1. Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, Russia 2. Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Abstract:
Results of study of the $K^ - to pi ^0 e^ - overline nu gamma $ decay at the ISTRA+ setup are presented. We observed 4476 events of this decay. The branching ratio is found to be $R = frac{{Br(K^ - to pi ^0 e^ - overline nu _e gamma )}}{{Br(K^ - to pi ^0 e^ - overline nu _e )}}$ = (1.81±0.03(stat.)±0.07(syst.)) × 10?2 for E*γ > 10 MeV and θ*eγ > 10°. For comparison with the previous experiment the branching ratio with cuts E*γ > 10 MeV, 0.6 < cos θ*eγ < 0.9 is calculated: R = $frac{{Br(K^ - to pi ^0 e^ - overline nu _e gamma )}}{{Br(K^ - to pi ^0 e^ - overline nu _e )}}$ = (0.47±0.02(stat.) ± 0.03(syst.)) × 10?2. For the cuts E*γ > 30 MeV and θ*eγ > 20°, used in most theoretical papers, Br = (3.06 ± 0.09(stat.) ± 0.14(syst.)) × 10?4. For the asymmetry we get Aξ = ?0.015 ± 0.021. At present it is the best estimate of this asymmetry.