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Measurement of the absolute branching ratio for the K+→μ+ν(γ) decay with the KLOE detector

We have measured the fully inclusive K+→μ+ν(γ) absolute branching ratio with the KLOE experiment at DAΦNE, the Frascati ϕ-factory. From some 865 283 K+→μ+ν(γ) decays obtained from a sample of ∼5.2×108, ϕ-meson decays, we find BR(K+→μ+νμ(γ))=0.6366±0.0009stat.±0.0015syst., corresponding to an overall...

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Published in:Physics letters. B 2006-01, Vol.632 (1), p.76-80
Main Authors: Ambrosino, F., Antonelli, A., Antonelli, M., Bacci, C., Beltrame, P., Bencivenni, G., Bertolucci, S., Bini, C., Bloise, C., Bocci, V., Bossi, F., Bowring, D., Branchini, P., Caloi, R., Campana, P., Capon, G., Capussela, T., Ceradini, F., Chi, S., Chiefari, G., Ciambrone, P., Conetti, S., De Lucia, E., De Simone, P., De Zorzi, G., Dell'Agnello, S., Denig, A., Di Domenico, A., Di Donato, C., Di Falco, S., Di Micco, B., Doria, A., Dreucci, M., Felici, G., Ferrari, A., Ferrer, M.L., Finocchiaro, G., Forti, C., Franzini, P., Gatti, C., Gauzzi, P., Giovannella, S., Gorini, E., Graziani, E., Incagli, M., Kluge, W., Kulikov, V., Lacava, F., Lanfranchi, G., Lee-Franzini, J., Leone, D., Martini, M., Massarotti, P., Mei, W., Meola, S., Miscetti, S., Moulson, M., Müller, S., Murtas, F., Napolitano, M., Nguyen, F., Palutan, M., Pasqualucci, E., Passeri, A., Patera, V., Perfetto, F., Pontecorvo, L., Primavera, M., Santangelo, P., Santovetti, E., Saracino, G., Sciascia, B., Sciubba, A., Scuri, F., Sfiligoi, I., Spadaro, T., Testa, M., Tortora, L., Valente, P., Valeriani, B., Venanzoni, G., Veneziano, S., Ventura, A., Versaci, R., Xu, G.
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Summary:We have measured the fully inclusive K+→μ+ν(γ) absolute branching ratio with the KLOE experiment at DAΦNE, the Frascati ϕ-factory. From some 865 283 K+→μ+ν(γ) decays obtained from a sample of ∼5.2×108, ϕ-meson decays, we find BR(K+→μ+νμ(γ))=0.6366±0.0009stat.±0.0015syst., corresponding to an overall fractional error of 0.27%. Using recent lattice results on the decay constants of pseudoscalar mesons one can obtain an estimate for the CKM mixing matrix element |Vus|=0.2223±0.0026.
ISSN:0370-2693
1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2005.11.008