1. Experimental search for radiative decays of the pentaquark baryon ��^+(1540)
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Barmin, V. V., Asratyan, A. E., Borisov, V. S., Curceanu, C., Davidenko, G. V., Dolgolenko, A. G., Guaraldo, C., Kubantsev, M. A., Larin, I. F., Matveev, V. A., Shebanov, V. A., Shishov, N. N., Sokolov, L. I., Tumanov, G. K., and Verebryusov, V. S.
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High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) ,FOS: Physical sciences - Abstract
The data on the reactions K^+Xe --> K^0 ��X and K^+Xe --> K^+ ��X, obtained with the bubble chamber DIANA, have been analyzed for possible radiative decays of the ��^+(1540) baryon: ��^+ --> K^0 p ��and ��^+ --> K^+ n ��. No signals have been observed, and we derive the upper limits ��(��^+ --> K^0 p ��) / ��(��^+ --> K^0 p) < 0.032 and ��(��^+ --> K^+ n ��) / ��(��^+ --> K^+ n) < 0.041 which, using our previous measurement of ��(��^+ --> KN) = (0.39+-0.10) MeV, translate to ��(��^+ --> K^0 p ��) < 8 keV and ��(��^+ --> K^+ n ��) < 11 keV at 90% confidence level. We have also measured the cross sections of K^+ -induced reactions involving emission of a neutral pion: ��(K^+n --> K^0 p ��^0) = (68+-18) \mub and ��(K^+N --> K^+ N ��^0) = (30+-8) \mub for incident K^+ momentum of 640 MeV., 8 pages
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- 2009
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