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A new method is proposed for measuring a T-violating muon polarization in the decays K + → π0μ+ν and K + → μ+νγ. The method is based on a complete reconstruction of kinematics in these decays by using a high-resolution π0 detector, an active muon polarimeter, and a nearly 4π efficient photon veto system. A high acceptance of the detector allows one to reach a statistical sensitivity to the T-violating muon polarization of less than 10−4 in an experiment with stopped K + mesons.
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Translated from Yadernaya Fizika, Vol. 63, No. 5, 2000, pp. 890–893.
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Kudenko, Y.G., Khotjantsev, A.N. New method for measurement of a T-violating muon polarization in K + decays. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 63, 820–823 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.855711
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