatzky, B., Schuster, P., Segal, J., Selvy, L., Shahinyan, A., Subedi, R., Sulkosky, V., Stepanyan, S., Toro, N., Walz, D., Wojtsekhowski, B., and Zhang, J. Search for a New Gauge Boson in Electron-Nucleus Fixed-Target Scattering by the APEX Experiment.  United States: N. p., 2011. 
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                    Abrahamyan, S., Ahmed, Z., Allada, K., Anez, D., Averett, T., Barbieri, A., Bartlett, K., Beacham, J., Bono, J., Boyce, J. R., Brindza, P., Camsonne, A., Cranmer, K., Dalton, M. M., de Jager, C. W., Donaghy, J., Essig, R., Field, C., Folts, E., Gasparian, A., Goeckner-Wald, N., Gomez, J., Graham, M., Hansen, J. -O., Higinbotham, D. W., Holmstrom, T., Huang, J., Iqbal, S., Jaros, J., Jensen, E., Kelleher, A., Khandaker, M., LeRose, J. J., Lindgren, R., Liyanage, N., Long, E., Mammei, J., Markowitz, P., Maruyama, T., Maxwell, V., Mayilyan, S., McDonald, J., Michaels, R., Moffeit, K., Nelyubin, V., Odian, A., Oriunno, M., Partridge, R., Paolone, M., Piasetzky, E., Pomerantz, I., Qiang, Y., Riordan, S., Roblin, Y., Sawatzky, B., Schuster, P., Segal, J., Selvy, L., Shahinyan, A., Subedi, R., Sulkosky, V., Stepanyan, S., Toro, N., Walz, D., Wojtsekhowski, B., & Zhang, J. Search for a New Gauge Boson in Electron-Nucleus Fixed-Target Scattering by the APEX Experiment.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.191804

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                    Abrahamyan, S., Ahmed, Z., Allada, K., Anez, D., Averett, T., Barbieri, A., Bartlett, K., Beacham, J., Bono, J., Boyce, J. R., Brindza, P., Camsonne, A., Cranmer, K., Dalton, M. M., de Jager, C. W., Donaghy, J., Essig, R., Field, C., Folts, E., Gasparian, A., Goeckner-Wald, N., Gomez, J., Graham, M., Hansen, J. -O., Higinbotham, D. W., Holmstrom, T., Huang, J., Iqbal, S., Jaros, J., Jensen, E., Kelleher, A., Khandaker, M., LeRose, J. J., Lindgren, R., Liyanage, N., Long, E., Mammei, J., Markowitz, P., Maruyama, T., Maxwell, V., Mayilyan, S., McDonald, J., Michaels, R., Moffeit, K., Nelyubin, V., Odian, A., Oriunno, M., Partridge, R., Paolone, M., Piasetzky, E., Pomerantz, I., Qiang, Y., Riordan, S., Roblin, Y., Sawatzky, B., Schuster, P., Segal, J., Selvy, L., Shahinyan, A., Subedi, R., Sulkosky, V., Stepanyan, S., Toro, N., Walz, D., Wojtsekhowski, B., and Zhang, J. Fri .  
"Search for a New Gauge Boson in Electron-Nucleus Fixed-Target Scattering by the APEX Experiment".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.191804.

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  title        = {Search for a New Gauge Boson in Electron-Nucleus Fixed-Target Scattering by the APEX Experiment},

  author       = {Abrahamyan, S. and Ahmed, Z. and Allada, K. and Anez, D. and Averett, T. and Barbieri, A. and Bartlett, K. and Beacham, J. and Bono, J. and Boyce, J. R. and Brindza, P. and Camsonne, A. and Cranmer, K. and Dalton, M. M. and de Jager, C. W. and Donaghy, J. and Essig, R. and Field, C. and Folts, E. and Gasparian, A. and Goeckner-Wald, N. and Gomez, J. and Graham, M. and Hansen, J. -O. and Higinbotham, D. W. and Holmstrom, T. and Huang, J. and Iqbal, S. and Jaros, J. and Jensen, E. and Kelleher, A. and Khandaker, M. and LeRose, J. J. and Lindgren, R. and Liyanage, N. and Long, E. and Mammei, J. and Markowitz, P. and Maruyama, T. and Maxwell, V. and Mayilyan, S. and McDonald, J. and Michaels, R. and Moffeit, K. and Nelyubin, V. and Odian, A. and Oriunno, M. and Partridge, R. and Paolone, M. and Piasetzky, E. and Pomerantz, I. and Qiang, Y. and Riordan, S. and Roblin, Y. and Sawatzky, B. and Schuster, P. and Segal, J. and Selvy, L. and Shahinyan, A. and Subedi, R. and Sulkosky, V. and Stepanyan, S. and Toro, N. and Walz, D. and Wojtsekhowski, B. and Zhang, J.},

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  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.191804},

  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Nov 04 00:00:00 EDT 2011},

  month        = {Fri Nov 04 00:00:00 EDT 2011}

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