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1. Search for K+ decays to a muon and invisible particles

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Gil, E Cortina, Kleimenova, A, Minucci, E, Padolski, S, Petrov, P, Shaikhiev, A, Volpe, R, Numao, T, Petrov, Y, Velghe, B, Bryman, D, Fu, J, Husek, T, Jerhot, J, Kampf, K, Zamkovsky, M, Aliberti, R, Khoriauli, G, Kunze, J, Lomidze, D, Peruzzo, L, Vormstein, M, Wanke, R, Dalpiaz, P, Fiorini, M, Neri, I, Norton, A, Petrucci, F, Wahl, H, Ramusino, A Cotta, Gianoli, A, Iacopini, E, Latino, G, Lenti, M, Parenti, A, Bizzeti, A, Bucci, F, Antonelli, A, Georgiev, G, Kozhuharov, V, Lanfranchi, G, Martellotti, S, Moulson, M, Spadaro, T, Ambrosino, F, Capussela, T, Corvino, M, DiFilippo, D, Massarotti, P, Mirra, M, Napolitano, M, Saracino, G, Anzivino, G, Brizioli, F, Imbergamo, E, Lollini, R, Piandani, R, Santoni, C, Barbanera, M, Cenci, P, Checcucci, B, Lubrano, P, Lupi, M, Pepe, M, Piccini, M, Costantini, F, Di Lella, L, Doble, N, Giorgi, M, Giudici, S, Lamanna, G, Lari, E, Pedreschi, E, Sozzi, M, Cerri, C, Fantechi, R, Pontisso, L, Spinella, F, Mannelli, I, D'Agostini, G, Raggi, M, Biagioni, A, Leonardi, E, Lonardo, A, Valente, P, Vicini, P, Ammendola, R, Bonaiuto, V, Fucci, A, Salamon, A, Sargeni, F, Arcidiacono, R, Bloch-Devaux, B, Boretto, M, Menichetti, E, Migliore, E, Soldi, D, Biino, C, Filippi, A, Marchetto, F, Engelfried, J, Estrada-Tristan, N, Bragadireanu, AM, Ghinescu, SA, Hutanu, OE, Baeva, A, Baigarashev, D, Emelyanov, D, Enik, T, Falaleev, V, Kekelidze, V, Korotkova, A, Litov, L, Madigozhin, D, Misheva, M, Molokanova, N, Movchan, S, Polenkevich, I, Potrebenikov, Yu, Shkarovskiy, S, Zinchenko, A, Fedotov, S, Gushchin, E, Khotyantsev, A, Kudenko, Y, Kurochka, V, Medvedeva, M, Mefodev, A, Kholodenko, S, Kurshetsov, V, Obraztsov, V, Ostankov, A, Semenov, V, Sugonyaev, V, Yushchenko, O, Bician, L, Blazek, T, Cerny, V, Kucerova, Z, Bernhard, J, Ceccucci, A, Danielsson, H, De Simone, N, Duval, F, Dobrich, B, Federici, L, Gamberini, E, Gatignon, L, Guida, R, Hahn, F, Holzer, EB, Jenninger, B, Koval, M, Laycock, P, Miotto, G Lehmann, Lichard, P, Mapelli, A, Marchevski, R, Massri, K, Noy, M, Palladino, V, Perrin-Terrin, M, Pinzino, J, Ryjov, V, Schuchmann, S, Venditti, S, Bache, T, Brunetti, MB, Duk, V, Fascianelli, V, Fry, JR, Gonnella, F, Goudzovski, E, Henshaw, J, Iacobuzio, L, Lazzeroni, C, Lurkin, N, Newson, F, Parkinson, C, Romano, A, Sergi, A, Sturgess, A, Swallow, J, Heath, H, Page, R, Trilov, S, Angelucci, B, Britton, D, Graham, C, Protopopescu, D, Carmignani, J, Dainton, JB, Jones, RWL, Ruggiero, G, Fulton, L, Hutchcroft, D, Maurice, E, Wrona, B, Conovaloff, A, Cooper, P, Coward, D, Rubin, P, Collaboration, NA62, UCL - SST/IRMP - Institut de recherche en mathématique et physique, Cortina Gil, E., Kleimenova, A., Minucci, E., Padolski, S., Petrov, P., Shaikhiev, A., Volpe, R., Numao, T., Petrov, Y., Velghe, B., Bryman, D., Fu, J., Husek, T., Jerhot, J., Kampf, K., Zamkovsky, M., Aliberti, R., Khoriauli, G., Kunze, J., Lomidze, D., Peruzzo, L., Vormstein, M., Wanke, R., Dalpiaz, P., Fiorini, M., Neri, I., Norton, A., Petrucci, F., Wahl, H., Cotta Ramusino, A., Gianoli, A., Iacopini, E., Latino, G., Lenti, M., Parenti, A., Bizzeti, A., Bucci, F., Antonelli, A., Georgiev, G., Kozhuharov, V., Lanfranchi, G., Martellotti, S., Moulson, M., Spadaro, T., Ambrosino, F., Capussela, T., Corvino, M., Di Filippo, D., Massarotti, P., Mirra, M., Napolitano, M., Saracino, G., Anzivino, G., Brizioli, F., Imbergamo, E., Lollini, R., Piandani, R., Santoni, C., Barbanera, M., Cenci, P., Checcucci, B., Lubrano, P., Lupi, M., Pepe, M., Piccini, M., Costantini, F., Di Lella, L., Doble, N., Giorgi, M., Giudici, S., Lamanna, G., Lari, E., Pedreschi, E., Sozzi, M., Cerri, C., Fantechi, R., Pontisso, L., Spinella, F., Mannelli, I., D'Agostini, G., Raggi, M., Biagioni, A., Leonardi, E., Lonardo, A., Valente, P., Vicini, P., Ammendola, R., Bonaiuto, V., Fucci, A., Salamon, A., Sargeni, F., Arcidiacono, R., Bloch-Devaux, B., Boretto, M., Menichetti, E., Migliore, E., Soldi, D., Biino, C., Filippi, A., Marchetto, F., Engelfried, J., Estrada-Tristan, N., Bragadireanu, A. M., Ghinescu, S. A., Hutanu, O. E., Baeva, A., Baigarashev, D., Emelyanov, D., Enik, T., Falaleev, V., Kekelidze, V., Korotkova, A., Litov, L., Madigozhin, D., Misheva, M., Molokanova, N., Movchan, S., Polenkevich, I., Potrebenikov, Y., Shkarovskiy, S., Zinchenko, A., Fedotov, S., Gushchin, E., Khotyantsev, A., Kudenko, Y., Kurochka, V., Medvedeva, M., Mefodev, A., Kholodenko, S., Kurshetsov, V., Obraztsov, V., Ostankov, A., Semenov, V., Sugonyaev, V., Yushchenko, O., Bician, L., Blazek, T., Cerny, V., Kucerova, Z., Bernhard, J., Ceccucci, A., Danielsson, H., De Simone, N., Duval, F., Dobrich, B., Federici, L., Gamberini, E., Gatignon, L., Guida, R., Hahn, F., Holzer, E. B., Jenninger, B., Koval, M., Laycock, P., Lehmann Miotto, G., Lichard, P., Mapelli, A., Marchevski, R., Massri, K., Noy, M., Palladino, V., Perrin-Terrin, M., Pinzino, J., Ryjov, V., Schuchmann, S., Venditti, S., Bache, T., Brunetti, M. B., Duk, V., Fascianelli, V., Fry, J. R., Gonnella, F., Goudzovski, E., Henshaw, J., Iacobuzio, L., Lazzeroni, C., Lurkin, N., Newson, F., Parkinson, C., Romano, A., Sergi, A., Sturgess, A., Swallow, J., Heath, H., Page, R., Trilov, S., Angelucci, B., Britton, D., Graham, C., Protopopescu, D., Carmignani, J., Dainton, J. B., Jones, R. W. L., Ruggiero, G., Fulton, L., Hutchcroft, D., Maurice, E., Wrona, B., Conovaloff, A., Cooper, P., Coward, D., and Rubin, P.

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Scalar (mathematics), FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, NA62, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), 0103 physical sciences, heavy neutral leptons, Dark sector, NA62, physics beyond Standard Model, 010306 general physics, Physics, Range (particle radiation), Muon, kaon decays, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Branching fraction, Dark sector, Settore FIS/04, Kaons, lcsh:QC1-999, Hidden sector, Particle, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Particle Physics - Experiment, lcsh:Physics, Lepton
Abstract

The NA62 experiment at CERN reports searches for $K^+\to\mu^+N$ and $K^+\to\mu^+\nu X$ 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 ${\cal O}(10^{-8})$ of the neutrino mixing parameter $|U_{\mu4}|^2$ for $N$ masses in the range 200-384 MeV/$c^2$ and lifetime exceeding 50 ns. 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/$c^2$ are reported for the first time, ranging from ${\cal O}(10^{-5})$ to ${\cal O}(10^{-7})$. An improved upper limit of $1.0\times 10^{-6}$ is established at 90% CL on the $K^+\to\mu^+\nu\nu\bar\nu$ branching fraction., Comment: Updated version published as Phys.Lett. B816 (2021) 136259

Published
2021

2. Kaon Physics in Europe

Author

Aliberti, R, Ambrosino, F, Ammendola, R, Angelucci, B, Antonelli, A, Anzivino, G, Arcidiacono, R, Bache, T, Barbanera, M, Bernhard, J, Biagioni, A, Bician, L, Biino, C, Bizzeti, A, Blazek, T, Bloch- Devaux, B, Bonaiuto, V, Boretto, M, Bragadireanu, M, Britton, D, Brizioli, F, Brunetti, Mb, Bryman, D, Bucci, F, Capussela, T, Carmignani, J, Ceccucci, A, Cenci, P, Cerny, V, Cerri, C, Checcucci, B, Conovalo, A, Cooper, P, Cortina Gil, E, Corvino, M, Costantini, F, Cotta Ramusino, A, Coward, D, D’Agostini, G, Dainton, J, Dalpiaz, P, Danielsson, H, De Simone, N, Di Filippo, D, Di Lella, L, Doble, N, Dobrich, B, Duval, F, Duk, V, Engelfried, J, Enik, T, Estrada-Tristan, N, Falaleev, V, Fantechi, R, Fascianelli, V, Federici, L, Fedotov, S, Filippi, A, Fiorini, M, Fry, J, Fu, J, Fucci, A, Fulton, L, Gamberini, E, Gatignon, L, Georgiev, G, Ghinescu, S, Gianoli, A, Giorgi, M, Giudici, S, Gonnella, F, Goudzovski, E, Graham, C, Guida, R, Gushchin, E, Hahn, F, Heath, H, Holzer, Eb, Husek, T, Hutanu, O, Hutchcroft, D, Iacobuzio, L, Iacopini, E, Imbergamo, E, Jenninger, B, Jerhot, J, Jones, Rw, Kampf, K, Kekelidze, V, Kholodenko, S, Khoriauli, G, Khotyantsev, A, Kleimenova, A, Korotkova, A, Koval, M, Kozhuharov, V, Kucerova, Z, Kudenko, Y, Kunze, J, Kurochka, V, Kurshetsov, V, Lanfranchi, G, Lamanna, G, Lari, E, Latino, G, Laycock, P, Lazzeroni, C, Lenti, M, Lehmann Miotto, G, Leonardi, E, Lichard, P, Litov, L, Lollini, R, Lomidze, D, Lonardo, A, Lubrano, P, Lupi, M, Lurkin, N, Madigozhin, D, Mannelli, I, Mannocchi, G, Mapelli, A, Marchetto, F, Marchevski, R, Martellotti, S, Massarotti, P, Massri, K, Maurice, E, Medvedeva, M, Mefodev, A, Menichetti, E, Migliore, E, Minucci, E, Mirra, M, Mi- sheva, M, Molokanova, N, Moulson, M, Movchan, S, Napolitano, M, Neri, I, Newson, F, Norton, A, Noy, M, Numao, T, Obraztsov, V, Ostankov, A, Padolski, S, Page, R, Palladino, V, Parenti, A, Parkinson, C, Pedreschi, E, Pepe, M, Perrin-Terrin, M, Peruzzo, L, Petrov, P, Petrov, Y, Petrucci, F, Piandani, R, Piccini, M, Pinzino, J, Polenkevich, I, Pontisso, L, Potrebenikov, Y, Protopopescu, D, Raggi, M, Romano, A, Rubin, P, Ruggiero, G, Ryjov, V, Salamon, A, Santoni, C, Saracino, G, Sargeni, F, Schuchmann, S, Semenov, V, Sergi, A, Shaikhiev, A, Shkarovskiy, S, Soldi, D, Sugonyaev, V, Sozzi, M, Spadaro, T, Spinella, F, Sturgess, A, Swallow, J, Trilov, S, Valente, P, Velghe, B, Venditti, S, Vicini, P, Volpe, R, Vormstein, M, Wahl, H, Wanke, R, Wrona, B, Yushchenko, O, Zamkovsky, M, and A. Zinchenko.

