Final results from the KTeV experiment on the decay KL→π0γ γ

E. Abouzaid, M. Arenton, A. R. Barker, L. Bellantoni, E. Blucher, G. J. Bock, E. Cheu, R. Coleman, M. D. Corcoran, B. Cox, A. R. Erwin, C. O. Escobar, A. Glazov, A. Golossanov, R. A. Gomes, P. Gouffon, Y. B. Hsiung, D. A. Jensen, R. Kessler, K. KoteraA. Ledovskoy, P. L. McBride, E. Monnier, H. Nguyen, R. Niclasen, D. G. Phillips, E. J. Ramberg, R. E. Ray, M. Ronquest, E. Santos, W. Slater, D. Smith, N. Solomey, E. C. Swallow, P. A. Toale, R. Tschirhart, Y. W. Wah, J. Wang, H. B. White, J. Whitmore, M. J. Wilking, B. Winstein, R. Winston, E. T. Worcester, T. Yamanaka, E. D. Zimmerman, R. F. Zukanovich

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Abstract

We report on a new measurement of the branching ratio B(KL→π 0γγ) using the KTeV detector. We reconstruct 1982 events with an estimated background of 608, that results in B(KL→π0γγ)=(1. 29±0.03stat±0.05syst)×10-6. We also measure the parameter, aV, which characterizes the strength of vector meson exchange terms in this decay. We find aV=-0.31±0.05stat±0.07syst. These results utilize the full KTeV data set collected from 1997 to 2000 and supersede earlier KTeV measurements of the branching ratio and aV.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number112004
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume77
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 18 2008

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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