Published October 14, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Observation of the rare decay KS→π0μ+μ-

  • 1. Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0HE (United Kingdom)

Description

A search for the decay KS→π0μ+μ- has been made by the NA48/1 Collaboration at the CERN SPS accelerator. The data were collected during 2002 with a high-intensity KS beam. Six events were found with a background expectation of 0.22-0.11+0.18 events. Using a vector matrix element and unit form factor, the measured branching ratio is B(KS→π0μ+μ-)=[2.9-1.2+1.5(stat)±0.2(syst)]x10-9

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2004.08.058;
arXiv
arXiv:hep-ex/0409011v1;
PII
S0370-2693(04)01247-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
599
Journal Issue
3-4
Journal Page Range
p. 197-211
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

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Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.