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Measurement of the rate of the decay KL→e+e−γ and observation of a form factor in this decay

H. D. WahlP. CalafiuraR. HeinzKen PeachR. HagelbergH.g. SanderI. HarrusV. GibsonR.l. ChaseH. BlümerR. FantechiDaniel FournierH. RohrerR. BlackArthur SchafferB. PanzerA. KreutzKonrad KleinknechtL. GatignonC. CerriI. MannelliW. WeihsG.d. BarrH.n. NelsonN. DobleP. GrafströmM. CalvettiM. RostR. CasaliA. BigiB. RenkR. WerthenbachD. CowardJ. Van Der LansG. ZechG. KesselerR. CarosiG.m. PierazziniLydia Iconomidou-fayardD.c. CundyJ. MuirD. J. CandlinP. MayerM. HolderPh. HeusseH. BurkhardtE. AugéG. QuastA. Nappi

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Nuclear physicsPhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhotonMesonBranching fractionPropagatorHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentLarge sample

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Abstract A large sample of Dalitz decays, K L → e + e − γ , has been observed. The branching ratio is Γ(K L →e + e − γ) Γ(K L → all )=(9.2±0.5±0.5)×10 −6 in good agreement with theoretical predictions. We observe an enhancement at high masses in the distribution of the invariant electron-positron pair mass, compared to the distribution expected from QED. This excess is interpreted as being due to virtual mesons contributing to the photon propagator.

https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(90)90446-d