Phys. Rev. D 67, 091503 (2003) [5 pages]

Pinning down the kaon form factors in K+→μ+νμγ decay

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F. L. Bezrukov *, D. S. Gorbunov , and Yu. G. Kudenko
Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 60th October Anniversary prospect 7a, Moscow 117312, Russia

Rapid Communication Received 17 February 2003; published 22 May 2003

We find that the normal muon polarization in the decay K→μνμγ is very sensitive to the values of the kaon vector FV and axial-vector FA form factors. It is shown that the ongoing KEK-E246 experiment can definitely determine the signs of the sum of the form factors if their difference is fixed from other considerations. This method can also verify the form factor values and signs obtained from the K+l+νle+e- decays. A new experiment with sensitivity to the normal and transverse muon polarizations of about 10-4 will provide a unique possibility to determine the FV and FA values with a few percent accuracy.


©2003 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.67.091503
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.67.091503
PACS: 13.20.Eb, 12.39.Fe, 13.20.-v

* Electronic address: fedor@ms2.inr.ac.ru
Electronic address: gorby@ms2.inr.ac.ru
Electronic address: kudenko@wocup.inr.troitsk.ru

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