Measurement of the branching fraction for the decay KS → πμν with the KLOE detector

Babusci, D.; Berlowski, M.; Bloise, C.; Bossi, F.; Branchini, P.; Budano, A.; Cao, B.; Ceradini, F.; Ciambrone, P.; Curciarello, F.; Czerwinski, E.; D'Agostini, G.; Dane, E.; De Leo, V.; De Lucia, E.; De Santis, A.; De Simone, P.; Di Cicco, A.; Di Domenico, A.; Domenici, D.; D'Uffizi, A.; Fantini, A.; Fermani, P.; Fiore, S.; Gajos, A.; Gauzzi, P.; Giovannella, S.; Graziani, E.; Ivanov, V. L.; Johansson, T.; Kang, X.; Kisielewska-Kaminska, D.; Kozyrev, E. A.; Krzemien, W.; Kupsc, A.; Lukin, P. A.; Mandaglio, G.; Martini, M.; Messi, R.; Miscetti, S.; Moricciani, D.; Moskal, P.; Parzych, S.; Passeri, A.; Patera, V.; Perez del Rio, E.; Santangelo, P.; Schioppa, M.; Selce, A.; Silarski, M.; Sirghi, F.; Solodov, E. P.; Tortora, L.; Venanzoni, G.; Wislicki, W.; Wolke, M.

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135378

Based on a sample of 300 million KS mesons produced in ϕ→KLKS decays recorded by the KLOE experiment at the DAΦNE e+e− collider we have measured the branching fraction for the decay KS→πμν. The KS mesons are identified by the interaction of KL mesons in the detector. The KS→πμν decays are selected by a boosted decision tree built with kinematic variables and by a time-of-flight measurement. Signal efficiencies are evaluated with data control samples of KL→πμν decays. A fit to the reconstructed muon mass distribution finds 7223±180 signal events. Normalising to the KS→π+π− decay events the result for the branching fraction is B(KS→πμν)=(4.56±0.11stat±0.17syst)×10−4. It is the first measurement of this decay mode and the result allows an independent determination of |Vus| and a test of the lepton-flavour universality.