Measurement of the Muon Decay Parameter delta
hep-ex
/ Authors
TWIST Collaboration, A. Gaponenko, R. Bayes, Yu. I. Davydov, P. Depommier, J. Doornbos, W. Faszer, M. C. Fujiwara, C. A. Gagliardi, D. R. Gill
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P. Green, P. Gumplinger, M. D. Hasinoff, R. S. Henderson, J. Hu, B. Jamieson, P. Kitching, D. D. Koetke, A. A. Krushinsky, Yu. Yu. Lachin, J. A. Macdonald, R. P. MacDonald, G. M. Marshall, E. L. Mathie, L. V. Miasoedov, R. E. Mischke, J. R. Musser, P. M. Nord, M. Nozar, K. Olchanski, A. Olin, 7, R. Openshaw, T. A. Porcelli
/ Abstract
The muon decay parameter delta has been measured by the TWIST collaboration. We find delta = 0.74964 +- 0.00066(stat.) +- 0.00112(syst.), consistent with the Standard Model value of 3/4. This result implies that the product Pmuxi of the muon polarization in pion decay, Pmu, and the muon decay parameter xi falls within the 90% confidence interval 0.9960 < Pmuxi < xi < 1.0040. It also has implications for left-right-symmetric and other extensions of the Standard Model.