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Settore FIS/04, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract

A review of selected recent results from experiments studying rare kaon decays in Europe is given. The results from the NA62 experiment at CERN are summarized in the first part of this report. The experiment produced a new preliminary upper limit on the \(K^{ + } \to \pi ^{ + }\nu \bar{\nu }\) branching ratio of 1.85 × 10^−10 at 90% CL, based on the data recorded in 2016 and 2017. NA62 also performed searches for production of heavy neutral leptons (N) in \(K^{ + } \to \ell ^{ + }N\) (\(\ell = e,\mu \)), and for lepton number violating processes \(K^{ + } \to \pi ^{ - }\ell ^{ + }\ell ^{ + }\) (\(\ell = e,\mu \)). No significant signal was observed in these searches, and the world-leading upper limits have been set. In the second part of this review, we summarize the first observation and the branching ratio measurement of the \(K^{ \pm } \to \pi ^{ \pm }\pi ^{0}e^{ + }e^{ - }\) decay by the NA48/2 experiment, a new preliminary measurement of the \(K_{S} \to \pi ^{ \pm }\mu ^{ \mp }\nu \) branching ratio by the KLOE experiment, and a new upper limit on the \(K_{S} \to \mu ^{ + }\mu ^{ - }\) branching ratio by the LHCb experiment.

Published
2021

3. Latest results from the NA62 experiment at CERN

Author

Lurkin, Nicolas, Aliberti, R., Ambrosino, F., Ammendola, R., Angelucci, B., Antonelli, A., Anzivino, G., Arcidiacono, R., Bache, T., Barbanera, M., Bernhard, J., Biagioni, A., Bician, L., Biino, C., Bizzeti, A., Blazek, T., Bloch-Devaux, B., Bonaiuto, V., Boretto, M., Bragadireanu, M., Britton, D., Brizioli, F., Brunetti, M.B., Bryman, D., Bucci, F., Ca-Pussela, T., Carmignani, J., Ceccucci, A., Cenci, P., Cerny, V., Cerri, C., Checcucci, B., Conovaloff, A., Cooper, P., Cortina Gil, E., Corvino, M., Costantini, F., Cotta Ramusino, A., Coward, D., D'Agostini, G., Dainton, J., Dalpiaz, P., Danielsson, H., De Simone, N., Di Filippo, D., Di Lella, L., Doble, N., Dobrich, B., Duval, F., Duk, V., Engelfried, J., Enik, T., Estrada-Tristan, N., Falaleev, V., Fantechi, R., Fascianelli, V., Federici, L., Fedotov, S., Filippi, A., Fiorini, M., Fry, J., Fu, J., Fucci, A., Fulton, L., Gamberini, E., Gatignon, L., Georgiev, G., Ghinescu, S., Gianoli, A., Giorgi, M., Giudici, S., Gonnella, F., Goudzovski, E., Graham, C., Guida, R., Gushchin, E., Hahn, F., Heath, H., Holzer, E.B., Husek, T., Hutanu, O., Hutchcroft, D., Iacobuzio, L., Iacopini, E., Imbergamo, E., Jerhot, J., Jones, R.W., Kampf, K., Kekelidze, V., Kholodenko, S., Khori-Auli, G., Khotyantsev, A., Kleimenova, A., Korotkova, A., Koval, M., Kozhuharov, V., Kucerova, Z., Kudenko, Y., Kunze, J., Kurochka, V., Kurshetsov, V., Lanfranchi, G., Lamanna, G., Lari, E., Latino, G., Laycock, P., Lazzeroni, C., Lenti, M., Lehmann Miotto, G., Leonardi, E., Lichard, P., Litov, L., Lollini, R., Lomidze, D., Lonardo, A., Lubrano, P., Lupi, M., Lurkin, N., Madigozhin, D., Mannelli, I., Mannocchi, G., Mapelli, A., Marchetto, F., Marchevski, R., Martellotti, S., Mas-Sarotti, P., Massri, K., Maurice, E., Medvedeva, M., Mefodev, A., Menichetti, E., Migliore, E., Minucci, E., Mirra, M., Mi-Sheva, M., Molokanova, N., Moulson, M., Movchan, S., Napolitano, M., Neri, I., Newson, F., Norton, A., Noy, M., Numao, T., Obraztsov, V., Ostankov, A., Padolski, S., Page, R., Palladino, V., Parenti, A., Parkinson, C., Pedreschi, E., Pepe, M., Perrin-Terrin, M., Peruzzo, L., Petrov, P., Petrov, Y., Petrucci, F., Piandani, R., Piccini, M., Pinzino, J., Polenkevich, I., Pontisso, L., Potrebenikov, Yu, Protopopescu, D., Raggi, M., Romano, A., Rubin, P., Ruggiero, G., Ryjov, V., Salamon, A., Santoni, C., Saracino, G., Sargeni, F., Schuchmann, S., Semenov, V., Sergi, A., Shaikhiev, A., Shkarovskiy, S., Soldi, D., Sugonyaev, V., Sozzi, M., Spadaro, T., Spinella, F., Sturgess, A., Swallow, J., Trilov, S., Valente, P., Velghe, B., Venditti, S., Vicini, P., Volpe, R., Vormstein, M., Wahl, H., Wanke, R., Wrona, B., Yushchenko, O., Zamkovsky, M., A. Zinchenko, and UCL - SST/IRMP - Institut de recherche en mathématique et physique

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Large Hadron Collider, Branching fraction, hep-ex, Physics beyond the Standard Model, Settore FIS/04, FOS: Physical sciences, NA62 experiment, Lepton number, Dark photon, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Hidden sector, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics::Experiment, Sensitivity (control systems), Nuclear Experiment, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract

NA62 is a fixed target kaon experiment at the CERN SPS which aims at measuring the branching ratio of the $K^+\to\pi^+\nu\bar{\nu}$ decay with 10% precision. This ultra-rare kaon decay is theoretically extremely clean and an ideal place to look for physics beyond the Standard Model. The NA62 experiment has been running in 2016-2018 and has accumulated a large amount of kaon decays. The final result of the $K^+\to\pi^+\nu\bar{\nu}$ analysis using the 2016 dataset is discussed as well as prospects for the analysis of the 2017 dataset. NA62 also has sensitivity to various other rare and forbidden kaon decays, as well as some hidden sector models. The results of a search for the Lepton Number Violating decays $K^+\to\pi^-\ell^+\ell^+\ [\ell=e,\mu]$ is presented, along with new limits on the existence of a dark photon., Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, talk given at ALPS2019, Obergurgl, 22-27 April 2019

Published
2021

4. Search for π⁰ decays to invisible particles

Author

The NA62 Collaboration, Cortina Gil, E., Kleimenova, A., Minucci, E., Padolski, S., Petrov, P., Shaikhiev, A., Volpe, R., Numao, T., Velghe, B., Bryman, D., Fu, J., Husek, T., Jerhot, J., Kampf, K., Zamkovsky, M., Aliberti, R., Khoriauli, G., Kunze, J., Lomidze, D., Marchevski, R., Peruzzo, L., Vormstein, M., Wanke, R., Dalpiaz, P., Fiorini, M., Neri, I., Norton, A., Petrucci, F., Wahl, H., Cotta Ramusino, A., Gianoli, A., Iacopini, E., Latino, G., Lenti, M., Parenti, A., Bizzeti, A., Bucci, F., Antonelli, A., Georgiev, G., Kozhuharov, V., Lanfranchi, G., Martellotti, S., Moulson, M., Spadaro, T., Ambrosino, F., Capussela, T., Corvino, M., Di Filippo, D., Massarotti, P., Mirra, M., Napolitano, M., Saracino, G., Anzivino, G., Brizioli, F., Imbergamo, E., Lollini, R., Piandani, R., Santoni, C., Barbanera, M., Cenci, P., Checcucci, B., Lubrano, P., Lupi, M., Pepe, M., Piccini, M., Costantini, F., Di Lella, L., Doble, N., Giorgi, M., Giudici, S., Lamanna, G., Lari, E., Pedreschi, E., Sozzi, M., Cerri, C., Fantechi, R., Pontisso, L., Spinella, F., Mannelli, I., D’Agostini, G., Raggi, M., Biagioni, A., Leonardi, E., Lonardo, A., Valente, P., Vicini, P., Ammendola, R., Bonaiuto, V., Fucci, A., Salamon, A., Sargeni, F., Arcidiacono, R., Bloch-Devaux, B., Boretto, M., Menichetti, E., Migliore, E., Soldi, D., Biino, C., Filippi, A., Marchetto, F., Engelfried, J., Estrada-Tristan, N., Bragadireanu, A. M., Ghinescu, S. A., Hutanu, O. E., Baeva, A., Baigarashev, D., Emelyanov, D., Enik, T., Falaleev, V., Kekelidze, V., Korotkova, A., Litov, L., Madigozhin, D., Misheva, M., Molokanova, N., Movchan, S., Polenkevich, I., Potrebenikov, Y., Shkarovskiy, S., Zinchenko, A., Fedotov, S., Gushchin, E., Khotyantsev, A., Kudenko, Y., Kurochka, V., Medvedeva, M., Mefodev, A., Kholodenko, S., Kurshetsov, V., Obraztsov, V., Ostankov, A., Semenov, V., Sugonyaev, V., Yushchenko, O., Bician, L., Blazek, T., Cerny, V., Kucerova, Z., Bernhard, J., Ceccucci, A., Danielsson, H., De Simone, N., Duval, F., Döbrich, B., Federici, L., Gamberini, E., Gatignon, L., Guida, R., Hahn, F., Holzer, E. B., Jenninger, B., Koval, M., Laycock, P., Lehmann Miotto, G., Lichard, P., Mapelli, A., Massri, K., Noy, M., Palladino, V., Perrin-Terrin, M., Pinzino, J., Ryjov, V., Schuchmann, S., Venditti, S., Bache, T., Brunetti, M. B., Duk, V., Fascianelli, V., Fry, J. R., Gonnella, F., Goudzovski, E., Iacobuzio, L., Lazzeroni, C., Lurkin, N., Newson, F., Parkinson, C., Romano, A., Sergi, A., Sturgess, A., Swallow, J., Heath, H., Page, R., Trilov, S., Angelucci, B., Britton, D., Graham, C., Protopopescu, D., Carmignani, J., Dainton, J. B., Jones, R. W. L., Ruggiero, G., Fulton, L., Hutchcroft, D., Maurice, E., Wrona, B., Conovaloff, A., Cooper, P., Coward, D., and Rubin, P.

Subjects
Exotics, Fixed target experiments, Rare decay, Physics, Beyond Standard Model, Exotics, Fixed target experiments, Rare decay, Beyond Standard Model, High Energy Physics::Experiment, ddc:530
Abstract

The NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS reports a study of a sample of 4 × 109 tagged π0 mesons from K+ → π+π0(γ), searching for the decay of the π0 to invisible particles. No signal is observed in excess of the expected background fluctuations. An upper limit of 4.4 × 10−9 is set on the branching ratio at 90% confidence level, improving on previous results by a factor of 60. This result can also be interpreted as a model- independent upper limit on the branching ratio for the decay K+ → π+X, where X is a particle escaping detection with mass in the range 0.110–0.155 GeV/c2 and rest lifetime greater than 100 ps. Model-dependent upper limits are obtained assuming X to be an axion-like particle with dominant fermion couplings or a dark scalar mixing with the Standard Model Higgs boson.

