2010

Precise Measurements of Direct CP Violation, CPT Symmetry, and Other Parameters in the Neutral Kaon System

KTeV Collaboration, Abouzaid, E., Arenton, M. et al.

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We present precise tests of CP and CPT symmetry based on the full dataset of K to pipi decays collected by the KTeV experiment at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory during 1996, 1997, and 1999.

  • This dataset contains 16 million K to 2pi0 and 69 million K to pi+pi- decays.
  • We measure the direct CP violation parameter Re(epsilon'/epsilon) = (19.2 pm 2.1)x10-4.
  • We find the KL-KS mass difference Deltam = (5270 pm 12)x10^6 hbar/s and the KS lifetime tauS = (89.62 pm 0.05)x10-12 s.

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