Study of the electromagnetic transition form-factors in η → μ+ μ- γ and ω → μ+ μ- π0 decays with NA60

R. Arnaldi; K. Banicz; J. Castor; B. Chaurand; C. Cicalò; A. Colla; P. Cortese; S. Damjanovic; A. David; A. de Falco; A. Devaux; L. Ducroux; H. En'yo; J. Fargeix; A. Ferretti; M. Floris; A. Förster; P. Force; N. Guettet; A. Guichard; H. Gulkanian; J. M. Heuser; M. Keil; C. Lourenco; J. Lozano; F. Manso; P. Martins; A. Masoni; A. Neves; H. Ohnishi; C. Oppedisano; P. Parracho; P. Pillot; T. Poghosyan; G. Puddu; E. Radermacher; P. Ramalhete; P. Rosinsky; E. Scomparin; J. Seixas; S. Serci; R. Shahoyan; P. Sonderegger; H. J. Specht; R. Tieulent; G. Usai; R. Veenhof; H. K. Wöhri

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2009.05.029

Study of the electromagnetic transition form-factors in η → μ⁺ μ^- γ and ω → μ⁺ μ^- π⁰ decays with NA60

R. Arnaldi, K. Banicz, J. Castor, B. Chaurand, C. Cicalò, A. Colla, P. Cortese, S. Damjanovic, A. David, A. de Falco, A. Devaux, L. Ducroux, H. En'yo, J. Fargeix, A. Ferretti, M. Floris, A. Förster, P. Force, N. Guettet, A. GuichardH. Gulkanian, J. M. Heuser, M. Keil, C. Lourenco, J. Lozano, F. Manso, P. Martins, A. Masoni, A. Neves, H. Ohnishi, C. Oppedisano, P. Parracho, P. Pillot, T. Poghosyan, G. Puddu, E. Radermacher, P. Ramalhete, P. Rosinsky, E. Scomparin, J. Seixas, S. Serci, R. Shahoyan, P. Sonderegger, H. J. Specht, R. Tieulent, G. Usai, R. Veenhof, H. K. Wöhri

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Abstract

The NA60 experiment at the CERN SPS has studied low-mass muon pairs in 158 A GeV In-In collisions. The mass and p_T spectra associated with peripheral collisions can quantitatively be described by the known neutral meson decays. The high data quality has allowed to remeasure the electromagnetic transition form factors of the Dalitz decays η → μ⁺ μ^- γ and ω → μ⁺ μ^- π⁰. Using the usual pole approximation F = (1 - M² / Λ²)^{- 1} for the form factors, we find Λ^-2 (in GeV^-2) to be 1.95 ± 0.17 (stat.) ± 0.05 (syst.) for the η and 2.24 ± 0.06 (stat.) ± 0.02 (syst.) for the ω. While the values agree with previous results from the Lepton-G experiment, the errors are greatly improved, confirming now on the level of 10σ the strong enhancement of the ω form factor beyond the expectation from vector meson dominance. An improved value of the branching ratio BR (ω → μ⁺ μ^- π⁰) = [1.73 ± 0.25 (stat.) ± 0.14 (syst.)] × 10^{- 4} has been obtained as a byproduct.

Lingua originale	Inglese
pagine (da-a)	260-266
Numero di pagine	7
Rivista	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	677
Numero di pubblicazione	5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2009.05.029
Stato di pubblicazione	Pubblicato - 29 giu 2009
Pubblicato esternamente	Sì

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Arnaldi, R., Banicz, K., Castor, J., Chaurand, B., Cicalò, C., Colla, A., Cortese, P., Damjanovic, S., David, A., de Falco, A., Devaux, A., Ducroux, L., En'yo, H., Fargeix, J., Ferretti, A., Floris, M., Förster, A., Force, P., Guettet, N., ... Wöhri, H. K. (2009). Study of the electromagnetic transition form-factors in η → μ⁺ μ^- γ and ω → μ⁺ μ^- π⁰ decays with NA60. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 677(5), 260-266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2009.05.029

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Study of the electromagnetic transition form-factors in η → μ⁺ μ^- γ and ω → μ⁺ μ^- π⁰ decays with NA60. / Arnaldi, R.; Banicz, K.; Castor, J. et al.
In: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, Vol. 677, N. 5, 29.06.2009, pag. 260-266.

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AU - Cicalò, C.

AU - Colla, A.

AU - Cortese, P.

AU - Damjanovic, S.

AU - David, A.

AU - de Falco, A.

AU - Devaux, A.

AU - Ducroux, L.

AU - En'yo, H.

AU - Fargeix, J.

AU - Ferretti, A.

AU - Floris, M.

AU - Förster, A.

AU - Force, P.

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AU - Guichard, A.

AU - Gulkanian, H.

AU - Heuser, J. M.

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AU - Lourenco, C.

AU - Lozano, J.

AU - Manso, F.

AU - Martins, P.

AU - Masoni, A.

AU - Neves, A.

AU - Ohnishi, H.

AU - Oppedisano, C.

AU - Parracho, P.

AU - Pillot, P.

AU - Poghosyan, T.

AU - Puddu, G.

AU - Radermacher, E.

AU - Ramalhete, P.

AU - Rosinsky, P.

AU - Scomparin, E.

AU - Seixas, J.

AU - Serci, S.

AU - Shahoyan, R.

AU - Sonderegger, P.

AU - Specht, H. J.

AU - Tieulent, R.

AU - Usai, G.

AU - Veenhof, R.

AU - Wöhri, H. K.

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