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[en] There have been a proposal (accepted - E777) and a letter-of-intent to search for K+ → π+μ+e- to a branching ratio better than 10-11. This motivation is to test different types of lepton number conservation - specifically, there is a boson in technicolor models which would allow such decays at a level around 10-10. This note discusses the E777 experiment, reasons for doing the experiment at the AGS, and the prospects for looking for even smaller branching ratios. A level of B.R. < 4.8 x 10-9 (90% C.L.) for K+ → π+μ+e- was achieved in a CERN experiment designed to study Ke4 decay. That experiment used a separated 8 x 104/pulse K+ beam with a PWC/spark chamber detector and no muon identification. E777 will use an unseparated beam with 2 x 107K+/pulse, PWCs, and muon identification. Cherenkovs will be designed to not misidentify particles, at a reduced efficiency. For example, two counters will be filled with H2 gas at atmospheric pressure to identify electrons. This reduces delta-ray contamination, at a cost of reduced efficiency for identifying the electrons. They chose a K+ momentum of 6 Gev/c (and, thus, to do the experiment at the AGS) for good particle identification
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1982; 4 p; Workshop on division of particles and fields of the APS; Aspen, CO (USA); 28 Jun - 16 Jul 1982; CONF-8206116--1; Available from NTIS., PC A02/MF A01 as DE83000266
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ACCELERATORS, BASIC INTERACTIONS, BOSONS, CYCLIC ACCELERATORS, DECAY, ELEMENTARY PARTICLES, ENERGY RANGE, FIELD THEORIES, GAS TRACK DETECTORS, GEV RANGE, HADRONS, INTERACTIONS, MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, MESONS, PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS, QUANTUM FIELD THEORY, RADIATION DETECTORS, STRANGE PARTICLES, SYNCHROTRONS
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