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1. First search for K+ → π0πμe decays

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

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

The first search for the lepton number violating decay K+→π0π−μ+e+ and lepton flavour violating decays K+→π0π+μ−e+, K+→π0π+μ+e− has been performed using a dataset collected by the NA62 experiment at CERN in 2016–2018. Upper limits of 2.9×10−10, 3.1×10−10 and 5.0×10−10, respectively, are obtained at 90% CL for the branching ratios of the three decays on the assumption of uniform phase-space distributions.

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2024
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2. Measurement of the K+ → π+γγ decay

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

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

A sample of 3984 candidates of the K+→π+γγ decay, with an estimated background of 291±14 events, was collected by the NA62 experiment at CERN during 2017–2018. In order to describe the observed di-photon mass spectrum, the next-to-leading order contribution in chiral perturbation theory was found to be necessary. The decay branching ratio in the full kinematic range is measured to be (9.61±0.17)×10−7. The first search for production and prompt decay of an axion-like particle with gluon coupling in the process K+→π+a, a→γγ is also reported.

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2024
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3. Improved calorimetric particle identification in NA62 using machine learning techniques

Author

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

Subjects
Fixed Target Experiments, Branching fraction, Rare Decay, Flavour Physics, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract Measurement of the ultra-rare K + → π + ν ν ¯ $$ {K}^{+}\to {\pi}^{+}\nu \overline{\nu} $$ decay at the NA62 experiment at CERN requires high-performance particle identification to distinguish muons from pions. Calorimetric identification currently in use, based on a boosted decision tree algorithm, achieves a muon misidentification probability of 1.2 × 10 −5 for a pion identification efficiency of 75% in the momentum range of 15–40 GeV/c. In this work, calorimetric identification performance is improved by developing an algorithm based on a convolutional neural network classifier augmented by a filter. Muon misidentification probability is reduced by a factor of six with respect to the current value for a fixed pion-identification efficiency of 75%. Alternatively, pion identification efficiency is improved from 72% to 91% for a fixed muon misidentification probability of 10 −5.

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2023
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4. A study of the K + → π 0 e + νγ decay

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

Subjects
Branching fraction, Electroweak Interaction, Fixed Target Experiments, Flavour Physics, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract A sample of 1.3 × 105 K + → π 0 e + νγ candidates with less than 1% background was collected by the NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS in 2017–2018. Branching fraction measurements are obtained at percent relative precision in three restricted kinematic regions, improving on existing results by a factor larger than two. An asymmetry, possibly related to T-violation, is investigated with no evidence observed within the achieved precision.

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2023
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5. Search for dark photon decays to μ + μ − at NA62

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The NA62 collaboration, E. Cortina Gil, J. Jerhot, A. Kleimenova, N. Lurkin, M. Zamkovsky, T. Numao, B. Velghe, V. W. S. Wong, D. Bryman, Z. Hives, T. Husek, K. Kampf, M. Koval, B. De Martino, M. Perrin-Terrin, A. T. Akmete, R. Aliberti, L. Di Lella, N. Doble, L. Peruzzo, S. Schuchmann, H. Wahl, R. Wanke, P. Dalpiaz, A. Mazzolari, I. Neri, F. Petrucci, M. Soldani, L. Bandiera, A. Cotta Ramusino, A. Gianoli, M. Romagnoni, A. Sytov, M. Lenti, P. Lo Chiatto, R. Marchevski, I. Panichi, G. Ruggiero, A. Bizzeti, F. Bucci, A. Antonelli, V. Kozhuharov, G. Lanfranchi, S. Martellotti, M. Moulson, T. Spadaro, G. Tinti, F. Ambrosino, M. D’Errico, R. Fiorenza, R. Giordano, P. Massarotti, M. Mirra, M. Napolitano, I. Rosa, G. Saracino, G. Anzivino, F. Brizioli, P. Cenci, V. Duk, R. Lollini, P. Lubrano, M. Pepe, M. Piccini, F. Costantini, M. Giorgi, S. Giudici, G. Lamanna, E. Lari, E. Pedreschi, J. Pinzino, M. Sozzi, R. Fantechi, F. Spinella, I. Mannelli, M. Raggi, A. Biagioni, P. Cretaro, O. Frezza, A. Lonardo, M. Turisini, P. Vicini, R. Ammendola, V. Bonaiuto, A. Fucci, A. Salamon, F. Sargeni, R. Arcidiacono, B. Bloch-Devaux, E. Menichetti, E. Migliore, C. Biino, A. Filippi, F. Marchetto, D. Soldi, A. Briano Olvera, J. Engelfried, N. Estrada-Tristan, R. Piandani, M. A. Reyes Santos, P. Boboc, A. M. Bragadireanu, S. A. Ghinescu, O. E. Hutanu, T. Blazek, V. Cerny, Z. Kucerova, R. Volpe, J. Bernhard, L. Bician, M. Boretto, A. Ceccucci, M. Ceoletta, M. Corvino, H. Danielsson, F. Duval, B. Döbrich, L. Federici, E. Gamberini, R. Guida, E. B. Holzer, B. Jenninger, G. Lehmann Miotto, P. Lichard, K. Massri, E. Minucci, M. Noy, V. Ryjov, J. Swallow, J. R. Fry, F. Gonnella, E. Goudzovski, J. Henshaw, C. Kenworthy, C. Lazzeroni, C. Parkinson, A. Romano, J. Sanders, A. Sergi, A. Shaikhiev, A. Tomczak, H. Heath, D. Britton, A. Norton, D. Protopopescu, J. B. Dainton, L. Gatignon, R. W. L. Jones, P. Cooper, D. Coward, P. Rubin, A. Baeva, D. Baigarashev, D. Emelyanov, T. Enik, V. Falaleev, S. Fedotov, K. Gorshanov, E. Gushchin, V. Kekelidze, D. Kereibay, S. Kholodenko, A. Khotyantsev, A. Korotkova, Y. Kudenko, V. Kurochka, V. Kurshetsov, L. Litov, D. Madigozhin, A. Mefodev, M. Misheva, N. Molokanova, V. Obraztsov, A. Okhotnikov, I. Polenkevich, Yu. Potrebenikov, A. Sadovskiy, S. Shkarovskiy, V. Sugonyaev, and O. Yushchenko

Subjects
Beyond Standard Model, Exotics, Fixed Target Experiments, Dark Matter, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract The NA62 experiment at CERN, designed to study the ultra-rare decay K + → π + ν ν ¯ $$ \nu \overline{\nu} $$ , has also collected data in beam-dump mode. In this configuration, dark photons may be produced by protons dumped on an absorber and reach a decay volume beginning 80 m downstream. A search for dark photons decaying in flight to μ + μ − pairs is reported, based on a sample of 1.4 × 1017 protons on dump collected in 2021. No evidence for a dark photon signal is observed. A region of the parameter space is excluded at 90% CL, improving on previous experimental limits for dark photon masses between 215 and 550 MeV/c 2.

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2023
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6. Addendum to: A measurement of the K + → π + μ + μ − decay

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

Subjects
Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
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2023
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7. Performance of the NA62 trigger system

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

Subjects
Fixed Target Experiments, Flavour Physics, Flavour Changing Neutral Currents, Rare Decay, Trigger, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract The NA62 experiment at CERN targets the measurement of the ultra-rare K + → π + ν ν ¯ $$ {K}^{+}\to {\pi}^{+}\nu \overline{\nu} $$ decay, and carries out a broad physics programme that includes probes for symmetry violations and searches for exotic particles. Data were collected in 2016–2018 using a multi-level trigger system, which is described highlighting performance studies based on 2018 data.

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2023
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8. Search for K+ decays into the π+e+e−e+e− final state

Author

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

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

The first search for ultra-rare K+ decays into the π+e+e−e+e− final state is reported, using a dataset collected by the NA62 experiment at CERN in 2017–2018. An upper limit of 1.4×10−8 at 90% CL is obtained for the branching ratio of the K+→π+e+e−e+e− decay, predicted in the Standard Model to be (7.2±0.7)×10−11. Upper limits at 90% CL are obtained at the level of 10−9 for the branching ratios of two prompt decay chains involving pair-production of hidden-sector mediators: K+→π+aa, a→e+e− and K+→π+S, S→A′A′, A′→e+e−.

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2023
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9. A measurement of the K + → π + μ + μ − decay

Author

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

Subjects
Branching fraction, Fixed Target Experiments, Flavour Changing Neutral Currents, Rare Decay, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract A sample of 2.8 × 104 K + → π + μ + μ − candidates with negligible background was collected by the NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS in 2017–2018. The model-independent branching fraction is measured to be (9.15 ± 0.08) × 10 −8, a factor three more precise than previous measurements. The decay form factor is presented as a function of the squared dimuon mass. A measurement of the form factor parameters and their uncertainties is performed using a description based on Chiral Perturbation Theory at O $$ \mathcal{O} $$ (p 6).

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2022
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10. A search for the K+ → μ−νe+e+ decay

Author

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

Subjects
Kaon decays, Lepton number violation, Lepton flavour violation, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

A search for the K+→μ−νe+e+ decay, forbidden within the Standard Model by either lepton number or lepton flavour conservation depending on the flavour of the emitted neutrino, has been performed using the dataset collected by the NA62 experiment at CERN in 2016–2018. An upper limit of 8.1×10−11 is obtained for the decay branching fraction at 90% CL, improving by a factor of 250 over the previous search.

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2023
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11. Measurement of the very rare K + → π + ν ν ¯ $$ {\pi}^{+}\nu \overline{\nu} $$ decay

Author

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

Subjects
FCNC Interaction, Flavour Changing Neutral Currents, Rare decay, Fixed target experiments, Flavor physics, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract The NA62 experiment reports the branching ratio measurement BR K + → π + ν ν ¯ = 10.6 − 3.4 + 4.0 stat ± 0.9 syst × 10 − 11 $$ \mathrm{BR}\left({K}^{+}\to {\pi}^{+}\nu \overline{\nu}\right)=\left({10.6}_{-3.4}^{+4.0}\left|{}_{\mathrm{stat}}\right.\pm {0.9}_{\mathrm{syst}}\right)\times {10}^{-11} $$ at 68% CL, based on the observation of 20 signal candidates with an expected background of 7.0 events from the total data sample collected at the CERN SPS during 2016–2018. This provides evidence for the very rare K + → π + ν ν ¯ $$ {\pi}^{+}\nu \overline{\nu} $$ decay, observed with a significance of 3.4σ. The experiment achieves a single event sensitivity of (0.839 ± 0.054) × 10 −11, corresponding to 10.0 events assuming the Standard Model branching ratio of (8.4 ± 1.0) × 10 −11. This measurement is also used to set limits on BR(K + → π + X), where X is a scalar or pseudo-scalar particle. Details are given of the analysis of the 2018 data sample, which corresponds to about 80% of the total data sample.

