33 research outputs found
Status of KLOE-2
In a few months the KLOE-2 detector is expected to start data taking at the
upgraded DANE -factory of INFN Laboratori Nazionali di
Frascati. It aims to collect 25 fb at the peak, and about 5
fb in the energy region between 1 and 2.5 GeV. We review the status and
physics program of the projectComment: 6 pages, 5 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the PHIPSI09
Workshop, Oct 13-16, 2009, Beijing, Chin
Vus and lepton universality from kaon decays with the KLOE detector
KLOE has measured most decay branching ratios of Ks, Kl and K+/- mesons. It
has also measured the Kl and the K+- lifetime and determined the shape of the
form factors involved in kaon semileptonic decays. We present in the following
a description of the above measurements and a well organized compendium of all
of our data, with particular attention to correlations. These data provide the
basis for the determination of the CKM parameter Vus and a test of the
unitarity of the quark flavor mixing matrix. We also test lepton universality
and place bounds on new physics using measurements of Vus from Kl2 and Kl3
decays.Comment: 23 pages, 12 figures. Submitted to JHE
Measurement of the absolute branching ratios for semileptonic K+/- decays with the KLOE detector
Using a sample of over 600 million phi->K+K- decays collected at the Dafne
e+e- collider, we have measured with the KLOE detector the absolute branching
ratios for the charged kaon semileptonic decays, K+/- -> p0 e nu (gamma) (Ke3)
and K+/- -> p0 mu nu (gamma) (Kmu3). The results, BR(Ke3) = 0.04965 +/-
0.00038_{stat} +/- 0.00037_{syst} and BR(Kmu3) = 0.03233 +/- 0.00029_{stat} +/-
0.00026_{syst}, are inclusive of radiation. Accounting for correlations, we
derive the ratio Kmu3/Ke3 = 0.6511+/-0.0064. Using the semileptonic form
factors measured in the same experiment, we obtain V_{us}f_{+}(0) = 0.2141 +/-
0.0013.Comment: 13 pages, 3 figures, submitted to JHEP. v2: minor revisions required
by JHEP, v3: final version published by JHEP (replacement of 2 incorrect
affiliations)link: http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1029-8479/2008/02/09
Precise measurements of the eta and the neutral kaon meson masses with the KLOE detector
We present precise measurements of the eta and K0 masses using the processes
phi to eta gamma, eta to gamma gamma and phi to Ks Kl, Ks to pi+ pi-. The K0
mass measurement, M_K=497.583 +/- 0.005 (stat) +/- 0.020 (syst) MeV, is in
acceptable agreement with the previous measurements but is more accurate. We
find m(eta) = 547.874 +/- 0.007 (stat) +/- 0.031 (syst) MeV. Our value is the
most accurate to date and is in agreement with two recent measurements based on
eta decays, but is inconsistent, by about 10 sigma, with a measurement of
comparable precision based on eta production at threshold.Comment: 15 pages, 8 figures Submitted to Physics Letters
Measurement of the K_L \to \pi\mu\nu form factor parameters with the KLOE detector
Using 328 pb^{-1}of data collected at DAFNE corresponding to 1.8
million decays, we have measured the form factor
parameters. The structure of the vector-current provides information
about the dynamics of the strong interaction; its knowledge is necessary for
evaluation of the phase-space integral required for measuring the CKM matrix
element and for testing lepton universality in kaon decays. Using a
new parametrization for the vector and scalar form factors, we find
=\pt(25.7\pm 0.6),-3, and =\pt(14.0\pm 2.1),-3,. Our
result for , together with recent lattice calculations of ,
and , satisfies the Callan-Trieman relatio
Limit on the production of a new vector boson in , U with the KLOE experiment
The recent interest in a light gauge boson in the framework of an extra U(1)
symmetry motivates searches in the mass range below 1 GeV.
We present a search for such a particle, the dark photon, in , U based on 28 million
events collected at DANE
by the KLOE experiment. The production by initial-state radiation
compensates for a loss of sensitivity of previous KLOE , searches due to the small branching ratios in
the resonance region. We found no evidence for a signal and set a
limit at 90\% CL on the mixing strength between the photon and the dark photon,
, in the U mass range between and ~MeV. Above 700 MeV
this new limit is more stringent than previous ones.Comment: 6 pages, 9 figures, 1 table, submitted to Phys. Lett.
Measurement of the transition form factor with the KLOE detector
A measurement of the vector to pseudoscalar conversion decay with the KLOE experiment is presented. A sample of signal
events was selected from a data set of 1.7 fb of collisions at
collected at the DANE collider. These
events were used to obtain the first measurement of the transition form factor
and a new measurement of the branching ratio of the
decay: . The result improves
significantly on previous measurements and is in agreement with theoretical
predictions.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figures; matches published versio
A global fit to determine the pseudoscalar mixing angle and the gluonium content of the eta' meson
We update the values of the eta-eta' mixing angle and of the eta' gluonium
content by fitting our measurement R_phi = BR(phi to eta' gamma)/ BR(phi to eta
gamma) together with several vector meson radiative decays to pseudoscalars (V
to P gamma), pseudoscalar mesons radiative decays to vectors (P to V gamma) and
the eta' to gamma gamma, pi^0 to gamma gamma widths. From the fit we extract a
gluonium fraction of Z^2_G = 0.12 +- 0.04, the pseudoscalar mixing angle psi_P
= (40.4 +- 0.6) degree and the phi-omega mixing angle psi_V = (3.32 +- 0.09)
degree. Z^2_G and psi_P are fairly consistent with those previously published.
We also evaluate the impact on the eta' gluonium content determination of
future experimental improvements of the eta' branching ratios and decay width.Comment: 13 pages, 7 figures to submit to JHE
Study of the a_0(980) meson via the radiative decay phi->eta pi^0 gamma with the KLOE detector
We have studied the phi->a_0(980) gamma process with the KLOE detector at the
Frascati phi-factory DAPhNE by detecting the phi->eta pi^0 gamma decays in the
final states with eta->gamma gamma and eta->pi^+ pi^- pi^0. We have measured
the branching ratios for both final states: Br(phi->eta pi^0 gamma)=(7.01 +/-
0.10 +/- 0.20)x10^-5 and (7.12 +/- 0.13 +/- 0.22)x10^-5 respectively. We have
also extracted the a_0(980) mass and its couplings to eta pi^0, K^+ K^-, and to
the phi meson from the fit of the eta pi^0 invariant mass distributions using
different phenomenological models.Comment: 17 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Physics Letters B. Corrected typos
in eq.