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Forbidden and Rare Decays of Muons, Kaons and Pions

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A review is given on the theoretical and experimental status of μ-and K-decays violating conservation of muon number. The specific example of the μ+→e+e+e− search with SINDRUM is discussed and new proposals at LAMPF, TRIUMF, SIN and BNL are mentioned. The rare decays πo→e+e−, Ko→1+1−, K→πe+e-, \(K\to \pi \nu \bar{\nu }\), K→πX, π →3eν, and μ→3e2ν can be studied as byproducts of the former experiments; their theoretical interest and experimental possibilities are indicated. The lecture contains material published elsewhere1,2.

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Walter, H.K. (1986). Forbidden and Rare Decays of Muons, Kaons and Pions. In: Brussaard, P.J., Koch, J.H. (eds) New Vistas in Nuclear Dynamics. NATO ASI Series, vol 139. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5179-5_11

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