(1) Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino Moscow oblast, 142284, Russia;(2) Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Bol’shaya Cheremushkinskaya ul. 25, Moscow, 117259, Russia
Abstract:
The radiative decay Λ(1520) → Λγ was recorded in the exclusive reaction p + N → Λ(1520)K+ + N at the SPHINX facility. The branching ratio for this decay and the corresponding partial width were found to be, respectively, BrΛ(1520) → Λγ] = (1.02 ± 0.21) × 10?2 and ΓΛ(1520) → Λγ] = 159 ± 35 keV (the quoted errors are purely statistical, the systematic errors being within 15%).