Interference of neutral kaons in the hadronic decays of the Z0

Collaboration
Jan, 1994
12 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 323 (1994) 242-252
Report number:
  • CERN-PPE-94-03,
  • CERN-PPE-94-003,
  • CERN-PPE-94-3
Experiments:

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
K 0 S K 0 S correlations have been studied in a sample of 717 511 hadronic events collected by the DELPHI detector at LEP during 1992. An enhancement is found in the production of pairs of K 0 S of similar momenta, as compared with a Monte Carlo simulated reference sample. The measured values for the strength of the correlation and the radius of the emitting source of kaons are λ = 1.13 ± 0.54 (stat) ± 0.23 (syst) and r = 0.90 ± 0.19 (stat) ± 0.10 (syst) fm. This enhancement is consistent with the hypothesis that K 0 S K 0 S pairs display an enhancement, regardless of whether they come from a K 0 K̄ 0 or from a K 0 K 0 (K̄ 0 K̄ 0 ) system.
  • electron positron: colliding beams
  • colliding beams: electron positron
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • annihilation: electron positron
  • Z0: electroproduction
  • electroproduction: Z0
  • Z0: nonleptonic decay
  • nonleptonic decay: Z0
  • K0(S): pair production
  • pair production: K0(S)