Published
2021

5. Search for an invisible vector boson from π 0 decays at NA62

Author

Aliberti, R, Ambrosino, F, Ammendola, R, Angelucci, B, Antonelli, A, Anzivino, G, Arcidiacono, R, Bache, T, Barbanera, M, Bernhard, J, Biagioni, A, Bician, L, Biino, C, Bizzeti, A, Blazek, T, Bloch-Devaux, B, Bonaiuto, V, Boretto, M, Bragadireanu, M, Britton, D, Brizioli, F, Brunetti, Mb, Bryman, D, Bucci, F, Capussela, T, Carmignani, J, Ceccucci, A, Cenci, P, Cerny, V, Cerri, C, Checcucci, B, Conovaloff, A, Cooper, P, Cortina Gil, E, Corvino, M, Costantini, F, Cotta Ramusino, A, Coward, D, D’Agostini, G, Dainton, J, Dalpiaz, P, Danielsson, H, Desimone, N, Di Filippo, D, Di Lella, L, Doble, N, Dobrich, B, Duval, F, Duk, V, Engelfried, J, Enik, T, Estrada-Tristan, N, Falaleev, V, Fantechi, R, Fascianelli, V, Federici, L, Fedotov, S, Filippi, A, Fiorini, M, Fry, J, Fu, J, Fucci, A, Fulton, L, Gamberini, E, Gatignon, L, Georgiev, G, Ghinescu, S, Gianoli, A, Giorgi, M, Giudici, S, Gonnella, F, Goudzovski, E, Graham, C, Guida, R, Gushchin, E, Hahn, F, Heath, H, Holzer, Eb, Husek, T, Hutanu, O, Hutchcroft, D, Iacobuzio, L, Iacopini, E, Imbergamo, E, Jenninger, B, Jerhot, J, Jones, Rw, Kampf, K, Kekelidze, V, Kholodenko, S, Khori-auli, G, Khotyantsev, A, Kleimenova, A, Korotkova, A, Koval, M, Kozhuharov, V, Kucerova, Z, Kudenko, Y, Kunze, J, Kurochka, V, Kurshetsov, V, Lanfranchi, G, Lamanna, G, Lari, E, Latino, G, Laycock, P, Lazzeroni, C, Lenti, M, Lehmann Miotto, G, Leonardi, E, Lichard, P, Litov, L, Lollini, R, Lomidze, D, Lonardo, A, Lubrano, P, Lupi, M, Lurkin, N, Madigozhin, D, Mannelli, I, Mannocchi, G, Mapelli, A, Marchetto, F, Marchevski, R, Martellotti, S, Mas-sarotti, P, Massri, K, Maurice, E, Medvedeva, M, Mefodev, A, Menichetti, E, Migliore, E, Minucci, E, Mirra, M, Mi-sheva, M, Molokanova, N, Moulson, M, Movchan, S, Napolitano, M, Neri, I, Newson, F, Norton, A, Noy, M, Numao, T, Obraztsov, V, Ostankov, A, Padolski, S, Page, R, Palladino, V, Parenti, A, Parkinson, C, Pedreschi, E, Pepe, M, Perrin-Terrin, M, Peruzzo, L, Petrov, P, Petrov, Y, Petrucci, F, Piandani, R, Piccini, M, Pinzino, J, Polenkevich, I, Pontisso, L, Potrebenikov, Y, Protopopescu, D, Raggi, M, Romano, A, Rubin, P, Ruggiero, G, Ryjov, V, Salamon, A, Santoni, C, Saracino, G, Sargeni, F, Schuchmann, S, Semenov, V, Sergi, A, Shaikhiev, A, Shkarovskiy, S, Soldi, D, Sugonyaev, V, Sozzi, M, Spadaro, T, Spinella, F, Sturgess, A, Swallow, J, Trilov, S, Valente, P, Velghe, B, Venditti, S, Vicini, P, Volpe, R, Vormstein, M, Wahl, H, Wanke, R, Wrona, B, Yushchenko, O, Zamkovsky, M, and Zinchenko, A

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Large Hadron Collider, Proton, Branching fraction, Settore FIS/04, Decay chain, NA62 experiment, Particle Physics - Experiment, Dark photon, Particle identification, Vector boson
Abstract

The search for an invisible vector boson from $\pi^0$ decays at the NA62 experiment at CERN Super Proton Syncrotron (SPS) is discussed. Within the proposed models for physics beyond the SM, hidden sectors consisting of new, light, weakly-coupled particles are a particularly compelling possibility. Thanks to the high beam intensity, the extremely good performance of the photon detection systems, particle identification system and the detectors timing, NA62 is suited to search for these new particles. Here the search for a dark photon from $\pi^0$ decays using the $k^{+}\rightarrow \pi^+\pi ^0$, $\pi^0\rightarrow A^1\gamma$ decay chain is illustrated. The result from the analysis of a sub-sample of 2016 data is reported, corresponding to 1% of the full statistics collected in 2016-2018. A new upper limit on the $\pi^0\rightarrow A^1\gamma$ branching ratio has been set as a function of the dark photon mass, thus producing a new upper limit on the dark photon coupling parameter.

Published
2020

6. Status of the NA62 Experiment

Author

Aliberti, R, Ambrosino, F, Ammendola, R, Angelucci, B, Antonelli, A, Anzivino, G, Arcidiacono, R, Bache, T, Barbanera, M, Bernhard, J, Biagioni, A, Bician, L, Biino, C, Bizzeti, A, Blazek, T, Bloch-Devaux, B, Bonaiuto, V, Boretto, M, Bragadireanu, M, Britton, D, Brizioli, F, Brunetti, Mb, Bryman, D, Bucci, F, Capussela, T, Carmignani, J, Ceccucci, A, Cenci, P, Cerny, V, Cerri, C, Checcucci, B, Conovaloff, A, Cooper, P, Cortinagil, E, Corvino, M, Costantini, F, Cotta Ramusino, A, Coward, D, D’Agostini, G, Dainton, J, Dalpiaz, P, Danielsson, H, De Simone, N, Di Filippo, D, Di Lella, L, Doble, N, Dobrich, B, Duval, F, Duk, V, Engelfried, J, Enik, T, Estrada-Tristan, N, Falaleev, V, Fantechi, R, Fascianelli, V, Federici, L, Fedotov, S, Filippi, A, Fiorini, M, Fry, J, Fu, J, Fucci, A, Fulton, L, Gamberini, E, Gatignon, L, Georgiev, G, Ghinescu, S, Gianoli, A, Giorgi, M, Giudici, S, Gonnella, F, Goudzovski, E, Graham, C, Guida, R, Gushchin, E, Hahn, F, Heath, H, Holzer, Eb, Husek, T, Hutanu, O, Hutchcroft, D, Iacobuzio, L, Iacopini, E, Imbergamo, E, Jenninger, B, Jerhot, J, Jones, Rw, Kampf, K, Kekelidze, V, Kholodenko, S, Khoriauli, G, Khotyantsev, A, Kleimenova, A, Korotkova, A, Koval, M, Kozhuharov, V, Kucerova, Z, Kudenko, Y, Kunze, J, Kurochka, V, Kurshetsov, V, Lanfranchi, G, Lamanna, G, Lari, E, Latino, G, Laycock, P, Lazzeroni, C, Lenti, M, Lehmann Miotto, G, Leonardi, E, Lichard, P, Litov, L, Lollini, R, Lomidze, D, Lonardo, A, Lubrano, P, Lupi, M, Lurkin, N, Madigozhin, D, Mannelli, I, Mannocchi, G, Mapelli, A, Marchetto, F, Marchevski, R, Martellotti, S, Massarotti, P, Massri, K, Maurice, E, Medvedeva, M, Mefodev, A, Menichetti, E, Migliore, E, Minucci, E, Mirra, M, Misheva, M, Molokanova, N, Moulson, M, Movchan, S, Napolitano, M, Neri, I, Newson, F, Norton, A, Noy, M, Numao, T, Obraztsov, V, Ostankov, A, Padolski, S, Page, R, Palladino, V, Parenti, A, Parkinson, C, Pedreschi, E, Pepe, M, Perrin-Terrin, M, Peruzzo, L, Petrov, P, Petrov, Y, Petrucci, F, Piandani, R, Piccini, M, Pinzino, J, Polenkevich, I, Pontisso, L, Potrebenikov, Y, Protopopescu, D, Raggi, M, Romano, A, Rubin, P, Ruggiero, G, Ryjov, V, Salamon, A, Santoni, C, Saracino, G, Sargeni, F, Schuchmann, S, Semenov, V, Sergi, A, Shaikhiev, A, Shkarovskiy, S, Soldi, D, Sugonyaev, V, Sozzi, M, Spadaro, T, Spinella, F, Sturgess, A, Swallow, J, Trilov, S, Valente, P, Velghe, B, Venditti, S, Vicini, P, Volpe, R, Vormstein, M, Wahl, H, Wanke, R, Wrona, B, Yushchenko, O, Zamkovsky, M, and Zinchenko, A

Subjects
Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Branching fraction, Physics beyond the Standard Model, Physics, QC1-999, Settore FIS/04, Detector, Measure (physics), NA62 experiment, 01 natural sciences, Standard Model, 0103 physical sciences, Statistics, 010306 general physics, Event (probability theory), Mathematics
Abstract

The decay $ {K^ + } \to {\pi ^ + }v\bar v $, with a very precisely predicted branching ratio of less than 10−10 in the Standard Model framework, is one of the best candidates to reveal indirect effects of new physics at the highest mass scales. The NA62 experiment at CERN SPS is designed to measure the branching ratio of such decay with a decay-in-flight technique, novel for this channel. The main goal of NA62 is to measure such Branching Ratio of $ {K^ + } \to {\pi ^ + }v\bar v $ with an accuracy better than 20%. This will be achieved by collecting up to 100 $ {K^ + } \to {\pi ^ + }v\bar v $ events with a background contamination at the level of 10%. The NA62 detector was commissioned in 2014 and 2015 and the experiment took physics data from 2015 to 2018. NA62 has already published the result of the 2016 data analysis. The 2017 data analysis is in progress, the single event sensitivity reached and the evaluation of the main backgrounds will be shown in this contribution.

Published
2020

7. New Result on K+→π+νν̄ from the NA62 Experiment

Author

Aliberti, R, Ambrosino, F, Ammendola, R, Angelucci, B, Antonelli, A, Anzivino, G, Arcidiacono, R, Bache, T, Barbanera, M, Bernhard, J, Biagioni, A, Bician, L, Biino, C, Bizzeti, A, Blazek, T, Bloch-Devaux, B, Bonaiuto, V, Boretto, M, Bragadireanu, M, Britton, D, Brizioli, F, Brunetti, Mb, Bryman, D, Bucci, F, Capussela, T, Carmignani, J, Ceccucci, A, Cenci, P, Cerny, V, Cerri, C, Checcucci, B, Conovaloff, A, Cooper, P, Cortinagil, E, Corvino, M, Costantini, F, Cotta Ramusino, A, Coward, D, D’Agostini, G, Dainton, J, Dalpiaz, P, Danielsson, H, Desimone, N, Di Filippo, D, Di Lella, L, Doble, N, Dobrich, B, Duval, F, Duk, V, Engelfried, J, Enik, T, Estrada-Tristan, N, Falaleev, V, Fantechi, R, Fascianelli, V, Federici, L, Fedotov, S, Filippi, A, Fiorini, M, Fry, J, Fu, J, Fucci, A, Fulton, L, Gamberini, E, Gatignon, L, Georgiev, G, Ghinescu, S, Gianoli, A, Giorgi, M, Giudici, S, Gonnella, F, Goudzovski, E, Graham, C, Guida, R, Gushchin, E, Hahn, F, Heath, H, Holzer, Eb, Husek, T, Hutanu, O, Hutchcroft, D, Iacobuzio, L, Iacopini, E, Imbergamo, E, Jenninger, B, Jerhot, J, Jones, Rw, Kampf, K, Kekelidze, V, Kholodenko, S, Khoriauli, G, Khotyantsev, A, Kleimenova, A, Korotkova, A, Koval, M, Kozhuharov, V, Kucerova, Z, Kudenko, Y, Kunze, J, Kurochka, V, Kurshetsov, V, Lanfranchi, G, Lamanna, G, Lari, E, Latino, G, Laycock, P, Lazzeroni, C, Lenti, M, Lehmann Miotto, G, Leonardi, E, Lichard, P, Litov, L, Lollini, R, Lomidze, D, Lonardo, A, Lubrano, P, Lupi, M, Lurkin, N, Madigozhin, D, Mannelli, I, Mannocchi, G, Mapelli, A, Marchetto, F, Marchevski, R, Martellotti, S, Massarotti, P, Massri, K, Maurice, E, Medvedeva, M, Mefodev, A, Menichetti, E, Migliore, E, Minucci, E, Mirra, M, Misheva, M, Molokanova, N, Moulson, M, Movchan, S, Napolitano, M, Neri, I, Newson, F, Norton, A, Noy, M, Numao, T, Obraztsov, V, Ostankov, A, Padolski, S, Page, R, Palladino, V, Parenti, A, Parkinson, C, Pedreschi, E, Pepe, M, Perrin-Terrin, M, Peruzzo, L, Petrov, P, Petrov, Y, Petrucci, F, Piandani, R, Piccini, M, Pinzino, J, Polenkevich, I, Pontisso, L, Potrebenikov, Y, Protopopescu, D, Raggi, M, Romano, A, Rubin, P, Ruggiero, G, Ryjov, V, Salamon, A, Santoni, C, Saracino, G, Sargeni, F, Schuchmann, S, Semenov, V, Sergi, A, Shaikhiev, A, Shkarovskiy, S, Soldi, D, Sugonyaev, V, Sozzi, M, Spadaro, T, Spinella, F, Sturgess, A, Swallow, J, Trilov, S, Valente, P, Velghe, B, Venditti, S, Vicini, P, Volpe, R, Vormstein, M, Wahl, H, Wanke, R, Wrona, B, Yushchenko, O, Zamkovsky, M, and Zinchenko, A

Subjects
Physics, History, Particle physics, Bar (music), Settore FIS/04, Pi, NA62 experiment, Computer Science Applications, Education
Abstract

The NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS is designed to measure the branching ratio of the K + → π + ν ν ¯ with a decay-in-flight technique and took data in 2016–2018. The statistics collected in 2017 allows NA62 to achieve the best up–to–date single event sensitivity for K + → π + ν ν ¯ corresponding to more than 2 Standard Model K + → π + ν ν ¯ expected events. The analysis of the 2017 data has revealed 2 candidate K + → π + ν ν ¯ events, while 1.5 background were expected. Together with the candidate found on the 2016 data, this result leads to 1.85 × 10−10 as preliminary upper limit at 90% C.L. on the branching ratio of the K + → π + ν ν ¯ decay. The 2017 data also allow NA62 to achieve the best up–to–date sensitivity on the search for the π 0 → invisible decay.

