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Observation of Direct {ital CP} Violation in K{sub S,L} {r_arrow} {pi}{pi} Decays

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
OSTI ID:365854
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  1. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 (United States)
  2. University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095 (United States)
  3. University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 (United States)
  4. The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 (United States)
  5. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309 (United States)
  6. Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois 60126 (United States)
  7. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)
  8. Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560 (Japan)
  9. Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005 (United States)
  10. Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855 (United States)
  11. The Department of Physics and Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 (United States)
We have compared the decay rates of K{sub L} and K{sub S} to {pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup {minus}} and {pi}{sup 0}{pi}{sup 0} final states using a subset of the data from the KTeV experiment (E832) at Fermilab. We find that the direct-{ital CP}-violation parameter Re({epsilon}{sup {prime}}/{epsilon} ) is equal to [28.0{plus_minus}3.0(stat){plus_minus}2. 8(syst)]{times}10{sup {minus}4} . This result definitively establishes the existence of {ital CP} violation in a decay process. {copyright} {ital 1999} {ital The American Physical Society}
OSTI ID:
365854
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 83; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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