A limit for the decay from the MEG experiment

Autor: E. Baracchini, Stefan Ritt, J. Egger, N.P. Kravchuk, F. Xiao, M. Hildebrandt, H. Natori, R. Pazzi, C. Bemporad, Yusuke Uchiyama, A. M. Baldini, G. Piredda, S. Yamada, B. I. Khazin, P.-R. Kettle, Y. Nishimura, G. Gallucci, Y. Hisamatsu, A. Korenchenko, D.N. Grigoriev, A. de Bari, Tomiyoshi Haruyama, Flavio Gatti, M. Panareo, Roberto Di Nardo, F. Ignatov, C. Topchyan, S. Dussoni, V. Tumakov, Satoshi Mihara, M. De Gerone, J. Adam, Hajime Nishiguchi, G. Cecchet, Martin Schneebeli, O. Kiselev, S. Suzuki, C. Cerri, D. Kaneko, R. Valle, G. Cavoto, Ryu Sawada, B. Golden, D. Zanello, G. Boca, Fabrizio Cei, P. W. Cattaneo, W. R. Molzon, C. Voena, T. Iwamoto, L. Galli, T. Doke, A. Barchiesi, A.S. Popov, Angela Papa, D. Mzavia, F. Sergiampietri, Wataru Ootani, A. Maki, Giovanni Signorelli, X. Bai, S. Yamashita, Yu.V. Yudin, M. Grassi, Akira Yamamoto, Toshinori Mori, Donato Nicolo, F. Renga, Massimo Rossella
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Nuclear Physics B. 834:1-12
ISSN: 0550-3213
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2010.03.030
Popis: A search for the decay μ + → e + γ , performed at PSI and based on data from the initial three months of operation of the MEG experiment, yields an upper limit on the branching ratio of BR ( μ + → e + γ ) ⩽ 2.8 × 10 − 11 (90% C.L.). This corresponds to the measurement of positrons and photons from ∼ 10 14 stopped μ + -decays by means of a superconducting positron spectrometer and a 900 litre liquid xenon photon detector.
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