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Unitarity and universality with kaon physics at KLOE

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2008-10-21 v1

Abstract

All relevant inputs for the extraction of the CKM matrix element \vus from \kl, \ks and \kpm decays have been measured at KLOE. From a global fit using only KLOE results, but \ks lifetime, a value of \vus\fzero=0.2157±0.0006|\vus|\fzero = 0.2157 \pm 0.0006 is obtained, where \fzero is the form factor parametrizing the hadronic matrix element evaluated at zero momentum transfer. Comparison of the values of \fVus for Ke3K_{e3} and Kμ3K_{\mu3} modes provides a test of lepton universality at 0.8% level of accuracy. The value \vus/\vud=0.2323(15)\vus/\vud=0.2323(15) has been obtained from the ratio Γ(Kμν)/Γ(πμν)\Gamma(K\to\mu \nu)/\Gamma(\pi\to\mu \nu) using KLOE measurement of \BR(\kpm\mudue)\BR(\kpm \to \mudue) and lattice calculation of the ratio of decay constants fK/fπf_K/f_{\pi}. These results, together with \vud=0.97418(26)\vud = 0.97418(26), are compatible at 0.6σ\sigma level with CKM matrix unitarity. The universality of lepton and quark weak couplings can be tested and constraints on new physics extensions of the Standard Model can be set using these very precise measurements from kaon decays.

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@article{arxiv.0810.3323,
  title  = {Unitarity and universality with kaon physics at KLOE},
  author = {Erika De Lucia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.3323},
  year   = {2008}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures, 34$^{\rm th}$ International Conference on High Energy Physics, Philadelphia, 2008

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