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Search for /ital K//sub /ital L///r arrow//pi//sup 0//gamma//gamma/

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)
A search for the rare decay mode /ital K//sub /ital L///r arrow//pi//sup 0//gamma//gamma/ was performed using a data set from Fermilab experiment E-731. The decay is of interest in the context of chiral perturbation theory and for its contribution to the decay /ital K//sub /ital L///r arrow//pi//sup 0/e/sup +/e/sup /minus//. The result is /ital B/(/ital K//sub /ital L///r arrow//pi//sup 0//gamma//gamma/)/lt/2.7 /times/10/sup /minus/6/ (90% confidence level) which is nearly a two-order-of magnitude improvement over the previous best limit.
Research Organization:
The Enrico Fermi Institute and the Department of Physics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637(US); The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510
OSTI ID:
5874473
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 63:1; ISSN PRLTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English