Published January 1, 1981 | Version v1
Journal article

Precise measurement of the ratio of the axial vector coupling to vector coupling in A0 → p + e- + anti ν

  • 1. Massachusetts Univ., Amherst (USA). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  • 2. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)

Description

The ratio of the axial vector coupling constant to the vector coupling constant, /g1(0)/f1(0)/, in the process Λ0 → p + e- + ν has been measured in a high statistics study of the decay. The analysis of a sample of 10,000 events includes effects such as radiative corrections and q2 dependence of the form factors. Our result is that /g1(0)/f1(0)/ = 0.734 +- 0.031. This value combined with our previous measurement of the ratio GAMMA(Λ0 → peanti ν)/GAMMA(Λ0 → pπ-) permits the calculation of /f1(0)/ = 1.229 +- 0.035 and /g1(0)/ = 0.903 +- 0.046 in remarkable agreement with the traditional models of the weak interaction. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
98
Journal Issue
1/2
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
123-126
ISSN
0370-2693