Precise <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>K</mml:mi> <mml:mo>*</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>892</mml:mn> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> <mml:mo stret
Although discovered more than sixty years ago, direct measurement of the <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <a:msup> <a:mi>K</a:mi> <a:mo>*</a:mo> </a:msup> <a:mo stretchy="false">(</a:mo> <a:mn>892</a:mn> <a:mo stretchy="false">)</a:mo> <a:mo stretchy="false">→</a:mo> <a:mi>K</a:mi> <a:mi>π</a:mi> </a:math> branching fractions is a formidable challenge that has not been attempted. Typically they are assumed to obey the isospin limit in hundreds of particle data measurements. We show that an abundance of recent amplitude analyses and other data, however, enables recovery of the ratios <f:math xmlns:f="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <f:mi mathvariant="script">B</f:mi> <f:mo stretchy="false">(</f:mo> <f:msup> <f:mi>K</f:mi> <f:mrow> <f:mo>*</f:mo> <f:mo>+</f:mo> </f:mrow> </f:msup> <f:mo stretchy="false">→</f:mo> <f:msup> <f:mi>K</f:mi> <f:mo>+</f:mo> </f:msup> <f:msup> <f:mi>π</f:mi> <f:mn>0</f:mn> </f:msup> <f:mo stretchy="false">)</f:mo> <f:mo>/</f:mo> <f:mi mathvariant="script">B</f:mi> <f:mo stretchy="false">(</f:mo> <f:msup> <f:mi>K</f:mi> <f:mrow> <f:mo>*</f:mo> <f:mo>+</f:mo> </f:mrow> </f:msup> <f:mo stretchy="false">→</f:mo> <f:msubsup> <f:mi>K</f:mi> <f:mi>S</f:mi> <f:mn>0</f:mn> </f:msubsup> <f:msup> <f:mi>π</f:mi> <f:mo>+</f:mo> </f:msup> <f:mo stretchy="false">)</f:mo> </f:math> and <p:math xmlns:p="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <p:mn>4</p:mn> <p:mi mathvariant="script">B</p:mi> <p:mo stretchy="false">(</p:mo> <p:msup> <p:mi>K</p:mi> <p:mrow> <p:mo>*</p:mo> <p:mn>0</p:mn> </p:mrow> </p:msup> <p:mo stretchy="false">→</p:mo> <p:msubsup> <p:mi>K</p:mi> <p:mi>S</p:mi> <p:mn>0</p:mn> </p:msubsup> <p:msup> <p:mi>π</p:mi> <p:mn>0</p:mn> </p:msup> <p:mo stretchy="false">)</p:mo> <p:mo>/</p:mo> <p:mi mathvariant="script">B</p:mi> <p:mo stretchy="false">(</p:mo> <p:msup> <p:mi>K</p:mi> <p:mrow> <p:mo>*</p:mo> <p:mn>0</p:mn> </p:mrow> </p:msup> <p:mo stretchy="false">→</p:mo> <p:msup> <p:mi>K</p:mi> <p:mo>+</p:mo> </p:msup> <p:msup> <p:mi>π</p:mi> <p:mo>−</p:mo> </p:msup> <p:mo stretchy="false">)</p:mo> </p:math> at <z:math xmlns:z="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <z:mo>∼</z:mo> <z:mn>5</z:mn> <z:mo>%</z:mo> </z:math> precision.
Authors
- Karl J. Friston
Institutions
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
- Délégation Paris 7 (FR)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (FR)
- Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules (FR)
- Laboratoire Médiations (FR)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2025-12-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/s87z-1978
- Primary Topic
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00