Measurement of \Gamma(\eta -> \pi^+\pi^-\gamma)/\Gamma(\eta -> \pi^+\pi^-\pi^0) with the KLOE Detector
2012
The ratio R_{\eta}=\Gamma(\eta -> \
pi^+\
pi^-\gamma)/\Gamma(\eta -> \
pi^+\
pi^-\
pi^0) has been measured by analyzing 22 million \phi \to \eta \gamma decays collected by the KLOE experiment at DA\PhiNE, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 558 pb^{-1}. The \eta \to \
pi^+\
pi^-\gamma proceeds both via the \rho resonant contribution, and possibly a non-resonant direct term, connected to the box anomaly. Our result, R_{\eta}= 0.1856\pm 0.0005_{
stat} \pm 0.0028_{syst}, points out a sizable contribution of the direct term to the total width. The di-pion
invariant massfor the \eta -> \
pi^+\
pi^-\gamma decay could be described in a model-independent approach in terms of a single
free parameter, \alpha. The determined value of the parameter \alpha is \alpha = (1.32 \pm 0.08_{
stat} +0.10/-0.09_{syst}\pm 0.02_{theo}) GeV^{-2}
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