Published May 20, 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

First physics from KTeV

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855 (United States)

Description

The KTeV experiment at Fermilab is nearing the end of a year-long run to collect data on CP violation and rare kaon decays. I report on the status of this run and present preliminary results from several of the decay modes under study. A total of 5.7 million (before offline cuts) decays of the Re(ε'/ε) statistics-limiting KL0→π0π0 mode were collected. A search for light supersymmetric particles yielded a null result, excluding the existence of the R0 (gg-tilde) over a mass range of 1.2→4.6 GeV/c2 and a lifetime range of 2x10-10→7x10-4 seconds. I report on the first observation of the decay KL0→π+π-e+e-, along with a preliminary branching ratio for this decay of (2.6±0.5)x10-7. Finally, I report on an improved (preliminary) upper limit on the branching ratio for KL0→π0νν-bar of 1.8x10-6 (90% c.l.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
412
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 763-768
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
6. conference on the intersections of particle and nuclear physcis
Dates
25 May - 2 Jun 1997
Place
Big Sky, MT (United States)

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Notes
(c) 1997 American Institute of Physics.