Measurement of the KL → e+e-e+e- decay rate

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Lai, A [1 ]
Marras, D
Bevan, A
Dosanjh, RS
Gershon, TJ
Hay, B
Kalmus, GE
Lazzeroni, C
Munday, DJ
Needham, MD
Olaiya, E
Parker, MA
White, TO
Wotton, SA
Barr, G
Bocquet, G
Ceccucci, A
Cuhadar, T
Cundy, D
D'Agostini, G
Doble, N
Falaleev, V
Gatignon, L
Gonidec, A
Gorini, B
Govi, G
Grafström, P
Kubischta, W
Lacourt, A
Norton, A
Palestini, S
Panzer-Steindel, B
Tatishvili, G
Taureg, H
Velasco, M
Wahl, H
Cheshkov, C
Hristov, P
Kekelidze, V
Madigojine, D
Molokanova, N
Potrebenikov, Y
Zinchenko, A
Knowles, I
Martin, V
Sacco, R
Walker, A
Contalbrigo, M
Dalpiaz, P
Duclos, J
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[1] Univ Cagliari, Dipartimento Fis, I-09100 Cagliari, Italy
[2] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sezione Cagliari, I-90100 Cagliari, Italy
[3] Univ Cambridge, Cavendish Lab, Cambridge CB3 0HE, England
[4] CERN, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
[5] Joint Nucl Res Inst, Dubna, Russia
[6] Univ Edinburgh, Dept Phys & Astron, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, Midlothian, Scotland
[7] Univ Ferrara, Dipartimento Fis, I-44100 Ferrara, Italy
[8] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sezione Ferrara, I-44100 Ferrara, Italy
[9] Univ Florence, Dipartimento Fis, I-50125 Florence, Italy
[10] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sezione Firenze, I-50125 Florence, Italy
[11] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Phys, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
[12] Univ Paris 11, Lab Accelerateur Lineaire, IN2P3, CNRS, F-91406 Orsay, France
[13] Univ Perugia, Dipartimento Fis, I-06100 Perugia, Italy
[14] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sezione Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy
[15] Scuola Normale Super Pisa, Dipartimento Fis, I-56100 Pisa, Italy
[16] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sezione Pisa, I-56100 Pisa, Italy
[17] CEA Saclay, DSM, DAPNIA, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[18] Univ Siegen, Fachbereich Phys, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
[19] Univ Turin, Dipartimento Fis Sperimentale, I-10125 Turin, Italy
[20] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sezione Torino, I-10125 Turin, Italy
[21] Soltan Inst Nucl Studies, High Energy Phys Lab, PL-00681 Warsaw, Poland
[22] Osterr Akad Wissenschaften, Inst Hochenergiephys, A-1050 Vienna, Austria
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10.1016/j.physletb.2005.03.078
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The decay rate of the long-lived neutral K meson into the e(+)e(-)e(+)e(-) final state has been measured with the NA48 detector at the CERN SPS. Using data collected in 1998 and 1999, a total of 200 events has been observed with negligible background. This observation corresponds to a branching ratio of Br(K-L -> e(+)e(-)e(+)e(-)) = (3.30 +/- 0.24(stat)+/- 0.23(syst)+/- 0-10(norm)) x 10(-8). (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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