Measurement of the branching ratio of π0 → e+e- using KL → 3π0 decays in flight

A. Alavi-Harati; I. F. Albuquerque; T. Alexopoulos; M. Arenton; K. Arisaka; S. Averitte; A. R. Barker; L. Bellantoni; A. Bellavance; J. Belz; R. Ben-David; D. R. Bergman; E. Blucher; G. J. Bock; C. Bown; S. Bright; E. Cheu; S. Childress; R. Coleman; M. D. Corcoran; G. Corti; B. Cox; M. B. Crisler; A. R. Erwin; R. Ford; A. Golossanov; G. Graham; J. Graham; K. Hagan; E. Halkiadakis; K. Hanagaki; S. Hidaka; Y. B. Hsiung; V. Jejer; J. Jennings; D. A. Jensen; R. Kessler; H. G.E. Kobrak; J. La Due; A. Lath; A. Ledovskoy; P. L. Mc Bride; A. P. Mc Manus; P. Mikelsons; E. Monnier; T. Nakaya; U. Nauenberg; K. S. Nelson; H. Nguyen; V. O’dell; M. Pang; R. Pordes; V. Prasad; C. Qiao; B. Quinn; E. J. Ramberg; R. E. Ray; A. Roodman; M. Sadamoto; S. Schnetzer; K. Senyo; P. Shanahan; P. S. Shawhan; W. Slater; N. Solomey; S. V. Somalwar; R. L. Stone; I. Suzuki; E. C. Swallow; R. A. Swanson; S. A. Taegar; R. J. Tesarek; G. B. Thomson; P. A. Toale; A. Tripathi; R. Tschirhart; Y. W. Wah; J. Wang; H. B. White; J. Whitmore; B. Winstein; R. Winston; J. Y. Wu; T. Yamanaka; E. D. Zimmerman

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.922

Measurement of the branching ratio of π⁰ → e⁺e^- using K_L → 3π⁰ decays in flight

A. Alavi-Harati, I. F. Albuquerque, T. Alexopoulos, M. Arenton, K. Arisaka, S. Averitte, A. R. Barker, L. Bellantoni, A. Bellavance, J. Belz, R. Ben-David, D. R. Bergman, E. Blucher, G. J. Bock, C. Bown, S. Bright, E. Cheu, S. Childress, R. Coleman, M. D. CorcoranG. Corti, B. Cox, M. B. Crisler, A. R. Erwin, R. Ford, A. Golossanov, G. Graham, J. Graham, K. Hagan, E. Halkiadakis, K. Hanagaki, S. Hidaka, Y. B. Hsiung, V. Jejer, J. Jennings, D. A. Jensen, R. Kessler, H. G.E. Kobrak, J. La Due, A. Lath, A. Ledovskoy, P. L. Mc Bride, A. P. Mc Manus, P. Mikelsons, E. Monnier, T. Nakaya, U. Nauenberg, K. S. Nelson, H. Nguyen, V. O’dell, M. Pang, R. Pordes, V. Prasad, C. Qiao, B. Quinn, E. J. Ramberg, R. E. Ray, A. Roodman, M. Sadamoto, S. Schnetzer, K. Senyo, P. Shanahan, P. S. Shawhan, W. Slater, N. Solomey, S. V. Somalwar, R. L. Stone, I. Suzuki, E. C. Swallow, R. A. Swanson, S. A. Taegar, R. J. Tesarek, G. B. Thomson, P. A. Toale, A. Tripathi, R. Tschirhart, Y. W. Wah, J. Wang, H. B. White, J. Whitmore, B. Winstein, R. Winston, J. Y. Wu, T. Yamanaka, E. D. Zimmerman

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The branching ratio of the rare decay π⁰ → e⁺e^- has been measured in E799-II, a rare kaon decay experiment using the KTeV detector at Fermilab. We observed 275 candidate π⁰ → e⁺e^- events, with an expected background of 21.4 ± 6.2 events which includes the contribution from Dalitz decays. We measured B[π⁰ → e⁺e^-,(m_e⁺_e^-/m_π⁰)² > 0.95] = (6.09 ± 0.40 ± 0.24) × 10^-8, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic. This result is the first significant observation of the excess rate for this decay above the unitarity lower bound.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	922-925
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	83
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.922
State	Published - Jan 1 1999

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Alavi-Harati, A., Albuquerque, I. F., Alexopoulos, T., Arenton, M., Arisaka, K., Averitte, S., Barker, A. R., Bellantoni, L., Bellavance, A., Belz, J., Ben-David, R., Bergman, D. R., Blucher, E., Bock, G. J., Bown, C., Bright, S., Cheu, E., Childress, S., Coleman, R., ... Zimmerman, E. D. (1999). Measurement of the branching ratio of π⁰ → e⁺e^- using K_L → 3π⁰ decays in flight. Physical review letters, 83(5), 922-925. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.922

Alavi-Harati, A, Albuquerque, IF, Alexopoulos, T, Arenton, M, Arisaka, K, Averitte, S, Barker, AR, Bellantoni, L, Bellavance, A, Belz, J, Ben-David, R, Bergman, DR, Blucher, E, Bock, GJ, Bown, C, Bright, S, Cheu, E, Childress, S, Coleman, R, Corcoran, MD, Corti, G, Cox, B, Crisler, MB, Erwin, AR, Ford, R, Golossanov, A, Graham, G, Graham, J, Hagan, K, Halkiadakis, E, Hanagaki, K, Hidaka, S, Hsiung, YB, Jejer, V, Jennings, J, Jensen, DA, Kessler, R, Kobrak, HGE, La Due, J, Lath, A, Ledovskoy, A, Mc Bride, PL, Mc Manus, AP, Mikelsons, P, Monnier, E, Nakaya, T, Nauenberg, U, Nelson, KS, Nguyen, H, O’dell, V, Pang, M, Pordes, R, Prasad, V, Qiao, C, Quinn, B, Ramberg, EJ, Ray, RE, Roodman, A, Sadamoto, M, Schnetzer, S, Senyo, K, Shanahan, P, Shawhan, PS, Slater, W, Solomey, N, Somalwar, SV, Stone, RL, Suzuki, I, Swallow, EC, Swanson, RA, Taegar, SA, Tesarek, RJ, Thomson, GB, Toale, PA, Tripathi, A, Tschirhart, R, Wah, YW, Wang, J, White, HB, Whitmore, J, Winstein, B, Winston, R, Wu, JY, Yamanaka, T & Zimmerman, ED 1999, 'Measurement of the branching ratio of π⁰ → e⁺e^- using K_L → 3π⁰ decays in flight', Physical review letters, vol. 83, no. 5, pp. 922-925. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.922

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