@article{3049051, title = "Search for excited leptons in e(+)e(-) collisions at root s=161 GeV", author = "Abreu, P and Adam, W and Adye, T and Ajinenko, I and Alekseev, GD and and Alemany, R and Allport, PP and Almehed, S and Amaldi, U and Amato, S and and Andreazza, A and Andrieux, ML and Antilogus, P and Apel, WD and Asman, B and and Augustin, JE and Augustinus, A and Baillon, P and Bambade, P and and Barao, F and Barate, R and Barbi, M and Bardin, DY and Barker, G and and Baroncelli, A and Barring, O and Barrio, JA and Bartl, W and Bates, MJ and and Battaglia, M and Baubillier, M and Baudot, J and Becks, KH and and Begalli, M and Beilliere, P and Belokopytov, Y and Belous, K and and Benvenuti, AC and Berggren, M and Bertini, D and Bertrand, D and and Besancon, M and Bianchi, F and Bigi, M and Bilenky, MS and Billoir, P and and Bizouard, MA and Bloch, D and Blume, M and Bolognese, T and and Bonesini, M and Bonivento, W and Booth, PSL and Borisov, G and Bosio, C and and Botner, O and Boudinov, E and Bouquet, B and Bourdarios, C and and Bowcock, TJV and Bozzo, M and Branchini, P and Brand, KD and Brenke, T and and Brenner, RA and Bricman, C and Brown, RCA and Bruckman, P and and Brunet, JM and Bugge, L and Buran, T and Burgsmueller, T and Buschmann, and P and Cabrera, S and Caccia, M and Calvi, M and Rozas, AJC and and Camporesi, T and Canale, V and Canepa, M and Cankocak, K and Cao, F and and Carena, F and Carroll, L and Caso, C and Gimenez, MVC and Cattai, A and and Cavallo, FR and Chabaud, V and Chapkin, M and Carpentier, P and and Chaussard, L and Checchia, P and Chelkov, GA and Chen, M and Chierici, R and and Chliapnikov, P and Chochula, P and Chodoba, J and Chorowicz, V and and Cindro, V and Collins, P and Contri, R and Cortina, E and Cosme, G and and Cossutti, F and Cowell, JH and Crawley, HB and Crennell, D and Crosetti, and G and Maestro, JC and Czellar, S and DahlJensen, E and Dahm, J and and Dalmagne, B and Dam, M and Damgaard, G and Dauncey, PD and Davenport, M and and DaSilva, W and Defoix, C and Deghorain, A and DellaRicca, G and and Delpierre, P and Demaria, N and DeAngelis, A and DeBoer, W and and DeBrabandere, S and DeClercq, C and DeLaVaissiere, C and DeLotto, B and and DeMin, A and DePaula, L and DeSaintJean, C and Dijkstra, H and and DiCiaccio, L and DiDiodato, A and Djama, F and Djannati, A and Dolbeau, and J and Doroba, K and Dracos, M and Drees, J and Drees, KA and Dris, M and and Durand, JD and Edsall, D and Ehret, R and Eigen, G and Ekelof, T and and Ekspong, G and Elsing, M and Engel, JP and Erzen, B and Santo, ME and and Falk, E and Fassouliotis, D and Feindt, M and Ferrer, A and Fichet, S and and Filippas, TA and Firestone, A and Fischer, PA and Foeth, H and and Fokitis, E and Fontanelli, F and Formenti, F and Franek, B and Frenkiel, and P and Fries, DC and Frodesen, AG and Fruhwirth, R and FuldaQuenzer, F and and Fuster, J and Galloni, A and Gamba, D and Gandelman, M and Garcia, C and and Garcia, J and Gaspar, C 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Katsanevas, S and and Katsoufis, EC and Keranen, R and Khokhlov, Y and Khomenko, BA and and Khovanski, NN and King, B and Kjaer, NJ and Klapp, O and Klein, H and and Klovning, A and Kluit, P and Kokkinias, P and Konopliannikov, A and and Koratzinos, M and Korcyl, K and Kostioukhine, V and Kourkoumelis, C and and Kouznetsov, O and Krammer, M and Kreuter, C and Kronkvist, I and and Krumstein, Z and Krupinski, W and Kubinec, P and Kucewicz, W and and Kurvinen, K and Lacasta, C and Laktineh, I and Lamsa, JW and Lanceri, L and and Lane, DW and Langefeld, P and Lapin, V