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Measurements of the Decay $K_L \to e^+e^-\gamma$

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

The E799-II (KTeV) experiment at Fermilab has collected 83262 KLe+eγK_L \to e^+e^-\gamma events above a background of 79 events. We measure a decay width, normalized to the KLπ0π0πD0K_L \to \pi^0\pi^0\pi^0_D (\pi^0 \to \gamma\gamma, \pi^0 to \gamma\gamma, \pi^0_D \to e^+e^-\gamma) decay width, of Γ(\Gamma(K_L \to e^+e^-\gamma)/Γ(KLπ0π0πD0)=(1.3302±0.0046stat±0.0102syst)×103)/\Gamma(K_L \to \pi^0\pi^0\pi^0_D) = (1.3302 \pm 0.0046_{stat} \pm 0.0102_{syst}) \times 10^{-3}. We also measure parameters of two KLγγK_L \gamma^{\ast}\gamma form factor models. In the Bergstrom, Masso, and Singer (BMS) parametrization, we find \caks=0.517±0.030stat±0.022syst\caks = -0.517 \pm 0.030_{stat} \pm 0.022_{syst}. We separately fit for the first parameter of the D'Ambrosio, Isidori, and Portoles (DIP) model and find \adip=1.729±0.043stat±0.028syst\adip = -1.729 \pm 0.043_{stat} \pm 0.028_{syst}.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0702039,
  title  = {Measurements of the Decay $K_L \to e^+e^-\gamma$},
  author = {E. Abouzaid et al.},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0702039},
  year   = {2008}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures, submitted to PRL