Measurement of the radiative decay width Γ[Λ(1520) --> Λγ] with the SPHINX spectrometer

Antipov, Yu. M.; Artamonov, A. V.; Batarin, V. A.; Vavilov, D. V.; Victorov, V. A.; Eroshin, O. V.; Golovkin, S. V.; Gorin, Yu. P.; Kolganov, V. Z.; Kozhevnikov, A. P.; Konstantinov, A. S.; Kubarovsky, V. P.; Kurshetsov, V. F.; Landsberg, L. G.; Leontiev, V. M.; Lomkatsi, G. S.; Molchanov, V. V.; Mukhin, V. A.; Nilov, A. F.; Patalakha, D. I.; Petrenko, S. V.; Smolyankin, V. T.

Measurement of the radiative decay width Γ[Λ(1520) --> Λγ] with the SPHINX spectrometer

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The radiative decay Λ(1520) --> Λγwas measured directly in the study of exclusive diffractive-like reaction p + N --> Λ(1520) K^+ + N, Λ(1520) --> Λγwith the SPHINX spectrometer. The values of the branching and partial width of this radiative decay were obtained: BR[Λ(1520) --> Λγ] = (1.02+/-0.21(stat)+/-0.15(syst))x10^{-2} and Γ[Λ(1520) --> Λγ] = 159+/-33(stat)+/-26(syst) keV.
More detailed treatment of systematical uncertainties, minor clarifications and corrections, significant improvements in English. 18 pages, 6 figures, accepted by Phys.Lett.B