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arxiv: 0908.2594 · v2 · submitted 2009-08-18 · ✦ hep-ex · hep-ph

A limit for the mu -> e gamma decay from the MEG experiment

MEG collaboration: J. Adam , X. Bai , A. Baldini , E. Baracchini , A. Barchiesi , C. Bemporad , G. Boca , P. W. Cattaneo
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A search for the decay mu -> e gamma, performed at PSI and based on data from the initial three months of operation of the MEG experiment, yields an upper limit on the branching ratio of BR(mu -> e gamma) < 2.8 x 10**-11 (90% C.L.). This corresponds to the measurement of positrons and photons from ~ 10**14 stopped mu-decays by means of a superconducting positron spectrometer and a 900 litre liquid xenon photon detector.

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