New Limit on the Lepton-Flavor-Violating Decay μ+ → e+γ

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Adam, J. [1 ,2 ]
Bai, X. [3 ]
Baldini, A. M. [4 ]
Baracchini, E. [6 ]
Bemporad, C. [4 ,5 ]
Boca, G. [7 ,8 ]
Cattaneo, P. W. [7 ]
Cavoto, G. [9 ]
Cei, F. [4 ,5 ]
Cerri, C. [4 ]
de Bari, A. [7 ,8 ]
De Gerone, M. [10 ,11 ]
Doke, T. [12 ]
Dussoni, S. [10 ,11 ]
Egger, J. [1 ]
Fratini, K. [10 ,11 ]
Fujii, Y. [3 ]
Galli, L. [4 ,5 ]
Gallucci, G. [4 ,5 ]
Gatti, F. [10 ,11 ]
Golden, B. [6 ]
Grassi, M. [4 ]
Grigoriev, D. N. [13 ]
Haruyama, T. [14 ]
Hildebrandt, M. [1 ]
Hisamatsu, Y. [3 ]
Ignatov, F. [13 ]
Iwamoto, T. [3 ]
Kettle, P. -R. [1 ]
Khazin, B. I. [13 ]
Kiselev, O. [1 ]
Korenchenko, A. [15 ]
Kravchuk, N. [15 ]
Maki, A. [14 ]
Mihara, S. [14 ]
Molzon, W. [6 ]
Mori, T. [3 ]
Mzavia, D. [15 ]
Natori, H. [1 ,3 ]
Nicolo, D. [4 ,5 ]
Nishiguchi, H. [14 ]
Nishimura, Y. [3 ]
Ootani, W. [3 ]
Panareo, M. [16 ,17 ]
Papa, A. [1 ]
Pazzi, R. [4 ,5 ]
Piredda, G. [9 ]
Popov, A. [13 ]
Renga, F. [1 ,9 ]
Ritt, S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Paul Scherrer Inst, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
[2] ETH, Swiss Fed Inst Technol, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
[3] Univ Tokyo, ICEPP, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1130033, Japan
[4] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
[5] Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
[6] Univ Calif Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 USA
[7] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pavia, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
[8] Univ Pavia, Dipartimento Fis Nucl & Teor, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
[9] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[10] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Genovaa, I-16146 Genoa, Italy
[11] Univ Genoa, Dipartimento Fisicab, I-16146 Genoa, Italy
[12] Waseda Univ, Res Inst Sci & Engn, Shinjuku Ku, Tokyo 1698555, Japan
[13] Budker Inst Nucl Phys, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
[14] High Energy Accelerator Res Org, KEK, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050801, Japan
[15] Joint Inst Nucl Res, Dubna 141980, Russia
[16] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Leccea, I-73100 Lecce, Italy
[17] Univ Lecce, Dipartimento Fisicab, I-73100 Lecce, Italy
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.171801
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O4 [物理学];
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摘要
We present a new result based on an analysis of the data collected by the MEG detector at the Paul Scherrer Institut in 2009 and 2010, in search of the lepton-flavor-violating decay mu(+) -> e(+)gamma. The likelihood analysis of the combined data sample, which corresponds to a total of 1.8 x 10(14) muon decays, gives a 90% C. L. upper limit of 2.4 x 10(-12) on the branching ratio of the mu(+) -> e(+)gamma decay, constituting the most stringent limit on the existence of this decay to date.
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