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Measurement of the f/sub +/ form factor in K/sup 0//sub L/. -->. pi. /sup + -/e/sup - +/v decays using a large hydrogen bubble chamber

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev., D; (United States)
The decay K/sup 0//sub L/ ..-->.. ..pi..e..nu.. was studied in an experiment using the Argonne 12-ft bubble chamber exposed to a K/sup 0//sub L/ beam of momentum 550 +- 35 MeV/c. Use of the monochromatic beam and the large chamber volume allowed the selection of about 12 000 K/sup 0//sub e/3 events, containing a small ((5.3 +- 0.5) %) and well understood background from K/sup 0//sub mu3/ decay. The main feature of this experiment is the good acceptance over the Dalitz plot which minimizes possible systematic errors in the determination of the vector form factor f/sub +/(q/sup 2/). We find that the data are adequately described by a linear q/sup 2/ parameterization, f/sub +/(q/sup 2/) = f/sub +/(0)(1 + lambda/sub +/q/sup 2// m/sub ..pi..//sup 2/), with the slope parameter lambda/sub +/ = 0.028 +- 0.004 before radiative corrections are made. Direct application of radiative corrections, as calculated by Ginsberg, yields lambda/sub +/ = 0.025 +- 0.005. Our result is in good agreement with other recent experiments and with the assumption of K* (890) dominance.
Research Organization:
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
OSTI ID:
7048257
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., D; (United States) Vol. 18:3; ISSN PRVDA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English