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2021
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12. Searches for lepton number violating K+ → π−(π0)e+e+ decays

Author

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

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Searches for lepton number violating K+→π−e+e+ and K+→π−π0e+e+ decays have been performed using the complete dataset collected by the NA62 experiment at CERN in 2016–2018. Upper limits of 5.3×10−11 and 8.5×10−10 are obtained on the decay branching fractions at 90% confidence level. The former result improves by a factor of four over the previous best limit, while the latter result represents the first limit on the K+→π−π0e+e+ decay rate.

Published
2022
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13. Search for a feebly interacting particle X in the decay K + → π + X

Author

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

Subjects
Beyond Standard Model, Exotics, Fixed target experiments, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract 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 + → π + ν ν ¯ $$ {\pi}^{+}\nu \overline{\nu} $$ 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.

Published
2021
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14. An investigation of the very rare K + → π + ν ν ¯ $$ {K}^{+}\to {\pi}^{+}\nu \overline{\nu} $$ decay

Author

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

Subjects
Fixed target experiments, Flavor physics, Flavour Changing Neutral Currents, Rare decay, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract The NA62 experiment reports an investigation of the K + → π + ν ν ¯ $$ {K}^{+}\to {\pi}^{+}\nu \overline{\nu} $$ mode from a sample of K + decays collected in 2017 at the CERN SPS. The experiment has achieved a single event sensitivity of (0.389 ± 0.024) × 10 −10, corresponding to 2.2 events assuming the Standard Model branching ratio of (8.4 ± 1.0) × 10 −11. Two signal candidates are observed with an expected background of 1.5 events. Combined with the result of a similar analysis conducted by NA62 on a smaller data set recorded in 2016, the collaboration now reports an upper limit of 1.78 × 10 −10 for the K + → π + ν ν ¯ $$ {K}^{+}\to {\pi}^{+}\nu \overline{\nu} $$ branching ratio at 90% CL. This, together with the corresponding 68% CL measurement of ( 0.48 − 0.48 + 0.72 $$ {0.48}_{-0.48}^{+0.72} $$ ) × 10 −10, are currently the most precise results worldwide, and are able to constrain some New Physics models that predict large enhancements still allowed by previous measurements.

Published
2020
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15. Search for production of an invisible dark photon in π 0 decays

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

Subjects
Beyond Standard Model, Exotics, Fixed target experiments, Rare decay, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract The results of a search for π 0 decays to a photon and an invisible massive dark photon at the NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS are reported. From a total of 4.12 × 108 tagged π 0 mesons, no signal is observed. Assuming a kinetic-mixing interaction, limits are set on the dark photon coupling to the ordinary photon as a function of the dark photon mass, improving on previous searches in the mass range 60–110 MeV/c 2. The present results are interpreted in terms of an upper limit of the branching ratio of the electro-weak decay π 0 → γ ν ν ¯ $$ {\pi}^0\to \gamma \nu \overline{\nu} $$ , improving the current limit by more than three orders of magnitude.

Published
2019
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16. First search for K+→π+νν¯ using the decay-in-flight technique

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

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
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.

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2019
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17. Search for K+ decays to a muon and invisible particles

Author

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

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

The NA62 experiment at CERN reports searches for K+→μ+N and K+→μ+νX 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(10−8) of the neutrino mixing parameter |Uμ4|2 for N masses in the range 200–384 MeV/c2 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/c2 are reported for the first time, ranging from O(10−5) to O(10−7). An improved upper limit of 1.0×10−6 is established at 90% CL on the K+→μ+ννν¯ branching fraction.

Published
2021
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18. Search for heavy neutral lepton production in K+ decays to positrons

Author

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

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

A search for heavy neutral lepton (N) production in K+→e+N decays using the data sample collected by the NA62 experiment at CERN in 2017–2018 is reported. Upper limits of the extended neutrino mixing matrix element |Ue4|2 are established at the level of 10−9 over most of the accessible heavy neutral lepton mass range 144–462 MeV/c2, with the assumption that the lifetime exceeds 50 ns. These limits improve significantly upon those of previous production and decay searches. The |Ue4|2 range favoured by Big Bang Nucleosynthesis is excluded up to a mass of about 340 MeV/c2.

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2020
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19. Searches for lepton number violating K+ decays

Author

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

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

The NA62 experiment at CERN reports a search for the lepton number violating decays K+→π−e+e+ and K+→π−μ+μ+ using a data sample collected in 2017. No signals are observed, and upper limits on the branching fractions of these decays of 2.2×10−10 and 4.2×10−11 are obtained, respectively, at 90% confidence level. These upper limits improve on previously reported measurements by factors of 3 and 2, respectively.

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2019
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20. Effects of an immune challenge on the thermal preferences of adult and newborn Liolaemus lizards from Patagonia, Argentina

Author

FERNANDO DURAN, JORGELINA M. BORETTO, LEANDRO A. BECKER, and NORA R. IBARGÜENGOYTÍA

Subjects
immune challenge, thermoregulation, Multidisciplinary, lipopolysaccharide, Liolaemus kingii, body condition
Abstract

Body temperature has relevant effects on the immune response. Here, we characterized the thermal biology and health condition of the viviparous lizard Liolaemus kingii from Patagonia (Argentina), by studying field body temperatures, presence of injuries or ectoparasites, body condition (BC), and individual immune response capacity with the phytohemagglutinin (PHA) skin-swelling assay. In addition, we analyzed the effects of injections of a bacterial endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide; LPS) on the preferred temperature (Tp) and BC of adult males and newborns. The PHA treatment caused detectable thickening at 2 and 20 hours post-assay in males, indicating a significant immune response related to an increase in cellular activity. LPS-challenged lizards thermoregulated accurately and at stable body temperatures within the 50% interquartile of Tp (Tset) over the 72-hour period while the control group showed a more variable and lower Tp. Exposure to LPS negatively affected the BC of newborns, whereas it did not affect the BC of adult males. LPS challenges, used as a proxy of pathogen exposures to study lizard behavioral thermoregulation, constitute a practical approach to assess the immunological constraints lizards from high-latitude regions may face due to global warming and anthropogenic disturbances.

Published
2023
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21. A search for the K+ -> mu- nu e+ e+ decay

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

Published
2023

22. Measurement of the very rare K+→π+νν ̄decay at the NA62 experiment at CERN

Author

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

Subjects
Settore FIS/04
Published
2022

23. Measurement of the very rare $K^+ \to \pi^+ \nu \bar\nu$ decay

Author

Michal Zamkovský, Riccardo Aliberti, F. Ambrosino, Roberto Ammendola, Bruno ANGELUCCI, A. Antonelli, G Anzivino, Roberta Arcidiacono, T. Bache, Aigul Baeva, D. Baigarashev, M. Barbanera, J. Bernhard, A. Biagioni, Lubos Bician, Cristina Biino, Andrea Bizzeti, T. Blazek, Brigitte BlochDevaux, V. Bonaiuto, M. Boretto, M. Bragadireanu, D. Britton, Francesco Brizioli, M.B. Brunetti, D. Bryman, Francesca Bucci, Tiziana Capussela, J. Carmignani, Augusto Ceccucci, P. Cenci, V. Cerny, C. Cerri, B. Checcucci, A. Conovaloff, P. Cooper, Eduardo Cortina Gil, M. Corvino, F. Costantini, Angelo Cotta Ramusino, A. Coward, G. D’Agostini, John Dainton, P. Dalpiaz, Hans Danielsson, N. De Simone, D. Di Filippo, Luigi Di Lella, Niels Doble, Babette Dobrich, F. Duval, V. Duk, D. Emelyanov, Jurgen Engelfried, T. Enik, Nora Estrada-Tristan, Valeri Falaleev, R. Fantechi, V. Fascianelli, Luca Federici, S. Fedotov, Alessandra Filippi, Massimiliano Fiorini, J. Fry, J. Fu, Adolfo Fucci, L. Fulton, Enrico Gamberini, Lau Gatignon, G. Georgiev, S. Ghinescu, Alberto Gianoli, M. Giorgi, Sergio Giudici, Francesco Gonnella, Evgueni Goudzovski, C. Graham, Roberto Guida, Evgeny Gushchin, F. Hahn, H. Heath, J. Henshaw, E.B. Holzer, Tomas Husek, O. Hutanu, D. Hutchcroft, L. Iacobuzio, Enrico Iacopini, Ermanno Imbergamo, B. Jenninger, Jan Jerhot, R.W. Jones, K. Kampf, Vladimir Kekelidze, Sergei Kholodenko, G. Khoriauli, A. Khotyantsev, Alina Kleimenova, A. Korotkova, Michal Koval, Venelin Kozhuharov, Zuzana Kucerova, Y. Kudenko, J. Kunze, V. Kurochka, V. Kurshetsov, Gaia Lanfranchi, Gianluca Lamanna, E. Lari, G. Latino, Paul Laycock, Cristina Lazzeroni, M. Lenti, G. Lehmann Miotto, E. Leonardi, P. Lichard, Leandar Litov, R. Lollini, D. Lomidze, Alessandro Lonardo, Pasquale Lubrano, Matteo Lupi, N. Lurkin, Dmitry Madigozhin, I. Mannelli, Alessandro Mapelli, Flavio Marchetto, Radoslav Marchevski, S. Martellotti, Paolo Massarotti, Karim Massri, E. Maurice, M. Medvedeva, A. Mefodev, E. Menichetti, Ernesto Migliore, E. Minucci, M. Mirra, M. Misheva, Natalia Molokanova, Matthew Moulson, S. Movchan, M. Napolitano, I. Neri, F. Newson, Alan Norton, Matthew Noy, Toshio Numao, Vladimir Obraztsov, A. Ostankov, S. Padolski, R. Page, V. Palladino, A. Parenti, Chris John Parkinson, E. Pedreschi, Monica Pepe, M. Perrin-Terrin, L. Peruzzo, P. Petrov, Y. Petrov, Ferruccio Petrucci, Roberto Piandani, M. Piccini, Jacopo Pinzino, I. Polenkevich, L. Pontisso, Yuri Potrebenikov, D. Protopopescu, Mauro Raggi, Angela Romano, P. Rubin, Giuseppe Ruggiero, Vladimir Ryjov, A. Salamon, C. Santoni, G. Saracino, F. Sargeni, S. Schuchmann, Vitali Semenov, Antonino Sergi, A. Shaikhiev, Sergey Shkarovskiy, D. Soldi, V. Sugonyaev, M. Sozzi, T. Spadaro, F. Spinella, A. Sturgess, Joel Swallow, Stoyan Miroslavov Trilov, Paolo Valente, Bob Velghe, Stefano Venditti, P. Vicini, Roberta Volpe, M. Vormstein, Heinrich Wahl, Rainer Wanke, B. Wrona, O. Yushchenko, and A. Zinchenko

Subjects
Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The decay $K^+\to\pi^+\nu\bar{\nu}$, with a very precisely predicted branching ratio of less than $10^{-10}$, is among the best processes to reveal indirect effects of new physics. The NA62 experiment at CERN SPS is designed to study the $K^+\to\pi^+\nu\bar{\nu}$ decay and to measure its branching ratio using a decay-in-flight technique. NA62 took data in 2016, 2017 and 2018, reaching the sensitivity of the Standard Model for the $K^+\to\pi^+\nu\bar{\nu}$ decay by the analysis of the 2016 and 2017 data, and providing the most precise measurement of the branching ratio to date by the analysis of the 2018 data. This measurement is also used to set limits on BR($K^+\to\pi^+X$), where $X$ is a scalar or pseudo-scalar particle. The final result of the BR($K^+\to\pi^+\nu\bar{\nu}$) measurement and its interpretation in terms of the $K^+\to\pi^+ X$ decay from the analysis of the full 2016-2018 data set is presented, and future plans and prospects are reviewed.

