BRANCHING RATIOS OF THE Z(0) AND W-+ - INTO 2 AND 3 PIONS/

Authors
PAUL T REUCROFT S SRIVASTAVA Y SWAIN J TAYLOR L VILLA S WIDOM A
Citation
T. Paul et al., BRANCHING RATIOS OF THE Z(0) AND W-+ - INTO 2 AND 3 PIONS/, Physics letters. Section B, 439(3-4), 1998, pp. 437-440
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
439
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
437 - 440
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1998)439:3-4<437:BROTZA>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We estimate the branching ratios of the weak gauge bosons Z(0) and W+/ - into two and three pion final states using vector mason dominance. O n the basis of the upper bounds obtained, it is unlikely that any of t hese decay modes for the weak gauge bosons will be observed with prese nt experiments. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.