Study of the decay K+ => pi+,nu,nubar in the momentum region 140<Ppi<199 MeV/c

Experiment E949 at Brookhaven National Laboratory has observed three new events consistent with the decay K+ => pi+,nu,nubar in the pion momentum region 140 < P_pi < 199 MeV/c in an exposure of 1.71e12 stopped kaons with an estimated total background of 0.93+-0.17(stat.)+0.32-0.24(syst.) ev...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:arXiv.org 2009-02
Hauptverfasser: E949 Collaboration, Artamonov, A V, Bassalleck, B, Bhuyan, B, Blackmore, E W, Bryman, D A, Chen, S, I-H, Chiang, I -A Christidi, Cooper, P S, Diwan, M V, Frank, J S, Fujiwara, T, J Hu, Ives, J, Jaffe, D E, Kabe, S, Kettell, S H, Khabibullin, M M, Khotjantsev, A N, Kitching, P, Kobayashi, M, Komatsubara, T K, Konaka, A, Kozhevnikov, A P, Kudenko, Yu G, Kushnirenko, A, Landsberg, L G, Lewis, B, Li, K K, Littenberg, L S, Macdonald, J A, Mildenberger, J, Mineev, O V, Miyajima, M, Mizouchi, K, Mukhin, V A, Muramatsu, N, Nakano, T, Nomachi, M, Nomura, T, Numao, T, Obraztsov, V F, Omata, K, Patalakha, D I, Petrenko, S V, Poutissou, R, Ramberg, E J, Redlinger, G, Sato, T, Sekiguchi, T, Shinkawa, T, Strand, R C, Sugimoto, S, Tamagawa, Y, Tschirhart, R, Tsunemi, T, Vavilov, D V, Viren, B, Wang, Zhe, Yershov, N V, Yoshimura, Y, Yoshioka, T
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Experiment E949 at Brookhaven National Laboratory has observed three new events consistent with the decay K+ => pi+,nu,nubar in the pion momentum region 140 < P_pi < 199 MeV/c in an exposure of 1.71e12 stopped kaons with an estimated total background of 0.93+-0.17(stat.)+0.32-0.24(syst.) events. This brings the total number of observed K+ => pi+,nu,nubar events to seven. Combining this observation with previous results, assuming the pion spectrum predicted by the standard model, results in a branching ratio of (1.73+1.15-1.05)e-10. An interpretation of the results for alternative models of the decay K^ => pi+,nothing is also presented.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.0903.0030