Published
2022

24. Search for Lepton Number and Flavor Violation in K+ and π0 Decays

Author

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

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Branching fraction, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Flavour, General Physics and Astronomy, 01 natural sciences, Lepton number, 0103 physical sciences, Pi, High Energy Physics::Experiment, 010306 general physics, Lepton
Abstract

Searches for the lepton number violating $K^{+} \rightarrow \pi^{-} \mu^{+} e^{+}$ decay and the lepton flavour violating $K^{+} \rightarrow \pi^{+} \mu^{-} e^{+}$ and $\pi^{0} \rightarrow \mu^{-} e^{+}$ decays are reported using data collected by the NA62 experiment at CERN in $2017$-$2018$. No evidence for these decays is found and upper limits of the branching ratios are obtained at 90% confidence level: $\mathcal{B}(K^{+}\rightarrow\pi^{-}\mu^{+}e^{+})

Published
2021
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25. First search for K+→π+νν¯ using the decay-in-flight technique

Author

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

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, European research, Library science, 01 natural sciences, Bildung, Research council, Basic research, 0103 physical sciences, Russian federation, Christian ministry, 010306 general physics, Research center
Abstract

The cost of the experiment and of its auxiliary systems were supported by the funding agencies of the Collaboration Institutes. We are particularly indebted to: F.R.S.-FNRS (Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique - FNRS), Belgium; BMES (Ministry of Education, Youth and Science), Bulgaria; NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council), Canada; NRC (National Research Council) contribution to TRIUMF, Canada; MEYS (Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports), Czech Republic; BMBF (Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung) contracts 05H12UM5 and 05H15UMCNA, Germany; INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Italy; MIUR (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca), Italy; CONACyT (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia), Mexico; IFA (Institute of Atomic Physics), Romania; INR-RAS (Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Moscow, Russia; JINR (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research), Dubna, Russia; NRC (National Research Center) “Kurchatov Institute” and MESRF (Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation), Russia; MESRS (Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport), Slovakia; CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), Switzerland; STFC (Science and Technology Facilities Council), United Kingdom; NSF (National Science Foundation) Award Number 1506088, U.S.A.; ERC (European Research Council) “UniversaLepto” advanced grant 268062, “KaonLepton” starting grant 336581, Europe. Individuals have received support from: Charles University (project GA UK number 404716), Czech Republic; Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR “Futuro in ricerca 2012” grant RBFR12JF2Z, Project GAP), Italy; Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR grants 18-32-00072, 18-32-00245), Russia; the Royal Society (grants UF100308, UF0758946), United Kingdom; STFC (Rutherford fellowships ST/J00412X/1, ST/M005798/1), United Kingdom; ERC (grants 268062, 336581).

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2019
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26. 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.

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2021
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27. Search for π0 decays to invisible particles

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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]

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28. Measurement of the very rare K+ -> pi+ nu nu bar decay

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E. Cortina Gil, A. Kleimenova, E. Minucci, S. Padolski, P. Petrov, A. Shaikhiev, R. Volpe, T. Numao, Y. Petrov, B. Velghe, D. Bryman, J. Fu, T. Husek, J. Jerhot, K. Kampf, M. Zamkovsky, R. Aliberti, G. Khoriauli, J. Kunze, D. Lomidze, L. Peruzzo, M. Vormstein, R. Wanke, P. Dalpiaz, M. Fiorini, I. Neri, A. Norton, F. Petrucci, H. Wahl, A. Cotta Ramusino, A. Gianoli, E. Iacopini, G. Latino, M. Lenti, A. Parenti, A. Bizzeti, F. Bucci, A. Antonelli, G. Georgiev, V. Kozhuharov, G. Lanfranchi, S. Martellotti, M. Moulson, T. Spadaro, F. Ambrosino, T. Capussela, M. Corvino, D. Di Filippo, P. Massarotti, M. Mirra, M. Napolitano, G. Saracino, G. Anzivino, F. Brizioli, E. Imbergamo, R. Lollini, R. Piandani, C. Santoni, M. Barbanera, P. Cenci, B. Checcucci, P. Lubrano, M. Lupi, M. Pepe, M. Piccini, F. Costantini, L. Di Lella, N. Doble, M. Giorgi, S. Giudici, G. Lamanna, E. Lari, E. Pedreschi, M. Sozzi, C. Cerri, R. Fantechi, L. Pontisso, F. Spinella, I. Mannelli, G. D???Agostini, M. Raggi, A. Biagioni, E. Leonardi, A. Lonardo, P. Valente, P. Vicini, R. Ammendola, V. Bonaiuto, A. Fucci, A. Salamon, F. Sargeni, R. Arcidiacono, B. Bloch-Devaux, M. Boretto, E. Menichetti, E. Migliore, D. Soldi, C. Biino, A. Filippi, F. Marchetto, J. Engelfried, N. Estrada-Tristan, A. M. Bragadireanu, S. A. Ghinescu, O. E. Hutanu, A. Baeva, D. Baigarashev, D. Emelyanov, T. Enik, V. Falaleev, V. Kekelidze, A. Korotkova, L. Litov, D. Madigozhin, M. Misheva, N. Molokanova, S. Movchan, I. Polenkevich, Yu. Potrebenikov, S. Shkarovskiy, A. Zinchenko, S. Fedotov, E. Gushchin, A. Khotyantsev, Y. Kudenko, V. Kurochka, M. Medvedeva, A. Mefodev, S. Kholodenko, V. Kurshetsov, V. Obraztsov, A. Ostankov, V. Semenov, V. Sugonyaev, O. Yushchenko, L. Bician, T. Blazek, V. Cerny, Z. Kucerova, J. Bernhard, A. Ceccucci, H. Danielsson, N. De Simone, F. Duval, B. D??brich, L. Federici, E. Gamberini, L. Gatignon, R. Guida, F. Hahn, E. B. Holzer, B. Jenninger, M. Koval, P. Laycock, G. Lehmann Miotto, P. Lichard, A. Mapelli, R. Marchevski, K. Massri, M. Noy, V. Palladino, M. Perrin-Terrin, J. Pinzino, V. Ryjov, S. Schuchmann, S. Venditti, T. Bache, M. B. Brunetti, V. Duk, V. Fascianelli, J. R. Fry, F. Gonnella, E. Goudzovski, J. Henshaw, L. Iacobuzio, C. Lazzeroni, N. Lurkin, F. Newson, C. Parkinson, A. Romano, A. Sergi, A. Sturgess, J. Swallow, H. Heath, R. Page, S. Trilov, B. Angelucci, D. Britton, C. Graham, D. Protopopescu, J. Carmignani, J. B. Dainton, R. W. L. Jones, G. Ruggiero, L. Fulton, D. Hutchcroft, E. Maurice, B. Wrona, A. Conovaloff, P. Cooper, D. Coward, P. Rubin, 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, 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., 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.

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2021

29. Reproductive Biology of Lizards from Patagonia, Argentina: Physiological and Behavioral Adaptations to Cold and Harsh Environments

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Facundo Cabezas-Cartes, Jorgelina M. Boretto, Marlin Medina, Jimena B. Fernández, and Nora R. Ibargüengoytía

Subjects
biology, Reproductive biology, Zoology, Liolaemus, Phymaturus, Interspecific competition, Adaptation, biology.organism_classification, Oviparity, Paternal care, Life history theory
Abstract

In this chapter, we provide a detailed and integrated review of the reproductive biology and life-history traits related to reproduction of lizards that inhabit the cold and harsh environments of Patagonia, Argentina. Lizards of the genera Liolaemus, Phymaturus, and Homonota have shown distinctive life-history traits, such as the retention of eggs in the oviducts during most of embryogenesis, evolutionary transitions from oviparity to viviparity, adaptive synchronization of parturition under benign environmental conditions, signs of parental care, plasticity in the timing of reproductive events, prolonged multiennial reproductive cycles in females, interspecific variability in male reproductive cycles, and physiological mechanisms in males to synchronize with female cycles, among others. We discuss the adaptation of reproductive cycles to the energetic constraints imposed by environmental conditions of Patagonia. We focus on understanding how reproductive physiology could be affected by environmental stressors with the aim of contributing to successful conservation strategies.

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2020
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30. The Relationship Between People and Lizards in Patagonia

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Juana del Carmen Aigo, Facundo Cabezas-Cartes, Ana Haydee Ladio, Jorgelina M. Boretto, and Nora R. Ibargüengoytía

Subjects
Biting, Geography, Work (electrical), Perception, media_common.quotation_subject, Field (Bourdieu), Environmental ethics, Preliminary analysis, media_common
Abstract

Understanding how human beings perceive and interact with the local herpetofauna is fundamental for its conservation. In this chapter, we propose looking forward to the local ecological knowledge (LEK) of the Patagonian lizards, especially the “matuasto”. The preliminary analysis of ethnohistorical sources points out the relevant role of “matuastos” in the cosmologies of the original people from Patagonia, often considered as immortal, selfish and harmful beings. Field reports agree on the warning not to disturb these territorial lizards; otherwise, they would react aggressively with bites. The recorded stories account for frequent biting events on sheep. The local perception on “matuastos” as harmful beings would provoke an attitude of caution and rejection towards them. This work provides a first overview on the relationship of lizards and the people from Patagonia while constituting an initial step for future research.

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2020
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31. Searches for lepton flavour and lepton number violation in K$^+$ decays

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

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Range (particle radiation), Large Hadron Collider, Settore FIS/04, Flavour, NA62 experiment, Lepton number, Charged particle, Standard Model (mathematical formulation), High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, Particle Physics - Experiment, Lepton
Abstract

The NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS is designed to conduct precision tests of the Standard Model by studying rare decays of charged kaons. NA62 took data in 2016-2018 and collected a large sample of charged kaon decays into final states with multiple charged particles. The sensitivity to a range of lepton flavour and lepton number violating kaon decays provided by this data set is improved over the previously reported measurements. Results from the searches of $K^+→ π^-l^+l^+$ decays with a partial NA62 data sample are presented.