Published
2020

8. Design, performance and perspective of the NA62-RICH

Author

Aliberti, R, Ambrosino, F, Ammendola, R, Angelucci, B, Antonelli, A, Anzivino, G, Arcidiacono, R, Bache, T, Barbanera, M, Bernhard, J, Biagioni, A, Bician, L, Biino, C, Bizzeti, A, Blazek, T, Bloch-Devaux, B, Bonaiuto, V, Boretto, M, Bragadireanu, M, Britton, D, Brizioli, F, Brunetti, Mb, Bryman, D, Bucci, F, Capussela, T, Carmignani, J, Ceccucci, A, Cenci, P, Cerny, V, Cerri, C, Checcucci, B, Cono-valoff, A, Cooper, P, Cortina Gil, E, Corvino, M, Costantini, F, Cotta Ramusino, A, Coward, D, D’Agostini, G, Dainton, J, Dalpiaz, P, Danielsson, H, De Simone, N, Di Filippo, D, Di Lella, L, Doble, N, Dobrich, B, Duval, F, Duk, V, Engelfried, J, Enik, T, Estrada-Tristan, N, Falaleev, V, Fantechi, R, Fascianelli, V, Fed-erici, L, Fedotov, S, Filippi, A, Fiorini, M, Fry, J, Fu, J, Fucci, A, Fulton, L, Gamberini, E, Gatignon, L, Georgiev, G, Ghinescu, S, Gianoli, A, Giorgi, M, Giudici, S, Gonnella, F, Goudzovski, E, Graham, C, Guida, R, Gushchin, E, Hahn, F, Heath, H, Holzer, Eb, Husek, T, Hutanu, O, Hutchcroft, D, Iacobuzio, L, Iacopini, E, Imbergamo, E, Jenninger, B, Jerhot, J, Jones, Rw, Kampf, K, Kekelidze, V, Kholodenko, S, Khoriauli, G, Khotyantsev, A, Kleimenova, A, Korotkova, A, Koval, M, Kozhuharov, V, Kucerova, Z, Ku-denko, Y, Kunze, J, Kurochka, V, Kurshetsov, V, Lanfranchi, G, Lamanna, G, Lari, E, Latino, G, Laycock, P, Lazzeroni, C, Lenti, M, Lehmann Miotto, G, Leonardi, E, Lichard, P, Litov, L, Lollini, R, Lomidze, D, Lonardo, A, Lubrano, P, Lupi, M, Lurkin, N, Madigozhin, D, Mannelli, I, Mannocchi, G, Mapelli, A, Marchetto, F, Marchevski, R, Martellotti, S, Massarotti, P, Massri, K, Maurice, E, Medvedeva, M, Mefodev, A, Menichetti, E, Migliore, E, Minucci, E, Mirra, M, Misheva, M, Molokanova, N, Moulson, M, Movchan, S, Napolitano, M, Neri, I, Newson, F, Norton, A, Noy, M, Numao, T, Obraztsov, V, Ostankov, A, Padolski, S, Page, R, Palladino, V, Parenti, A, Parkinson, C, Pedreschi, E, Pepe, M, Perrin-Terrin, M, Peruzzo, L, Petrov, P, Petrov, Y, Petrucci, F, Piandani, R, Piccini, M, Pinzino, J, Polenkevich, I, Pontisso, L, Potrebenikov, Y, Protopopescu, D, Raggi, M, Romano, A, Rubin, P, Ruggiero, G, Ryjov, V, Salamon, A, Santoni, C, Sara-cino, G, Sargeni, F, Schuchmann, S, Semenov, V, Sergi, A, Shaikhiev, A, Shkarovskiy, S, Soldi, D, Sugonyaev, V, Sozzi, M, Spadaro, T, Spinella, F, Sturgess, A, Swallow, J, Trilov, S, Turisini, M, Valente, P, Velghe, B, Ven-ditti, S, Vicini, P, Volpe, R, Vormstein, M, Wahl, H, Wanke, R, Wrona, B, Yushchenko, O, and Zinchenko, Mza

Subjects
Physics, Settore FIS/04, Perspective (graphical), Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Epistemology
Published
2020

9. The RICH detector of the NA62 experiment

Author

Aliberti, R, Ambrosino, F, Ammendola, R, Angelucci, B, Antonelli, A, Anzivino, G, Arcidiacono, R, Bache, T, Barbanera, M, Bernhard, J, Biagioni, A, Bician, L, Biino, C, Bizzeti, A, Blazek, T, Bloch-Devaux, B, Bonaiuto, V, Boretto, M, Bragadireanu, M, Britton, D, Brizioli, F, B Brunetti, M, Bryman, D, Bucci, F, Capussela, T, Carmignani, J, Ceccucci, A, Cenci, P, Cerny, V, Cerri, C, Checcucci, B, Conovaloff, A, Cooper, P, E Cortina Gil, Corvino, M, Costantini, F, A Cotta Ramusino, Coward, D, D’Agostini, G, Dainton, J, Dalpiaz, P, Danielsson, H, N De Simone, D Di Filippo, L Di Lella, Doble, N, Dobrich, B, Duval, F, Duk, V, Engelfried, J, Enik, T, Estrada-Tristan, N, Falaleev, V, Fantechi, R, Fascianelli, V, Federici, L, Fedotov, S, Filippi, A, Fiorini, M, Fry, J, J, F, Fucci, A, Fulton, L, Gamberini, E, Gatignon, L, Georgiev, G, Ghinescu, S, Gianoli, A, Giorgi, M, Giudici, S, Gonnella, F, Goudzovski, E, Graham, C, Guida, R, Gushchin, E, Hahn, F, Heath, H, B Holzer, E, Husek, T, Hutanu, O, Hutchcroft, D, Iacobuzio, L, Iacopini, E, Imbergamo, E, Jenninger, B, Jerhot, J, W Jones, R, Kampf, K, Kekelidze, V, Kholodenko, S, Khoriauli, G, Khotyantsev, A, Kleimenova, A, Korotkova, A, Koval, M, Kozhuharov, V, Kucerova, Z, Kudenko, Y, Kunze, J, Kurochka, V, Kurshetsov, V, Lanfranchi, G, Lamanna, G, Lari, E, Latino, G, Laycock, P, Lazzeroni, C, Lenti, M, G Lehmann Miotto, Leonardi, E, Lichard, P, Litov, L, Lollini, R, Lomidze, D, Lonardo, A, Lubrano, P, Lupi, M, Lurkin, N, Madigozhin, D, Mannelli, I, Mannocchi, G, Mapelli, A, Marchetto, F, Marchevski, R, Martellotti, S, Massarotti, P, Massri, K, Maurice, E, Medvedeva, M, Mefodev, A, Menichetti, E, Migliore, E, Minucci, E, Mirra, M, Misheva, M, Molokanova, N, Moulson, M, Movchan, S, Napolitano, M, Neri, I, Newson, F, Norton, A, Noy, M, Numao, T, Obraztsov, V, Ostankov, A, Padolski, S, Page, R, Palladino, V, Parenti, A, Parkinson, C, Pedreschi, E, Pepe, M, Perrin-Terrin, M, Peruzzo, L, Petrov, P, Petrov, Y, Petrucci, F, Piandani, R, Piccini, M, Pinzino, J, Polenkevich, I, Pontisso, L, Potrebenikov, Y, Protopopescu, D, Raggi, M, Romano, A, Rubin, P, Ruggiero, G, Ryjov, V, Salamon, A, Santoni, C, Saracino, G, Sargeni, F, Schuchmann, S, Semenov, V, Sergi, A, Shaikhiev, A, Shkarovskiy, S, Soldi, D, Sugonyaev, V, Sozzi, M, Spadaro, T, Spinella, F, Sturgess, A, Swallow, J, Trilov, S, Turisini, M, Valente, P, Velghe, B, Venditti, S, Vicini, P, Volpe, R, Vormstein, M, Wahl, H, Wanke, R, Wrona, B, Yushchenko, O, Zamkovsky, M, and Zinchenko, A

Subjects
Physics, History, Optics, business.industry, Settore FIS/04, Detector, NA62 experiment, business, Computer Science Applications, Education
Abstract

The RICH detector of the NA62 experiment is one of the key detectors to achieve the muon rejection needed in the search for the K + → π + ν ν ¯ decay, performed by NA62. Since BR(K + → µ + ν) is higher than BR( K + → π + ν ν ¯ ) by more than 9 orders of magnitude, it represents one of the most relevant background contributions. Its rejection is performed with kinematic reconstruction of the event and identification of the charged particles in the final state (π + against µ +). The pion identification efficiency using the RICH detector is measured to be 83% in the momentum range between 15 and 35 GeV/c, with a misidentification probability for muons of 0.2%, while the track crossing time is measured with a resolution of 70 ps. The RICH detector is also exploited to provide trigger for charged particles with an efficiency greater than 99%.

Published
2020

10. Physics beyond the SM with kaons at NA62

Author

Aliberti, R, Ambrosino, F, Ammendola, R, Angelucci, B, Antonelli, A, Anzivino, G, Arcidiacono, R, Bache, T, Barbanera, M, Bernhard, J, Biagioni, A, Bician, L, Biino, C, Bizzeti, A, Blazek, T, Bloch-Devaux, B, Bonaiuto, V, Boretto, M, Bragadireanu, M, Britton, D, Brizioli, F, Brunetti, Mb, Bryman, D, Bucci, F, Capussela, T, Carmignani, J, Ceccucci, A, Cenci, P, Cerny, V, Cerri, C, Checcucci, B, Conovaloff, A, Cooper, P, Cortina Gil, E, Corvino, M, Costantini, F, Cottaramusino, A, Coward, D, D’Agostini, G, Dainton, J, Dalpiaz, P, Danielsson, H, De Simone, N, Di Filippo, D, Di Lella, L, Doble, N, Dobrich, B, Duval, F, Duk, V, Engelfried, J, Enik, T, Estrada-Tristan, N, Falaleev, V, Fantechi, R, Fascianelli, V, Federici, L, Fedotov, S, Filippi, A, Fiorini, M, Fry, J, Fu, J, Fucci, A, Fulton, L, Gamberini, E, Gatignon, L, Georgiev, G, Ghinescu, S, Gianoli, A, Giorgi, M, Giudici, S, Gonnella, F, Goudzovski, E, Graham, C, Guida, R, Gushchin, E, Hahn, F, Heath, H, Holzer, Eb, Husek, T, Hutanu, O, Hutchcroft, D, Iacobuzio, L, Iacopini, E, Imbergamo, E, Jenninger, B, Jerhot, J, Jones, Rw, Kampf, K, Kekelidze, V, Kholodenko, S, Khoriauli, G, Khotyantsev, A, Kleimenova, A, Korotkova, A, Koval, M, Kozhuharov, V, Kucerova, Z, Kudenko, Y, Kunze, J, Kurochka, V, Kurshetsov, V, Lanfranchi, G, Lamanna, G, Lari, E, Latino, G, Laycock, P, Lazzeroni, C, Lenti, M, Lehmann Miotto, G, Leonardi, E, Lichard, P, Litov, L, Lollini, R, Lomidze, D, Lonardo, A, Lubrano, P, Lupi, M, Lurkin, N, Madigozhin, D, Mannelli, I, Mannocchi, G, Mapelli, A, Marchetto, F, Marchevski, R, Martellotti, S, Massarotti, P, Massri, K, Maurice, E, Medvedeva, M, Mefodev, A, Menichetti, E, Migliore, E, Minucci, E, Mirra, M, Misheva, M, Molokanova, N, Moulson, M, Movchan, S, Napolitano, M, Neri, I, Newson, F, Norton, A, Noy, M, Numao, T, Obraztsov, V, Ostankov, A, Padolski, S, Page, R, Palladino, V, Parenti, A, Parkinson, C, Pedreschi, E, Pepe, M, Perrin-Terrin, M, Peruzzo, L, Petrov, P, Petrov, Y, Petrucci, F, Piandani, R, Piccini, M, Pinzino, J, Polenkevich, I, Pontisso, L, Potrebenikov, Y, Protopopescu, D, Raggi, M, Romano, A, Rubin, P, Ruggiero, G, Ryjov, V, Salamon, A, Santoni, C, Saracino, G, Sargeni, F, Schuchmann, S, Semenov, V, Sergi, A, Shaikhiev, A, Shkarovskiy, S, Soldi, D, Sugonyaev, V, Sozzi, M, Spadaro, T, Spinella, F, Sturgess, A, Swallow, J, Trilov, S, Valente, P, Velghe, B, Venditti, S, Vicini, P, Volpe, R, Vormstein, M, Wahl, H, Wanke, R, Wrona, B, Yushchenko, O, Zamkovsky, M, and Zinchenko, A

