Determining the Number of Light Neutrino Species from the Z Width

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Relevant courses Physics 129: Particle Physics,
Physics 226: Particle Physics Phenomenology
Keywords Breit-Wigner
Student levels Advanced undergrads, Grads
Learning objectives Review the properties of Breit-Wigner resonances; Understand how the total width of a Breit-Wigner can be used to count the number of invisible states; Apply this concepts to the Z-lineshape data from LEP

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1 Physics 226: Particle Physics Phenomenology Fall 2021 Simone Pagan Griso 8
2 Physics 129: Particle Physics Fall 2023 Marjorie D SHAPIRO, Marjorie Shapiro 13

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