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2020

32. Impact of immunological state on eco-physiological variables in one of the southernmost lizards in the world

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Jimena B. Fernández, Jorgelina M. Boretto, Mora Ibáñez Molina, Nora R. Ibargüengoytía, Fernando Duran, and Marlin Medina

Subjects
Male, 0106 biological sciences, Science, Acclimatization, THERMOREGULATION, Liolaemus sarmientoi, Population, Zoology, Motor Activity, Biology, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Body Temperature, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], Ciencias Biológicas, Pregnancy, biology.animal, BODY CONDITION, Animals, purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 [https], education, thermoregulation, education.field_of_study, Multidisciplinary, Behavior, Animal, Host (biology), Lizard, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, LOCOMOTOR PERFORMANCE, Lizards, Liolaemus, Thermoregulation, biology.organism_classification, leukocyte profile, Immune state, LIOLAEMUS SARMIENTOI, locomotor performance, Female, Otros Tópicos Biológicos, body condition, LEUKOCYTE PROFILE, Body condition, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
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The immune state is a key component of individuals that directly influences the physiological performance and health status, being essential for survival. Variation in the leukocyte profile, a significantly increase in body temperature, and a detriment of the eco-physiological performance are among the possible consequences of an unhealthy state. In this study we analyse and discuss how field body temperature, preferred body temperature, the speed for sprint and long runs, locomotor stamina, and body condition can be affected by the immunological state (i.e. leukocyte profile) in a wild population of Liolaemus sarmientoi. Juveniles and adult males with a high percentage of eosinophils, basophils, and a low percentage of monocytes preferred higher body temperatures in a thermal gradient, while pregnant females maintained thermal preferences independently of leukocyte profile. Although juveniles with a high percentage of heterophils showed less locomotor stamina, adult males and pregnant females showed no differences in locomotor performance in relation to leukocyte profile. This study represents a starting point in eco-immunology of a wild lizard population of Liolaemus in cold and temperate environments of Patagonia where the southward shift in the geographic ranges of pathogen populations due to global warming represents a threat to resident host populations Fil: Duran, Fernando. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Boretto, Jorgelina Mariela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Fernandez, Jimena Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Ibáñez Molina, Mora. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Medina, Susana Marlin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagóica. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia "San Juan Bosco". Facultad de Ciencias Naturales - Sede Esquel. Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagónica; Argentina Fil: Ibarguengoytía, Nora. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina

Published
2019

33. Thermal physiology of three sympatric and syntopic Liolaemidae lizards in cold and arid environments of Patagonia (Argentina)

Author

Fernando Duran, Erika Leticia Kubisch, and Jorgelina M. Boretto

Subjects
LIOLAEMUS ELONGATUS, Male, 0106 biological sciences, 0301 basic medicine, Physiology, Biología, Climate, Argentina, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Biochemistry, Liolaemidae, Ciencias Biológicas, 03 medical and health sciences, Endocrinology, Animals, Liolaemus elongatus, Ecosystem, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, biology, Ecology, Temperature, Lizards, Phymaturus zapalensis, THERMOREGULATORY PHYSIOLOGY, Human physiology, biology.organism_classification, Arid, PHYMATURUS ZAPALENSIS, 030104 developmental biology, Sympatric speciation, Thermal physiology, Female, Animal Science and Zoology, PHYMATURUS QUERQUE, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS, Body Temperature Regulation
Abstract

The thermal physiology determines the whole biology of ectotherm organisms, by limiting their acquisition and allocation of resources. Herein, we aim to add knowledge on how different species use the thermal resources when they coexist in a habitat, studying the thermal physiology of three sympatric and syntopic liolaemid lizards, Phymaturus querque, Phymaturus zapalensis, and Liolaemus elongatus during the summer season. We measured the body temperatures at capture places, the operative microenvironmental temperatures in the field, and the preferred body temperature in an experimental thermal gradient in the laboratory. We found that the three species are thermoregulators, selecting cooler thermal microenvironments than the ones expected by chance, and even cooler than the temperatures they selected in a laboratory environment. Liolaemus elongatus is a more efficient thermoregulator (E = 0.671) than the two Phymaturus species, P. querque (E = 0.441) and P. zapalensis (E = 0.471), which are moderate thermoregulators and, apparently, specialists in finding specific types of shelters, since they seem to select certain types of rock crevices. Herein, we found that during the summer season, although individuals have access to warm microenvironments, they spend time on cool refuges, probably to prevent overheating. This highlights the importance of an adequate spatial distribution of operative temperatures (T e ), more than just a mere availability of appropriate temperatures. Fil: Duran, Fernando. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Kubisch, Erika Leticia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Boretto, Jorgelina Mariela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina

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2017
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34. Search forK+→π+νν‾at NA62

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R. Volpe, G. Aglieri Rinella, R. Aliberti, F. Ambrosino, R. Ammendola, B. Angelucci, A. Antonelli, G. Anzivino, R. Arcidiacono, I. Azhinenko, S. Balev, M. Barbanera, J. Bendotti, A. Biagioni, L. Bician, C. Biino, A. Bizzeti, T. Blazek, A. Blik, B. Bloch-Devaux, V. Bolotov, V. Bonaiuto, M. Boretto, M. Bragadireanu, D. Britton, G. Britvich, M.B. Brunetti, D. Bryman, F. Bucci, F. Butin, E. Capitolo, C. Capoccia, T. Capussela, A. Cassese, A. Catinaccio, A. Cecchetti, A. Ceccucci, P. Cenci, V. Cerny, C. Cerri, B. Checcucci, O. Chikilev, S. Chiozzi, R. Ciaranfi, G. Collazuol, A. Conovaloff, P. Cooke, P. Cooper, G. Corradi, E. Cortina Gil, F. Costantini, F. Cotorobai, A. Cotta Ramusino, D. Coward, G. D'Agostini, J. Dainton, P. Dalpiaz, H. Danielsson, J. Degrange, N. De Simone, D. Di Filippo, L. Di Lella, S. Di Lorenzo, N. Dixon, N. Doble, B. Dobrich, V. Duk, V. Elsha, J. Engelfried, T. Enik, N. Estrada, V. Falaleev, R. Fantechi, V. Fascianelli, L. Federici, S. Fedotov, M. Fiorini, J. Fry, J. Fu, A. Fucci, L. Fulton, S. Gallorini, S. Galeotti, E. Gamberini, L. Gatignon, G. Georgiev, A. Gianoli, M. Giorgi, S. Giudici, L. Glonti, A. Goncalves Martins, F. Gonnella, E. Goudzovski, R. Guida, E. Gushchin, F. Hahn, B. Hallgren, H. Heath, F. Herman, T. Husek, O. Hutanu, D. Hutchcroft, L. Iacobuzio, E. Iacopini, E. Imbergamo, O. Jamet, P. Jarron, E. Jones, T. Jones, K. Kampf, J. Kaplon, V. Kekelidze, S. Kholodenko, G. Khoriauli, A. Khotyantsev, A. Khudyakov, Yu. Kiryushin, A. Kleimenova, K. Kleinknecht, A. Kluge, M. Koval, V. Kozhuharov, M. Krivda, Z. Kucerova, Yu. Kudenko, J. Kunze, G. Lamanna, G. Latino, C. Lazzeroni, G. Lehmann-Miotto, R. Lenci, M. Lenti, E. Leonardi, P. Lichard, R. Lietava, L. Litov, R. Lollini, D. Lomidze, A. Lonardo, M. Lupi, N. Lurkin, K. McCormick, D. Madigozhin, G. Maire, C. Mandeiro, I. Mannelli, G. Mannocchi, A. Mapelli, F. Marchetto, R. Marchevski, S. Martellotti, P. Massarotti, K. Massri, P. Matak, E. Maurice, A. Mefodev, E. Menichetti, E. Minucci, M. Mirra, M. Misheva, N. Molokanova, J. Morant, M. Morel, M. Moulson, S. Movchan, D. Munday, M. Napolitano, I. Neri, F. Newson, A. Norton, M. Noy, G. Nuessle, T. Numao, V. Obraztsov, A. Ostankov, S. Padolski, R. Page, V. Palladino, G. Paoluzzi, C. Parkinson, E. Pedreschi, M. Pepe, F. Perez Gomez, M. Perrin-Terrin, L. Peruzzo, P. Petrov, F. Petrucci, R. Piandani, M. Piccini, D. Pietreanu, J. Pinzino, I. Polenkevich, L. Pontisso, Yu. Potrebenikov, D. Protopopescu, F. Raffaelli, M. Raggi, P. Riedler, A. Romano, P. Rubin, G. Ruggiero, V. Russo, V. Ryjov, A. Salamon, G. Salina, V. Samsonov, C. Santoni, G. Saracino, F. Sargeni, V. Semenov, A. Sergi, M. Serra, A. Shaikhiev, S. Shkarovskiy, I. Skillicorn, D. Soldi, A. Sotnikov, V. Sugonyaev, M. Sozzi, T. Spadaro, F. Spinella, R. Staley, A. Sturgess, P. Sutcliffe, N. Szilasi, D. Tagnani, S. Trilov, M. Valdata-Nappi, P. Valente, M. Vasile, T. Vassilieva, B. Velghe, M. Veltri, S. Venditti, P. Vicini, M. Vormstein, H. Wahl, R. Wanke, P. Wertelaers, A. Winhart, R. Winston, B. Wrona, O. Yushchenko, M. Zamkovsky, and A. Zinchenko

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Large Hadron Collider, Meson, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Physics beyond the Standard Model, NA62 experiment, 01 natural sciences, Measure (mathematics), Nuclear physics, Quality (physics), 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics
Abstract

Among the meson decays, K → π ν ν ‾ are the cleanest environment, from the theoretical point of view, where to search for new physics effects. The NA62 Experiment at CERN SPS aims to measure the BR ( K + → π + ν ν ‾ ) with a 10% precision by the end of 2018. It has been commissioned with technical runs in 2014 and 2015, and some preliminary results of the detector performances and quality of data are here reported.