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Large Hadron Collider, Branching fraction, Physics beyond the Standard Model, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, NA62 experiment, Lepton number, Charged particle, Standard Model, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Particle Physics - Experiment, Lepton
Abstract

The decay $K^{+} \rightarrow \pi^{+} v \overline{v}$, with a very precisely predicted branching ratio of less than $10^{-10}$, is one of the best candidates to reveal indirect effects of new physics at the highest mass scales. The NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS is designed to measure the branching ratio of the $K^{+} \rightarrow \pi^{+} v \overline{v}$ with a decay-in-flight technique. NA62 took data so far in 2016-2018. Statistics collected in 2016 allowed NA62 to reach the Standard Model sensitivity for $K^{+} \rightarrow \pi^{+} v \overline{v}$, entering the domain of $10^{-10}$ single event sensitivity and showing the proof of principle of the experiment. Thanks to the statistics collected in 2017, NA62 surpasses the present best sensitivity. The analysis strategy is reviewed and the preliminary result from the 2017 data set is presented.The NA62 experiment at CERN collected a large sample of charged kaon decays into final states with multiple charged particles in 2016-2018. The sensitivity to a range of lepton flavour and lepton number violating kaon decays provided by this data set improves over the previously reported measurements. Results from the searches for these processes with a partial NA62 data sample are presented.

Published
2019

11. The RICH detector of the NA62 experiment at CERN

Author

Brizioli, F., Aliberti, R., Ambrosino, F., Ammendola, R., Angelucci, B., Antonelli, A., Anzivino, G., Arcidiacono, R., Bache, T., Barbanera, M., Bernhard, J., Bia-Gioni, A., Bician, L., Biino, C., Bizzeti, A., Blazek, T., Bloch-Devaux, B., Bonaiuto, V., Boretto, M., Bragadireanu, M., Britton, D., Brunetti, M. B., Bry-Man, D., Bucci, F., Capussela, T., Carmignani, J., Ceccucci, A., Cenci, P., Cerny, V., Cerri, C., Checcucci, B., Conovaloff, A., Cooper, P., Cortina Gil, E., Corvino, M., Costantini, F., Cotta Ramusino, A., Coward, D., D'Agostini, G., Dainton, J., Dalpiaz, P., Danielsson, H., De Simone, N., DI Filippo, D., DI Lella, L., Doble, N., Dobrich, B., Duval, F., Duk, V., Engelfried, J., Enik, T., Estrada-Tristan, N., Falaleev, V., Fantechi, R., Fascianelli, V., Federici, L., Fedotov, S., Filippi, A., Fiorini, M., Fry, J., Fu, J., Fucci, A., Fulton, L., Gamberini, E., Gatignon, L., Georgiev, G., Ghinescu, S., Gianoli, A., Giorgi, M., Giudici, S., Gonnella, F., Goudzovski, E., Graham, C., Guida, R., Gushchin, E., Hahn, F., Heath, H., Holzer, E. B., Husek, T., Hutanu, O., Hutchcroft, D., Iacobuzio, L., Iacopini, E., Imbergamo, E., Jenninger, B., Jerhot, J., Jones, R. W., Kampf, K., Kekelidze, V., Kholodenko, S., Khoriauli, G., Khotyantsev, A., Kleimenova, A., Korotkova, A., Koval, M., Kozhuharov, V., Kucerova, Z., Kudenko, Y., Kunze, J., Kurochka, V., Kurshetsov, V., Lanfranchi, G., Lamanna, G., Lari, E., Latino, G., Laycock, P., Lazzeroni, C., Lenti, M., Lehmann Miotto, G., Leonardi, E., Lichard, P., Litov, L., Lollini, R., Lomidze, D., Lonardo, A., Lubrano, P., Lupi, M., Lurkin, N., Madigozhin, D., Mannelli, I., Mannocchi, G., Mapelli, A., Marchetto, F., Marchevski, R., Martellotti, S., Massarotti, P., Massri, K., Maurice, E., Medvedeva, M., Mefodev, A., Menichetti, E., Migliore, E., Minucci, E., Mirra, M., Misheva, M., Molokanova, N., Moulson, M., Movchan, S., Napoli-Tano, M., Neri, I., Newson, F., Norton, A., Noy, M., Numao, T., Obraztsov, V., Ostankov, A., Padolski, S., Page, R., Palladino, V., Parenti, A., Parkinson, C., Pedreschi, E., Pepe, M., Perrin-Terrin, M., Peruzzo, L., Petrov, P., Petrov, Y., Petrucci, F., Piandani, R., Piccini, M., Pinzino, J., Polenkevich, I., Pon-Tisso, L., Potrebenikov, Yu., Protopopescu, D., Raggi, M., Romano, A., Rubin, P., Ruggiero, G., Ryjov, V., Salamon, A., Santoni, C., Saracino, G., Sargeni, F., Schuchmann, S., Semenov, V., Sergi, A., Shaikhiev, A., Shkarovskiy, S., Soldi, D., Sugonyaev, V., Sozzi, M., Spadaro, T., Spinella, F., Sturgess, A., Swallow, J., Trilov, S., Turisini, M., Valente, P., Velghe, B., Venditti, S., Vicini, P., Volpe, R., Vormstein, M., Wahl, H., Wanke, R., Wrona, B., Yushchenko, O., Zamkovsky, M., Zinchenko, A., Ambrosino, F., Corvino, M., Massarotti, P., Mirra, M., Napolitano, M., and Saracino, G.

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Cherenkov detector, Settore FIS/04, NA62 experiment, Charged particle, Ring-imaging Cherenkov detector, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Pion, Orders of magnitude (time), law, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Bar (unit)
Abstract

The RICH detector of the NA62 experiment is one of the key detectors to achieve the muon rejection needed in the search for the ${K^ + } \to {\pi ^ + }\nu \bar \nu $ decay, performed by NA62. Since $BR({K^ + } \to {\mu ^ + }\nu )$ is higher than $BR({K^ + } \to {\pi ^ + }\nu \bar \nu )$ by more than 9 orders of magnitude, it represents one of the most relevant background contributions. Its rejection is performed with kinematic reconstruction of the event and identification of the charged particles in the final state (pions against muons). The Ring Imaging Cherenkov detector (RICH) gives a muon rejection higher than a factor 100 in the momentum range 15-35 GeV/c, and measures the track crossing time with a resolution better than 100 ps. It is also exploited to provide trigger for charged particles. In this contribution the RICH detector will be described, together with its basic performance, the mirrors alignment procedure and its usage in ${K^ + } \to {\pi ^ + }\nu \bar \nu $ search.

Published
2019

12. Search for Exotic Decays with NA62

Author

Aliberti, R, Ambrosino, F, Ammendola, R, Angelucci, B, Antonelli, A, Anzivino, G, Arcidiacono, R, Bache, T, Barbanera, M, Bernhard, J, Biagioni, A, Bician, L, Biino, C, Bizzeti, A, Blazek, T, Bloch-Devaux, B, Bonaiuto, V, Boretto, M, Bragadireanu, M, Britton, D, Brizioli, F, Brunetti, Mb, Bryman, D, Bucci, F, Capussela, T, Carmignani, J, Ceccucci, A, Cenci, P, Cerny, V, Cerri, C, Checcucci, B, Conovaloff, A, Cooper, P, Cortina Gil, E, Corvino, M, Costantini, F, Cotta Ramusino, A, Coward, D, D’Agostini, G, Dainton, J, Dalpiaz, P, Danielsson, H, De Simone, N, Di Filippo, D, Di Lella, L, Doble, N, Dobrich, B, Duval, F, Duk, V, Engelfried, J, Enik, T, Estrada-Tristan, N, Falaleev, V, Fantechi, R, Fascianelli, V, Federici, L, Fedotov, S, Filippi, A, Fiorini, M, Fry, J, Fu, J, Fucci, A, Fulton, L, Gamberini, E, Gatignon, L, Georgiev, G, Ghinescu, S, Gianoli, A, Giorgi, M, Giudici, S, Gonnella, F, Goudzovski, E, Graham, C, Guida, R, Gushchin, E, Hahn, F, Heath, H, Holzer, Eb, Husek, T, Hutanu, O, Hutchcroft, D, Iacobuzio, L, Iacopini, E, Imbergamo, E, Jenninger, B, Jerhot, J, Jones, Rw, Kampf, K, Kekelidze, V, Kholodenko, S, Khoriauli, G, Khotyantsev, A, Kleimenova, A, Korotkova, A, Koval, M, Kozhuharov, V, Kucerova, Z, Kudenko, Y, Kunze, J, Kurochka, V, Kurshetsov, V, Lanfranchi, G, Lamanna, G, Lari, E, Latino, G, Laycock, P, Lazzeroni, C, Lenti, M, Lehmann Miotto, G, Leonardi, E, Lichard, P, Litov, L, Lollini, R, Lomidze, D, Lonardo, A, Lubrano, P, Lupi, M, Lurkin, N, Madigozhin, D, Mannelli, I, Mannocchi, G, Mapelli, A, Marchetto, F, Marchevski, R, Martellotti, S, Massarotti, P, Massri, K, Maurice, E, Medvedeva, M, Mefodev, A, Menichetti, E, Migliore, E, Minucci, E, Mirra, M, Misheva, M, Molokanova, N, Moulson, M, Movchan, S, Napolitano, M, Neri, I, Newson, F, Norton, A, Noy, M, Numao, T, Obraztsov, V, Ostankov, A, Padolski, S, Page, R, Palladino, V, Parenti, A, Parkinson, C, Pedreschi, E, Pepe, M, Perrin-Terrin, M, Peruzzo, L, Petrov, P, Petrov, Y, Petrucci, F, Piandani, R, Piccini, M, Pinzino, J, Polenkevich, I, Pontisso, L, Potrebenikov, Y, Protopopescu, D, Raggi, M, Romano, A, Rubin, P, Ruggiero, G, Ryjov, V, Salamon, A, Santoni, C, Saracino, G, Sargeni, F, Schuchmann, S, Semenov, V, Sergi, A, Shaikhiev, A, Shkarovskiy, S, Soldi, D, Sugonyaev, V, Sozzi, M, Spadaro, T, Spinella, F, Sturgess, A, Swallow, J, Trilov, S, Valente, P, Velghe, B, Venditti, S, Vicini, P, Volpe, R, Vormstein, M, Wahl, H, Wanke, R, Wrona, B, Yushchenko, O, Zamkovsky, M, and Zinchenko, A

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Photon, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Mass scale, NA62 experiment, Particle Physics - Experiment, Lepton, Standard Model, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare
Abstract

Fixed-target experiments present a complementary tool for studies of the beyond Standard Model physics in either direct searches for weakly coupled states in $\mathcal{O}(10^{7})$ − $\mathcal{O}(10^{9}) eV/ c^{2}$ mass scale or indirect searches for deviations in known processes induced by physics of much higher energy scales. The NA62 experiment dedicated to study of ultra-rare kaon decays is competitive on both these fronts thanks to its immense sensitivity and possibility of data-taking inbeam-dump mode,in which statistics of $\mathcal{O}(10^{16})\mathrm{POT}$ has been collected and another $\mathcal{O}(10^{18})\mathrm{POT}$ will follow in 2021-2023 run. This proceedings will present the published results, discuss the current status and show the future prospects of searches for exotic particles at NA62, specifically heavy neutral leptons, dark photons and axion-like particles.

