Measurement of P(mu)xi in polarized muon decay
/ Authors
T. C. B. Jamieson, R. Bayes, Y. Davydov, P. Depommier, J. Doornbos, W. Faszer, M. Fujiwara, C. Gagliardi, A. Gaponenko, D. Gill
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P. Gumplinger, M. Hasinoff, R. Henderson, J. Hu, P. Kitching, D. Koetke, J. Macdonald, R. P. Macdonald, G. Marshall, E. Mathie, R. Mischke, J. Musser, M. Nozar, K. Olchanski, A. Olin, R. Openshaw, T. Porcelli, J. Poutissou, R. Poutissou, M. Quraan, N. Rodning, V. Selivanov, G. Sheffer, B. Shin, T. Stanislaus, R. Tacik, V. Torokhov, R. Tribble, M. Vasiliev
/ Abstract
The quantity P_{mu}^{pi}xi, where xi is one of the muon decay parameters and $P_{\mu}^{\pi}$ is the degree of muon polarization in pion decay, has been measured. The value P_{mu}^{pi}xi = 1.0003 +- 0.0006 stat. +- 0.0038 syst. was obtained. This result agrees with previous measurements but is over a factor of two more precise. It also agrees with the Standard Model prediction for P_{mu}^{pi}xi and thus leads to restrictions on left-right symmetric models.
Journal: Physical Review D