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2017
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35. Search for production of an invisible dark photon in (0) decays

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T. Numao, Paolo Valente, G. Mannocchi, Milena Misheva, M. Perrin-Terrin, Mattia Barbanera, S. Martellotti, A. Salamon, Dave Britton, B. Angelucci, L. Iacobuzio, E. B. Holzer, F. Brizioli, J. Jerhot, A. Ceccucci, F. Bucci, A. Antonelli, Andrea Bizzeti, P. Cenci, Paul Laycock, F. Hahn, E. Pedreschi, V. Kurochka, N. A. Molokanova, M. Mirra, R. Page, A. Sturgess, J. B. Dainton, P. Lubrano, Roberta Arcidiacono, D. Soldi, S. Schuchmann, E. Gushchin, K. Massri, R. Fantechi, V. Cerny, Tomáš Husek, M. Napolitano, J. Kunze, N. De Simone, S. Padolski, Vladimir Kekelidze, D. T. Madigozhin, S. Venditti, A. Shaikhiev, Evgueni Goudzovski, G. Lanfranchi, E. Maurice, L. Fulton, F. Duval, A. M. Bragadireanu, Rainer Wanke, L. Peruzzo, Cristina Biino, E. Minucci, M. Vormstein, M. Moulson, M. Lenti, P. F. Dalpiaz, R. Marchevski, H. D. Wahl, Andrea Biagioni, R. Volpe, M. Fiorini, B. Bloch-Devaux, S. Ghinescu, G. Khoriauli, E. Imbergamo, E. Menichetti, L. Di Lella, F. Newson, Tommaso Spadaro, Karol Kampf, G. D'Agostini, S. Movchan, C. Lazzeroni, E. Gamberini, Matteo Lupi, C. Cerri, Fabrizio Petrucci, G. Saracino, Y. Petrov, M. Boretto, Leander Litov, F. Ambrosino, M. Pepe, S. Trilov, V. Fascianelli, Yu.A. Kudenko, V. Sugonyaev, Z. Kucerova, S. Shkarovskiy, A. Korotkova, M. Koval, M. Sozzi, Antonino Sergi, Jacopo Pinzino, Yu. Potrebenikov, Georgi P. Georgiev, O. Hutanu, B. Wrona, B. Jenninger, V. Palladino, A. Fucci, G. Anzivino, Viacheslav Duk, Jürgen Engelfried, R. Aliberti, P. Petrov, Mauro Raggi, A. Norton, Ilaria Neri, Vincenzo Bonaiuto, T. Enik, Douglas Bryman, H. O. Danielsson, D. Coward, Sergei Fedotov, Roberto Ammendola, Vladimir Ryjov, V. Obraztsov, A. Khotyantsev, A. Mefodev, D. E. Hutchcroft, A. Mapelli, P. Rubin, O. Yushchenko, Luca Pontisso, I. Mannelli, F. Marchetto, L. Federici, Piero Vicini, S. Giudici, Mario Giorgi, D. Di Filippo, V. E. Semenov, V. Kurshetsov, Claudio Santoni, N. Estrada-Tristan, S. Kholodenko, Francesco Gonnella, G. Lehmann Miotto, J. Fu, C. Graham, P. Lichard, A. Filippi, Tomas Blazek, A. I. Zinchenko, B. Checcucci, E. Iacopini, A. Cotta Ramusino, P. Cooper, L. Gatignon, M. Corvino, L. Bician, T. Capussela, V. Falaleev, V. Kozhuharov, J. Swallow, M. Zamkovsky, A. Gianoli, Roberto Guida, D. Protopopescu, Paolo Massarotti, R. W. L. Jones, Babette Döbrich, Nicolas Lurkin, E. Lari, M. B. Brunetti, A. Romano, Fausto Sargeni, C. J. Parkinson, A. Conovaloff, Emilio Leonardi, A P Ostankov, I. Polenkevich, N. Doble, Matthew Noy, Helen F Heath, M. Medvedeva, Giuseppe Ruggiero, D. Lomidze, F. Costantini, T. Bache, M. Piccini, G. Lamanna, A. Kleimenova, Johannes Bernhard, A. Parenti, F. Spinella, R. Lollini, Ernesto Migliore, G. Latino, J. R. Fry, Alessandro Lonardo, E. Cortina Gil, Roberto Piandani, B. Velghe, J. Carmignani, Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), NA62, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Ambrosino, F., Capussela, T., Corvino, M., Di Filippo, D., Massarotti, P., Mirra, M., Napolitano, M., Saracino, G., and UCL - SST/IRMP - Institut de recherche en mathématique et physique

Subjects
Exotics, Photon, S009:Desig=15, Beyond Standard Model, Exotics, Fixed target experiments, Rare decay, NA62 experiment, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Dark photon, NA62, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, Economica, photon: mass, photon: coupling, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], pi0: branching ratio: upper limit, +pi%2B+pi0%22">K+ --> pi+ pi0, Physics, S029HPH, photon: invisible decay, Coupling (probability), K+: hadronic decay, mass dependence, Fixed target experiment, Fixed target experiments, Production (computer science), S009.15, K+: secondary beam, beyond standard model, Particle Physics - Experiment, Exotic, rare decay, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Meson, pi0: radiative decay, coupling constant: upper limit, Partícules (Física nuclear), PE2_2, 0103 physical sciences, lcsh:Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, +photon+neutrino+antineutrino%22">pi0 --> photon neutrino antineutrino, 010306 general physics, fixed target experiments, photon: hidden sector, pi0: electromagnetic decay, hep-ex, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Branching fraction, exotics, CERN SPS, Rare decay, Orders of magnitude (time), Beyond Standard Model, lcsh:QC770-798, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Camps, Teoria quàntica de, experimental results
Abstract

The results of a search for π decays to a photon and an invisible massive dark photon at the NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS are reported. From a total of 4.12 × 10 tagged π mesons, no signal is observed. Assuming a kinetic-mixing interaction, limits are set on the dark photon coupling to the ordinary photon as a function of the dark photon mass, improving on previous searches in the mass range 60–110 MeV/c. The present results are interpreted in terms of an upper limit of the branching ratio of the electro-weak decay π→ γνν¯ , improving the current limit by more than three orders of magnitude.

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2019
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36. Reproductive biology of a viviparous lizard (Mabuya dorsivittata) from the subtropical Wet Chaco of Argentina: geographical variations in response to local environmental pressures

Author

Nora R. Ibargüengoytía, Martín Alejandro Ortiz, and Jorgelina M. Boretto

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Litter (animal), Male, Mabuya, Climate, 010607 zoology, Argentina, Zoology, Gestation period, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, biology.animal, Reproductive biology, parasitic diseases, ecotypic variation, Squamata, Animals, Body Size, lcsh:Science, Ecotype, Sex Characteristics, Multidisciplinary, biology, Geography, Lizard, Reproduction, Genetic Variation, Lizards, biology.organism_classification, Genetic divergence, Sexual dimorphism, Genetics, Population, Ecotypic variation, sexual dimorphism, Female, lcsh:Q, Seasons, lizard, reproductive cycle
Abstract

Herein we studied the reproductive biology of a viviparous lizard (Mabuya dorsivittata) from the Wet Chaco region (northeastern Argentina) and compared the results with other populations from the Espinal (central Argentina) and the Atlantic Forest (southeastern Brazil), and with other Neotropical species of Mabuya to better understand the possible causes of its reproductive phenotype variation. Males and females of M. dorsivittata from the Wet Chaco exhibited associated, seasonal, and annual reproductive cycles. Spermatogenic activity related positively to a lengthening photoperiod reaching maximum activity in late spring (December). Females displayed an extended gestation period of 11 months, from mid-summer (February) to late spring or early summer (December) when births occur. Embryonic development was associated with temperature and historical rainfall. Litter size ranged from 3 to 8 (mean = 5.3 ± 1.3 SD) and increased with body size and body mass of females. Fat-body mass varied seasonally and was inversely correlated with spermatogenesis and to embryonic development. Females were larger in body size and interlimb length, and smaller in head length than males. We observed interpopulational differences in minimum body size, litter size, and timing of birth, probably as a result of phenotypic plasticity, genetic divergence or both.

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2019

37. Searches for lepton number violating $K^+$ decays

Author

Tomáš Husek, D. T. Madigozhin, A. Sturgess, J. B. Dainton, Matteo Lupi, P. F. Dalpiaz, R. Marchevski, E. Gamberini, Jürgen Engelfried, T. Bache, G. Latino, Claudio Santoni, A. Filippi, A. I. Zinchenko, M. Medvedeva, J. R. Fry, E. Maurice, T. Capussela, A. Gianoli, Alessandro Lonardo, E. Cortina Gil, Roberto Piandani, Giuseppe Ruggiero, H. O. Danielsson, Roberto Guida, V. Kurochka, Luca Pontisso, M. Piccini, Yu. Potrebenikov, G. Lehmann Miotto, A. Kleimenova, Vladimir Ryjov, L. Federici, C. Graham, F. Bucci, D. Coward, B. Velghe, J. Carmignani, M. Boretto, L. Di Lella, Tommaso Spadaro, M. Vormstein, S. Schuchmann, V. Falaleev, M. Misheva, F. Costantini, N. Doble, Babette Döbrich, G. Mannocchi, G. D'Agostini, M. Pepe, A. Mapelli, B. Wrona, S. Giudici, P. Cenci, Fabrizio Petrucci, G. Saracino, O. Hutanu, C. J. Parkinson, David Hutchcroft, Emilio Leonardi, P. Rubin, Leander Litov, V. Kozhuharov, I. Polenkevich, M. Zamkovsky, A. Salamon, G. Khoriauli, Antonino Sergi, A. Romano, Fausto Sargeni, G. Anzivino, A. Mefodev, I. Mannelli, A P Ostankov, M. Koval, E. Iacopini, F. Brizioli, Roberta Arcidiacono, E. Gushchin, P. Lubrano, T. Numao, Paolo Valente, Matthew Noy, R. W. L. Jones, M. Perrin-Terrin, M. Sozzi, Helen F Heath, Ilaria Neri, Y. Petrov, F. Hahn, Johannes Bernhard, Vincenzo Bonaiuto, T. Enik, Douglas Bryman, Sergei Fedotov, M. Lenti, F. Newson, N. A. Molokanova, R. Fantechi, N. De Simone, E. Pedreschi, G. Lamanna, S. Shkarovskiy, V. Palladino, A. Parenti, F. Spinella, A. Korotkova, A. Fucci, R. Lollini, Evgueni Goudzovski, M. Napolitano, E. Minucci, Georgi P. Georgiev, Viacheslav Duk, M. Mirra, F. Marchetto, Piero Vicini, Ernesto Migliore, C. Cerri, P. Lichard, A. M. Bragadireanu, S. Trilov, Roberto Ammendola, Cristina Biino, Mauro Raggi, B. Jenninger, S. Movchan, C. Lazzeroni, F. Ambrosino, M. Moulson, V. Fascianelli, Karol Kampf, V. Sugonyaev, Mario Giorgi, D. Di Filippo, L. Gatignon, S. Padolski, M. Corvino, D. Protopopescu, L. Bician, J. Swallow, Nicolas Lurkin, M. B. Brunetti, R. Aliberti, A. Norton, Andrea Biagioni, R. Volpe, A. Conovaloff, J. Kunze, M. Fiorini, D. Lomidze, O. Yushchenko, V. Kurshetsov, S. Kholodenko, B. Checcucci, P. Cooper, Paolo Massarotti, Rainer Wanke, E. Lari, A. Shaikhiev, Francesco Gonnella, Vladimir Kekelidze, Tomas Blazek, Mattia Barbanera, A. Cotta Ramusino, Jacopo Pinzino, S. Martellotti, V. Obraztsov, B. Angelucci, L. Iacobuzio, E. B. Holzer, Dave Britton, N. Estrada-Tristan, V. E. Semenov, A. Ceccucci, R. Page, Andrea Bizzeti, J. Jerhot, P. Petrov, H. D. Wahl, V. Cerny, E. Menichetti, A. Khotyantsev, D. Soldi, K. Massri, L. Fulton, F. Duval, Yu. G. Kudenko, A. Antonelli, L. Peruzzo, J. L. Fu, B. Bloch-Devaux, E. Imbergamo, S. Venditti, Z. Kucerova, Paul Laycock, S. Ghinescu, G. Lanfranchi, Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), NA62, European Commission, Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ambrosino, F., Capussela, T., Corvino, M., Di Filippo, D., Massarotti, P., Mirra, M., Napolitano, M., Saracino, G., and UCL - SST/IRMP - Institut de recherche en mathématique et physique

