Search for a fourth generation b′-quark at LEP-II at √s = 196-209 GeV

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 507-518

  Abdallah, J ^y   Abreu, P ^v   Adam, W ^ba   Adzic, P ^l   Albrecht, T ^q   Alemany Fernandez, R ⁱ   Allmendinger, T ^q   Allport, P P ^w   Amaldi, U ^ac   Amapane, N ^au   Amato, S ^ax   Anashkin, E ^aj   Andreazza, A ^ab   Andringa, S ^v   Anjos, N ^v   Antilogus, P ^y   Apel, W D ^q   Arnoud, Y ^j   Ask, S ^z   Asman, B ^at   Augustin, J E ^y   Augustinus, A ⁱ   Baillon, P ⁱ   Ballestrero, A ^au   Bambade, P ^t   Barbier, R ^aa   Bardin, D ^p   Barker, G J ^bc   Baroncelli, A ^am   Battaglia, M ⁱ   Baubillier, M ^y   Becks, K H ^bd   Begalli, M ^g   Behrmann, A ^bd   Ben Haim, E ^t   Benekos, N ^af   Benvenuti, A ^e   Berat, C ^j   Berggren, M ^y   Berntzon, L ^at   Bertrand, D ^b   Besancon, M ^an   Besson, N ^an   Bloch, D ^j   Blom, M ^ae   Bluj, M ^bb   Bonesini, M ^ac   Boonekamp, M ^an   Booth, P S L ^w   Borisov, G ^u   Botner, O ^ay   Bouquet, B ^t   Bowcock, T J V ^w   Boyko, I ^p   Bracko, M ^aq   Brenner, R ^ay   Brodet, E ^ai   Bruckman, P ^r   Brunet, J M ^h   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E ^af   Gokieli, R ^i,bb   Golob, B ^aq,as   Gomez Ceballos, G ^ao   Goncalves, P ^v   Graziani, E ^am   Grosdidier, G ^t   Grzelak, K ^bb   Guy, J ^ak   Haag, C ^q   Hallgren, A ^ay   Hamacher, K ^bd   Hamilton, K ^ai   Haug, S ^ag   Hauler, F ^q   Hedberg, V ^z   Hennecke, M ^q   Herr, H ⁱ   Hoffman, J ^bb   Holmgren, S O ^at   Holt, P J ⁱ   Houlden, M A ^w   Jackson, J N ^w   Jarlskog, G ^z   Jarry, P ^an   Jeans, D ^ai   Johansson, E K ^at   Johansson, P D ^at   Jonsson, P ^aa   Joram, C ⁱ   Jungermann, L ^q   Kapusta, F ^y   Katsanevas, S ^aa   Katsoufis, E ^af   Kernel, G ^aq   Kersevan, B P ^aq,as   Kerzel, U ^q   King, B T ^w   Kjaer, N J ⁱ   Kluit, P ^ae   Kokkinias, P ^l   Kourkoumelis, C ^c   Kouznetsov, O ^p   Krumstein, Z ^p   Kucharczyk, M ^r   Lamsa, J ^a   Leder, G ^ba   Ledroit, F ^j   Leinonen, L ^at   Leitner, R ^ad   Lemonne, J ^b   Lepeltier, V ^t   Lesiak, T ^r   Liebig, W ^bd   Liko, D ^ba   Lipniacka, A ^at   Lopes, J H ^ax   Lopez, J M ^ah   Loukas, D ^l   Lutz, P ^an   Lyons, L ^ai   MacNaughton, J ^ba   Malek, A ^bd   Maltezos, S ^af   Mandl, F ^ba   Marco, J ^ao   Marco, R ^ao   Marechal, B ^ax   Margoni, M ^aj   Marin, J C ⁱ   Mariotti, C ⁱ   Markou, A ^l   Martinez Rivero, C ^ao   Masik, J ^m   Mastroyiannopoulos, N ^l   Matorras, F ^ao   Matteuzzi, C ^ac   Mazzucato, F ^aj   Mazzucato, M ^aj   Mc Nulty, R ^w   Meroni, C ^ab   Migliore, E ^au   Mitaroff, W ^ba   Mjoernmark, U ^z   Moa, T ^at   Moch, M ^q   Moenig, K ^i,k   Monge, R ⁿ   Montenegro, J ^ae   Moraes, D ^ax   Moreno, S ^v   Morettini, P ⁿ   Mueller, U ^bd   Muenich, K ^bd   Mulders, M ^ae   Mundim, L ^g   Murray, W ^ak   Muryn, B ^s   Myatt, G ^ai   Myklebust, T ^ag   Nassiakou, M ^l   Navarria, F ^e   Nawrocki, K ^bb   Nicolaidou, R ^an   Nikolenko, M ^j,p   Oblakowska Mucha, A ^s   Obraztsov, V ^ap   Oliveira, O ^v   Oliveira, S M ^v   Olshevski, A ^p   Onofre, A ^v   Orava, R ^o   Osterberg, K ^o   Ouraou, A ^an   Oyanguren, A ^az   Paganoni, M ^ac   Paiano, S ^e   Palacios, J P ^w   Palka, H ^r   Papadopoulou, Th D ^af   Pape, L ⁱ   Parkes, C ^x   Parodi, F ⁿ   Parzefall, U ⁱ   Passeri, A ^am   Passon, O ^bd   Peralta, L ^v   Perepelitsa, V ^az   Perrotta, A ^e   Petrolini, A ⁿ   Piedra, J ^ao   Pieri, L ^am   Pierre, F ^an   Pimenta, M ^v   Piotto, E ⁱ   Podobnik, T ^aq,as   Poireau, V ⁱ   Pol, M E ^f   Polok, G ^r   Pozdniakov, V ^p   Pukhaeva, N ^p   Pullia, A ^ac   Rames, J ^m   Read, A ^ag   Rebecchi, P ⁱ   Rehn, J ^q   Reid, D ^ae   Reinhardt, R ^bd   Renton, P ^ai   Richard, F ^t   Ridky, J ^m   Rivero, M ^ao   Rodriguez, D ^ao   Romero, A ^au   Ronchese, P ^aj   Roudeau, P ^t   Rovelli, T ^e   Ruhlmann Kleider, V ^an   Ryabtchikov, D ^ap   Sadovsky, A ^p   Salmi, L ^o   Salt, J ^az   Sander, C ^q   Santos, R ^v   Savoy Navarro, A ^y   Schwickerath, U ⁱ   Sekulin, R ^ak   Siebel, M ^bd   Sisakian, A ^p   Smadja, G ^aa   Smirnova, O ^z   Sokolov, A ^ap   Sopczak, A ^u   Sosnowski, R ^bb   Spassov, T ⁱ   Stanitzki, M ^q   Stocchi, A ^t   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^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ULB VUB   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f CENTRO BRASILEIRO DE PESQUISAS FÍSICAS   (Brazil)

^g STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^h l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

ⁱ CERN   (Switzerland)

^j CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^k DESY   (Germany)

^l INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^m CAS High Energy Physics Division   (Czech Republic)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^p JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^q UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^r INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^s AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^t UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^u LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^v UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^w UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^x UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^y UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^z LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^aa UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^ad CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^ae NIKHEF   (Netherlands)

^af NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^ak RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^al UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^am ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^an CEA SACLAY   (France)

^ao INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA DE CANTABRIA CSIC UC   (Spain)

^ap INSTITUTE FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^aq JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^ar UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

^as UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^at STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^au UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^av UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^aw UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^ax FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^ay UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^az INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

^ba INSTITUT FÜR HOCHENERGIEPHYSIK   (Austria)

^bb UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^bc UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^bd UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

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EID: 34247194958     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: 14346052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0273-z     Document Type: Article

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