THE SEARCH FOR THE DECAY OF Z-BOSON INTO 2 PHOTONS AS A TEST OF BOSE STATISTICS

Authors
IGNATIEV AY JOSHI GC MATSUDA M
Citation
Ay. Ignatiev et al., THE SEARCH FOR THE DECAY OF Z-BOSON INTO 2 PHOTONS AS A TEST OF BOSE STATISTICS, Modern physics letters A, 11(11), 1996, pp. 871-876
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Physics, Particles & Fields","Physycs, Mathematical
Journal title
Modern physics letters A → ACNP
ISSN journal
02177323
Volume
11
Issue
11
Year of publication
1996
Pages
871 - 876
Database
ISI
SICI code
0217-7323(1996)11:11<871:TSFTDO>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
We suggest that Bose statistics for photons can be tested by looking f or decays of spin-1 bosons into two photons. The experimental upper li mit on the decay Z --> gamma gamma is used to establish for the first time the quantitative measure of the validity of Bose symmetry for pho tons.