Subjects
branching ratio: upper limit, K+: rare decay, NA62 experiment, 01 natural sciences, NA62, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, High Energy Physics - Experiment, electron: pair production, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Economica, K+: branching ratio, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], K meson decay, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Electroweak interaction, lcsh:QC1-999, muon: pair production, lepton number violation, K+: semileptonic decay, K+: secondary beam, Particle Physics - Experiment, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, CERN Lab, S010.46, FOS: Physical sciences, kaons, S010:Desig=46, +pi-+2muon%2B%22">K+ --> pi- 2muon+, Partícules (Física nuclear), PE2_2, Violació CP (Física nuclear), 0103 physical sciences, Kaon decays, lepton number violation, K meson, K meson decay, 010306 general physics, lepton number: violation, Kaon decays, Lepton Number Violation, hep-ex, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, S010:Desig=19, CERN SPS, K meson, Lepton number, +pi-+electron+positron%22">K+ --> pi- electron positron, Kaon Physics, Lepton Flavour Violation, S010.19, lcsh:Physics, experimental results
Abstract

The NA62 experiment at CERN reports a search for the lepton number violating decays K+ -> pi(-)e(+)e(+) and K+ -> pi(-)mu(+)mu(+) using a data sample collected in 2017. No signals are observed, and upper limits on the branching fractions of these decays of 2.2 x 10(-10) and 4.2 x 10(-11) are obtained, respectively, at 90% confidence level. These upper limits improve on previously reported measurements by factors of 3 and 2, respectively., It is a pleasure to express our appreciation to the staff of the CERN laboratory and the technical staffs of the participating laboratories and universities for their efforts in the operation of the experiment and data processing. The cost of the experiment and its auxiliary systems was supported by the funding agencies of the Collaboration Institutes. We are particularly indebted to: F.R.S.-FNRS (Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS), Belgium; BMES (Ministry of Education, Youth and Science), Bulgaria; NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council), Canada; NRC (National Research Council Canada) contribution to TRIUMF, Canada; MEYS (Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports), Czech Republic; BMBF (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung) contracts 05H12UM5, 05H15UMCNA and 05H18UMCNA, Germany; INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Italy; MIUR (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca), Italy; CONACyT (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología), Mexico; IFA (Institute of Atomic Physics), Romania; INR-RAS (Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Moscow, Russia; JINR (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research), Dubna, Russia; NRC (National Research Center) “Kurchatov Institute” and MESRF (Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation), Russia; MESRS (Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic), Slovakia; CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), Switzerland; STFC (Science and Technology Facilities Council), United Kingdom; NSF (National Science Foundation) Award Number 1506088, U.S.A.; ERC (European Research Council) “UniversaLepto” advanced grant 268062, “KaonLepton” starting grant 336581, Europe. Individuals have received support from: Charles University Research Center (UNCE/SCI/013), Czech Republic; Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR “Futuro in ricerca 2012” grant RBFR12JF2Z, Project GAP), Italy; Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR grants 18-32-00072, 18-32-00245), Russia; the Royal Society (grants UF100308, UF0758946), United Kingdom; STFC (Rutherford fellowships ST/J00412X/1, ST/M005798/1), United Kingdom; ERC (grants 268062, 336581 and starting grant 802836 “AxScale”).

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2019
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38. An integrative approach to elucidate the taxonomic status of five species of Phymaturus Gravenhorst, 1837 (Squamata: Liolaemidae) from northwestern Patagonia, Argentina

Author

Facundo Cabezas, Nora R. Ibargüengoytía, Barry Sinervo, Erika Leticia Kubisch, Leandro Anibal Becker, José Alejandro Scolaro, Jorgelina M. Boretto, and Sebastian Marquez

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Squamata, Biología, PHYMATURUS SPURCUS, Zoology, Phymaturus, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Liolaemidae, Ciencias Biológicas, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], 03 medical and health sciences, Phymaturus spurcus, purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 [https], Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 030304 developmental biology, 0303 health sciences, biology, HERITABILITY, PHYMATURUS SPECTABILIS, MORPHOTYPES, Phymaturus spectabilis, PHYMATURUS EXCELSUS, BAYESIAN PHYLOGENETIC INFERENCE, biology.organism_classification, PHYMATURUS PATAGONICUS, PHYMATURUS AGILIS, HAPLOTYPE NETWORKS, Animal Science and Zoology, Phymaturus patagonicus, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS, Phymaturus agilis, PHYMATURUS MANUELAE
Abstract

The lizard genus Phymaturus comprises two reciprocally monophyletic clades: Phymaturus palluma and Phymaturus patagonicus. Species belonging to the P. patagonicus clade occur in extra-Andean Patagonia, and some of them remain with unresolved phylogenetic relationships after studies based on morphological and nuclear and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) evidence. Here, we elucidate the taxonomic status of five putative species originally described according to morphotypes based upon morphometric and meristic characteristics and dorsal colour pattern: Phymaturus agilis, Phymaturus excelsus, Phymaturus manuelae, Phymaturus spectabilis and Phymaturus spurcus. We amplified a 657 bp fragment of COI mtDNA from 23 individuals and a 2708 bp fragment of cytochrome b, ND1, ND2 and eight transfer RNAs from another 114 individuals. We found strong support for two reciprocally monophyletic genetic lineages: a small clade for P. manuelae and a large polytomic clade for the rest of the presumed species. A haplotype network analysis unveiled a genetic structure for lineages in the large clade, suggesting that morphological differences are a consequence of population divergence. To complement the molecular analyses, we estimated morphotype proportions in populations and estimated morph heritability with the regression of offspring on females bearing species-typical phenotypes. Our results indicate that P. agilis, P. excelsus, P. spectabilis and P. spurcus compose a single highly structured species. Fil: Becker, Leandro Anibal. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto Andino Patagónico de Tecnologías Biológicas y Geoambientales. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto Andino Patagónico de Tecnologías Biológicas y Geoambientales; Argentina Fil: Boretto, Jorgelina Mariela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Cabezas, Facundo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Marquez, Sebastian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Kubisch, Erika Leticia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Scolaro, Jose Alejandro. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia "San Juan Bosco". Facultad de Ciencias Naturales - Sede Trelew; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Instituto de Diversidad y Evolución Austral; Argentina Fil: Sinervo, Barry. University of California; Estados Unidos Fil: Ibarguengoytía, Nora. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina

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2019

39. Search for $K^+ \to \pi^+ \nu \bar{\nu}$ at NA62

Author

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

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Branching fraction, Physics beyond the Standard Model, Pi, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Sensitivity (control systems), Atomic physics, NA62 experiment, Measure (mathematics), Particle Physics - Experiment, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, Bar (unit)
Abstract

The decay $K^{+} \rightarrow \pi^{+}\nu\overline{\nu}$ has a very precisely predicted branching ratio ($\sim 8\times 10^{-11}$) and it is one of the best candidates to reveal indirect effects of new physics. The NA62 experiment at CERN SPS is designed to measure the branching ratio of the $K^{+} \rightarrow \pi^{+}\nu\overline{\nu}$ with a decay-in-flight technique, novel for this channel. NA62 has taken data firstly in 2016 with the aim to reach the SM sensitivity. It has then collected 10 times more statistics in 2017 and a similar amount of data is expected from the 2018 run. The preliminary result on the full 2016 data set and the prospects for future developments are presented here.

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2018
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40. Effects of climate and latitude on age at maturity and longevity of lizards studied by skeletochronology

Author

Facundo Cabezas-Cartes, Nora R. Ibargüengoytía, and Jorgelina M. Boretto

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, 0301 basic medicine, Male, Steppe, media_common.quotation_subject, Climate, Longevity, Argentina, Plant Science, Phymaturus, Biology, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Latitude, Ciencias Biológicas, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], 03 medical and health sciences, biology.animal, Age Determination by Skeleton, medicine, Sexual maturity, Skeletochronology, Animals, Life-history, Sexual Maturation, purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 [https], Life History Traits, media_common, geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, Geography, Ecology, Lizard, Temperature, Lizards, Seasonality, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, 030104 developmental biology, Otros Tópicos Biológicos, Animal Science and Zoology, Female, Age at sexual maturity, Animal Distribution, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
Abstract

Synopsis Longevity and age at maturity are key life-history traits, directly linked to fitness attributes such as survival and reproductive output. It has been proposed that these traits are strongly influenced by environmental factors, such as temperature, seasonality, and precipitations, which determine the existence of a continuum of life-histories that goes from the "slow" life histories characterized by late maturity and high longevity of cold and highly seasonal climates to the "fast" life histories characterized by early maturity and low longevity, typical of the tropical climates. However, largescale studies that address these topics in lizards are scarce and most of them are based on heterogeneous data, which may overlook the real patterns. Using skeletochronology, we studied age at maturity and longevity of two species of Phymaturus lizards, Phymaturus aguanegra from the Andes and Phymaturus zapalensis from the Patagonian steppe (Argentina). Then, we confronted longevity and age at maturity in these species with published skeletochronologybased data on 46 other lizard species to examine possible association of these life-history traits with latitude and mean annual temperature, thermal amplitude, and precipitations. Both Phymaturus species showed late sexual maturity (7 and 8-9 years, respectively) and high longevity (16 and 14-15 years, respectively) in coincidence with the other species of the genus studied up to date. The phylogenetic comparative analysis revealed that the most important variable in the determination of longevity patterns in the species studied was latitude: at higher latitudes lizards tend to live longer. In contrast, age at sexual maturity was dependent on mean annual temperature most, especially in males, as lizards from hotter climates mature earlier than lizards from cold sites. Fil: Cabezas, Facundo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Boretto, Jorgelina Mariela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Ibarguengoytía, Nora. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina

