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Search for the decay μ → e+γ and observation of the decay\(\mu \to e + v + \bar v + \gamma \)

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This paper reports a search for the μ → e+γ mode of decay. The result is negative within the sensitivity of the experiment: the branching ratio we find is (1.2±1.5)·10−6. We present also evidence for the existence of the decay process\(\mu \to e + v + \bar v + \gamma \).

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Il presente lavoro descrive una ricerca del decadimento μ → e+γ. Il risultato è negativo entro la sensibilità dell’esperimento: il rapporto (\(\mu \to e + v + \bar v + \gamma \)) è stato trovato=(1.2±1.5)·10−6. Viene descritta anche la rivelazione del processo μ → e+ν+\(\mu \to e + v + \bar v + \gamma \)+γ.

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Ashkin, J., Fazzini, T., Fidecaro, G. et al. Search for the decay μ → e+γ and observation of the decay\(\mu \to e + v + \bar v + \gamma \) . Nuovo Cim 14, 1266–1281 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02962350

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