SEARCH FOR A NEUTRAL PARTICLE OF MASS 33.9 MEV IN PION DECAY

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作者
DAUM, M
FROSCH, R
HAJDAS, W
JANOUSCH, M
KETTLE, PR
RITT, S
ZHAO, ZG
机构
[1] ETH ZURICH,INST TEILCHENPHYS,IPP,CH-5232 VILLIGEN,SWITZERLAND
[2] UNIV VIRGINIA,DEPT PHYS,CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA 22901
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10.1016/0370-2693(95)01165-M
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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We have measured the muon momentum distribution in charged pion decay in flight in order to search for a small branching fraction eta of pion decays pi(+) --> mu(+) + X, in which a heavy neutral particle X with a mass of 33.9 MeV would be emitted. The upper limit of eta at a confidence level of 95% is found to be 2.6 x 10(-8).
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