A limit on the lepton-family number violating process π0 → μ±e∓

P. Krolak; R. A. Briere; E. Cheu; D. A. Harris; K. S. McFarland; A. Roodman; B. Schwingenheuer; S. V. Somalwar; Y. W. Wah; B. Winstein; R. Winston; K. Arisaka; D. Roberts; W. Slater; M. Weaver; A. R. Barker; E. C. Swallow; G. J. Bock; R. Coleman; M. Crisler; J. Enagonio; R. Ford; Y. B. Hsiung; D. A. Jensen; E. Ramberg; R. Tschirhart; E. M. Collins; G. D. Gollin; T. Nakaya; T. Yamanaka; P. Gu; P. Haas; W. P. Hogan; S. K. Kim; J. N. Matthews; S. S. Myung; S. Schnetzer; G. B. Thomson; Y. Zou

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A limit on the lepton-family number violating process π⁰ → μ^±e^∓

P. Krolak, R. A. Briere, E. Cheu, D. A. Harris, K. S. McFarland, A. Roodman, B. Schwingenheuer, S. V. Somalwar, Y. W. Wah, B. Winstein, R. Winston, K. Arisaka, D. Roberts, W. Slater, M. Weaver, A. R. Barker, E. C. Swallow, G. J. Bock, R. Coleman, M. CrislerJ. Enagonio, R. Ford, Y. B. Hsiung, D. A. Jensen, E. Ramberg, R. Tschirhart, E. M. Collins, G. D. Gollin, T. Nakaya, T. Yamanaka, P. Gu, P. Haas, W. P. Hogan, S. K. Kim, J. N. Matthews, S. S. Myung, S. Schnetzer, G. B. Thomson, Y. Zou

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Abstract

A FNAL E799 Collaboration has carried out a search for the lepton-family number violating decay π⁰ → μ^±e^∓ using π⁰'s produced from K_L → π⁰π⁰π⁰ decays in flight. No events were observed. Assuming that lepton-family number violation is charge independent, the 90% confidence level upper limit on 1 2[BR(π⁰ → μ⁺e^-) + BR(π⁰ → μ^-e⁺)] was determined to be 8.6 × 10^-9.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	407-410
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	320
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(94)90678-5
State	Published - Jan 13 1994

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Krolak, P., Briere, R. A., Cheu, E., Harris, D. A., McFarland, K. S., Roodman, A., Schwingenheuer, B., Somalwar, S. V., Wah, Y. W., Winstein, B., Winston, R., Arisaka, K., Roberts, D., Slater, W., Weaver, M., Barker, A. R., Swallow, E. C., Bock, G. J., Coleman, R., ... Zou, Y. (1994). A limit on the lepton-family number violating process π⁰ → μ^±e^∓. Physics Letters B, 320(3-4), 407-410. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(94)90678-5

Krolak, P, Briere, RA, Cheu, E, Harris, DA, McFarland, KS, Roodman, A, Schwingenheuer, B, Somalwar, SV, Wah, YW, Winstein, B, Winston, R, Arisaka, K, Roberts, D, Slater, W, Weaver, M, Barker, AR, Swallow, EC, Bock, GJ, Coleman, R, Crisler, M, Enagonio, J, Ford, R, Hsiung, YB, Jensen, DA, Ramberg, E, Tschirhart, R, Collins, EM, Gollin, GD, Nakaya, T, Yamanaka, T, Gu, P, Haas, P, Hogan, WP, Kim, SK, Matthews, JN, Myung, SS, Schnetzer, S, Thomson, GB & Zou, Y 1994, 'A limit on the lepton-family number violating process π⁰ → μ^±e^∓', Physics Letters B, vol. 320, no. 3-4, pp. 407-410. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(94)90678-5

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