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From about 2 × 106 measured ∑± decay's produced by stoppingK − mesons in the 81 cm Saclay hydrogen bubble chamber about 140,000 ∑− →n π− and 20,000 ∑+ →nπ+ decays were selected for a lifetime measurement. We obtained:
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Work supported in part by the Bundesministerium für Wissenschaftliche Forschung.
We are grateful to G. Ang, H. Ebenhöh, Dr. R. Engelmann, Dr. W. Föhlisch, E. Leitner, Dr. P. Mokry, Prof. M. L. Stevenson, H. Ströbele and T. Thouw for their help in the experiment. We are especially indebted to Dr. H. Schneider for conceiving the Konrad-program.
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Eisele, F., Filthuth, H., Hepp, V. et al. Measurement of the ∑± lifetimes. Z. Physik 238, 372–378 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01395476
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01395476