Published
2019

13. Search for invisible dark photon at NA62

Author

Aliberti, R, Ambrosino, F, Ammendola, R, Angelucci, B, Antonelli, A, Anzivino, G, Arcidiacono, R, Bache, T, Barbanera, M, Bernhard, J, Biagioni, A, Bician, L, Biino, C, Bizzeti, A, Blazek, T, Bloch-Devaux, B, Bonaiuto, V, Boretto, M, Bragadireanu, M, Britton, D, Brizioli, F, B Brunetti, M, Bryman, D, Bucci, F, Capussela, T, Carmignani, J, Ceccucci, A, Cenci, P, Cerny, V, Cerri, C, Checcucci, B, Conovaloff, A, Cooper, P, E Cortina Gil, Corvino, M, Costantini, F, A Cotta Ramusino, Coward, D, D’Agostini, G, Dainton, J, Dalpiaz, P, Danielsson, H, N De Simone, D Di Filippo, L Di Lella, Doble, N, Dobrich, B, Duval, F, Duk, V, Engelfried, J, Enik, T, Estrada-Tristan, N, Falaleev, V, Fantechi, R, Fascianelli, V, Federici, L, Fedotov, S, Filippi, A, Fiorini, M, Fry, J, J, F, Fucci, A, Fulton, L, Gamberini, E, Gatignon, L, Georgiev, G, Ghinescu, S, Gianoli, A, Giorgi, M, Giudici, S, Gonnella, F, Goudzovski, E, Graham, C, Guida, R, Gushchin, E, Hahn, F, Heath, H, B Holzer, E, Husek, T, Hutanu, O, Hutchcroft, D, Iacobuzio, L, Iacopini, E, Imbergamo, E, Jenninger, B, Jerhot, J, W Jones, R, Kampf, K, Kekelidze, V, Kholodenko, S, Khoriauli, G, Khotyantsev, A, Kleimenova, A, Korotkova, A, Koval, M, Kozhuharov, V, Kucerova, Z, Kudenko, Y, Kunze, J, Kurochka, V, Kurshetsov, V, Lanfranchi, G, Lamanna, G, Lari, E, Latino, G, Laycock, P, Lazzeroni, C, Lenti, M, G Lehmann Miotto, Leonardi, E, Lichard, P, Litov, L, Lollini, R, Lomidze, D, Lonardo, A, Lubrano, P, Lupi, M, Lurkin, N, Madigozhin, D, Mannelli, I, Mannocchi, G, Mapelli, A, Marchetto, F, Marchevski, R, Martellotti, S, Massarotti, P, Massri, K, Maurice, E, Medvedeva, M, Mefodev, A, Menichetti, E, Migliore, E, Minucci, E, Mirra, M, Misheva, M, Molokanova, N, Moulson, M, Movchan, S, Napolitano, M, Neri, I, Newson, F, Norton, A, Noy, M, Numao, T, Obraztsov, V, Ostankov, A, Padolski, S, Page, R, Palladino, V, Parenti, A, Parkinson, C, Pedreschi, E, Pepe, M, Perrin-Terrin, M, Peruzzo, L, Petrov, P, Petrov, Y, Petrucci, F, Piandani, R, Piccini, M, Pinzino, J, Polenkevich, I, Pontisso, L, Potrebenikov, Y, Protopopescu, D, Raggi, M, Romano, A, Rubin, P, Ruggiero, G, Ryjov, V, Salamon, A, Santoni, C, Saracino, G, Sargeni, F, Schuchmann, S, Semenov, V, Sergi, A, Shaikhiev, A, Shkarovskiy, S, Soldi, D, Sugonyaev, V, Sozzi, M, Spadaro, T, Spinella, F, Sturgess, A, Swallow, J, Trilov, S, Valente, P, Velghe, B, Venditti, S, Vicini, P, Volpe, R, Vormstein, M, Wahl, H, Wanke, R, Wrona, B, Yushchenko, O, Zamkovsky, M, and Zinchenko, A

Subjects
Physics, History, Settore FIS/04, Astrophysics, Particle Physics - Experiment, Dark photon, Computer Science Applications, Education
Abstract

Very weakly coupled new-physics particles in the MeV-GeV range appear as mediators in various “portals” to a hidden sector. Their interaction with Standard Model particles is feeble and these states are usually long-lived, so that the experimental search fully profits of a high-intensity setup, such as that of fixed-target experiments. Within the vector portal hidden-sector model a dark photon might exist which predominantly decays to dark matter particles. A search for such an invisible particle has been performed, exploiting the efficient photon-veto capability and high resolution tracking of the NA62 detector at CERN. The signal stems from the chain K + → π + π 0 followed by the π 0 decay to a photon-dark-photon pair. No significant statistical excess has been identified. Upper limits on the dark photon coupling to the ordinary photon as a function of the dark photon mass have been set.

Published
2020

14. Performance of the NA62 ring imaging Cherenkov detector

Author

Aliberti, R, Ambrosino, F, Ammendola, R, Angelucci, B, Antonelli, A, Anzivino, G, Arcidiacono, R, Bache, T, Barbanera, M, Bernhard, J, Biagioni, A, Bician, L, Biino, C, Bizzeti, A, Blazek, T, Bloch-Devaux, B, Bonaiuto, V, Boretto, M, Bragadireanu, M, Britton, D, Brizioli, F, Brunetti, Mb, Bryman, D, Bucci, F, Capussela, T, Carmignani, J, Ceccucci, A, Cenci, P, Cerny, V, Cerri, C, Checcucci, B, Conovaloff, A, Cooper, P, Cortina Gil, E, Corvino, M, Costantini, F, Cotta Ramusino, A, Coward, D, D’Agostini, G, Dainton, J, Dalpiaz, P, Danielsson, H, De Simone, N, Di Filippo, D, Di Lella, L, Doble, N, Dobrich, B, Duval, F, Duk, V, Engelfried, J, Enik, T, Estrada-Tristan, N, Falaleev, V, Fantechi, R, Fascianelli, V, Federici, L, Fedotov, S, Filippi, A, Fiorini, M, Fry, J, Fu, J, Fucci, A, Fulton, L, Gamberini, E, Gatignon, L, Georgiev, G, Ghinescu, S, Gianoli, A, Giorgi, M, Giudici, S, Gonnella, F, Goudzovski, E, Graham, C, Guida, R, Gushchin, E, Hahn, F, Heath, H, Holzer, Eb, Husek, T, Hutanu, O, Hutchcroft, D, Iacobuzio, L, Iacopini, E, Imbergamo, E, Jenninger, B, Jerhot, J, Jones, Rw, Kampf, K, Kekelidze, V, Kholodenko, S, Khoriauli, G, Khotyantsev, A, Kleimenova, A, Korotkova, A, Koval, M, Kozhuharov, V, Kucerova, Z, Kudenko, Y, Kunze, J, Kurochka, V, Kurshetsov, V, Lanfranchi, G, Lamanna, G, Lari, E, Latino, G, Laycock, P, Lazzeroni, C, Lenti, M, Lehmann Miotto, G, Leonardi, E, Lichard, P, Litov, L, Lollini, R, Lomidze, D, Lonardo, A, Lubrano, P, Lupi, M, Lurkin, N, Madigozhin, D, Mannelli, I, Mannocchi, G, Mapelli, A, Marchetto, F, Marchevski, R, Martellotti, S, Massarotti, P, Massri, K, Maurice, E, Medvedeva, M, Mefodev, A, Menichetti, E, Migliore, E, Minucci, E, Mirra, M, Misheva, M, Molokanova, N, Moulson, M, Movchan, S, Napolitano, M, Neri, I, Newson, F, Norton, A, Noy, M, Numao, T, Obraztsov, V, Ostankov, A, Padolski, S, Page, R, Palladino, V, Parenti, A, Parkinson, C, Pedreschi, E, Pepe, M, Perrin-Terrin, M, Peruzzo, L, Petrov, P, Petrov, Y, Petrucci, F, Piandani, R, Piccini, M, Pinzino, J, Polenkevich, I, Pontisso, L, Potrebenikov, Y, Protopopescu, D, Raggi, M, Romano, A, Rubin, P, Ruggiero, G, Ryjov, V, Salamon, A, Santoni, C, Saracino, G, Sargeni, F, Schuchmann, S, Semenov, V, Sergi, A, Shaikhiev, A, Shkarovskiy, S, Soldi, D, Sugonyaev, V, Sozzi, M, Spadaro, T, Spinella, F, Sturgess, A, Swallow, J, Trilov, S, Valente, P, Velghe, B, Venditti, S, Vicini, P, Volpe, R, Vormstein, M, Wahl, H, Wanke, R, Wrona, B, Yushchenko, O, Zamkovsky, M, and Zinchenko, A

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Range (particle radiation), Large Hadron Collider, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, NA62 experiment, 01 natural sciences, Charged particle, Particle identification, Ring-imaging Cherenkov detector, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, Nuclear physics, RICH detectors, 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Kaon decays, Instrumentation, 010306 general physics
Abstract

The Ring Imaging Cherenkov detector of the NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS is a key element of particle identification in the NA62 experimental strategy. According to the NA62 requirements, the RICH identifies π + and μ + in the momentum range between 15 and 35 GeV/c with a muon rejection factor of O(10 2 ), measures the arrival time of charged particles with a precision better than 100 ps and is one of the main components of the NA62 trigger system. After the commissioning in 2014–2015, the RICH detector has been successfully operated during the 2016, 2017 and 2018 data taking periods of NA62. The main design aspects and operational characteristics of the NA62 RICH are described and results on its performance, directly measured with data, are presented.

Published
2020

15. Final performances of the NA62 RICH detector

Author

Aliberti, R, Ambrosino, F, Ammendola, R, Angelucci, B, Antonelli, A, Anzivino, G, Arcidiacono, R, Bache, T, Barbanera, M, Bernhard, J, Biagioni, A, Bician, L, Biino, C, Bizzeti, A, Blazek, T, Bloch Devaux, B, Bonaiuto, V, Boretto, M, Bragadireanu, M, Britton, D, Brizioli, F, Brunetti, Mb, Bryman, D, Bucci, F, Capussela, T, Carmignani, J, Ceccucci, A, Cenci, P, Cerny, V, Cerri, C, Checcucci, B, Conovaloff, A, Cooper, P, Cortina Gil, E, Corvino, M, Costantini, F, Cotta Ramusino, A, Coward, D, D’Agostini, G, Dainton, J, Dalpiaz, P, Danielsson, H, De Simone, N, Di Filippo, D, Di Lella, L, Doble, N, Dobrich, B, Duval, F, Duk, V, Engelfried, J, Enik, T, Estrada Tristan, N, Falaleev, V, Fantechi, R, Fascianelli, V, Federici, L, Fedotov, S, Filippi, A, Fiorini, M, Fry, J, Fu, J, Fucci, A, Fulton, L, Gamberini, E, Gatignon, L, Georgiev, G, Ghinescu, S, Gianoli, A, Giorgi, M, Giudici, S, Gonnella, F, Goudzovski, E, Graham, C, Guida, R, Gushchin, E, Hahn, F, Heath, H, Holzer, Eb, Husek, T, Hutanu, O, Hutchcroft, D, Iacobuzio, L, Iacopini, E, Imbergamo, E, Jenninger, B, Jerhot, J, Jones, Rw, Kampf, K, Kekelidze, V, Kholodenko, S, Khoriauli, G, Khotyantsev, A, Kleimenova, A, Korotkova, A, Koval, M, Kozhuharov, V, Kucerova, Z, Kudenko, Y, Kunze, J, Kurochka, V, Kurshetsov, V, Lanfranchi, G, Lamanna, G, Lari, E, Latino, G, Laycock, P, Lazzeroni, C, Lenti, M, Lehmann Miotto, G, Leonardi, E, Lichard, P, Litov, L, Lollini, R, Lomidze, D, Lonardo, A, Lubrano, P, Lupi, M, Lurkin, N, Madigozhin, D, Mannelli, I, Mannocchi, G, Mapelli, A, Marchetto, F, Marchevski, R, Martellotti, S, Massarotti, P, Massri, K, Maurice, E, Medvedeva, M, Mefodev, A, Menichetti, E, Migliore, E, Minucci, E, Mirra, M, Misheva, M, Molokanova, N, Moulson, M, Movchan, S, Napolitano, M, Neri, I, Newson, F, Norton, A, Noy, M, Numao, T, Obraztsov, V, Ostankov, A, Padolski, S, Page, R, Palladino, V, Parenti, A, Parkinson, C, Pedreschi, E, Pepe, M, Perrin Terrin, M, Peruzzo, L, Petrov, P, Petrov, Y, Petrucci, F, Piandani, R, Piccini, M, Pinzino, J, Polenkevich, I, Pontisso, L, Potrebenikov, Y, Protopopescu, D, Raggi, M, Romano, A, Rubin, P, Ruggiero, G, Ryjov, V, Salamon, A, Santoni, C, Saracino, G, Sargeni, F, Schuchmann, S, Semenov, V, Sergi, A, Shaikhiev, A, Shkarovskiy, S, Soldi, D, Sugonyaev, V, Sozzi, M, Spadaro, T, Spinella, F, Sturgess, A, Swallow, J, Trilov, S, Turisini, M, Valente, P, Velghe, B, Venditti, S, Vicini, P, Volpe, R, Vormstein, M, Wahl, H, Wanke, R, Wrona, B, Yushchenko, O, and Zinchenko, Mzaa