and Laugier, JP and and Lauhakangas, R and Leder, G and Ledroit, F and Lefebure, V and Legan, CK and and Leitner, R and Lemonne, J and Lenzen, G and Lepeltier, V and Lesiak, and T and Libby, J and Liko, D and Lindner, R and Lipniacka, A and Lippi, I and and Loerstad, B and Loken, JG and Lopez, JM and Loukas, D and Lutz, P and and Lyons, L and MacNaughton, J and Maehlum, G and Mahon, JR and Maio, A and and Malmgren, TGM and 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and Sacquin, Y and Sadovsky, A and Sahr, O and and Sajot, G and Salt, J and Sanchez, J and Sannino, M and and Schimmelpfennig, M and Schneider, H and Schwickerath, U and Schyns, MAE and and Sciolla, G and Scuri, F and Seager, P and Sedykh, Y and Segar, AM and and Seitz, A and Sekulin, R and Serbelloni, L and Shellard, RC and and Siegrist, P and Silvestre, R and Simonetti, S and Simonetto, F and and Sisakian, AN and Sitar, B and Skaali, TB and Smadja, G and Smirnov, N and and Smirnova, O and Smith, GR and Sokolov, A and Sosnowski, R and and SouzaSantos, D and Spassov, T and Spiriti, E and Sponholz, P and and Squarcia, S and Stampfer, D and Stanescu, C and Stanic, S and Stapnes, S and and Stavitski, I and Stevenson, K and Stocchi, A and Strauss, J and and Strub, R and Stugu, B and Szczekowski, M and Szeptycka, M and Tabarelli, and T and Tavernet, JP and Thomas, J and Tilquin, A and Timmermans, J and and Tkatchev, LG and Todorov, T and Todorova, S and Toet, DZ and Tomaradze, and A and Tome, B and Tonazzo, A and Tortora, L and Transtromer, G and and Treille, D and Tristram, G and Trombini, A and Troncon, C and Tsirou, A and and Turluer, ML and Tyapkin, IA and Tyndel, M and Tzamarias, S and and Ueberschaer, B and Ullaland, O and Valenti, G and Vallazza, E and and VanderVelde, C and VanApeldoorn, GW and VanDam, P and VanDoninck, WK and and VanEldik, J and VanLysebetten, A and Vassilopoulos, N and Vegni, G and and Ventura, L and Venus, W and Verbeure, F and Verlato, M and Vertogradov, and LS and Vilanova, D and Vincent, P and Vitale, L and Vlasov, E and and Vodopyanov, AS and Vrba, V and Wahlen, H and Walck, C and Waldner, F and and Weierstall, M and Weilhammer, P and Weiser, C and Wetherell, AM and and Wicke, D and Wickens, JH and Wielers, M and Wilkinson, GR and Williams, and WSC and Winter, M and Witek, M and Wlodek, T and Woschnagg, K and Yip, K and and Yushchenko, O and Zach, F and Zaitsev, A and Zalewska, A and and Zalewski, P and Zavrtanik, D and Zevgolatakos, E and Zimin, MI and Zito, and M and Zontar, D and Zucchelli, GC and Zumerle, G", journal = "PHYSICS LETTERS B", year = "1997", volume = "393", number = "1-2", pages = "245-260", publisher = "ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV", issn = "0370-2693", doi = "10.1016/S0370-2693(96)01618-8", abstract = "A search with the DELPHI detector at LEP for excited leptons (e*, mu*, tau* and nu*) decaying through gamma, W or Z transitions is reported. The data used correspond to an integrated luminosity of 10 pb(-1) e(+)e(-) centre-of-mass energy at an e of 161 GeV. The search for pair produced excited leptons established the limits m(e)* > 79.6 GeV/c(2), m(mu)* > 79.6 GeV/c(2), m(tau)* 79.4 GeV/c(2) and m(nu)* > 56.4 GeV/c(2) at 95% confidence level, assuming that the SU(2) and U(I) couplings of excited leptons are in the same ratio as for normal leptons and considering both left and right-handed components. Limits corresponding to other assumptions are also given. The search for single excited lepton production established upper limits on the ratio lambda/m(l)* of the coupling of the excited lepton to its mass." }