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Upper limit on the decay Sigma(1385)- --> Sigma- gamma, and cross section for gamma Sigma- --> Lambda pi-

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

Coherent Lambda pi- production on Pb of 600 GeV Sigma- hyperons has been studied with the SELEX facility at Fermilab. Using the Primakoff formalism, we set a 90% CL upper limit on the radiative decay width Gamma [Sigma(1385)- --> Sigma- gamma] < 9.5 keV, and estimate the cross section for gamma Sigma- --> Lambda pi- at sqrt(s) = 1.385 GeV to be 56+/-16 mkb.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0402026,
  title  = {Upper limit on the decay Sigma(1385)- --> Sigma- gamma, and cross section for gamma Sigma- --> Lambda pi-},
  author = {SELEX Collaboration and V. V. Molchanov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0402026},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

13 pages, 3 figures, LaTeX, few clarifications, accepted by Phys.Lett.B