Published November 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Radiative corrections in Ke4 decay

  • 1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russian Federation)

Description

The final state interaction of pions in the decay K±→π+π-e±ν allows one to obtain the value of the isospin and angular momentum zero pion-pion scattering length a00. To extract this quantity from experimental data the radiative corrections (RC) have to be taken into account. Based on the lowest order results and the factorization hypothesis, we get the expressions for RC in the leading and next-to leading logarithmical approximation. It is shown that the decay width dependence on the lepton mass me through the parameter σ=(α)/(2π)(ln(M2)/(me2)-1) has the standard form of the Drell-Yan process and is proportional to the Sommerfeld-Sakharov factor. The numerical estimations are presented. (orig.)

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-1125-9

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C
Journal Volume
64
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 47-54
ISSN
1434-6044