Subjects
Physics, Optics, business.industry, Settore FIS/04, Detector, business, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics
Published
2020

16. Recent results from the NA62 experiment

Author

Minucci, E., Aliberti, R., Ambrosino, F., Ammendola, R., Angelucci, B., Antonelli, A., Anzivino, G., Arcidiacono, R., Bache, T., Baeva, A., Baigarashev, D., Barbanera, M., Bernhard, J., Biagioni, A., Bician, L., Biino, C., Bizzeti, A., Blazek, T., Bloch-Devaux, B., Bonaiuto, V., Boretto, M., Bragadireanu, M., Britton, D., Brizioli, F., Brunetti, M. B., Bryman, D., Bucci, F., Ca-Pussela, T., Carmignani, J., Ceccucci, A., Cenci, P., Cerny, V., Cerri, C., Checcucci, B., Conovaloff, A., Cooper, P., Cortina Gil, E., Corvino, M., Costantini, F., Cotta Ramusino, A., Coward, D., D’agostini, G., Dainton, J., Dalpiaz, P., Danielsson, H., Simone, N., Di Filippo, D., Di Lella, L., Doble, N., Do-Brich, B., Duval, F., Duk, V., Emelyanov, D., Engelfried, J., Temur Enik, Estrada-Tristan, N., Falaleev, V., Fantechi, R., Fascianelli, V., Federici, L., Fedotov, S., Filippi, A., Fiorini, M., Fry, J., Fu, J., Fucci, A., Fulton, L., Gamberini, E., Gatignon, L., Georgiev, G., Ghinescu, S., Gianoli, A., Giorgi, M., Giudici, S., Gonnella, F., Goudzovski, E., Graham, C., Guida, R., Gushchin, E., Hahn, F., Heath, H., Henshaw, J., Holzer, E. B., Husek, T., Hutanu, O., Hutchcroft, D., Iacobuzio, L., Iacopini, E., Imbergamo, E., Jenninger, B., Jerhot, J., Jones, R. W., Kampf, K., Kekelidze, V., Kholodenko, S., Khoriauli, G., Khotyantsev, A., Kleimenova, A., Korotkova, A., Koval, M., Kozhuharov, V., Kucerova, Z., Kudenko, Y., Kunze, J., Kurochka, V., Kurshetsov, V., Lanfranchi, G., Lamanna, G., Lari, E., Latino, G., Laycock, P., Lazzeroni, C., Lenti, M., Miotto, G. L., Leonardi, E., Lichard, P., Litov, L., Lollini, R., Lomidze, D., Lonardo, A., Lubrano, P., Lupi, M., Lurkin, N., Madigozhin, D., Mannelli, I., Mapelli, A., Marchetto, F., Marchevski, R., Martellotti, S., Massarotti, P., Massri, K., Maurice, E., Medvedeva, M., Mefodev, A., Menichetti, E., Migliore, E., Mirra, M., Misheva, M., Molokanova, N., Moulson, M., Movchan, S., Napolitano, M., Neri, I., Newson, F., Norton, A., Noy, M., Numao, T., Obraztsov, V., Ostankov, A., Padolski, S., Page, R., Palladino, V., Parenti, A., Parkinson, C., Pedreschi, E., Pepe, M., Perrin-Terrin, M., Peruzzo, L., Petrov, P., Petrov, Y., Petrucci, F., Piandani, R., Piccini, M., Pinzino, J., Polenkevich, I., Pontisso, L., Potrebenikov, Yu, Protopopescu, D., Raggi, M., Romano, A., Rubin, P., Ruggiero, G., Ryjov, V., Salamon, A., Santoni, C., Saracino, G., Sargeni, F., Schuchmann, S., Semenov, V., Sergi, A., Shaikhiev, A., Shkarovskiy, S., Soldi, D., Sugonyaev, V., Sozzi, M., Spadaro, T., Spinella, F., Sturgess, A., Swallow, J., Trilov, S., Valente, P., Velghe, B., Venditti, S., Vicini, P., Volpe, R., Vormstein, M., Wahl, H., Wanke, R., Wrona, B., Yushchenko, O., Zamkovsky, M., and Zinchenko, A.

Subjects
Data set, Physics, Particle physics, Large Hadron Collider, Bar (music), Branching fraction, rare kaon decays, kaon physics, Settore FIS/04, High Energy Physics::Experiment, NA62 experiment, Measure (mathematics), Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The NA62 experiment at CERN SPS designed to measure the branching ratio of the ultra-rare $K^+ \rightarrow \pi^+ \nu \bar{\nu}$ decay using a decay-in-flight technique, collected data from 2016 to 2018. The analysis of the full 2018 data set is presented here, corresponding to a total number of kaon decays of about $2.62\times10^{12}$ , the largest data set so far collected. The combination with 2016-2017 data set is also reported. In addition the latest results from other searches are briefly presented.

17. Search for a feebly interacting particle X in the decay K+ → π+X

Author

L. Peruzzo, B. Bloch-Devaux, E. Imbergamo, V. Cerny, R. Fantechi, L. Di Lella, D. Emelyanov, Z. Kucerova, S. Padolski, Antonino Sergi, Yu. Potrebenikov, A. Salamon, Paul Laycock, Milena Misheva, A. Antonelli, D. Soldi, V. Palladino, A. Romano, Fausto Sargeni, K. Massri, R. W. L. Jones, M. Perrin-Terrin, D. Coward, A. Fucci, D. T. Madigozhin, L. Fulton, F. Duval, F. Brizioli, G. Khoriauli, Tommaso Spadaro, A P Ostankov, Fabrizio Petrucci, Rainer Wanke, M. Corvino, Andrea Biagioni, R. Volpe, T. Bache, B. Wrona, G. Lamanna, E. Menichetti, M. Fiorini, A. Baeva, H. D. Wahl, A. Sturgess, J. B. Dainton, Evgueni Goudzovski, J. Fu, Mauro Raggi, G. Lanfranchi, P. F. Dalpiaz, R. Marchevski, E. Gamberini, L. Gatignon, Leander Litov, M. Koval, J. Swallow, E. Cortina Gil, M. Vormstein, M. Piccini, Jürgen Engelfried, N. Doble, Vladimir Kekelidze, Matteo Lupi, V. Fascianelli, P. Rubin, Yu.A. Kudenko, H. O. Danielsson, Jacopo Pinzino, G. Lehmann Miotto, V. Obraztsov, C. Graham, V. Falaleev, A. Conovaloff, T. Numao, Paolo Valente, D. Protopopescu, A. Mefodev, E. Minucci, N. A. Molokanova, Babette Döbrich, Luca Pontisso, E. Iacopini, Nicolas Lurkin, M. B. Brunetti, V. E. Semenov, I. Mannelli, M. Napolitano, C. J. Parkinson, R. Piandani, L. Federici, V. Kozhuharov, N. Estrada-Tristan, M. Zamkovsky, Dave Britton, Georgi P. Georgiev, Viacheslav Duk, S. Martellotti, J. Jerhot, P. Petrov, B. Angelucci, L. Iacobuzio, E. B. Holzer, V. Sugonyaev, A. Ceccucci, Roberto Ammendola, A. M. Bragadireanu, Andrea Bizzeti, C. Cerri, A. Korotkova, Paolo Massarotti, M. Moulson, S. Trilov, Johannes Bernhard, V. Kurochka, A. Parenti, F. Spinella, D. Baigarashev, Claudio Santoni, A. Filippi, A. I. Zinchenko, Helen F Heath, R. Aliberti, R. Lollini, A. Norton, S. Schuchmann, E. Lari, Karol Kampf, A. Khotyantsev, Ernesto Migliore, S. Venditti, A. Shaikhiev, R. Page, T. Husek, J. Kunze, F. Hahn, S. Ghinescu, T. Capussela, A. Gianoli, B. Velghe, J. Carmignani, Francesco Gonnella, Tomas Blazek, A. Cotta Ramusino, D. Lomidze, D. E. Hutchcroft, Roberto Guida, O. Yushchenko, V. Kurshetsov, S. Kholodenko, B. Checcucci, P. Cooper, B. Jenninger, G. Latino, J. R. Fry, F. Bucci, Mario Giorgi, D. Di Filippo, P. Cenci, L. Bician, Roberta Arcidiacono, E. Gushchin, E. Pedreschi, M. Mirra, Matthew Noy, G. D'Agostini, M. Pepe, O. Hutanu, M. Lenti, F. Newson, S. Shkarovskiy, F. Marchetto, Piero Vicini, P. Lichard, A. Kleimenova, S. Movchan, C. Lazzeroni, F. Ambrosino, Emilio Leonardi, I. Polenkevich, M. Medvedeva, Giuseppe Ruggiero, F. Costantini, M. Boretto, M. Sozzi, Ilaria Neri, P. Lubrano, Vincenzo Bonaiuto, T. Enik, Douglas Bryman, Sergei Fedotov, N. De Simone, Vladimir Ryjov, G. Saracino, A. Mapelli, G. Anzivino, S. Giudici, E. Maurice, Alessandro Lonardo, Cristina Biino, Mattia Barbanera, Cortina Gil, E., Kleimenova, A., Minucci, E., Padolski, S., Petrov, P., Shaikhiev, A., Volpe, R., Numao, T., Velghe, B., Bryman, D., Fu, J., Husek, T., Jerhot, J., Kampf, K., Zamkovsky, M., Aliberti, R., Khoriauli, G., Kunze, J., Lomidze, D., Marchevski, R., Peruzzo, L., Vormstein, M., Wanke, R., Dalpiaz, P., Fiorini, M., Neri, I., Norton, A., Petrucci, F., Wahl, H., Cotta Ramusino, A., Gianoli, A., Iacopini, E., Latino, G., Lenti, M., Parenti, A., Bizzeti, A., Bucci, F., Antonelli, A., Georgiev, G., Kozhuharov, V., Lanfranchi, G., Martellotti, S., Moulson, M., Spadaro, T., Ambrosino, F., Capussela, T., Corvino, M., Di Filippo, D., Massarotti, P., Mirra, M., Napolitano, M., Saracino, G., Anzivino, G., Brizioli, F., Imbergamo, E., Lollini, R., Piandani, R., Santoni, C., Barbanera, M., Cenci, P., Checcucci, B., Lubrano, P., Lupi, M., Pepe, M., Piccini, M., Costantini, F., Di Lella, L., Doble, N., Giorgi, M., Giudici, S., Lamanna, G., Lari, E., Pedreschi, E., Sozzi, M., Cerri, C., Fantechi, R., Pontisso, L., Spinella, F., Mannelli, I., D???agostini, G., Raggi, M., Biagioni, A., Leonardi, E., Lonardo, A., Valente, P., Vicini, P., Ammendola, R., Bonaiuto, V., Fucci, A., Salamon, A., Sargeni, F., Arcidiacono, R., Bloch-Devaux, B., Boretto, M., Menichetti, E., Migliore, E., Soldi, D., Biino, C., Filippi, A., Marchetto, F., Engelfried, J., Estrada-Tristan, N., Bragadireanu, A. M., Ghinescu, S. A., Hutanu, O. E., Baeva, A., Baigarashev, D., Emelyanov, D., Enik, T., Falaleev, V., Kekelidze, V., Korotkova, A., Litov, L., Madigozhin, D., Misheva, M., Molokanova, N., Movchan, S., Polenkevich, I., Potrebenikov, Yu., Shkarovskiy, S., Zinchenko, A., Fedotov, S., Gushchin, E., Khotyantsev, A., Kudenko, Y., Kurochka, V., Medvedeva, M., Mefodev, A., Kholodenko, S., Kurshetsov, V., Obraztsov, V., Ostankov, A., Semenov, V., Sugonyaev, V., Yushchenko, O., Bician, L., Blazek, T., Cerny, V., Kucerova, Z., Bernhard, J., Ceccucci, A., Danielsson, H., De Simone, N., Duval, F., D??brich, B., Federici, L., Gamberini, E., Gatignon, L., Guida, R., Hahn, F., Holzer, E. B., Jenninger, B., Koval, M., Laycock, P., Lehmann Miotto, G., Lichard, P., Mapelli, A., Massri, K., Noy, M., Palladino, V., Perrin-Terrin, M., Pinzino, J., Ryjov, V., Schuchmann, S., Venditti, S., Bache, T., Brunetti, M. B., Duk, V., Fascianelli, V., Fry, J. R., Gonnella, F., Goudzovski, E., Iacobuzio, L., Lazzeroni, C., Lurkin, N., Newson, F., Parkinson, C., Romano, A., Sergi, A., Sturgess, A., Swallow, J., Heath, H., Page, R., Trilov, S., Angelucci, B., Britton, D., Graham, C., Protopopescu, D., Carmignani, J., Dainton, J. B., Jones, R. W. L., Ruggiero, G., Fulton, L., Hutchcroft, D., Maurice, E., Wrona, B., Conovaloff, A., Cooper, P., Coward, D., and Rubin, P.

