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Measurement of Pmuxi in Polarized Muon Decay

TWIST Collaboration, B. Jamieson, R. Bayes, Yu. I. Davydov, P. Depommier, J. Doornbos, W. Faszer, M. C. Fujiwara, C. A. Gagliardi, A. Gaponenko, D. R. Gill, P. Gumplinger, M. D. Hasinoff, R. S. Henderson, J. Hu, P. Kitching, D. D. Koetke, J. A. Macdonald, R. P. MacDonald, G. M. Marshall, E. L. Mathie, R. E. Mischke, J. R. Musser, M. Nozar, K. Olchanski, A. Olin, R. Openshaw, T. A. Porcelli, J. -M. Poutissou, R. Poutissou, M. A. Quraan, N. L. Rodning, V. Selivanov, G. Sheffer, B. Shin, T. D. S. Stanislaus, R. Tacik, V. D. Torokhov, R. E. Tribble, M. A. Vasiliev

hep-exarXiv:hep-ex/0605100

Abstract

The quantity Pmupixi, where xi is one of the muon decay parameters and Pμπ is the degree of muon polarization in pion decay, has been measured. The value Pmupixi = 1.0003 +- 0.0006 stat. +- 0.0038 syst. was obtained. This result agrees with previous measurements but is over a factor of two more precise. It also agrees with the Standard Model prediction for Pmupixi and thus leads to restrictions on left-right symmetric models.

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