Precision measurement of the ratio of the charged kaon leptonic decay rates

被引:96
作者
Lazzeroni, C. [1 ]
Romano, A. [1 ]
Ceccucci, A. [2 ]
Danielsson, H. [2 ]
Falaleev, V. [2 ]
Gatignon, L. [2 ]
Goy Lopez, S. [2 ]
Hallgren, B. [2 ]
Maier, A. [2 ]
Peters, A. [2 ]
Piccini, M. [2 ]
Riedler, P. [2 ]
Frabetti, P. L. [3 ]
Gersabeck, E. [3 ]
Kekelidze, V. [3 ]
Madigozhin, D. [3 ]
Misheva, M. [3 ]
Molokanova, N. [3 ]
Movchan, S. [3 ]
Potrebenikov, Yu. [3 ]
Shkarovskiy, S. [3 ]
Zinchenko, A. [3 ]
Rubin, P. [4 ]
Baldini, W. [5 ,31 ]
Ramusino, A. Cotta [5 ,31 ]
Dalpiaz, P. [5 ,31 ]
Fiorini, M. [5 ,31 ]
Gianoli, A. [5 ,31 ]
Norton, A. [5 ,31 ]
Petrucci, F. [5 ,31 ]
Savrie, M. [5 ,31 ]
Bizzeti, A. [6 ,28 ]
Bucci, F. [6 ,29 ]
Iacopini, E. [6 ,29 ]
Lenti, M. [6 ]
Veltri, M. [6 ,30 ]
Antonelli, A. [7 ]
Moulson, M. [7 ]
Raggi, M. [7 ]
Spadaro, T. [7 ]
Eppard, K. [8 ]
Hita-Hochgesand, M. [8 ]
Kleinknecht, K. [8 ]
Renk, B. [8 ]
Wanke, R. [8 ]
Winhart, A. [8 ]
Winston, R. [9 ]
Bolotov, V. [10 ]
Duk, V. [10 ]
Gushchin, E. [10 ]
机构
[1] Univ Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England
[2] CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
[3] Joint Inst Nucl Res, Dubna 141980, MO, Russia
[4] George Mason Univ, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
[5] Univ Ferrara, Dipartimento Fis & Sci Terra, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
[6] Sez INFN Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy
[7] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
[8] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Phys, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
[9] Univ Calif, Merced, CA 95344 USA
[10] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res, Moscow 117312, Russia
[11] Univ Naples Federico II, Dipartimento Sci Fisiche, I-80126 Naples, Italy
[12] Univ Perugia, Dipartimento Fis, I-06100 Perugia, Italy
[13] Sez INFN Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy
[14] Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis, I-56100 Pisa, Italy
[15] Sez INFN Pisa, I-56100 Pisa, Italy
[16] Scuola Normale Super Pisa, I-56100 Pisa, Italy
[17] Inst High Energy Phys, Protvino 142281, MO, Russia
[18] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Fis, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[19] Sez INFN Roma 1, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[20] Sez INFN Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[21] CEA Saclay, DSM IRFU, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[22] Univ Autonoma San Luis Potosi, Inst Fis, San Luis Potosi 78240, Mexico
[23] Stanford Univ, SLAC Natl Accelerator Lab, Menlo Pk, CA 94025 USA
[24] Univ Sofia, Fac Phys, Sofia 1164, Bulgaria
[25] Univ Turin, Dipartimento Fis Sperimentale, I-10125 Turin, Italy
[26] Sez INFN Torino, I-10125 Turin, Italy
[27] TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada
[28] Univ Modena & Reggio Emilia, Dipartimento Fis, I-41125 Modena, Italy
[29] Univ Florence, Dipartimento Fis, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy
[30] Univ Urbino, Ist Fis, I-61029 Urbino, Italy
[31] Sez INFN Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
[32] Sez INFN Napoli, I-80126 Naples, Italy
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/j.physletb.2013.01.037
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
A precision measurement of the ratio R-K of the rates of kaon leptonic decays K-+/- -> e(+/-)v and K-+/- -> mu(+/-)v with the full data sample collected by the NA62 experiment at CERN in 2007-2008 is reported. The result, obtained by analysing similar to 150 000 reconstructed K-+/- -> e(+/-)v candidates with 11% background contamination, is R-K = (2.488 +/- 0.010) x 10(-5), in agreement with the Standard Model expectation. (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:326 / 336
页数:11
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