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Search for a new weakly interacting particle

D. Decamp, B. Deschizeaux, C. Goy, J.-P. Lees, M.-N. Minard, R. Alemany, J.M. Crespo, M. Delfino, E. Fernandez, V. Gaitan, Ll. Garrido, P. Mato, Mir Ll.M, A. Pacheco, M.G. Catanesi, D. Creanza, M. de Palma, A. Farilla, G. Iaselli, G. Maggi, M. Maggi, S. Natali, S. Nuzzo, M. Quattromini, A. Ranieri, G. Raso, F. Romano, F. Ruggieri, G. Selvaggi, L. Silvestris, P. Tempesta, G. Zito, Y. Gao, H. Hu, D. Huang, X. Huang, J. Lin, J. Lou, C. Qiao, T. Ruan, T. Wang, Y. Xie, D. Xu, R. Xu, J. Zhang, W. Zhao, W.B. Atwood, F. Bird, E. Blucher, G. Bonvicini, F. Bossi, D. Brown, T.H. Burnett, H. Drevermann, F. Dydak, R.W. Forty, C. Grab, R. Hagelberg, S. Haywood, J. Hilgart, B. Jost, M. Kasemann, J. Knobloch, A. Lacourt, E. Lançon, I. Lehraus, T. Lohse, A. Marchioro, M. Martinez, S. Menary, A. Minten, A. Miotto, R. Miguel, H.-G. Moser, J. Nash, P. Palazzi, F. Ranjard, G. Redlinger, A. Roth, J. Rothberg, H. Rotscheidt, R. St. Denis, D. Schlatter, M. Takashima, M. Talby, W. Tejessy, H. Wachsmuth, S. Wasserbaech, S. Wheeler, W. Wiedenmann, W. Witzeling, J. Wotschack, Z. Ajaltouni, M. Bardadin-Otwinowska, A. Falvard, R. El Fellous, P. Gay, J. Harvey, P. Henrard, J. Jousset, B. Michel, J.-C. Montret, D. Pallin, P. Perret, J. Proriol, F. Prulhière, G. Stimpfl, J.D. Hansen, J.R. Hansen, P.H. Hansen, R. Møllerud, E.R. Nielsen, B.S. Nilsson, I. Efthymiopoulos, E. Simopoulou, A. Vayaki, J. Badier, A. Blondel, G. Bonneaud, J. Bourotte, F. Braems, J.C. Brient, G. Fouque, A. Gamess, R. Guirlet, S. Orteu, A. Rosowsky, A. Rougé, M. Rumpf, R. Tanaka, H. Videau, D.J. Candlin, E. Veitch, G. Parrini, M. Corden, C. Georgiopoulos, M. Ikeda, J. Lannutti, D. Levinthal, M. Mermikides, L. Sawyer, A. Antonelli, R. Baldini, G. Bencivenni, G. Bologna, P. Campana, G. Capon, V. Chiarella, B. D'Ettorre-Piazzoli, G. Felici, P. Laurelli, G. Mannocchi, F. Murtas, G.P. Murtas, G. Nicoletti, L. Passalacqua, M. Pepe-Altarelli, P. Picchi, P. Zografou, B. Altoon, O. Boyle, A.W. Halley, I. ten Have, J.L. Hearns, J.G. Lynch, W.T. Morton, C. Raine, J.M. Scarr, K. Smith, A.S. Thompson, R.M. Turnbull, B. Brandl, O. Braun, R. Geiges, C. Geweniger, P. Hanke, V. Hepp, E.E. Kluge, Y. Maumary, A. Putzer, B. Rensch, A. Stahl, K. Tittel, M. Wunsch, A.T. Belk, R. Beuselinck, D.M. Binnie, W. Cameron, M. Cattaneo, P.J. Dornan, S. Dugeay, A.M. Greene, J.F. Hassard, N.M. Lieske, S.J. Patton, D.G. Payne, M.J. Phillips, J.K. Sedgbeer, G. Taylor, I.R. Tomalin, A.G. Wright, P. Girtler, D. Kuhn, G. Rudolph, C.K. Bowdery, T.J. Brodbeck, A.J. Finch, F. Foster, G. Hughes, N.R. Keemer, M. Nuttall, A. Patel, B.S. Rowlingson, T. Sloan, S.W. Snow, E.P. Whelan, T. Barczewski, L.A.T. Bauerdick, K. Kleinknecht, B. Renk, S. Roehn, H.-G. Sander, M. Schmelling, H. Schmidt, F. Steeg, J.-P. Albanese, J.-J. Aubert, C. Benchouk, V. Bernard, A. Bonissent, D. Courvoisier, F. Etienne, S. Papalexiou, P. Payre, B. Pietrzyk, Z. Qian, H. Becker, W. Blum, P. Cattaneo, G. Cowan, B. Dehning, H. Dietl, M. Fernandez-Bosman, T. Hansl-Kozanecka, A. Jahn, W. Kozanecki, E. Lange, J. Lauber, G. Lütjens, G. Lutz, W. Männer, Y. Pan, R. Richter, J. Schröder, A.S. Schwarz, R. Settles, U. Stierlin, J. Thomas, G. Wolf, V. Bertin, J. Boucrot, O. Callot, X. Chen, A. Cordier, M. Davier, G. Ganis, J.