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2018

41. Search for heavy neutral lepton production in K+ decays

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

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, lepton, Pontecorvo–Maki–Nakagawa–Sakata matrix, heavy neutral leptons, neutrino mixing, FOS: Physical sciences, k meson, NA62 experiment, 01 natural sciences, neutrino mixing, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, decay, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, neutrino, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Minimum bias, Economica, Bounds, neutrinos, masses, tests, TheoryofComputation_ANALYSISOFALGORITHMSANDPROBLEMCOMPLEXITY, 0103 physical sciences, heavy neutral leptons, lepton, k meson, decay, neutrino, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Range (particle radiation), Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, hep-ex, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Ambientale, lcsh:QC1-999, High Energy Physics::Experiment, lcsh:Physics, Particle Physics - Experiment, Lepton
Abstract

A search for heavy neutral lepton production in $K^+$ decays using a data sample collected with a minimum bias trigger by the NA62 experiment at CERN in 2015 is reported. Upper limits at the $10^{-7}$ to $10^{-6}$ level are established on the elements of the extended neutrino mixing matrix $|U_{\ell 4}|^2$ ($\ell=e,\mu$) for heavy neutral lepton mass in the range $170-448~{\rm MeV}/c^2$. This improves on the results from previous production searches in $K^+$ decays, setting more stringent limits and extending the mass range., Comment: Version accepted for publication in Phys.Lett.B (12/01/2018)

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2018
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42. Kl3 form factors with NA48/2 and NA62 status

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L. Iacobuzio, M. Sozzi, Emilio Leonardi, I. Polenkevich, L. Di Lella, Yu. Kudenko, Ilaria Neri, Vincenzo Bonaiuto, R. Page, E. Iacopini, T. Enik, Douglas Bryman, Sergei Fedotov, E. Minucci, G. Saracino, A.I. Zinchenko, K. Massri, V. Fascianelli, S. Padolski, O. Yushchenko, B. Wrona, D. Soldi, V. Kozhuharov, A. Mefodev, J. Kunze, Alessandro Lonardo, M. Zamkovsky, F. Spinella, S. Martellotti, R. Lollini, P. F. Dalpiaz, I. Mannelli, V. Obraztsov, M. Medvedeva, Ernesto Migliore, G. Anzivino, A. Conovalo, N. A. Molokanova, L. Bician, Luca Federici, J. Swallow, Claudio Santoni, A. Filippi, R. Fantechi, J. R. Fry, V. E. Semenov, T. Capussela, L. Fulton, F. Duval, David Lomidze, Mauro Piccini, V. Kurshetsov, S. Kholodenko, D. Coward, Jürgen Engelfried, V. Kurochka, R. Guida, Paul Laycock, Cristina Biino, Paolo Massarotti, M. Noy, A. Gianoli, F. Costantini, P. Petrov, Helen F Heath, M. Lenti, G. D'Agostini, H. O. Danielsson, M. Napolitano, Vladimir Ryjov, Mattia Barbanera, Evgueni Goudzovski, A. Salamon, M. Pepe, A. Mapelli, F. Bucci, Milena Misheva, Angelo Biagioni, Roberta Arcidiacono, Luca Pontisso, M. Perrin-Terrin, Tommaso Spadaro, S. Movchan, C. Lazzeroni, F. Ambrosino, Mauro Raggi, S. Giudici, F. Brizioli, O. Hutanu, G. Ruggiero, B. Angelucci, M. Koval, S. Venditti, G. Lanfranchi, J. Pinzino, E. Gushchin, E. Cortina Gil, Vladimir Kekelidze, N. De Simone, A. Shaikhiev, Francesco Gonnella, Yu. Potrebenikov, G. Lamanna, A. Romano, Fausto Sargeni, Roberto Piandani, P. S. Cooper, V. Cerny, Tomas Blazek, Giuseppe Latino, F. Newson, A. Fucci, A P Ostankov, A. Cotta Ramusino, M. Fiorini, A. Antonelli, R. Volpe, M. Boretto, G. Khoriauli, Georgi P. Georgiev, T. Numao, Viacheslav Duk, Tomáš Husek, S. Shkarovskiy, E. Menichetti, B. Velghe, L. Peruzzo, Rainer Wanke, P. Rubin, B. Bloch-Devaux, Roberto Ammendola, A. Sturgess, G. Mannocchi, D. T. Madigozhin, M. Moulson, M. Vormstein, P. Cenci, F. Marchetto, Piero Vicini, S. Ghinescu, H. D. Wahl, J. B. Dainton, David Hutchcroft, P. Lubrano, P. Lichard, F. Hahn, E. Pedreschi, Christopher John Parkinson, Matteo Lupi, B. Jenninger, A. Khotyantsev, Karol Kampf, Z. Kucerova, M. Mirra, R. Aliberti, A. Norton, J. L. Fu, Fabrizio Petrucci, Mario Giorgi, Paolo Valente, D. Di Filippo, E. Imbergamo, L. Gatignon, Leander Litov, M. Corvino, Dave Britton, N. Estrada-Tristan, A. Kleimenova, A. Ceccucci, B. Checcucci, Andrea Bizzeti, R. Piandani, M. Bragadireanu, D. Protopopescu, A. Korotkova, Emilie Maurice, Nicolas Lurkin, M. B. Brunetti, V. Sougonyaev, V. Falaleev, E. Gamberini, R. Marchevski, Antonino Sergi, G. Lehmann Miotto, C. Graham, Babette Döbrich, V. Palladino, C. Cerri, S. Trilov, N. Doble, Piandani, Roberto, Aliberti, R., Ambrosino, F., Ammendola, R., Angelucci, B., Antonelli, A., Anzivino, G., Arcidiacono, R., Barbanera, M., 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., Capussela, T., Ceccucci, A., Cenci, P., Cerny, V., Cerri, C., Checcucci, B., Conovalo, A., Cooper, P., Gil, E. Cortina, Corvino, M., Costantini, F., Ramusino, A. Cotta, 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., Husek, T., Hutanu, O., Hutchcroft, D., Iacobuzio, L., Iacopini, E., Imbergamo, E., Jenninger, B., 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., Latino, G., Laycock, P., Lazzeroni, C., Lenti, M., Miotto, G. Lehmann, 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., Parkinson, C., Pedreschi, E., Pepe, M., Perrin-Terrin, M., Peruzzo, L., Petrov, P., 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., Semenov, V., Sergi, A., Shaikhiev, A., Shkarovskiy, S., Soldi, D., Sougonyaev, 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 and Astronomy (all), General Physics and Astronomy, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare
Abstract

The NA48/2 experiment at CERN collected a very large sample of charged kaon decays into multiple final states. These data allow measurements related to QCD. We obtained our final measurement of the charged kaon semileptonic decays form factors based on 4.28 million Ke3 and 2.91 million Kμ3 selected decays, with the smallest uncertainty for Ke3 and a competitive result for Kμ3 and leading to the most precise combined Kl3 result coming from the kaon sector that reduces the form factor uncertainty of/Vus/. The NA62 experiment at CERN SPS is designed to measure the branching ratio of the K+ → π+νν decay with 10% precision. K → πνν is one of the theoretically cleanest meson decay where to look for indirect effects of new physics complementary to LHC searches. NA62 took data in 2015-2017; the analysis of a partial data set allows to reach the Standard Model sensitivity. The status of the experiments will be presented.

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2018

43. Slow life histories in lizards living in the highlands of the Andes Mountains

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Facundo Cabezas-Cartes, Jorgelina M. Boretto, and Nora R. Ibargüengoytía

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Male, Physiology, media_common.quotation_subject, Otras Ciencias Biológicas, Argentina, Phymaturus, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Biochemistry, Ciencias Biológicas, Endocrinology, biology.animal, Skeletochronology, Sexual maturity, Animals, LONGEVITY, Life History Traits, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Maximum life span, media_common, biology, Lizard, Phymaturus antofagastensis, Ecology, Altitude, Reproduction, Longevity, AGE AT SEXUAL MATURITY, Lizards, PHYMATURUS, biology.organism_classification, 010601 ecology, SKELETOCHRONOLOGY, Animal Science and Zoology, Female, REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
Abstract

In the highlands of the Andes, lizards must balance precisely the allocation of energy for growth and reproduction to ensure their survival. We studied the individuals’ age, growth rates, age at sexual maturity, and maximum life span of the viviparous lizard Phymaturus antofagastensis, endemic of cold and harsh environments at high altitudes in the Andes Mountains of Catamarca province, Argentina. We also estimated key life history parameters like reproductive effort, lifetime reproductive effort, net reproductive rate, and relative reproductive time in P. antofagastensis as well as in other Phymaturus to compare the interplay among growth, maintenance, and reproduction in species that live across a latitudinal and altitudinal gradient. We found that females and males of P. antofagastensis mature late in life, at 6–7 years old, respectively, and some individuals reached 20 years of age. Adult females showed higher specific growth rates than males and an adult life span of 9 years which, due to their biennial reproduction, results in an estimated production of only four litters in life. This species exhibits one of the highest lifetime reproductive efforts described for lizards. Our results indicate the existence of a tradeoff between the number of reproductive events throughout life and reproductive effort devoted to each event in Phymaturus, related to the phylogenetic group. The palluma group shows low reproductive effort but high number of reproductive events throughout their lives, whereas the patagonicus group shows high reproductive efforts in low number of reproductive events. Fil: Boretto, Jorgelina Mariela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Cabezas, Facundo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Ibarguengoytía, Nora. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina

