Improved Measurement of the K+→π+νν¯ Branching Ratio
physical review letters2004Vol. 93pp. 031801-
114
2004physicalimproved
Abstract
An additional event near the upper kinematic limit for ${K}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}$ has been observed by experiment E949 at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Combining previously reported and new data, the branching ratio is $\mathcal{B}({K}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}})=({1.47}_{\ensuremath{-}0.89}^{+1.30})\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}10}$ based on three events observed in the pion momentum region $211<P<229\text{ }\mathrm{M}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{V}/c$. At the measured central value of the branching ratio, the additional event had a signal-to-background ratio of 0.9.