The KARMEN Time Anomaly: Search for a Neutral Particle of Mass 33.9 MeV in Pion Decay

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We have searched for the pion decay pi^+ --> mu^+ X, where X is a neutral particle of mass 33.905 MeV. This process was suggested by the KARMEN Collaboration to explain an anomaly in their observed time distribution of neutrino induced reactions. Having measured the muon momentum spectrum of charged pions decaying in flight, we find no evidence for this process and place an upper limit on the branching fraction eta leq 6.0 * 10^{-10} of such a decay at a 95% confidence level.

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