Multi-photon production in e+e- collisions at √s =181-209 GeV: The opal collaboration

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-344

  Abbiendi, G ^b   Ainsley, C ^e   Akesson P F ^c   Alexander, G ^u   Allison, J ^o   Amaral, P ^h   Anagnostou, G ^a   Anderson, K J ^h   Arcelli, S ^b   Asai, S ^v,w   Axen, D ^aa   Azuelos, G ^q,ah   Bailey, I ^z   Barberio, E ^g   Barlow, R J ^o   Batley, R J ^e   Bechtle, P ^y   Behnke, T ^y   Bell, K W ^s   Bell, P J ^a   Bella, G ^u   Bellerive, A ^f   Benelli, G ^d   Bethke, S ^af   Biebel, O ^ae   Bloodworth, I J ^a   Boeriu, O ⁱ   Bock, P ^j   Bonacorsi, D ^b   Boutemeur, M ^ae   Braibant, S ^g   Brigliadori, L ^b   Brown, R M ^s   Buesser, K ^y   Burckhart, H J ^g   Campana, S ^d   Carnegie, R K ^f   Caron, B ^ab   Carter, A A ^l   Carter, J R ^e   Chang, C Y ^p   Charlton, D G ^a,ai   Csilling, A ^g,ac   Cuffiani, M ^b   Dado, S ^t   Dallavalle, G M ^b   Dallison, S ^o   de Roeck, A ^g   de Wolf, E A ^g   Desch, K ^y   Dienes, B ^ad   Donkers, M ^f   Dubbert, J ^ae   Duchovni, E ^x   Duckeck, G ^ae   Duerdoth, I P ^o   Elfgren, E ^q   Etzion, E ^u   Fabbri, F ^b   Feld, L ⁱ   Ferrari, P ^g   Fiedler, F ^ae   Fleck, I ⁱ   Ford, M ^e   Frey, A ^g   Furtjes A ^g   Gagnon, P ^k   Gary, J W ^d   Gaycken, G ^y   Geich Gimbel, C ^c   Giacomelli, G ^b   Giacomelli, P ^b   Giunta, M ^d   Goldberg, J ^t   Gross, E ^x   Grunhaus, J ^u   Gruwe M ^g   Gunther P O ^c   Gupta, A ^h   Hajdu, C ^ac   Hamann, M ^y   Hanson, G G ^d   Harder, K ^y   Harel, A ^t   Harin Dirac, M ^d   Hauschild, M ^g   Hauschildt, J ^y   Hawkes, C M ^a   Hawkings, R ^g   Hemingway, R J ^f   Hensel, C ^y   Herten, G ⁱ   Heuer, R D ^y   Hill, J C ^e   Hoffman, K ^h   Homer, R J ^a   Horvath D ^ac,ad   Howard, R ^aa   Huntemeyer P ^y   Igo Kemenes, P ^j   Ishii, K ^v,w   Jeremie, H ^q   Jovanovic, P ^a   Junk, T R ^f   Kanaya, N ^z   Kanzaki, J ^v,w   Karapetian, G ^q   Karlen, D ^f   Kartvelishvili, V ^o   Kawagoe, K ^v,w   Kawamoto, T ^v,w   Keeler, R K ^z   Kellogg, R G ^p   Kennedy, B W ^s   Kim, D H ^r   Klein, K ^j   Klier, A ^x   Kluth, S ^af   Kobayashi, T ^v,w   Kobel, M ^c   Komamiya, S ^v,w   Kormos, L ^z   Kowalewski, R V ^z   Kramer T ^y   Kress, T ^d   Krieger, P ^f,ap   von Krogh, J ^j   Krop, D ^k   Kruger, K ^g   Kupper, M ^x   Lafferty, G D ^o   Landsman, H ^t   Lanske, D ^m   Layter, J G ^d   Leins, A ^ae   Lellouch, D ^x   Letts, J ^k   Levinson, L ^x   Lillich, J ⁱ   Lloyd, S L ^l   Loebinger, F K ^o   Lu, J ^aa   Ludwig, J ⁱ   Macpherson, A ^g,ab   Mader, W ^c   Marcellini, S ^b   Marchant, T E ^o   Martin, A J ^l   Martin, J P ^q   Masetti, G ^b   Mashimo, T ^v,w   Mattig P ^aq   McDonald, W J ^ab   McKenna, J ^aa   McMahon, T J ^a   McPherson, R A ^z   Meijers, F ^g   Mendez Lorenzo, P ^ae   Menges, W ^y   Merritt, F S ^h   Mes, H ^f,ah   Michelini, A ^b   Mihara, S ^v,w   Mikenberg, G ^x   Miller, D J ⁿ   Moed, S ^t   Mohr, W ⁱ   Mori, T ^v,w   Mutter, A ⁱ   Nagai, K ^l   Nakamura, I ^v,w   Neal, H A ^ag   Nisius, R ^g   O'Neale, S W ^a   Oh, A ^g   Okpara, A ^j   Oreglia, M J ^h   Orito, S ^v,w   Pahl, C ^af   Pasztor G ^d,ac   Pater, J R ^o   Patrick, G N ^s   