-F. Grivaz, Ph. Heusse, P. Janot, D.W. Kim, F. Le Diberder, J. Lefrançois, A.-M. Lutz, J.-J. Veillet, I. Videau, Z. Zhang, F. Zomer, S.R. Amendolia, G. Bagliesi, G. Batignani, L. Bosisio, U. Bottigli, C. Bradaschia, M. Carpinelli, M.A. Ciocci, R. Dell'Orso, I. Ferrante, F. Fidecaro, L. Foà, E. Focardi, F. Forti, A. Giassi, M.A. Giorgi, F. Ligabue, A. Lusiani, E.B. Mannelli, P.S. Marrocchesi, A. Messineo, L. Moneta, F. Palla, G. Sanguinetti, J. Steinberger, R. Tenchini, G. Tonelli, G. Triggiani, C. Vannini, A. Venturi, P.G. Verdini, J. Walsh, J.M. Carter, M.G. Green, P.V. March, T. Medcalf, I.S. Quazi, M.R. Saich, J.A. Strong, R.M. Thomas, L.R. West, T. Wildish, D.R. Botterill, R.W. Clifft, T.R. Edgecock, M. Edwards, S.M. Fisher, T.J. Jones, P.R. Norton, D.P. Salmon, J.C. Thompson, B. Bloch-Devaux, P. Colas, C. Klopfenstein, E. Locci, S. Loucatos, E. Monnier, P. Perez, J.A. Perlas, F. Perrier, J. Rander, J.-F. Renardy, A. Roussarie, J.-P. Schuller, J. Schwindling, B. Vallage, J.G. Ashman, C.N. Booth, C. Buttar, R. Carney, S. Cartwright, F. Combley, M. Dinsdale, M. Dogru, F. Hatfield, J. Martin, D. Parker, P. Reeves, L.F. Thompson, S. Brandt, H. Burkhardt, C. Grupen, H. Meinhard, L. Mirabito, E. Neugebauer, U. Schäfer, H. Seywerd, G. Apollinari, G. Giannini, B. Gobbo, F. Liello, F. Ragusa, L. Rolandi, U. Stiegler, L. Bellantoni, J.F. Boudreau, D. Cinabro, J.S. Conway, D.F. Cowen, A.J. DeWeerd, Z. Feng, D.P.S. Ferguson, Y.S. Gao, J. Grahl, J.L. Harton, J.E. Jacobsen, R.C. Jared, R.P. Johnson, B.W. LeClaire, Y.B. Pan, J.R. Pater, Y. Saadi, V. Sharma, A.M. Walsh, J.A. Wear, F.V. Weber, M.H. Whitney, Sau Lan Wu, Z.L. Zhou, G. Zobernig

Laboratoire de Physique des Particules (LAPP), IN2P3-CNRS, F-74019 Annecy-le-Vieux Cedex, France; R. Alemany,; J.M. Crespo,; M. Delfino,; E. Fernandez,; V. Gaitan,; Ll. Garrido,; P. Mato,; Mir Ll.M.,; A. Pacheco; Laboratorio de Fisica de Altas Energias, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra Barcelona, Spain; M.G. Catanesi,; D. Creanza,; M. de Palma,; A. Farilla,; G. Maggi,; M. Maggi,; S. Natali,; S. Nuzzo,; M. Quattromini,; A. Ranieri,; G. Raso,; F. Romano,; F. Ruggieri,; G. Selvaggi,; L. Silvestris,; P. Tempesta,; G. Zito; INFN, Sezione di Bari and Dipartamento di Fisica dell'Università, I-70126 Bari, Italy; Y. Gao,; D. Huang,; X. Huang,; J. Lin,; J. Lou,; T. Wang,; Y. Xie,; D. Xu,; R. Xu,; J. Zhang,; W. Zhao; Institute of High-Energy Physics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China; F. Bird,; E. Blucher,; G. Bonvicini,; F. Bossi,; D. Brown,; H. Drevermann,; F. Dydak,; R.W. Forty,; C. Grab,; R. Hagelberg,; S. Haywood,; J. Hilgart,; B. Jost,; M. Kasemann,; J. Knobloch,; A. Lacourt,; E. Lançon,; I. Lehraus,; T. Lohse,; A. Marchioro,; M. Martinez,; S. Menary,; A. Minten,; A. Miotto,; R. Miguel,; H.-G. Moser,; J. Nash,; P. Palazzi,; F. Ranjard,; G. Redlinger,; A. Roth,; H. Rotscheidt,; R. St. Denis,; D. Schlatter,; M. Takashima,; W. Tejessy,; H. Wachsmuth,; S. Wasserbaech,; S. Wheeler,; W. Wiedenmann,; W. Witzeling,; J. Wotschack; European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN), CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland; Z. Ajaltouni,; M. Bardadin-Otwinowska,; A. Falvard,; R. El Fellous,; P. Gay,; J. Harvey,; P. Henrard,; J. Jousset,; B. Michel,; J.