Branching ratio measurement of $K_S\to γγ$ decay using a pure $\ks$ beam in the KLOE detector

Details Branching ratio measurement of $K_S\to γγ$ decay using a pure $\ks$ beam in the KLOE detector Branching ratio measurement of $K_S\to γγ$ decay using a pure $\ks$ beam in the KLOE detector

2007-07-26

arxiv.org/abs/0707.3933v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Experiment

15 pages, 9 figures, contributed paper to LP07

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We have analyzed 1.62 fb$^{-1}$ of $e^{+}e^{-}$ collisions at a center of mass energy $\sim M_{\phi}$ collected by the KLOE experiment at DA$\Phi$NE. This sample corresponds to a production of $\sim$ 1.7 billion of $\ks$ $\kl$ pairs which allowed us to search for the rare $K_S\to \gamma\gamma$ decay. $K_S$ are tagged by the $K_L$ interaction in the calorimeter and the signal is searched for by requiring two additional prompt photons. Strong kinematic requirements reduce the initial 0.5$\times 10^6$ events to 2300 candidates from which we extract a signal of 600 $\pm$ 35 events. By normalizing to the $\ks \to 2 \pi^0$ decays counted in the same sample, the measured value of BR($\ks \to \gamma\gamma$) is (2.27 $\pm 0.13(stat.) ^{+0.03}_{-0.04} (syst.)) \times 10^{-6}$, in agreement with $O(P^4)$ Chiral Perturbation Theory predictions.

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