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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Search for three body pion decays π+→l+νX
S. Cuen-rochinS. Cuen-rochinM. BlecherD. VavilovSong ChenMasaharu AokiD. ProtopopescuY. IgarashiL. S. LittenbergP. GumplingerA. SherLuca DoriaLuca DoriaC. MalbrunotR. E. MischkeT. SullivanShintaro ItoD. Vom BruchT. NumaoDave BrittonAlexis A. Aguilar-arevaloS. H. KettellDouglas BrymanDouglas BrymanJ. R. ComfortLeonid KurchaninovAhmed HusseinAhmed Husseinsubject
PhysicsCrystallographyPion010308 nuclear & particles physicsBranching fractionFull dataHigh Energy Physics::Phenomenology0103 physical sciences010306 general physicsCoupling (probability)01 natural sciencesBosondescription
The three body pion decays π+→l+νX(l=e,μ), where X is a weakly interacting neutral boson, were searched for using the full data set from the PIENU experiment. An improved limit on Γ(π+→e+νX)/Γ(π+→μ+νμ) in the mass range 0<mX<120 MeV/c2 and a first result for Γ(π+→μ+νX)/Γ(π+→μ+νμ) in the region 0<mX<33.9 MeV/c2 were obtained. The Majoron-neutrino coupling model was also constrained using the current experimental result of the π+→e+νe(γ) branching ratio.
year | journal | country | edition | language |
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2021-03-16 | Physical Review D |