Love, William Oliver
(2010)
A Search for Lepton Flavor Violation in Upsilon Decays.
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
This document describes a search for lepton flavor violation (LFV) in the bottomonium system. Using the data collected with the CLEO III detector, we looked for the leptonic decays Upsilon(nS) -> mu + tau (where n = 1, 2, and 3). The tau lepton was identified through its leptonic decay to an electron, and signal yields were obtained through multidimensional likelihood fitting with probability density function shapes measured from independent data samples. No signal was observed. Therefore, we report our results as upper limits on the LFV branching fractions of Upsilon mesons at the 95% confidence level.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
| Creators/Authors: |
| Creators | Email | Pitt Username | ORCID  |
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| Love, William Oliver | wolst@pitt.edu | WOLST | |
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| Date: |
22 June 2010 |
| Date Type: |
Completion |
| Defense Date: |
5 March 2010 |
| Approval Date: |
22 June 2010 |
| Submission Date: |
29 March 2010 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Physics |
| Degree: |
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy |
| Thesis Type: |
Doctoral Dissertation |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
CESR; CLEO; experiment; flavor; lepton; LFV; meson; muon; particle; physics; symmetry; tau; upsilon; violation |
| Other ID: |
http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-03292010-011410/, etd-03292010-011410 |
| Date Deposited: |
10 Nov 2011 19:33 |
| Last Modified: |
15 Nov 2016 13:37 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/6640 |
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