Measurement of the branching fraction of the decay KL→π+π-e+e-

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作者
Adams, J
Alavi-Harati, A
Albuquerque, IF
Alexopoulos, T
Arenton, M
Arisaka, K
Averitte, S
Barker, AR
Bellantoni, L
Bellavance, A
Belz, J
Ben-David, R
Bergman, DR
Blucher, E
Bock, GJ
Bown, C
Bright, S
Cheu, E
Childress, S
Coleman, R
Corcoran, MD
Corti, G
Cox, B
Crisler, MB
Erwin, AR
Ford, R
Graham, G
Graham, J
Hagan, KA
Halkiadakis, E
Hanagaki, K
Hazumi, M
Hidaka, S
Hsiung, YB
Jejer, V
Jennings, J
Jensen, DA
Johnson, PT
Kessler, R
Kobrak, HGE
LaDue, J
Lath, A
Ledovskoy, A
McManus, AP
Mikelsons, P
Monnier, E
Nakaya, T
Nauenberg, U
Nelson, KS
Nguyen, H
机构
[1] Fermi Natl Accelerator Lab, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
[2] Univ Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
[3] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
[4] Univ Calif San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[5] Univ Chicago, Enrico Fermi Inst, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
[6] Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
[7] Elmhurst Coll, Elmhurst, IL 60126 USA
[8] Osaka Univ, Toyonaka, Osaka 560, Japan
[9] Rice Univ, Houston, TX 77005 USA
[10] Rutgers State Univ, Piscataway, NJ 08855 USA
[11] Univ Virginia, Dept Phys, Charlottesville, VA 22901 USA
[12] Univ Virginia, Inst Nucl & Particle Phys, Charlottesville, VA 22901 USA
[13] Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.4123
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We report the first branching fraction measurement of the decay K-L --> pi(+)pi(-) e(+)e(-). With a sample of 46 candidates, and an expected background level of 9.4 events, the branching fraction is determined to be B(K-L --> pi(+)pi(-) e(+)e(-)) = [3.2 +/- 0.6(stat) +/- 0.4(syst)] x 10(-7). This measurement was carried out as part of the Fermilab KTeV (E799-II) experiment and is in good agreement with the expectations from the mechanisms of direct emission and inner bremsstrahlung.
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页码:4123 / 4126
页数:4
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