Date Awarded
2007
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Department
Physics
Abstract
A measurement of the branching fraction for the rare decay K0L → pi+pi-e +e- was performed using data collected from experiment E871 which ran at the AGS of Brookhaven National Laboratory. Analysis of the data revealed 27.7 +/- 7.4 signal events in the signal region, 0.4905 GeV < Mpipiee < 0.505 GeV together with 13.3 +/- 3.7 background events. The branching fractions of ( 8.5+/-2.3stat +/-1.0sys ) x 10-6 using the phenomenological model acceptance and ( 2.3+/-0.6stat +/-0.3sys ) x 10-6 using the chiral perturbation model represent the first measurements for K0L → pi+pi-e +e- in the dipion invariant mass region 0.475 GeV < Mpipi < 0.497 GeV. These results support the prediction of chiral perturbation theory rather than that of the phenomenological model.
DOI
https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-843x-vn61
Rights
© The Author
Recommended Citation
Moss, Joshua J., "Measurement of the branching fraction for the decay neutral kaon(long) going to pion-antipion-positron-electron in the high M(pi-pi) invariant mass region" (2007). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. William & Mary. Paper 1539623516.
https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-843x-vn61
