E949:An experiment to measure the branching ratio B( )
Collaborating institutions:
- US --- BNL,University of New Mexico, (FNAL)
- Canada --- University of Alberta, TRIUMF
- Japan --- Fukui University, KEK, RCNP: Osaka University
- Russia --- INR
Spokespersons: S.H. Kettell(BNL),D.A. Bryman(TRIUMF),S.Sugimoto(KEK)
Background level already demonstrated by E787 to be small
Sensitivity of , order of magnitude below the SM
Run for 6000 hours with the full AGS beam (FY02-03).
Modest cost: take advantage of the E787 detector ($4.5M total capital, $1.8M from DOE), AGS idled between RHIC fills.