Observation of the Decay $f^{0} \to π^{+} π^{+} π^{-} π^{-}$

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20 August 1973

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 31 (8) , 562-565
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.31.562

Abstract

We have observed the decay mode

f^{0} \to π^{+} π^{+} π^{-} π^{-}

and determined the branching ratio

\frac{Γ (f^{0} \to π^{+} π^{+} π^{-} π^{-})}{Γ (f^{0} \to π^{+} π^{-})} = (5.5 \pm 1.0) \times 10^{- 2}

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