Search for the rare decay μ+e+γγ

D. Grosnick, S. C. Wright, R. D. Bolton, M. D. Cooper, J. S. Frank, A. L. Hallin, P. A. Heusi, C. M. Hoffman, G. E. Hogan, F. G. Mariam, H. S. Matis, R. E. Mischke, L. E. Piilonen, V. D. Sandberg, G. H. Sanders, U. Sennhauser, R. Werbeck, R. A. Williams, S. L. Wilson, R. Hofstadter, E. B. Hughes, M. W. Ritter, V. L. Highland, and J. McDonough
Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 3241 – Published 29 December 1986
PDFExport Citation

Abstract

A new experimental search with the Crystal Box detector shows no evidence for the lepton-family-numbernonconserving decay μ+e+γγ. This corresponds to an upper limit for the branching ratio of Γ(μ→eγγ)/Γ(μ→eνν¯)<7.2 ×101 (90% confidence level), an improvement of more than 2 orders of magnitude in sensitivity.

  • Received 15 August 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.3241

©1986 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

D. Grosnick and S. C. Wright

  • University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637

R. D. Bolton, M. D. Cooper, J. S. Frank, A. L. Hallin, P. A. Heusi, C. M. Hoffman, G. E. Hogan, F. G. Mariam, H. S. Matis, R. E. Mischke, L. E. Piilonen, V. D. Sandberg, G. H. Sanders, U. Sennhauser, R. Werbeck, and R. A. Williams

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545

S. L. Wilson, R. Hofstadter, E. B. Hughes, and M. W. Ritter

  • Hansen Laboratories and Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

V. L. Highland and J. McDonough

  • Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122

References (Subscription Required)

Click to Expand
Issue

Vol. 57, Iss. 26 — 29 December 1986

Reuse & Permissions
Access Options
Author publication services for translation and copyediting assistance advertisement

Authorization Required


×
×

Images

×

Sign up to receive regular email alerts from Physical Review Letters

Log In

Cancel
×

Search


Article Lookup

Paste a citation or DOI

Enter a citation
×