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3.4 Previous measurements

We refer the reader to the 1982 version of the PDG [27] gif for a critical discussion of the wealth of experimental information on . Here we content ourselves with a short summary.

-experiments

The values obtained are fairly consistent. The average values are

 

-experiments

The result by Donaldson et al. [28]

 

dominates the statistics in the case. The value (3.23) is consistent with the value (3.22). However, the situation concerning the slope is rather unsatisfactory, as the following (chronological) list illustrates.

 

The fit to the data yields , with a [27, p.76,]! The situation in the charged mode is slightly better [27].



Carlos E.Piedrafita