We present a precise measurement of the ratio RK=Γ(K→eν(γ))/Γ(K→μν(γ)) and a study of the radiative process K→eνγ, performed with the KLOE detector. The results are based on data collected at the ...Frascati e+e− collider DAΦNE for an integrated luminosity of 2.2 fb−1. We find RK=(2.493±0.025stat±0.019syst)×10−5, in agreement with the Standard Model expectation. This result is used to improve constraints on parameters of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model with lepton flavor violation. We also measured the differential decay rate dΓ(K→eνγ)/dEγ for photon energies 10<Eγ< 250 MeV. Results are compared with predictions from theory.
Using a large sample of pure, slow, short lived K0 mesons collected with KLOE detector at DAΦNE, we have measured the KS lifetime. From a fit to the proper time distribution we find ...τ(KS)=(89.562±0.029stat±0.043syst) ps. This is the most precise measurement to date of the short lived K0 meson lifetime, in good agreement with the world average derived from previous measurements. We observe no dependence of the lifetime on the direction of the KS in galactic coordinates.
Hemobilia is described as bleeding from the intra- or extrahepatic biliary tree expressed through the major duodenal papilla into the duodenum, with angiodysplasia of the major biliary duct as a rare ...etiological factor with few cases reported in the literature. Cholangioscopy plays a pivotal role in diagnosing and making therapeutic decisions regarding biliary tract lesions. We report a case of the diagnosis and treatment of hemobilia secondary to bleeding from angiodysplasia of the major biliary duct, which was resolved after the placement of a fully covered metallic stent, with a review of the literature.
We present a new limit on the production of a light dark-force mediator with the KLOE detector at DAΦNE. This boson, called U, has been searched for in the decay ϕ→ηU, U→e+e−, analyzing the decay ...η→π0π0π0 in a data sample of 1.7 fb−1. No structures are observed in the e+e− invariant mass distribution over the background. This search is combined with a previous result obtained from the decay η→π+π−π0, increasing the sensitivity. We set an upper limit at 90% C.L. on the ratio between the U boson coupling constant and the fine structure constant of α′/α<1.7×10−5 for 30<MU<400 MeV and α′/α⩽8×10−6 for the sub-region 50<MU<210 MeV. This result assumes the Vector Meson Dominance expectations for the ϕηγ⁎ transition form factor. The dependence of this limit on the transition form factor has also been studied.
Investigation at a
φ
-factory can shed light on several debated issues in particle physics. We discuss: (i) recent theoretical development and experimental progress in kaon physics relevant for the ...Standard Model tests in the flavor sector, (ii) the sensitivity we can reach in probing CPT and Quantum Mechanics from time evolution of entangled-kaon states, (iii) the interest for improving on the present measurements of non-leptonic and radiative decays of kaons and
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′ mesons, (iv) the contribution to understand the nature of light scalar mesons, and (v) the opportunity to search for narrow di-lepton resonances suggested by recent models proposing a hidden dark-matter sector. We also report on the
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physics in the continuum with the measurements of (multi)hadronic cross sections and the study of
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The existence of a light dark force mediator has been tested with the KLOE detector at DAΦNE. This particle, called U, is searched for using the decay chain ϕ→ηU, η→π+π−π0, U→e+e−. No evidence is ...found in 1.5 fb−1 of data. The resulting exclusion plot covers the mass range 5<MU<470 MeV, setting an upper limit on the ratio between the U boson coupling constant and the fine structure constant, α′/α, of ⩽2×10−5 at 90% C.L. for 50<MU<420 MeV.
We have searched for a light vector boson U, the possible carrier of a “dark force”, with the KLOE detector at the DAΦNE e+e− collider, motivated by astrophysical evidence for the presence of dark ...matter in the Universe. Using e+e− collisions collected with an integrated luminosity of 239.3 pb−1, we look for a dimuon mass peak in the reaction e+e−→μ+μ−γ, corresponding to the decay U→μ+μ−. We find no evidence for a U vector boson signal. We set a 90% CL upper limit for the mixing parameter squared between the photon and the U boson of 1.6×10−5 to 8.6×10−7 for the mass region 520<mU<980 MeV.
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