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Summary

The detector for AGS Experiment 787 at Brookhaven National Laboratory has been built to begin the search to observe the decay if it occurs at the level predicted by the Standard Model. New limits for , , , and decays have been reported from the analysis of the first data run which corresponds to stopped s. Subsequent data corresponding to an order of magnitude more statistical sensitivity have been obtained and analysis is in progress. Several improvements to the detector and beamline are under way or under study to ensure that the full sensitivity required to test the Standard Model predictions will be achieved.

This project was carried out thanks to the talented contributions of the following people and we are pleased to acknowledge them here: G. Azuelos, D.G. Bartolomeo, P. Bichoneau, J.C. Biggs, C. Bopp, D.R. Brady, S. Chidzik, M. Constable, H. Coombes, J. Cracco, J.R. Cuccia, S. Daviel, W. Groom, R. Henderson, W.E. Lenz, C. Lim, S. Moreale, G.J. Munoz, R. Openshaw, R. Rabberman, H. Ratzke, W. Sands, H.W. Sauter, R.J. Strzelinski, and M.R. Van Lith.

We thank D.I. Lowenstein for use of the steel for the detector magnet. We appreciate the help from W.J. McGahern and the AGS Experimental Areas Group, and from R.J. Spellman and the BNL Central Shop staff.

We wish also to acknowledge the funding support of this project by the National Research Council of Canada, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and the United States Department of Energy under Contracts No.DE-AC02-76CH00016, No.W-7405-ENG-36 and No.DE-AC02-76ER03072.



Experiment E787
Tue Sep 28 01:41:06 EDT 1999