STUDY OF THE DECAY K+-]PI+E+E-

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作者
ALLIEGRO, C
CAMPAGNARI, C
CHALOUPKA, V
COOPER, PS
EGGER, J
GORDON, HA
HADLEY, NJ
HEROLD, WD
KASPAR, H
LEE, AM
LAZARUS, DM
LUBATTI, HJ
REHAK, P
ZELLER, ME
ZHAO, T
机构
[1] FERMI NATL ACCELERATOR LAB,BATAVIA,IL 60510
[2] SWISS INST NUCL RES,PAUL SCHERRER INST,CH-5234 VILLIGEN,SWITZERLAND
[3] UNIV WASHINGTON,DEPT PHYS,SEATTLE,WA 98195
[4] YALE UNIV,DEPT PHYS,NEW HAVEN,CT 06511
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.278
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We present results of an experiment in which approximately 500 events of the decay K + --> pi+ e+ e-were observed. We have measured the branching ratio for K(pi-ee)+ to be (2.75 +/- 0.23 +/- 0.13) x 10(-7) assuming a vector interaction with a form factor of lambda = 0.105 +/- 0.035 +/- 0.015. We have also found the branching ratio times decay probability for K + --> pi+ X0, X0 --> e+ e- to be less than 1.5 x 10(-8) (99% C. L.) over an X0 invariant mass range from 150 to 340 MeV/c2.
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页码:278 / 281
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