Observation of the rare η → e+e-e+e- decay with the KLOE experiment

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作者
Ambrosino, F. [4 ,5 ]
Antonelli, A. [1 ]
Antonelli, M. [1 ]
Archilli, F. [9 ,10 ]
Balwierz, I. [2 ]
Bencivenni, G. [1 ]
Bini, C. [7 ,8 ]
Bloise, C. [1 ]
Bocchetta, S. [11 ,12 ]
Bossi, F. [1 ]
Branchini, P. [12 ]
Capon, G. [1 ]
Capussela, T. [1 ]
Ceradini, F. [11 ,12 ]
Ciambrone, P. [1 ]
Czerwinski, E. [1 ]
De Lucia, E. [1 ]
De Santis, A. [7 ,8 ]
De Simone, P. [1 ]
De Zorzi, G. [7 ,8 ]
Denig, A. [3 ]
Di Domenico, A. [7 ,8 ]
Di Donato, C. [5 ]
Di Micco, B. [11 ,12 ]
Dreucci, M. [1 ]
Felici, G. [1 ]
Fiore, S. [7 ,8 ]
Franzini, P. [7 ,8 ]
Gatti, C. [1 ]
Gauzzi, P. [7 ,8 ]
Giovannella, S. [1 ]
Graziani, E. [12 ]
Jacewicz, M. [1 ]
Lee-Franzini, J. [1 ,13 ]
Martemianov, M. [15 ]
Martini, M. [1 ,6 ]
Massarotti, P. [4 ,5 ]
Meola, S. [4 ,5 ]
Miscetti, S. [1 ]
Morello, G. [1 ]
Moulson, M. [1 ]
Mueller, S. [3 ]
Napolitano, M. [4 ,5 ]
Nguyen, F. [11 ,12 ]
Palutan, M. [1 ]
Passeri, A. [12 ]
Patera, V. [1 ,6 ]
Longhi, I. Prado [11 ,12 ]
Santangelo, P. [1 ]
Sciascia, B. [1 ]
机构
[1] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
[2] Jagiellonian Univ, Inst Phys, Krakow, Poland
[3] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Kernphys, Mainz, Germany
[4] Univ Naples Federico 2, Dipartimento Sci Fis, Naples, Italy
[5] Univ Naples Federico 2, Dipartimento Sci Fis, Naples, Italy
[6] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Sci Base & Applicate Ingn, Rome, Italy
[7] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Fis, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[8] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma, Rome, Italy
[9] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dipartimento Fis, I-00173 Rome, Italy
[10] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
[11] Univ Roma Tre, Dipartimento Fis, Rome, Italy
[12] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
[13] SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Phys, Stony Brook, NY USA
[14] Acad Sinica, Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China
[15] Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow 117259, Russia
关键词
e(+)e(-) collisions; Rare eta decays; MONTE-CARLO; CONVERSION; MESONS; PHOTOS; PAIRS;
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10.1016/j.physletb.2011.07.033
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We report the first observation of the rare eta -> e(+)e(-)e(+)e(-)(gamma) decay based on 1.7 fb(-1) collected by the KLOE experiment at the DA Phi NE phi-factory. The selection of the e(+)e(-)e(+)e(-) final state is fully inclusive of radiation. We have identified 362 +/- 29 events resulting in a branching ratio of (2.4 +/- 0.2(stat+bckg) +/- 0.1(syst)) x 10(-5). (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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