Experimental tests of discrete symmetries in the decays k+- ---> pi+ pi- e+- nu(e)

1972
5 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 29 (1972) 511-515

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Abstract: (APS)
Tests of the discrete symmetries P, C, CP, and T are obtained through comparison of the rare decays K±→π+π−e±νe (Ke4 decays). An important outgrowth of the experiment is a direct measurement of the low-energy pion-pion relative scattering phase, δ0−δ1.
  • k+: decay
  • decay: k+
  • final state
  • pi+: pi-: positron: neutrino
  • k-: decay
  • decay: k-
  • pi+: pi-: electron: neutrino
  • invariance: cp
  • invariance: time reversal
  • parity