@article{3053648, title = "Update of the search for charginos nearly mass-degenerate with the lightest neutralino", author = "Abreu, P and Adam, W and Adye, T and Adzic, P and Ajinenko, I and and Albrecht, Z and Alderweireld, T and Alekseev, GD and Alemany, R and and Allmendinger, T and Allport, PP and Almehed, S and Amaldi, U and and Amapane, N and Amato, S and Anassontzis, EG and Andersson, P and and Andreazza, A and Andringa, S and Antilogus, P and Apel, WD and Arnoud, Y and and Asman, B and Augustin, JE and Augustinus, A and Baillon, P and and Ballestrero, A and Bambade, P and Barao, F and Barbiellini, G and and Barbier, R and Bardin, DY and Barker, G and Baroncelli, A and Battaglia, and M and Baubillier, M and Becks, KH and Begalli, M and Behrmann, A and and Beilliere, P and Belokopytov, Y and Benekos, NC and Benvenuti, AC and and Berat, C and Berggren, M and Bertrand, D and Besancon, M and Bigi, M and and Bilenky, MS and Bizouard, MA and Bloch, D and Blom, HM and Bonesini, M and 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De Clercq, C and De Lotto, B and De Min, A and and De Paula, L and Dijkstra, H and Di Ciaccio, L and Dolbeau, J and and Doroba, K and Dracos, M and Drees, J and Dris, M and Duperrin, A and and Durand, JD and Eigen, G and Ekelof, T and Ekspong, G and Ellert, M and and Elsing, M and Engel, JP and Santo, ME and Fanourakis, G and and Fassouliotis, D and Fayot, J and Feindt, M and Ferrer, A and and Ferrer-Ribas, E and Ferro, F and Fichet, S and Firestone, A and and Flagmeyer, U and Foeth, H and Fokitis, E and Fontanelli, F and Franek, B and and Frodesen, AG and Fruhwirth, R and Fulda-Quenzer, F and Fuster, J and and Galloni, A and Gamba, D and Gamblin, S and Gandelman, M and Garcia, C and and Gaspar, C and Gaspar, M and Gasparini, U and Gavillet, P and Gazis, and EN and Gele, D and Geralis, T and Gerdyukov, L and Ghodbane, N and Gil, and I and Glege, F and Gokieli, R and Golob, B and Gomez-Ceballos, G and and Goncalves, P and Caballero, IG and Gopal, G and Gorn, L and Gouz, Y and and Gracco, V and Grahl, J and Graziani, E and Gris, P and Grosdidier, G and and Grzelak, K and Guy, J and Haag, C and Hahn, F and Hahn, S and Haider, S and and Hallgren, A and Hamacher, K and Hansen, J and Harris, FJ and Hauler, and F and Hedberg, V and Heising, S and Hernandez, JJ and Herquet, P and and Herr, H and Hessing, TL and Heuser, JM and Higon, E and Holmgren, SO and and Holt, PJ and Hoorelbeke, S and Houlden, M and Hrubec, J and Huber, M and and Huet, K and Hughes, GJ and Hultqvist, K and Jackson, JN and Jacobsson, R and and Jalocha, P and Janik, R and Jarlskog, C and Jarlskog, G and Jarry, P and and Jean-Marie, B and Jeans, D and Johansson, EK and Jonsson, P and and Joram, C and Juillot, P and Jungermann, L and Kapusta, F and and Karafasoulis, K and Katsanevas, S and Katsoufis, EC and Keranen, P and and Kernel, G and Kersevan, BP and Khokhlov, Y and Khomenko, BA and and Khovanski, NN and Kiiskinen, A and King, B and Kinvig, A and Kjaer, NJ and and Klapp, O and Klein, H and 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Segar, AM and and Seibert, N and Sekulin, R and Shellard, RC and Siebel, M and Simard, and L and Simonetto, F and Sisakian, AN and Smadja, G and Smirnov, N and and Smirnova, O and Smith, GR and Sokolov, A and Sopczak, A and Sosnowski, R and and Spassov, T and Spiriti, E and Squarcia, S and Stanescu, C and and Stanic, S and Stanitzki, M and Stevenson, K and Stocchi, A and Strauss, and J and Strub, R and Stugu, B and Szczekowski, M and Szeptycka, M and and Tabarelli, T and Taffard, A and Tchikilev, O and Tegenfeldt, F and and Terranova, F and Thomas, J and Timmermans, J and Tinti, N and Tkatchev, and LG and Tobin, M and Todorova, S and Tomaradze, A and Tome, B and and Tonazzo, A and Tortora, L and Tortosa, P and Transtromer, G and Treille, and D and Tristram, G and Trochimczuk, M and Troncon, C and Turluer, ML and and Tyapkin, IA and Tyapkin, P and Tzamarias, S and Ullaland, O and Uvarov, and V and Valenti, G and Vallazza, E and Van Dam, P and Van den Boeck, W and and Van Eldik, J and Van Lysebetten, A and van Remortal, N and Van Vulpen, I and and Vegni, G and Ventura, L and Venus, W and Verbeure, F and Verdier, P and and Verlato, M and Vertogradov, LS and Verzi, V and Vilanova, D and and Vitale, L and Vlasov, E and Vodopyanov, AS and Voulgaris, G and Vrba, V and and Wahlen, H and Walck, C and Washbrook, AJ and Weiser, C and Wicke, D and and Wickens, JH and Wilkinson, GR and Winter, M and Witek, M and Wolf, G and and Yi, J and Yushchenko, O and Zalewska, A and Zalewski, P and and Zavrtanik, D and Zevgolatakos, E and Zimin, NI and Zintchenko, A and and Zoller, P and Zucchelli, GC and Zumerle, G and DELPHI Collaboration", journal = "PHYSICS LETTERS B", year = "2000", volume = "485", number = "1-3", pages = "95-106", publisher = "ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV", issn = "0370-2693", doi = "10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00693-6", abstract = "The data collected by DELPHI in 1998 at the centre-of-mass energy of 189 GeV have been used to update the search for charginos nearly mass-degenerate with the lightest supersymmetric particle, which is assumed to be the lightest neutralino. Mass differences below Delta M = 3 GeV/c(2) are considered. No excess of events with respect to the Standard Model expectation has been observed, and exclusions in the plane of Delta M versus chargino mass are given. The new Delta M independent lower limit on the mass of the chargino is 62.4 GeV/c(2) in the higgsino scenario (which includes the gaugino mass unification scenario), if all sfermions are heavier than the lightest chargino. In the approximation of large sfermion masses the limit is 59.8 GeV/c(2), independently of the field content. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science B.V." }