The Observation of the Weak Radiative Hyperon Decay Ξ°→Λ°π°γ at KTeV/E799, Fermilab
- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
The large sample of Ξ° hyperons available at KTeV 799 provides an opportunity to search for the Weak Radiative Hyperon Decay Ξ° → Λ°π°γ. We present a branching fraction measurement of Ξ° → Λ°π°γ based on the E799-II experiment data-taking in 1999 at KTeV, Fermilab. We used the principal decay of Ξ° → Λ°π where Λ decays to a proton and a π- as the flux normalization mode. This is the first observation of this interesting decay mode. Four candidate events are found in the data. The branching ratio at 90% confidence level has been measured to be (1.67-0.80+1.45(stat.) ± 0.50(syst.)) x 10-5 or (1.67-0.69+1.16(stat.) ± 0.50(syst.)) x 10-5 at 68.27% confidence level.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03000
- OSTI ID:
- 875530
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-THESIS--2005-48
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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