Abstract
In this paper the details of a previously reported precise measurement of the lifetime ratio are described. Using a separated beam at the Brookhaven AGS, we have counted the fraction of 1.6- and 2.0-GeV/c mesons surviving at distances up to 2000 in. The result of the measurement yields , indicating no violation of the theorem. No evidence for deviations from an exponential decay law or for the existence of long-lived mesons was found. The upper limit for any long-lived mesons in the beam is 3× at the 90% confidence level.
- Received 10 April 1969
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.185.1676
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