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First search for K+→π+νν ̄ using the decay-in-flight technique

  • The NA62 Collaboration
  • University of Louvain
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • TRIUMF
  • Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
  • LNF-INFN
  • University of British Columbia
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • Charles University
  • University of Valencia
  • Institut für Physik and Prisma Cluster of Excellence
  • Johannes Gutenberg University
  • University of Würzburg
  • Universität Hamburg
  • European Organization for Nuclear Research
  • Sezione INFN di Ferrara
  • INFN
  • Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze
  • University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
  • Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
  • Dipartimento di Fisica
  • Dipartimento di Fisica “Ettore Pancini”
  • INFN Sezione di Napoli
  • University of Liverpool

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Abstract

The NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS reports the first search for K+→π+νν¯ using the decay-in-flight technique, based on a sample of 1.21×1011 K+ decays collected in 2016. The single event sensitivity is 3.15×10−10, corresponding to 0.267 Standard Model events. One signal candidate is observed while the expected background is 0.152 events. This leads to an upper limit of 14×10−10 on the K+→π+νν¯ branching ratio at 95% CL.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)156-166
Number of pages11
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume791
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Apr 2019

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