A Measurement of the Branching Ratio and Asymmetry of the Decay Cascade^0-->Sigma^0/gamma

dc.creatorAlavi-Harti, A.
dc.date2000-12-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:32:06Z
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dc.descriptionWe have studied the rare weak radiative hyperon decay Cascade0-->Sigma0/gamma in the KTeV experiment at Fermilab. We have identified 4045 signal events over a background of 804 events. The dominant Cascade0-->Lambda/pi0 decay, which was used for normalization, is the only important background source. An analysis of the acceptance of both modes yields a branching ratio of BR(Cascade0-->Sigma0/gamma)=(3.34 +/- 0.05 +/- 0.09) x 10^(-3). By analyzing the final state decay distributions, we have also determined that the Sigma0 emission asymmetry parameter for this decay is alpha = -0.63 +/- 0.09.
dc.descriptionsubmitted to Physical Review Letters
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0012031
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0012031
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett.86:3239-3243,2001
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3239
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/178640
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleA Measurement of the Branching Ratio and Asymmetry of the Decay Cascade^0-->Sigma^0/gamma
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