Published March 1, 1975 | Version v1
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Revised value for the π → eν branching ratio

  • 1. Tri-University Meson Facility and Department of Physics, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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Using the current value for the pion lifetime, we have recomputed the branching ratio for π → eν decay obtained from the 1963 experiment of Di Capua et al. and find GAMMA (π → eν + π → eνγ) / GAMMA (π → μν) = (1.274 plus-or-minus 0.024) times 10-4, a change of 2%. The theoretically predicted value lies within two standard deviations, compared to the 1/2 standard deviation reported previously

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Journal Title
Physical Review D
Journal Volume
11
Journal Issue
5
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
1337-1337
ISSN
0556-2821

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