Test of Universality of Charged Leptons

Abstract

Measurements of the reactions ${e}^{+}+{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{e}^{+}+{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}$, ${\ensuremath{\mu}}^{+}+{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$, and ${\ensuremath{\tau}}^{+}+{\ensuremath{\tau}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ at PETRA energies (${s}^{\frac{1}{2}}=13,17,27.4,30 \mathrm{and} 31.6$ GeV) are reported. The results show that these reactions agree well with the predictions of quantum electrodynamics thus determining that all the known charged leptons are pointlike particles to a distance \ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{} ${10}^{\ensuremath{-}16}$ cm.