L3 events at 161 GeV

Hadronic final states


Find here some pictures of the first 161 GeV hadronic event seen by L3 on 9 June 1996 at 14:13. It contains a muon which was recorded by the inner and outer layer of the L3 muon chamber system.

Postscript format:

  • transverse view of entire detector
  • transverse view including tracker, ECAL, HCAL and part of muon chamber system
  • transverse view including tracker and ECAL
  • side view of tracker, ECAL, HCAL and muon chambers
  • side view of tracker, ECAL and HCAL

    • gif format:

  • transverse view including central tracker and ECAL
  • transverse view including tracker, ECAL and HCAL
  • side view including muon chambers
  • side view of tracker, ECAL and HCAL
  • side view from a different angle


    • Following some pictures of a hadronic event after initial state radiation reduced the center-of-mass energy to approximately the Z mass (radiative return):

    Postscript format:

  • transverse view
  • side view

    • gif format:

  • transverse view
  • side view

    • WW events


    PS files courtesy of Peter Fisher and Paul de Jong

    WW --> qqqq

    WW --> qqen

    WW --> qqmn

    WW --> qqtn

    WW --> lnln

    Bhabha events

    Tau events

    L3 Webmaster 8 January 1999