Related papers: Light Meson Spectroscopy with the Kloe Experiment

Using 11.6 1/pb of data collected in the energy range 0.864-1.06 GeV by CMD-2 at VEPP-2M, the rare decay mode phi to eta' gamma was observed via the decay chain eta' to pi+pi- eta, eta to pi+pi-pi0 or eta to pi+pi- gamma. The following…

The cross section of the process e+ e- --> pi0 pi0 gamma has been measured in the c.m. energy range 600--970 MeV with the CMD-2 detector. The following branching ratios have been determined: B(rho --> pi0 pi0 gamma) =(5.2^{+1.5}_{-1.3} +-…

We discuss, how planned measurements at KLOE-2 of the (pi^0 -> gamma gamma) decay width and the (gamma^* gamma -> pi^0) transition form factor can improve estimates for the numerically dominant pion-exchange contribution to hadronic…

In this report I will present the recent results on K mesons from the KLOE experiment at the DAFNE e+e- collider working at the center of mass energy ~1GeV ~m_{phi}. They include V_{us} determinations, the test on the unitarity of the first…

A preliminary measurement of RK = Gamma(Ke2)/Gamma(Km2) at the KLOE experiment is discussed. The result, RK = (2.55+-0.05+-0.05)x 10^-5, is based on 1.7 fb^-1 of luminosity integrated on the phi-meson peak at the Frascati e^+e^- collider…

Data from the KTeV experiment have provided many opportunities for studies of fundamental symmetries in nature, not just CP. We present new limits on the lepton flavor violating decays K_L -> pi0 mu e, K_L -> pi0 pi0 mu e and pi0 -> mu e.…

Patterns of chiral symmetry violation and tests of the conservation of the fundamental C, P and CP symmetries are key physics issues in studies of the pi0, eta and eta' meson decays. These tests include searches for rare or forbidden decays…

We report on a search for the decay Kl -> pi0 e+ e- carried out by the KTeV/E799 experiment at Fermilab. This decay is expected to have a significant CP violating contribution and the measurement of its branching ratio could support the CKM…

We study the processes $\gamma \gamma \to \eta_c \to \eta' K^+ K^-$, $\eta' \pi^+ \pi^-$, and $\eta \pi^+ \pi^-$ using a data sample of 519 $fb^{-1}$ recorded with the BaBar detector operating at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy $e^+e^-$…

A new measurement of the branching fraction for the decay $K_S \rightarrow \pi e \nu$ is presented, based on a sample of 300 million $K_S$ mesons recorded by the KLOE experiment at the DA$\Phi$NE $e^+e^-$ collider. A two-step signal…

We search for lepton-flavor-violating tau decays into a lepton (electron or muon) and an f0(980) meson using 671 fb-1 of data collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. No events are observed and we set…

We have carried out a new direct search for the CP violating decay KS -> 3pi0 with 1.7 fb^-1 of e+e- collisions collected by the KLOE detector at the phi-factory DAFNE. We have searched for this decay in a sample of about 5.9 x 10^8 KS KL…

We present a measurement of the ratio R = \Gamma(\keg;\Estar>30\mev,\qstar>20^\circ)$/$\Gamma(\kegf)$ and a first measurement of the direct emission contribution in KL semileptonic decays. The measurement is done at the DAFNE phi-factory…

We describe searches for decays to two-body charmless final states eta' eta, eta' pi0 and eta pi0 of B0 mesons produced in e+e- annihilation. The data, collected with the BaBar detector at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, represent…

Investigation at a $\phi$--factory can shed light on several debated issues in particle physics. We discuss: i) recent theoretical development and experimental progress in kaon physics relevant for the Standard Model tests in the flavor…

Using psi(2S) --> pi+ pi- J/psi, J/psi --> gamma eta' events acquired with the CLEO-c detector at the CESR e+e- collider, we make the first observations of the decays eta' --> pi+ pi- pi0 and eta' --> pi+ pi- e+ e-, measuring absolute…

The KTeV experiment at Fermilab has isolated a total of 132 events from the rare decay KL->e+e-mu+mu-, with an estimated background of 0.8 events. The branching ratio of this mode is determined to be 2.69 +/- 0.24 (stat) +/- 0.12 (syst) x…

The KLOE detector at DAFNE has collected about 30 pb-1 by the end of year 2000,' allowing, among other things, accurate measurements on several decay channels of the K0S meson. With data acquired in the year 2000 run we have measured the…

We report on a new measurement of the branching ratio B(KL -> pi0 e+ e- gamma) using the KTeV detector. This analysis uses the full KTeV data set collected from 1997 to 2000. We reconstruct 139 events over a background of 14, which results…

We have measured the radiative decays phi -> eta gamma, phi ->etaprime gamma selecting pi+ pi- gamma gamma gamma final state in a sample of about 5 times 10^7 phi mesons produced at the Frascati phi factory DAFNE. We obtain Gamma(phi ->…