Search for the decays eta->mu e and eta->e(+)e(-)

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作者
White, DB
Tippens, WB
Abegg, R
Baldisseri, A
Boudard, A
Briscoe, R
Fabbro, B
Garcon, M
Hermes, EA
Jacobs, WW
Kessler, RS
Lytkin, L
Mayer, B
Nefkens, BMK
Niebuhr, C
Petrov, AM
Poitou, J
Saudinos, J
TomasiGustafsson, E
vanderSchaaf, A
vanOers, WTH
Vigdor, SE
Wang, M
机构
[1] TRIUMF,VANCOUVER,BC V6T H2A3,CANADA
[2] CEA SACLAY,SERV PHYS NUCL,F-91191 GIF SUR YVETTE,FRANCE
[3] GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV,DEPT PHYS,WASHINGTON,DC 20052
[4] GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV,CTR NUCL STUDIES,WASHINGTON,DC 20052
[5] UNIV ZURICH,INST PHYS,CH-8001 ZURICH,SWITZERLAND
[6] LAB NATL SATURNE,F-91191 GIF SUR YVETTE,FRANCE
[7] INDIANA UNIV,CYCLOTRON FACIL,BLOOMINGTON,IN 47405
[8] JOINT INST NUCL RES,LAB NUCL PROBLEMS,DUBNA 141980,MOSCOW DIST,RUSSIA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1996年 / 53卷 / 11期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.53.6658
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P1 [天文学];
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摘要
A search for the lepton-family-violating decay eta-->mu e and the rare decay eta-->e(+)e(-) yields the following branching ratio (B) upper limits at a 90% confidence level: B(eta-->mu e)<6X10(-6) and B(eta-->e(+)e(-))<2X10(-4). This is the first direct search for eta-->mu e The measurements were carried out at the SPES2 tagged eta facility at Laboratoire National Saturne in the course of a measurement of B(eta-->mu(+)mu(-)).
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