Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 132001 (2001) [4 pages]

First Measurement of Form Factors of the Decay Ξ0 → Σ+e-ν̅ e

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A. Alavi-Harati et al. (KTeV Collaboration)
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Received 10 May 2001; published 11 September 2001

We present the first measurement of the form factor ratios g1/f1 (direct axial vector to vector), g2/f1 (second class current), and f2/f1 (weak magnetism) for the decay Ξ0→Σ+e-ν̅ e using the KTeV (E799) beam line and detector at Fermilab. From the Σ+ polarization measured with the decay Σ+pπ0 and the e--ν̅ correlation, we measure g1/f1 to be 1.32±0.170.21(stat)±0.05(syst), assuming the SU(3)f (flavor) values for g2/f1 and f2/f1. Our results are all consistent with exact SU(3)f symmetry.


©2001 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v87/e132001
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.132001
PACS: 13.30.Ce, 14.20.Jn

* Permanent address: University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Permanent address: C.P.P. Marseille/C.N.R.S., France.
To whom correspondence should be addressed.Electronic address: r-winston@uchicago.edu

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