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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Measurement of the K-S mean lifetime from pi(+)pi(-) and pi(0)pi(0) decays using K-L decays to determine the acceptance

R. HagelbergB. RenkR. HeinzO. PerdereauM. HolderArthur SchafferR. CarosiKen PeachMaria Chiara CarrozzaD.c. CundyA. KreutzP. GrafströmB. Panzer-steindeLaurent SerinKonrad KleinknechtI. MannelliA. NappiDaniel FournierH. RohrerJ. StaeckH. D. WahlR. FantechiG.m. PierazziniR. CasaliR. WerthenbachJ. ScheidtD. CowardL. GatignonPeter BuchholzL. TassiAlessandro BigiC. CerriA. WagnerH. BlümerN. DobleM. CalvettiG.d. BarrPaolo CalafiuraE. AugéLydia Iconomidou-fayardL. BertanzaV.m. MarzulliT. Beier

subject

PhysicsNuclear physicsHigh energyPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)High Energy Physics::ExperimentAtomic physicsNuclear ExperimentValue (mathematics)Variable (mathematics)

description

A precision measurement of the KS mean lifetime has been performed by comparing, in the same experimental setup, the distributions of two-pion decays of neutral kaons produced by high energy proton-beryllium interactions in two targets at a relative distance variable between 112 and 160 m. The value obtained combining the results from π+π- and π0π0 decays is τS = (0.8971 ± 0.0021) 10-10 s. © Springer-Verlag 1997.

10.1007/s002880050353http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:d3643fc8-34d3-4402-9e9f-bb3813111cc9