A new measurement of the properties of the rare decay K -> pi+ e+ e-

Details A new measurement of the properties of the rare decay K -> pi+ e+ e- A new measurement of the properties of the rare decay K -> pi+ e+ e-

1999-07-22

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9907045v1

Phys.Rev.Lett.83:4482-4485,1999

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Experiment

4 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.4482

A large low-background sample of events (10300) has been collected for the rare decay of kaons in flight K+ -> pi+ e+ e- by experiment E865 at the Brookhaven AGS. The decay products were accepted by a broad band high-resolution charged particle spectrometer with particle identification. The branching ratio (2.94 +- 0.05(stat.) +- 0.13(syst.) +- 0.05(model))*10**{-7} was determined normalizing to events from the decay chain K+ -> pi+ pi0; pi0 -> e+ e- gamma. From the analysis of the decay distributions the vector nature of this decay is firmly established now, and limits on scalar and tensor contributions are deduced. From the (e+ e-) invariant mass distribution the decay form factor f(z)=f0(1+ delta*z) (z=M(ee)**2/m(K)**2) is determined with delta=2.14 +- 0.13 +- 0.15. Chiral QCD perturbation theory predictions for the form factor are also tested, and terms beyond leading order O(p**4) are found to be important.

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