MEASUREMENT OF THE BRANCHING RATIO OF PI(0)-]E(+)E(-) FROM PI(0)S PRODUCED BY K(L)-]PI(0)PI(0)PI(0) DECAYS IN FLIGHT

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MCFARLAND, KS
BRIERE, RA
CHEU, E
HARRIS, DA
MAKOFF, G
ROODMAN, A
SCHWINGENHEUER, B
SOMALWAR, SV
WAH, YW
WINSTEIN, B
WINSTON, R
ARISAKA, K
ROBERTS, D
SLATER, W
WEAVER, M
BARKER, AR
SWALLOW, EC
BOCK, GJ
COLEMAN, R
CRISLER, M
ENAGONIO, J
FORD, R
HSIUNG, YB
JENSEN, DA
RAMBERG, E
TSCHIRHART, R
COLLINS, EM
GOLLIN, GD
NAKAYA, T
YAMANAKA, T
GU, P
HAAS, P
HOGAN, WP
KIM, SK
MATTHEWS, JN
MYUNG, SS
SCHNETZER, S
THOMSON, GB
ZOU, Y
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES,LOS ANGELES,CA 90024
[2] UNIV COLORADO,BOULDER,CO 80309
[3] ELMHURST COLL,ELMHURST,IL 60126
[4] FERMILAB NATL ACCELERATOR LAB,BATAVIA,IL 60510
[5] UNIV ILLINOIS,URBANA,IL 61801
[6] OSAKA UNIV,DEPT PHYS,TOYONAKA,OSAKA 560,JAPAN
[7] RUTGERS UNIV,PISCATAWAY,NJ 08855
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.31
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The Fermilab E799 Collaboration has carried out a search for the rare decay pi0 --> e+e- using pi0's produced from K(L) --> pi0pi0pi0 decays in flight. We observe a signal of nine events with an e+e-mass close to the pi0 mass where only one event is predicted from other known processes. From this, we measure B(pi0 --> e+e-, (m(ee)/m(pi0))2 > 0.95) = [7.6(-2.8)+3.9(stat) +/- 0.5 (syst)] x 10(-8), over and above the contribution from pi0 Dalitz decays. Correcting for radiative effects, we find this result consistent with theoretical expectations from standard-model processes.
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