Published November 13, 1989 | Version v1
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Measurement of the branching ratio for the decay KL0→μμ

Creators

  • 1. University of California, Irvine, California 92717 (USA)
  • 2. University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024
  • 3. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
  • 4. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

Description

Concurrent with our search for the decays KL0→μe and KL0→ee, we have observed 87 KL0→μμ events. Normalizing this sample to the simultaneous observation of the decay KL0→π+π-, we obtain the branching ratio B(KL0→μμ) =[5.8±0.6(stat)±0.4 (syst)] x10-9

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
63
Journal Issue
20
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
2185-2188
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
21030051
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BRANCHING RATIO; ELECTRONS; ERRORS; KAONS NEUTRAL LONG-LIVED; LEPTONIC DECAY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUON DETECTION; MUONS; NEUTRAL CURRENTS; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; RADIATIVE DECAY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
Descriptors DEC
ALGEBRAIC CURRENTS; BASIC INTERACTIONS; BOSONS; CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; CURRENTS; DECAY; DETECTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; INTERACTIONS; KAONS; KAONS NEUTRAL; LEPTONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MESONS; PARTICLE DECAY; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; STRANGE MESONS; STRANGE PARTICLES; WEAK INTERACTIONS; WEAK PARTICLE DECAY