https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-008-0779-z
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
Observation of the muon inner bremsstrahlung at LEP1
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011-3160, USA
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IIHE, ULB-VUB, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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Physics Laboratory, University of Athens, Solonos Str. 104, 10680, Athens, Greece
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Department of Physics, University of Bergen, Allégaten 55, 5007, Bergen, Norway
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Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bologna and INFN, Via Irnerio 46, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, rua Xavier Sigaud 150, 22290, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Inst. de Física, Univ. Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, rua São Francisco Xavier 524, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Collège de France, Lab. de Physique Corpusculaire, IN2P3-CNRS, 75231, Paris Cedex 05, France
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CERN, 1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
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Institut de Recherches Subatomiques, IN2P3-CNRS/ULP-BP20, 67037, Strasbourg Cedex, France
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DESY-Zeuthen, Platanenallee 6, 15735, Zeuthen, Germany
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Institute of Nuclear Physics, N.C.S.R. Demokritos, P.O. Box 60228, 15310, Athens, Greece
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FZU, Inst. of Phys. of the C.A.S. High Energy Physics Division, Na Slovance 2, 182 21, Prague 8, Czech Republic
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Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova and INFN, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146, Genova, Italy
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Institut des Sciences Nucléaires, IN2P3-CNRS, Université de Grenoble 1, 38026, Grenoble Cedex, France
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Helsinki Institute of Physics and Department of Physical Sciences, P.O. Box 64, 00014, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Head Post Office, P.O. Box 79, 101 000, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Universität Karlsruhe, Postfach 6980, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Ul. Radzikowskiego 152, 31142, Krakow, Poland
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Faculty of Physics and Nuclear Techniques, University of Mining and Metallurgy, 30055, Krakow, Poland
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Université de Paris-Sud, Lab. de l’Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3-CNRS, Bât. 200, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France
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School of Physics and Chemistry, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, LA1 4YB, UK
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LIP, IST, FCUL Av. Elias Garcia, 14-1, 1000, Lisboa Codex, Portugal
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Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, Kelvin Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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LPNHE, IN2P3-CNRS, Univ. Paris VI et VII, Tour 33 (RdC), 4 place Jussieu, 75252, Paris Cedex 05, France
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Department of Physics, University of Lund, Sölvegatan 14, 223 63, Lund, Sweden
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Université Claude Bernard de Lyon, IPNL, IN2P3-CNRS, 69622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano and INFN-MILANO, Via Celoria 16, 20133, Milan, Italy
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Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca and INFN-MILANO, Piazza della Scienza 3, 20126, Milan, Italy
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IPNP of MFF, Charles University, Areal MFF, V Holesovickach 2, 180 00, Prague 8, Czech Republic
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NIKHEF, Postbus 41882, 1009 DB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Physics Department, National Technical University, Zografou Campus, 15773, Athens, Greece
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Physics Department, University of Oslo, Blindern, 0316, Oslo, Norway
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Departamento de la Fisica, Universidad Oviedo, Avda. Calvo Sotelo s/n, 33007, Oviedo, Spain
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Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, UK
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Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova and INFN, Via Marzolo 8, 35131, Padua, Italy
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Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 OQX, UK
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Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma II and INFN, Tor Vergata, 00173, Rome, Italy
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Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma III and INFN, Via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146, Rome, Italy
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DAPNIA/Service de Physique des Particules, CEA-Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria (CSIC-UC), Avda. los Castros s/n, 39006, Santander, Spain
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Institute for High Energy Physics, Serpukov P.O. Box 35, Protvino, Moscow Region, Russian Federation
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J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Kostanjeviska 16a, 5000, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
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Department of Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Fysikum, Stockholm University, Box 6730, 113 85, Stockholm, Sweden
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Dipartimento di Fisica Sperimentale, Università di Torino and INFN, Via P. Giuria 1, 10125, Turin, Italy
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INFN, Sezione di Torino and Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica, Università di Torino, Via Giuria 1, 10125, Turin, Italy
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Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste and INFN, Via A. Valerio 2, 34127, Trieste, Italy
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Istituto di Fisica, Università di Udine and INFN, 33100, Udine, Italy
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Univ. Federal do Rio de Janeiro, C.P. 68528 Cidade Univ., Ilha do Fundão, 21945-970, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Department of Radiation Sciences, University of Uppsala, P.O. Box 535, 751 21, Uppsala, Sweden
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IFIC, Valencia-CSIC, and D.F.A.M.N., U. de Valencia, Avda. Dr. Moliner 50, 46100, Burjassot (Valencia), Spain
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ITEP, 117259, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Österr. Akad. d. Wissensch., Nikolsdorfergasse 18, 1050, Vienna, Austria
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Institute Nuclear Studies and University of Warsaw, Ul. Hoza 69, 00681, Warsaw, Poland
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University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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Fachbereich Physik, University of Wuppertal, Postfach 100 127, 42097, Wuppertal, Germany
* e-mail: jan.timmermans@cern.ch
Received:
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June
2007
Revised:
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June
2008
Published online:
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November
2008
Muon bremsstrahlung photons converted in front of the DELPHI main tracker (TPC) in dimuon events at LEP1 were studied in two photon kinematic ranges: 0.2<E γ ≤1 GeV and transverse momentum with respect to the parent muon p T <40 MeV/c, and 1<E γ ≤10 GeV and p T <80 MeV/c. A good agreement of the observed photon rate with predictions from QED for the muon inner bremsstrahlung was found, contrary to the anomalous soft photon excess that has been observed recently in hadronic Z 0 decays. The obtained ratios of the observed signal to the predicted level of the muon bremsstrahlung are 1.06±0.12±0.07 in the photon energy range 0.2<E γ ≤1 GeV and 1.04±0.09±0.12 in the photon energy range 1<E γ ≤10 GeV. The bremsstrahlung dead cone is observed for the first time in the direct photon production at LEP.
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