New measurement of the properties of the rare decay K+→π+e+e-

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作者
Appel, R [1 ]
Atoyan, GS
Bassalleck, B
Bergman, DR
Brown, DN
Cheung, N
Dhawan, S
Do, H
Egger, J
Eilerts, S
Felder, C
Fischer, H
Gach, M
Herold, W
Issakov, VV
Kaspar, H
Kraus, DE
Lazarus, DM
Leipuner, L
Lichard, P
Lowe, J
Lozano, J
Ma, H
Majid, W
Menzel, W
Pislak, S
Poblaguev, AA
Postoev, VE
Proskurjakov, AL
Rehak, P
Robmann, P
Sher, A
Thomas, TL
Poblaguev, AA
Postoev, VE
Proskurjakov, AL
Rehak, P
Robmann, P
Sher, A
Thomas, TL
Thompson, JA
Truöl, P
Weyer, H
Zeller, ME
机构
[1] Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, NY 11973 USA
[2] Univ New Mexico, Dept Phys & Astron, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
[3] Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Phys & Astron, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
[4] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res, Moscow 117312, Russia
[5] Paul Scherrer Inst, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
[6] Yale Univ, Dept Phys, New Haven, CT 06511 USA
[7] Univ Basel, Inst Phys, CH-4046 Basel, Switzerland
[8] Univ Zurich, Inst Phys, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.4482
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O4 [物理学];
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摘要
A low-background sample of 10 300 events has been collected for the decay mode K+ --> pi(+)e(+)e(-) experiment E865 at the Brookhaven Alternating Gradient Synchrotron. The branching ratio is measured to be [2.94 +/- 0.05(stat) +/- 0.13(syst) +/- 0.05(model)] x 10(-7), the vector nature of this decay is firmly established, and the decay form factor f(z) = f(0)(1 + delta z)(z = M-ee(2)/m(K)(2)) is determined to have delta = 2.14 +/- 0.13 +/- 0.15, The experiment is described and results discussed in the context of chiral perturbation theory.
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页码:4482 / 4485
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