Testing mu-e universality with Kl2 decays
Abstract
The ratio RK=Gamma(Ke2)/Gamma(Kmu2) provides a very powerful probe for the weak interactions structure. This ratio of decay rates is calculated with very high precision within the Standard Model but the corrections due to the presence of New Physics could be as high as 3%. The data obtained by the NA48 experiment at the CERN SPS accelerator during a 56 hours special run in 2004 has been analyzed.The precision of the preliminary result for RK is two times better than the world average but is still insufficient to probe the existence of physics Beyond the Standard Model. Currently the experiment is taking data dedicated to the sub-percent precision measurement of RK.
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