Search for a Light Pseudoscalar Particle in the Decay K{sub L}{sup 0}{yields}{pi}{sup 0}{pi}{sup 0}X

We performed a search for a light pseudoscalar particle X in the decay K{sub L}{sup 0}{yields}{pi}{sup 0}{pi}{sup 0}X, X{yields}{gamma}{gamma} with the E391a detector at KEK. Such a particle with a mass of 214.3 MeV/c{sup 2} was suggested by the HyperCP experiment. We found no evidence for X and set...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 2009-02, Vol.102 (5)
Hauptverfasser: Tung, Y. C., Hsiung, Y. B., Wu, M. L., Chen, K. F., Ahn, J. K., Lee, H. S., Lee, S. Y., Akune, Y., Fujioka, Y., Ishibashi, S., Kobayashi, S., Ogata, R., Sugiyama, A., Suzuki, S., Tsukamoto, T., Baranov, V., Kurilin, A. S., Kuzmin, E., Moisseenko, A., Podolsky, S.
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Zusammenfassung:We performed a search for a light pseudoscalar particle X in the decay K{sub L}{sup 0}{yields}{pi}{sup 0}{pi}{sup 0}X, X{yields}{gamma}{gamma} with the E391a detector at KEK. Such a particle with a mass of 214.3 MeV/c{sup 2} was suggested by the HyperCP experiment. We found no evidence for X and set an upper limit on the product branching ratio for K{sub L}{sup 0}{yields}{pi}{sup 0}{pi}{sup 0}X, X{yields}{gamma}{gamma} of 2.4x10{sup -7} at the 90% confidence level. Upper limits on the branching ratios in the mass region of X from 194.3 to 219.3 MeV/c{sup 2} are also presented.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.102.051802