Journal of High Energy Physics (Oct 2020)

Upper limit on the η → π + π − branching fraction with the KLOE experiment

  • The KLOE-2 collaboration,
  • D. Babusci,
  • M. Berlowski,
  • C. Bloise,
  • F. Bossi,
  • P. Branchini,
  • A. Budano,
  • B. Cao,
  • F. Ceradini,
  • P. Ciambrone,
  • F. Curciarello,
  • E. Czerwiński,
  • G. D’Agostini,
  • E. Danè,
  • V. De Leo,
  • E. De Lucia,
  • A. De Santis,
  • P. De Simone,
  • A. Di Cicco,
  • A. Di Domenico,
  • D. Domenici,
  • A. D’Uffizi,
  • A. Fantini,
  • P. Fermani,
  • S. Fiore,
  • A. Gajos,
  • P. Gauzzi,
  • S. Giovannella,
  • E. Graziani,
  • V. L. Ivanov,
  • T. Johansson,
  • X. Kang,
  • D. Kisielewska-Kamińska,
  • E. A. Kozyrev,
  • W. Krzemien,
  • A. Kupsc,
  • P. A. Lukin,
  • G. Mandaglio,
  • M. Martini,
  • R. Messi,
  • S. Miscetti,
  • D. Moricciani,
  • P. Moskal,
  • S. Parzych,
  • A. Passeri,
  • V. Patera,
  • E. Perez del Rio,
  • P. Santangelo,
  • M. Schioppa,
  • A. Selce,
  • M. Silarski,
  • F. Sirghi,
  • E. P. Solodov,
  • L. Tortora,
  • G. Venanzoni,
  • W. Wiślicki,
  • M. Wolke

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2020)047
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2020, no. 10
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Abstract Based on an integrated luminosity of 1.61 fb −1 e + e − collision data collected with the KLOE detector at DAΦNE, the Frascati ϕ-factory, a search for the P- and CP-violating decay η → π + π − has been performed. Radiative ϕ → ηγ decay is exploited to access the η mesons. No signal is observed in the π + π − invariant mass spectrum, and the upper limit on the branching fraction at 90% confidence level is determined to be ℬ(η → π + π − ) < 4.9 × 10 −6, which is approximately three times smaller than the previous KLOE result. From the combination of these two measurements we get ℬ(η → π + π − ) < 4.4 × 10 −6 at 90% confidence level.

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