Bounding the tau neutrino magnetic moment from single photon searches at LEP

We show that single photon searches at LEP constrain the tau neutrino magnetic moment to be less than O(10 −6) μ B . This bound is competitive with low energy ( √s ⋍ 30 GeV ) single photon searches.

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Published inPhysics letters. B Vol. 333; no. 3; pp. 545 - 547
Main Authors Gould, Thomas M., Rothstein, I.Z.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 04.08.1994
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Electric and magnetic moments
Electromagnetic processes and properties
Exact sciences and technology
Leptons
Ordinary neutrinos
Ordinary neutrinos (ντ, νμ, νe)
Physics
Properties of specific particles
Specific reactions and phenomenology
The physics of elementary particles and fields
Magnetic moments
Tau neutrinos
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Summary:We show that single photon searches at LEP constrain the tau neutrino magnetic moment to be less than O(10 −6) μ B . This bound is competitive with low energy ( √s ⋍ 30 GeV ) single photon searches.
ISSN:0370-2693
1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/0370-2693(94)90181-3