ESTIMATION OF THE BRANCHING RATIO OF THE DECAY K-L(O)-]E+E-E+E- FROM THE K-L(O)-]E+E-X PROCESS

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AKAGI, T
FUKUHISA, R
HEMMI, Y
INAGAKI, T
ISHIKAWA, K
KISHIDA, T
KOBAYASHI, M
KOMATSUBARA, TK
KUZE, M
SAI, F
SATO, T
SHINKAWA, T
SUEKANE, F
TAKAMATSU, K
TOYOURA, J
YAMAMOTO, SS
YOSHIMURA, Y
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[1] UNIV TOKYO, DEPT PHYS, TOKYO 113, JAPAN
[2] KYOTO UNIV, DEPT PHYS, KYOTO 606, JAPAN
[3] KEK, NATL LAB HIGH ENERGY PHYS, TSUKUBA 305, JAPAN
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10.1103/PhysRevD.47.R2644
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摘要
In an experiment to search for the decay K(L)0 --> ee using the 12-GeV Proton Synchrotron at KEK, we observed 18 events with the e+e- effective mass greater than 470 MeV/c2. They are presumed to come mainly from the decay K(L)0 --> e+e-e+e-. Subtracting the background from the decay K(L)0 --> eegamma and the external conversion of gamma in the decays K(L)0 --> gammagamma and K(L)0 --> eegamma, the branching ratio of the decay K(L)0 --> e+e-e+e- is estimated to be (6 +/- 2 +/- 1) X 10(-8). It is consistent with the previous experimental values.
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