Measurement of the decay rate and form factor parameter αK* in the decay KL → e+e-γ

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Fanti, V
Lai, A
Musa, L
Marras, D
Nappi, A
Hay, B
Moore, RW
Moore, KN
Munday, DJ
Needham, MD
Parker, MA
White, TO
Wotton, SA
Barr, G
Bocquet, G
Bremer, J
Ceccucci, A
Cundy, D
Doble, N
Funk, W
Gatignon, L
Gianoli, A
Gonidec, A
Govi, G
Grafström, P
Kubischta, W
Lacourt, A
Luitz, S
Kesseler, G
Matheys, JP
Norton, A
Palestini, S
Panzer-Steindel, B
Schinzel, D
Taureg, H
Velasco, M
Vossnack, O
Wahl, H
Wirrer, G
Kekelidze, V
Mestvirishvili, A
Tatishvili, G
Potrebenikov, I
Tkatchev, A
Zinchenko, A
Boyle, O
Martin, VJ
Knowles, IG
Parsons, HLC
Dalpaiz, P
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[1] Univ Cagliari, Dipartimento Fis, I-09100 Cagliari, Italy
[2] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Cagliari, I-09100 Cagliari, Italy
[3] Univ Cambridge, Cavendish Lab, Cambridge CB3 0HE, England
[4] CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
[5] Joint Inst Nucl Res, 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, Sez Ferrara, I-44100 Ferrara, Italy
[9] Univ Florence, Dipartimento Fis, I-50125 Florence, Italy
[10] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Firenze, I-50125 Florence, Italy
[11] Univ Mainz, Inst Phys, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
[12] Univ Paris Sud, Lab Accelerateur Lineaire, CNRS, IN2P3, F-91406 Orsay, France
[13] Univ Perugia, Dipartimento Fis, I-06100 Perugia, Italy
[14] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy
[15] Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis, Scuola Normale Super Pisa, I-56100 Pisa, Italy
[16] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez 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, I-10125 Turin, Italy
[20] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Torino, I-10125 Turin, Italy
[21] Soltan Inst Nucl Studies, High Energy Phys Lab, PL-00681 Warsaw, Poland
[22] Osterreich Akad Wissensch, Inst Hochenergiephys, A-1050 Vienna, Austria
[23] Univ Modena, Dipartimento Fis, I-41100 Modena, Italy
[24] Univ Los Andes, Dept Fis, Merida 5101A, Venezuela
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10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00561-4
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摘要
The decay rate of the neutral K meson K-L --> e(+)e(-)gamma has been measured with the NA48 detector at the CERN SPS. A total of 6864 events has been observed with an estimated background of 10 events. The branching ratio is Gamma(K-L --> e(+)e(-)gamma)/Gamma(K-L --> all) = (1.06 +/- 0.02(stat) +/- 0.02(sys) +/- 0.04(calc)) X 10(-5). The parameter alpha(K*) describing the relative strength of the two contributing amplitudes to this decay through intermediate pseudoscalar or vector mesons was measured to be alpha(K*) = -0.36 +/- 0.06(stat) +/- 0.02(sys). (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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