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Search for the Flavor-Changing Neutral-Current Decay, S+ → p m+ m- HyangKyu Park University of Michigan, Ann Arbor for the HyperCP collaboration June 28 – July 03, ‘04 BEACH04 HyperCP Collaboration Introduction and Physics Motivation No observation of FCNC in the baryon sector PDG :B(S+ → p e+ e-) 7 x 10-6 B(Lc+ → pm+m-) 3.4 x 10-4 Theory: (L. Bergstr?m, R. Safadi and P. Singer, Z. Phys. C 37, 281 (1988)) HyperCP Spectrometer Event Selection for S+ → pm+m- Use full data set, positive and negative data for ‘97 and ‘99 runsSplit two exclusive samples: single muon and dimuon samples Basic Selection Cuts:3 tracks: m+,m-, protonDecay vertex within the vacuum decay pipeGood single vertexEvent from the target120 GeV Ptot 240 GeV Proton momentum fraction, fhad 0.68 Reconstruct mass under S+ → pm+m- decay hypothesis Event Selection for S+ → pm+m- (con’t) Observed 3 candidates within 1 s of mass resolution (1 MeV/c2 ):only in ‘99 positive dimuon data Backgrounds were more than 20 s from S+ mass. Background Study: K+ decays (I) 1.0 x 1010 K+ decays in ‘99 positive data Backgrounds from K+ decays: K+ → p+ p+ p- , K+ → p+ p- m+ nK+ → p+ m+ m- , K+ → m+ m- m+ n In MC study, none of them are serious sources: Used 40 to 100 times more MC events than the number of expected backgrounds Non-gaussian tails of K+ decays Need to check with real data  Background Study: K+ decays (II) Use the single-muon sample: 30 times larger than the dimuon sample(The acceptance in the single-muon sample is lower) In the single-muon sample:more background, no events below 1200 MeV/c2 Background Study: K+ decays (II) Use the single-muon sample: 30 times larger than the dimuon sample(The acceptance in the single-muon sample is lower) In the single-muon sample:more background, no events below 1200 MeV/c2 Background Study: K+ decays (III) Almost no K+ decays in both samples. Background level above 1200 MeV/ c2 in the dimuon s