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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Search for the glueball candidates f0(1500) and fJ(1710) in γγ collisions

R. BarateD. DecampP. GhezC. GoyJ.-p. LeesE. MerleM.-n. MinardB. PietrzykR. AlemanyS. BravoM.p. CasadoM. ChmeissaniJ.m. CrespoE. FernandezM. Fernandez-bosmanLl. GarridoE. GraugèsA. JusteM. MartinezG. MerinoR. MiquelLl.m. MirA. PachecoI. RiuH. RuizA. ColaleoD. CreanzaM. De PalmaG. IaselliG. MaggiM. MaggiS. NuzzoA. RanieriG. RasoF. RuggieriG. SelvaggiL. SilvestrisP. TempestaA. TricomiG. ZitoX. HuangJ. LinQ. OuyangT. WangY. XieR. XuS. XueJ. ZhangL. ZhangW. ZhaoD. AbbaneoG. BoixO. BuchmüllerM. CattaneoF. CeruttiV. CiulliG. DissertoriH. DrevermannR.w. FortyM. FrankT.c. GreeningA.w. HalleyJ.b. HansenJ. HarveyP. JanotB. JostI. LehrausO. LeroyP. MatoA. MintenA. MoutoussiF. RanjardL. RolandiD. SchlatterM. SchmittO. SchneiderP. SpagnoloW. TejessyF. TeubertE. TournefierA.e. WrightZ. AjaltouniF. BadaudG. ChazelleO. DeschampsA. FalvardC. FerdiP. GayC. GuicheneyP. HenrardJ. JoussetB. MichelS. MonteilJ-c. MontretD. PallinP. PerretF. PodlyskiJ.d. HansenJ.r. HansenP.h. HansenB.s. NilssonB. RenschA. WäänänenG. DaskalakisA. KyriakisC. MarkouE. SimopoulouI. SiotisA. VayakiA. BlondelG. BonneaudJ.-c. BrientA. RougéM. RumpfM. SwynghedauwM. VerderiH. VideauE. FocardiG. ParriniK. ZachariadouM. CordenC. GeorgiopoulosA. AntonelliG. BencivenniG. BolognaF. BossiP. CampanaG. CaponV. ChiarellaP. LaurelliG. MannocchiF. MurtasG.p. MurtasL. PassalacquaM. Pepe-altarelliL. CurtisJ.g. LynchP. NegusV. O'sheaC. RaineP. Teixeira-diasA.s. ThompsonR. CavanaughS. DhamotharanC. GewenigerP. HankeG. HansperV. HeppE.e. KlugeA. PutzerJ. SommerK. TittelS. WernerM. WunschR. BeuselinckD.m. BinnieW. CameronP.j. DornanM. GironeS. GoodsirE.b. MartinN. MarinelliA. SciabàJ.k. SedgbeerE. ThomsonM.d. WilliamsV.m. GheteP. GirtlerE. KneringerD. KuhnG. RudolphC.k. BowderyP.g. BuckA.j. FinchF. FosterG. HughesR.w.l. JonesN.a. RobertsonM.i. WilliamsI. GiehlK. JakobsK. KleinknechtG. QuastB. RenkE. RohneH.-g. SanderH. WachsmuthC. ZeitnitzJ.j. AubertA. BonissentJ. CarrP. CoyleP. PayreD. RousseauM. AleppoM. AntonelliF. RagusaV. BüscherH. DietlG. GanisK. HüttmannG. LütjensC. MannertW. MännerH.-g. MoserS. SchaelR. SettlesH. SeywerdH. StenzelW. WiedenmannG. WolfP. AzzurriJ. BoucrotO. CallotS. ChenA. CordierM. DavierL. DuflotJ.-f. GrivazPh. HeusseA. JacholkowskaF. Le DiberderJ. LefrançoisA.-m. LutzM.-h. SchuneJ.-j. VeilletI. VideauD. ZerwasG. BagliesiT. BoccaliC. BozziG. CalderiniR. Dell'orsoI. FerranteL. FoàA. GiassiA. GregorioF. LigabueP.s. MarrocchesiA. MessineoF. PallaG. RizzoG. SanguinettiG. SguazzoniR. TenchiniA. VenturiP.g. VerdiniG.a. BlairG. CowanM.g. GreenT. MedcalfJ.a. StrongD.r. BotterillR.w. ClifftT.r. EdgecockP.r. NortonJ.c. ThompsonI.r. TomalinB. Bloch-devauxP. ColasS. EmeryW. KozaneckiE. LançonM.-c. LemaireE. LocciP. PerezJ. RanderJ.-f. RenardyA. RoussarieJ.-p. SchullerJ. SchwindlingA. TrabelsiB. VallageS.n. BlackJ.h. DannR.p. JohnsonH.y. KimN. KonstantinidisA.m. LitkeM.a. McneilG. TaylorC.n. BoothS. CartwrightF. CombleyM. LehtoL.f. ThompsonK. AffholderbachA. BöhrerS. BrandtC. GrupenJ. HessA. MisiejukG. PrangeU. SielerG. GianniniB. GobboJ. RothbergS. WasserbaechS.r. ArmstrongP. ElmerD.p.s. FergusonY. GaoS. GonzálezO.j. HayesH. HuS. JinJ. KileP.a. Mcnamara IiiJ. NielsenW. OrejudosY.b. PanY. SaadiI.j. ScottJ. WalshJ.h. Von Wimmersperg-toellerSau Lan WuX. WuG. Zobernig

subject

Nuclear physicsPhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsParticle physicsglueballBranching fractionGlueballLEPAleph; LEP; glueballAlephGamma gamma

description

Abstract Data taken with the ALEPH detector at LEP1 have been used to search for γγ production of the glueball candidates f0(1500) and fJ(1710) via their decay to π+π−. No signal is observed and upper limits to the product of γγ width and π+π− branching ratio of the f0(1500) and the fJ(1710) have been measured to be Γ(γγ→f 0 (1500))· B R (f 0 (1500)→π + π − ) keV and Γ(γγ→f J (1710))· B R (f J (1710)→π + π − ) keV at 95% confidence level.

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0370-2693(99)01390-8