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Search for CP violation in $K^0 \to 3 \pi^0$ decays (2005)

Abstract
Using data taken during the year 2000 with the NA48 detector at the CERN SPS, a search for the CP violating decay K_S -> 3 pi0 has been performed. From a fit to the lifetime distribution of about 4.9 million reconstructed K0/K0bar -> 3 pi0 decays, the CP violating amplitude eta_000 = A(K_S -> 3 pi0)/A(K_L -> 3 pi0) has been found to be Re(eta_000) = -0.002 +- 0.011 +- 0.015 and Im(eta_000) = -0.003 +- 0.013 +- 0.017. This corresponds to an upper limit on the branching fraction of Br(K_S -> 3 pi0) < 7.4 x 10^-7 at 90% confidence level. The result is used to improve knowledge of Re(epsilon) and the CPT violating quantity Im(delta) via the Bell-Steinberger relation.

Publication details
Download http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00024013/en/
Publisher HAL - CCSD
Repository HAL-IN2P3 (France)
Keywords Physics/High Energy Physics - Experiment
Type peer-reviewed article
Relation http://hal.in2p3.fr/docs/00/03/00/26/PDF/0408053.pdf