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First NA62 search for long-lived new physics particle hadronic decays

  • NA62 Collaboration
  • INFN Sezione di Napoli

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Abstract

The NA62 experiment at CERN, designed to measure the highly-suppressed decay K+ → π+ν(Equation presented), has the capability to collect data in a beam-dump mode, where 400 GeV protons are dumped on an absorber. In this configuration, new physics (NP) particles, including dark photons, dark scalars and axion-like particles, may be produced and reach a decay volume starting 80 m downstream of the absorber. A search for NP particles decaying in flight to hadronic final states is reported, based on a blind analysis of a sample of 1.4 × 1017 protons on target collected in dump mode in 2021.

Original languageEnglish
Article number394
JournalProceedings of Science
Volume485
Publication statusPublished - 11 Mar 2026
Event2025 European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics, EPS-HEP 2025 - Marseille, France
Duration: 7 Jul 202511 Jul 2025

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