The NA62 experiment at CERN reports searches for K+ → e+N, K+ → µ+N and K+ → µ+X decays, where N and X are massive invisible particles, using the 2016-2018 data set. The N particle is assumed to be a heavy neutral lepton, and the results are expressed as upper limits of O(10−9) and O(10−8) on the neutrino mixing parameter |Ue4|2 and |Uµ4|2, improving on the earlier searches for heavy neutral lepton production and decays in the kinematically accessible mass range. The X particle is considered a scalar or vector hidden sector mediator decaying to an invisible final state, and upper limits of the decay branching fraction for X masses in the range 10-370 MeV/c2 are reported for the first time, ranging from O(10−5) to O(10−7). An upper limit of 1.0 · 10−6 is established at 90% CL on the K+ → µ+ννν¯ branching fraction.
Search for K+ decays to a lepton and invisible particles / Volpe R., Akmete A., Aliberti R., Ambrosino F., Ammendola R., Angelucci B., Antonelli A., Anzivino G., Arcidiacono R., Bache T., Baeva A., Baigarashev D., Bandiera L., Barbanera M., Bernhard J., Biagioni A., Bician L., Biino C., Bizzeti A., Blazek T., et al.. - In: POS PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENCE. - ISSN 1824-8039. - ELETTRONICO. - 405:(2021), pp. 0-0. (7th Symposium on Prospects in the Physics of Discrete Symmetries, DISCRETE 2020-2021 nor 2021).
Search for K+ decays to a lepton and invisible particles
Volpe R.
;Bizzeti A.
;Iacopini E.
;Latino G.
;Lenti M.
;Marchevski R.
;Panichi I.
;Ruggiero G.
;Turisini M.
;
2021
Abstract
The NA62 experiment at CERN reports searches for K+ → e+N, K+ → µ+N and K+ → µ+X decays, where N and X are massive invisible particles, using the 2016-2018 data set. The N particle is assumed to be a heavy neutral lepton, and the results are expressed as upper limits of O(10−9) and O(10−8) on the neutrino mixing parameter |Ue4|2 and |Uµ4|2, improving on the earlier searches for heavy neutral lepton production and decays in the kinematically accessible mass range. The X particle is considered a scalar or vector hidden sector mediator decaying to an invisible final state, and upper limits of the decay branching fraction for X masses in the range 10-370 MeV/c2 are reported for the first time, ranging from O(10−5) to O(10−7). An upper limit of 1.0 · 10−6 is established at 90% CL on the K+ → µ+ννν¯ branching fraction.I documenti in FLORE sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.



