MUON POLARIZATION IN KMU30 DECAY

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作者
LONGO, MJ
YOUNG, KK
HELLAND, JA
机构
[1] Randall Laboratory of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
[2] Department of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles
[3] Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle
[4] Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame
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PHYSICAL REVIEW | 1969年 / 181卷 / 05期
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10.1103/PhysRev.181.1808
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
An experiment to measure the polarization of muons from Kμ30 decay was carried out at the Bevatron with counter techniques. All three components of the polarization were measured. The time-reversal-violating component transverse to the decay plane was found to be PTc.m.=-0.005±0.019, which is consistent with T invariance. The result for the form-factor ratio ξf-f+ was Reξ=-1.81-0.26+0.50, Imξ=-0.02±0.08, Arg (ξ)-π=(0.6±2. 6)°, if ξ is assumed to be independent of q2. If ξ is not too strongly dependent on q2, this result still holds true for ξ at q2≅2.65mπ2, the average q2 selected by our apparatus. © 1969 The American Physical Society.
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