Pilcher, J E ^h   Pinfold, J ^ab   Plane, D E ^g   Poli, B ^b   Polok, J ^g   Pooth, O ^m   Przybycien M ^g,ar   Quadt, A ^c   Rabbertz, K ^g   Rembser, C ^g   Renkel, P ^x   Rick, H ^d   Roney, J M ^z   Rosati, S ^c   Rozen, Y ^t   Runge, K ⁱ   Sachs, K ^f   Saeki, T ^v,w   Sahr, O ^ae   Sarkisyan, E K G ^g,an   Schaile, A D ^ae   Schaile, O ^ae   Scharff Hansen, P ^g   Schieck, J ^af   Schorner Sadenius T ^g   Schroder M ^g   Schumacher, M ^c   Schwick, C ^g   Scott, W G ^s   Seuster, R ^m,al   Shears, T G ^g,am   Shen, B C ^d   Shepherd Themistocleous, C H ^e   Sherwood, P ⁿ   Siroli, G ^b   Skuja, A ^p   Smith, A M ^g   Sobie, R ^z   Soldner Rembold S ^i,aj   Spagnolo, S ^s   Spano, F ^h   Stahl, A ^c   Stephens, K ^o   Strom, D ^r   Strohmer R ^ae   Tarem, S ^t   Tasevsky, M ^g   Taylor, R J ⁿ   Teuscher, R ^h   Thomson, M A ^e   Torrence, E ^r   Toya, D ^v,w   Tran, P ^d   Trefzger, T ^ae   Tricoli, A ^b   Trigger, I ^g   Trocsanyi Z ^ad,ak   Tsur, E ^u   Turner Watson, M F ^a   Ueda, I ^v,w   Ujvari B ^ad,ak   Vachon, B ^z   Vollmer, C F ^ae   Vannerem, P ⁱ   Verzocchi, M ^p   Voss, H ^g   Vossebeld, J ^g,am   Waller, D ^f   Ward, C P ^e   Ward, D R ^e   Watkins, P M ^a   Watson, A T ^a   Watson, N K ^a   Wells, P S ^g   Wengler, T ^g   Wermes, N ^c   Wetterling, D ^j   Wilson, G W ^o,ao   Wilson, J A ^a   Wolf, G ^x   Wyatt, T R ^o   Yamashita, S ^v,w   Zer Zion, D ^d   Zivkovic, L ^x   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g CERN   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^k INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^m RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^r UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^s RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^t TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^u TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^v UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^w KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^x WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^y UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^z UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^ac WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^ad INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH ATOMKI   (Hungary)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^af MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^ag Yale University   (United States)

^ah TRIUMF   (Canada)

^ai Royal Society University Research Fellow   (United Kingdom)

^aj Heisenberg Fellow   (Germany)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^al MPI Munchen   (Germany)

^am UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^an UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^ap UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^aq UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^ar AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

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EID: 0037279059     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s2002-01074-5     Document Type: Article

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