Subjects
Exotics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics beyond the Standard Model, Dark matter, NA62 experiment, 01 natural sciences, 0103 physical sciences, lcsh:Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, ddc:530, 010306 general physics, Physics, Range (particle radiation), Large Hadron Collider, kaon decays, hep-ex, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Branching fraction, Settore FIS/04, Fixed target experiments, Beyond Standard Model, lcsh:QC770-798, Particle, Atomic physics, Particle Physics - Experiment, Order of magnitude
Abstract

A search for the $K^+ \to \pi^+ X$ decay, where $X$ is a long-lived feebly interacting particle, is performed through an interpretation of the $K^+ \to \pi^+ \nu \bar\nu$ analysis of data collected in 2017 by the NA62 experiment at CERN. Two ranges of $X$ masses, $0-110$ MeV/$c^2$ and $154-260$ MeV/$c^2$, and lifetimes above 100 ps are considered. The limits set on the branching ratio, BR($K^+ \to \pi^+ X$), are competitive with previously reported searches in the first mass range, and improve on current limits in the second mass range by more than an order of magnitude. A search for the K$^{+}$ → π$^{+}$X decay, where X is a long-lived feebly interacting particle, is performed through an interpretation of the K$^{+}$ → $ {\pi}^{+}\nu \overline{\nu} $ analysis of data collected in 2017 by the NA62 experiment at CERN. Two ranges of X masses, 0–110 MeV/c$^{2}$ and 154–260 MeV/c$^{2}$, and lifetimes above 100 ps are considered. The limits set on the branching ratio, BR(K$^{+}$ → π$^{+}$X), are competitive with previously reported searches in the first mass range, and improve on current limits in the second mass range by more than an order of magnitude. A search for the $K^{+}\rightarrow\pi^{+}X$ decay, where $X$ is a long-lived feebly interacting particle, is performed through an interpretation of the $K^{+}\rightarrow\pi^{+}\nu\bar{\nu}$ analysis of data collected in 2017 by the NA62 experiment at CERN. Two ranges of $X$ masses, $0$-$110\,\text{MeV}/c^{2}$ and $154$-$260\,\text{MeV}/c^{2}$, and lifetimes above $100\,\text{ps}$ are considered. The limits set on the branching ratio, $\text{BR}(K^{+}\rightarrow\pi^{+}X)$, are competitive with previously reported searches in the first mass range, and improve on current limits in the second mass range by more than an order of magnitude.

Published
2021

18. Search for π0 decays to invisible particles

Author

V. Palladino, A. Fucci, M. Boretto, J. Fu, L. Gatignon, E. Cortina Gil, Mattia Barbanera, S. Martellotti, Paul Laycock, B. Angelucci, L. Iacobuzio, E. B. Holzer, M. Sozzi, Mauro Piccini, M. Corvino, T. Bache, Paolo Massarotti, A. Mefodev, S. Venditti, A. Shaikhiev, E. Lari, J. Swallow, H. O. Danielsson, I. Mannelli, P. Rubin, Ilaria Neri, M. Vormstein, N. Estrada-Tristan, Vincenzo Bonaiuto, L. Peruzzo, B. Bloch-Devaux, F. Hahn, D. E. Hutchcroft, T. Enik, Douglas Bryman, O. Yushchenko, Sergei Fedotov, Claudio Santoni, Luca Pontisso, B. Velghe, J. Carmignani, A. Filippi, E. Iacopini, A. I. Zinchenko, S. Movchan, C. Lazzeroni, F. Ambrosino, Francesco Gonnella, Tomas Blazek, S. Ghinescu, P. Lubrano, Vladimir Ryjov, L. Federici, G. Lanfranchi, A. Conovaloff, A. Cotta Ramusino, T. Capussela, V. Cerny, A. Gianoli, V. Kurshetsov, V. Obraztsov, A. Mapelli, L. Di Lella, S. Kholodenko, D. Protopopescu, Roberto Guida, Nicolas Lurkin, M. B. Brunetti, Evgueni Goudzovski, Georgi P. Georgiev, Viacheslav Duk, R. Fantechi, V. E. Semenov, S. Giudici, S. Padolski, E. Imbergamo, Rainer Wanke, M. Perrin-Terrin, Johannes Bernhard, Z. Kucerova, Tommaso Spadaro, Roberto Ammendola, A. Parenti, P. Cooper, Vladimir Kekelidze, N. De Simone, F. Spinella, D. T. Madigozhin, D. Soldi, R. Lollini, A. Korotkova, B. Jenninger, J. R. Fry, Matteo Lupi, Ernesto Migliore, K. Massri, A. Salamon, E. Maurice, P. F. Dalpiaz, R. Marchevski, B. Wrona, Andrea Biagioni, R. Volpe, Alessandro Lonardo, E. Gamberini, F. Brizioli, M. Fiorini, Mario Giorgi, D. Di Filippo, P. Petrov, L. Fulton, F. Duval, V. Sugonyaev, E. Minucci, M. Lenti, Mauro Raggi, A. Khotyantsev, F. Bucci, Milena Misheva, R. Aliberti, A. Norton, A. Antonelli, T. Husek, G. Saracino, A. Baeva, J. Jerhot, Cristina Biino, Yu.A. Kudenko, Jürgen Engelfried, N. Doble, G. Anzivino, G. Lamanna, J. Kunze, V. Fascianelli, A. Kleimenova, Antonino Sergi, A. Sturgess, J. B. Dainton, G. Lehmann Miotto, C. Graham, V. Falaleev, D. Emelyanov, Babette Döbrich, C. J. Parkinson, V. Kozhuharov, M. Zamkovsky, R. W. L. Jones, Helen F Heath, Yu. Potrebenikov, Giuseppe Latino, D. Coward, R. Page, C. Cerri, S. Trilov, F. Newson, S. Shkarovskiy, G. Khoriauli, M. Medvedeva, Giuseppe Ruggiero, D. Lomidze, E. Menichetti, F. Costantini, Emilio Leonardi, I. Polenkevich, Jacopo Pinzino, L. Bician, Roberta Arcidiacono, E. Gushchin, P. Cenci, E. Pedreschi, M. Mirra, A. M. Bragadireanu, A. Romano, Fausto Sargeni, M. Moulson, D. Baigarashev, Karol Kampf, Fabrizio Petrucci, Leander Litov, A P Ostankov, Matthew Noy, M. Koval, H. D. Wahl, G. D'Agostini, N. A. Molokanova, M. Pepe, M. Napolitano, O. Hutanu, F. Marchetto, Piero Vicini, P. Lichard, T. Numao, Paolo Valente, R. Piandani, Dave Britton, A. Ceccucci, B. Checcucci, Andrea Bizzeti, V. Kurochka, S. Schuchmann, Cortina Gil, E., Kleimenova, A., Minucci, E., Padolski, S., Petrov, P., Shaikhiev, A., Volpe, R., Numao, T., Velghe, B., Bryman, D., Fu, J., Husek, T., Jerhot, J., Kampf, K., Zamkovsky, M., Aliberti, R., Khoriauli, G., Kunze, J., Lomidze, D., Marchevski, R., Peruzzo, L., Vormstein, M., Wanke, R., Dalpiaz, P., Fiorini, M., Neri, I., Norton, A., Petrucci, F., Wahl, H., Cotta Ramusino, A., Gianoli, A., Iacopini, E., Latino, G., Lenti, M., Parenti, A., Bizzeti, A., Bucci, F., Antonelli, A., Georgiev, G., Kozhuharov, V., Lanfranchi, G., Martellotti, S., Moulson, M., Spadaro, T., Ambrosino, F., Capussela, T., Corvino, M., Di Filippo, D., Massarotti, P., Mirra, M., Napolitano, M., Saracino, G., Anzivino, G., Brizioli, F., Imbergamo, E., Lollini, R., Piandani, R., Santoni, C., Barbanera, M., Cenci, P., Checcucci, B., Lubrano, P., Lupi, M., Pepe, M., Piccini, M., Costantini, F., Di Lella, L., Doble, N., Giorgi, M., Giudici, S., Lamanna, G., Lari, E., Pedreschi, E., Sozzi, M., Cerri, C., Fantechi, R., Pontisso, L., Spinella, F., Mannelli, I., D???agostini, G., Raggi, M., Biagioni, A., Leonardi, E., Lonardo, A., Valente, P., Vicini, P., Ammendola, R., Bonaiuto, V., Fucci, A., Salamon, A., Sargeni, F., Arcidiacono, R., Bloch-Devaux, B., Boretto, M., Menichetti, E., Migliore, E., Soldi, D., Biino, C., Filippi, A., Marchetto, F., Engelfried, J., Estrada-Tristan, N., Bragadireanu, A. M., Ghinescu, S. A., Hutanu, O. E., Baeva, A., Baigarashev, D., Emelyanov, D., Enik, T., Falaleev, V., Kekelidze, V., Korotkova, A., Litov, L., Madigozhin, D., Misheva, M., Molokanova, N., Movchan, S., Polenkevich, I., Potrebenikov, Y., Shkarovskiy, S., Zinchenko, A., Fedotov, S., Gushchin, E., Khotyantsev, A., Kudenko, Y., Kurochka, V., Medvedeva, M., Mefodev, A., Kholodenko, S., Kurshetsov, V., Obraztsov, V., Ostankov, A., Semenov, V., Sugonyaev, V., Yushchenko, O., Bician, L., Blazek, T., Cerny, V., Kucerova, Z., Bernhard, J., Ceccucci, A., Danielsson, H., De Simone, N., Duval, F., D??brich, B., Federici, L., Gamberini, E., Gatignon, L., Guida, R., Hahn, F., Holzer, E. B., Jenninger, B., Koval, M., Laycock, P., Lehmann Miotto, G., Lichard, P., Mapelli, A., Massri, K., Noy, M., Palladino, V., Perrin-Terrin, M., Pinzino, J., Ryjov, V., Schuchmann, S., Venditti, S., Bache, T., Brunetti, M. B., Duk, V., Fascianelli, V., Fry, J. R., Gonnella, F., Goudzovski, E., Iacobuzio, L., Lazzeroni, C., Lurkin, N., Newson, F., Parkinson, C., Romano, A., Sergi, A., Sturgess, A., Swallow, J., Heath, H., Page, R., Trilov, S., Angelucci, B., Britton, D., Graham, C., Protopopescu, D., Carmignani, J., Dainton, J. B., Jones, R. W. L., Ruggiero, G., Fulton, L., Hutchcroft, D., Maurice, E., Wrona, B., Conovaloff, A., Cooper, P., Coward, D., and Rubin, P.

Subjects
Exotics, branching ratio: upper limit [pi0], Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Meson, NA62 experiment, 01 natural sciences, NA62, Standard Model, High Energy Physics - Experiment, 0103 physical sciences, mixing, ddc:530, fluctuation [background], pi0: branching ratio: upper limit, K: branching ratio, 010306 general physics, invisible decay [pi0], Physics, lifetime, Range (particle radiation), Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Branching fraction, Settore FIS/04, branching ratio [K], pi0: invisible decay, Fermion, CERN SPS, hidden sector, Fixed target experiments, Rare decay, coupling [fermion], Beyond Standard Model, Higgs boson, axion-like particles, background: fluctuation, High Energy Physics::Experiment, fermion: coupling, Particle Physics - Experiment, experimental results
Abstract

Journal of high energy physics 02(2), 201 (2021). doi:10.1007/JHEP02(2021)201, The NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS reports a study of a sample of $4 \times10^{9}$ tagged $\pi^0$ mesons from $K^+ \to \pi^+ \pi^0 (\gamma)$, searching for the decay of the $\pi^0$ to invisible particles. No signal is observed in excess of the expected background fluctuations. An upper limit of $4.4 \times10^{-9}$ is set on the branching ratio at 90% confidence level, improving on previous results by a factor of 60. This result can also be interpreted as a model-independent upper limit on the branching ratio for the decay $K^+ \to \pi^+ X$, where $X$ is a particle escaping detection with mass in the range 0.110-0.155 GeV$/c^2$ and rest lifetime greater than 100 ps. Model-dependent upper limits are obtained assuming $X$ to be an axion-like particle with dominant fermion couplings or a dark scalar mixing with the Standard Model Higgs boson., Published by SISSA, [Trieste]

Published
2021

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