Precise determination of the branching ratio of the Neutral-Pion Dalitz decay

Tomáš Husek; Evgueni Goudzovski; Karol Kampf

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.022003

Precise determination of the branching ratio of the Neutral-Pion Dalitz decay

Tomáš Husek, Evgueni Goudzovski, Karol Kampf

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We provide a new value for the ratio R=Γ(π⁰→e⁺e^-γ(γ))/Γ(π⁰→γγ)=11.978(6)×10^-3, which is by 2 orders of magnitude more precise than the current Particle Data Group average. It is obtained using the complete set of the next-to-leading-order radiative corrections in the QED sector, and incorporates up-to-date values of the π⁰-transition-form-factor slope. The ratio R translates into the branching ratios of the two main π⁰ decay modes: ℬ(π⁰→γγ)=98.8131(6)% and ℬ(π⁰→e⁺e^-γ(γ))=1.1836(6)%.

Original language	English
Article number	022003
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	122
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.022003
Publication status	Published - 18 Jan 2019

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