-C. Montret,; D. Pallin,; P. Perret,; J. Proriol,; F. Prulhière,; G. Stimpfl; Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, F-63177 Aubi`ere, France; J.D. Hansen,; J.R. Hansen,; P.H. Hansen,; R. Møllerud,; E.R. Nielsen,; B.S. Nilsson; Niels Bohr Institute, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; I. Efthymiopoulos,; E. Simopoulou,; A. Vayaki; Nuclear Research Center Demokritos (NRCD), Athens, Greece; J. Badier,; A. Blondel,; G. Bonneaud,; J. Bourotte,; F. Braems,; J.C. Brient,; G. Fouque,; A. Gamess,; R. Guirlet,; S. Orteu,; A. Rosowsky,; A. Rougé,; M. Rumpf,; R. Tanaka,; H. Videau; Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Energies, Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, F-91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France; D.J. Candlin,; E. Veitch; Department of Physics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, UK; G. Parrini; Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Firenze and INFN Sezione di Firenze, I-50125 Florence, Italy; M. Corden,; C. Georgiopoulos,; M. Ikeda,; J. Lannutti,; M. Mermikides,; L. Sawyer; Supercomputer Computations Research Institute and Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA; A. Antonelli,; R. Baldini,; G. Bencivenni,; P. Campana,; G. Capon,; V. Chiarella,; G. Felici,; P. Laurelli,; F. Murtas,; G.P. Murtas,; G. Nicoletti,; L. Passalacqua,; M. Pepe-Altarelli,; P. 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Hughes,; N.R. Keemer,; M. Nuttall,; A. Patel,; B.S. Rowlingson,; T. Sloan,; S.W. Snow,; E.P. Whelan; Department of Physics, University of Lancaster, Lancaster LA1 4YB, UK; T. Barczewski,; L.A.T. Bauerdick,; K. Kleinknecht,; B. Renk,; S. Roehn,; H.-G. Sander,; M. Schmelling,; H. Schmidt,; F. Steeg; Institut für Physik, Universität Mainz, W-6500 Mainz, FRG; J.-P. Albanese,; J.-J. Aubert,; C. Benchouk,; V. Bernard,; A. Bonissent,; D. Courvoisier,; F. Etienne,; S. Papalexiou,; P. Payre,; B. Pietrzyk,; Z. Qian; Centre de Physique des Particules, Faculté des Sciences de Luminy, IN2P3-CNRS, F-13288 Marseille, France; H. Becker,; W. Blum,; P. Cattaneo,; G. Cowan,; B. Dehning,; H. Dietl,; M. Fernandez-Bosman,; A. Jahn,; E. Lange,; J. Lauber,; G. Lütjens,; G. Lutz,; W. Männer,; Y. Pan,; R. Richter,; J. Schröder,; A.S. Schwarz,; R. Settles,; U. Stierlin,; J. Thomas,; G. Wolf; Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik, Werner-Heisenberg-Institut für Physik, W-8000 Munich, FRG; V. Bertin,; J. 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Physics Letters B DOI:10.1016/0370-2693(91)90657-C pp.139-147

ABSTRACT A search for events of the type e+e−→ℓ+ℓ−X0, where X0 can be any weakly interacting particle which couples to the Z, has been performed with the ALEPH detector at LEP, by searching for acollinear lepton pairs. Such particles can be excluded up to a mass of 7.0 GeV/c2 for a value of the ratio of branching fractions, Br(Z→X0l+l−)/Br(Z→l+l−), greater than 2.5 × 10−3 if the X0 has third component of isospin, I3 greater than and decays to a pair of virtual gauge bosons. When this analysis is combined with the previous results of the Higgs particle searches from ALEPH, this limit can be extended to an X0 mass of 60 GeV/c2.

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