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Measurements of the branching fraction and decay distributions for K{sub L}{yields}{pi}{sup {+-}}{mu}{sup {+-}}{nu}{gamma} and K{sub L}{yields}{pi}{sup {+-}}e{sup {+-}}{nu}{gamma}

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (United States)
  2. Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 (United States)
  3. The Department of Physics and Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 (United States); and others
We present measurements of R{sub Kl3{gamma}}{identical_to}{gamma}(K{sub L}{yields}{pi}{sup {+-}}l{sup {+-}}{nu}{gamma};E{sub {gamma}}*>10 MeV)/{gamma}(K{sub L}{yields}{pi}{sup {+-}}l{sup {+-}}{nu}), where l={mu} or e, and E{sub {gamma}}* is the photon energy in the kaon rest frame. These measurements are based on K{sub L} decays collected in 1997 by the KTeV (E832) experiment at Fermilab. With samples of 1385 K{sub L}{yields}{pi}{sup {+-}}{mu}{sup {+-}}{nu}{gamma} and 14221 K{sub L}{yields}{pi}{sup {+-}}e{sup {+-}}{nu}{gamma} candidates, we find R{sub K{mu}}{sub 3{gamma}}=(0.530{+-}0.019)% and R{sub Ke3{gamma}}=(4.942{+-}0.062)%. We also examine distributions of photon energy and lepton-photon angle.
OSTI ID:
20705685
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 71; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English