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2017

44. $K\to\pi\nu\nu$ at NA62

Author

G. Anzivino, J. Morant, N. Estrada, N Desimone, G. Paoluzzi, C. Capoccia, Kekelidze, P. Wertelaers, Semenov, P. Sutcliffe, E. Iacopini, M. Lenti, F. Marchetto, Piero Vicini, T Jones KKampf, Christopher John Parkinson, M. Veltri, G. Corradi, Cerny, D. Pietreanu, Pierre Jarron, A An tonelli, P. Lichard, M. Fiorini, Marian Krivda, F. Bucci, T. Numao, D. Tagnani, Milena Misheva, R. Fantechi, Evgueni Goudzovski, Yu. Kiryushin, H. D. Wahl, G. Maire, R. Aliberti, A. Norton, Roland Winston, P. Petrov, Petra Riedler, N. Doble, D. Soldi, E. Cortina Gil, B. Velghe, Roberto Piandani, S. Chiozzi, F. Cotorobai, Mauro Raggi, I. O. Skillicorn, L. Fulton, A. Mapelli, David Lomidze, L. Di Lella, L. Bician, Luca Federici, G. D'Agostini, F. Perez Gomez, Likhacheva, E. Capitolo, Mauro Piccini, J. Degrange, Elsha, J. Kaplon, M. Pepe, Paolo Massarotti, R. Page, S. Giudici, Mario Giorgi, Rainer Wanke, D. Di Filippo, A. Sturgess, B. Wrona, A. Fucci, P. Rubin, L. Peruzzo, R. Guida, G. Salina, Andrea Catinaccio, G. Mannocchi, O. Hutanu, A. Goncalves Martins, Georgi P. Georgiev, A. Winhart, Bonaiuto, Z. Kucerova, A. Conovaloff, S. Balev, A. Khudyakov, M. Boretto, Paolo Valente, F. Hahn, A Khotyant sev, Dave Britton, F. Newson, A. Ceccucci, B. Checcucci, Andrea Bizzeti, Roberto Ammendola, S. Shkarovskiy, M. Zamkovsky, J. Kunze, Roberto Ciaranfi, J. B. Dainton, Helen F Heath, J. R. Fry, J. L. Fu, M Valdata Nappi, M. Vormstein, P. Cenci, I. Azhinenko, N. A. Molokanova, G. Ruggiero, J. Noël, M. Koval, S. Venditti, A. Shaikhiev, R. Lenci, Samsonov, A. Salamon, Mattia Barbanera, G. Khoriauli, H. O. Danielsson, A. Romano, Fausto Sargeni, M. Serra, F. Herman, G. Collazuol, M. Napolitano, S. Gallorini, M. Medvedeva, J. Calvo, A P Ostankov, M. Vasile, G. Lamanna, S. Ghinescu, R. Volpe, M. Bragadireanu, P. S. Cooper, J. Pinzino, D. J. Munday, T. Vassilieva, F. Costantini, Mb Brunetti, Fabrizio Petrucci, Luca Pontisso, Francesco Gonnella, Tomas Blazek, A. Cotta Ramusino, D. E. Hutchcroft, Leander Litov, S. Padolski, L. Iacobuzio, O. Yushchenko, Konrad Kleinknecht, Emilio Leonardi, I. Polenkevich, A. Kleimenova, S. Kholodenko, A. Sotnikov, D. Coward, Palladino, G. Britvich, Yu. Kudenko, P.A. Cooke, S. Galeotti, Claudio Santoni, Sugonyaev, B. Angelucci, Alexander Kluge, B. Hallgren, A. Cecchetti, F. Spinella, R. Lollini, Ernesto Migliore, A. Filippi, Roberta Arcidiacono, E. Gushchin, Fascianelli, M. Moulson, Kozhuharov, B Bloch Devaux, M. Sozzi, E. Pedreschi, E. Jones, M. Mirra, L. Glonti, Ilaria Neri, T. Enik, Douglas Bryman, Sergei Fedotov, Alessandro Lonardo, K. J. McCormick, Cristina Biino, J. Bendotti, A. Gianoli, Angelo Biagioni, F. Butin, O. Chikilev, P. F. Dalpiaz, N. Szilasi, Jürgen Engelfried, N. Dixon, Tomáš Husek, R.J. Staley, E. Imbergamo, Bolotov, Russo, T Capus sela, D. T. Madigozhin, Duk, Antonio Cassese, C. Cerri, Matteo Lupi, S. Martellotti, S. Trilov, Yu. Potrebenikov, C. Mandeiro, Giuseppe Latino, A. Blik, E. Gamberini, F. Raffaelli, M. Noy, G. Lehmann Miotto, Babette Döbrich, Obraztsov, L. Gatignon, Tommaso Spadaro, S. Di Lorenzo, R. Lietava, E. Minucci, A.I. Zinchenko, R. Marchevski, Antonino Sergi, M Perrin Terrin, G. Aglieri Rinella, A. Mefodev, I. Mannelli, S. Movchan, C. Lazzeroni, F. Ambrosino, K. Massri, Falaleev, D. Protopopescu, Emilie Maurice, Nicolas Lurkin, Ryjov, G. Nuessle, O. Jamet, M. Morel, E. Menichetti, P. Matak, and G. Saracino

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Pi
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2017
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45. Testosterone Cycle and Regulation of Reproductive Events in the LizardPhymaturus punae(Liolaemidae) from the Highlands of the Andes, Argentina

Author

Juan Carlos Acosta, Nora R. Ibargüengoytía, M.W. Fornés, Graciela A. Jahn, and Jorgelina M. Boretto

Subjects
Herbivore, Reproductive success, biology, Ecology, National park, Lizard, PHYMATURUS, Phymaturus, Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Annual cycle, biology.organism_classification, Liolaemidae, Ciencias Biológicas, biology.animal, parasitic diseases, Animal Science and Zoology, Mating, LAGARTOS, HORMONAS, REPRODUCCIÓN, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Abstract

The genus Phymaturus, entirely viviparous and mostly herbivorous, inhabits the cold and 25 harsh environments of the Andean highlands of Argentina and Chile, and the Patagonian 26 steppe of Argentina. Phymaturus punae is a vulnerable lizard endemic to the Biosphere 27 Reserve San Guillermo (National Park and Provincial Reserve) in San Juan (Argentina) that 28 inhabits high altitudes of 3,100 to 4,200 m. The reproductive cycles of males and females of 29 P. punae have been described previously. Males perform a prenuptial and annual cycle, and 30 females reproduce once every two years. As a consequence, the adjustment in the timing of 31 males to the reproductive cycles of females must be very precise to ensure reproductive 32 success. We elucidate the time of mating and the asynchrony of males and females 33 reproductive events in P. punae based on endocrine and ultrastructural studies. Present 34 hormonal results support the idea that copulation in P. punae occurs at the end of the activity 35 season. Ultrastructural features observed in Sertoli and Leydig cells indicate that both types of 36 cells have the potential to synthesize steroid hormones, to support the spermatogenic cycle 37 and the mating period, respectively. In P. punae the cases of temporal asynchrony in steroid 38 activity, suggest that this mechanism must be important to start the spermatogenesis in spring, 39 supported by the steroid activity of Sertoli cells, since Leydig cells are inactive. Nevertheless 40 the asynchronic steroid mechanism seems to be more necessary in Phymaturus species with 41 continuous or postnuptial cycles, than in species with prenuptial cycles, like P. punae. Fil: Boretto, Jorgelina Mariela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones En Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Reg.universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones En Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Fornes, Miguel Walter. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo; Argentina Fil: Jahn, Graciela Alma. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Medicina y Biología Experimental de Cuyo; Argentina Fil: Acosta, Juan Carlos. Universidad Nacional de San Juan; Argentina Fil: Ibarguengoytía, Nora. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones En Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Reg.universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones En Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina

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2014
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46. Volcanic ash from Puyehue-Cordón Caulle eruptions affects running performance and body condition of Phymaturus lizards in Patagonia, Argentina

Author

Alejandro Scolaro, Carla Piantoni, Erika Leticia Kubisch, Mariela S. Fernández, Barry Sinervo, Nora R. Ibargüengoytía, Fausto R. Méndez-de la Cruz, Facundo Cabezas-Cartes, Jorgelina M. Boretto, and Rafael A. Lara-Resendiz

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Otras Ciencias Biológicas, 010607 zoology, Pyroclastic rock, Phymaturus, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Ciencias Biológicas, PHYMATURUS SINERVOI, biology.animal, BODY CONDITION, DISTURBANCE, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, Vulcanian eruption, biology, Lizard, Ecology, PHYMATURUS EXCELSUS, MAXIMUM RUNNING SPEED, biology.organism_classification, Volcanic rock, Biological dispersal, Deposition (chemistry), CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS, Volcanic ash
Abstract

The Puyehue-Cordón Caulle eruption of 4 June 2011 dispersed about 100 million tonnes of pyroclastic materials resulting in ash accumulations of 30 cm depth on the Patagonian steppe, an area occupied by several lizard species. Herein we analysed, by experimental trials, the effects of ash and slope on running performance of two endemic and vulnerable species, Phymaturus excelsus and Phymaturus sinervoi, restricted to volcanic rock outcrops in Patagonia. We also determined the effect of ash fall on body condition by comparing the same populations before and after the volcanic eruption. Locomotion of P. excelsus, adapted to rocky and steep outcrops, was more affected in a negative way by ash. In contrast, P. sinervoi, which lives in mixed habitats with flat rocks and sandy substrates, ran more slowly on the inclined surface but was unaffected by ash, suggesting the two species are well adapted to the habitats they occupy. In spite of impacts of ash deposition on locomotion and potentially the feeding, reproduction and dispersal activity of P. excelsus, lizards captured 18 months after ash deposition showed improved body condition. Our study site for P. sinervoi received less ash deposition and hence body condition was similar before and after ash fall. We hypothesize that negative effects of ash on lizards were counteracted by competitive release; ash deposition caused an acute and significant increase in mortality of herbivorous competitors such as hares and sheep that feed upon the same flowers and fruits included in the Phymaturus diet. Fil: Ibarguengoytía, Nora. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Cabezas, Facundo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Boretto, Jorgelina Mariela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Piantoni, Carla. Universidad de Sao Paulo; Brasil Fil: Kubisch, Erika Leticia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Fernández, Mariela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Lara Resendiz, Rafael A.. University of California; Estados Unidos. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; México Fil: Méndez de la Cruz, Fausto Roberto. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; México Fil: Scolaro, Jose Alejandro. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Sinervo, Barry Raymond. Universidad de California; Estados Unidos

Published
2016

47. How does a viviparous semifossorial lizard reproduce? Ophiodes intermedius (Squamata: Anguidae) from subtropical climate in the Wet Chaco region of Argentina

Author

Martín Alejandro Ortiz, Nora R. Ibargüengoytía, and Jorgelina M. Boretto

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, 0301 basic medicine, Litter (animal), Male, Squamata, Anguidae, Climate, Argentina, Zoology, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, 03 medical and health sciences, Species Specificity, Viviparity, Nonmammalian, biology.animal, Sexual maturity, Animals, Ecosystem, biology, Ecology, Lizard, Lizards, biology.organism_classification, Ophiodes, Sexual dimorphism, 030104 developmental biology, Animal Science and Zoology, Female, Vitellogenesis, Seasons
Abstract

The best predictors of reproductive patterns are commonly associated with climate factors, but evolutionary history also plays an important role. The semifossorial and viviparous lizard Ophiodes intermedius from the Wet Chaco region of Argentina showed an annual cycle with asynchrony between males and females and an unusual pattern for subtropical climates, with vitellogenesis beginning in autumn, ovulation and copulation in spring, and births occurring in summer. Males exhibited annual variation of testicular size associated with spermatogenic activity, reaching their maximum gonadal activity in late summer (March), but sperm storage in the epididymis and/or deferent duct occurred throughout the year. Females showed an extended reproductive cycle beginning in mid-autumn (May) with vitellogenesis and finishing with births from late spring to mid-summer (December to February). Litter size varied from 4 to 9 offspring. Females reached sexual maturity at a larger snout-vent length and, overall, showed greater body size than males, while males exhibited larger heads than females. Fat body cycles indicated that females use lipid reserves to support vitellogenesis and embryo development, while males allocate lipid resources to the search for females, courtship and copulation rather than to gametogenesis. Ophiodes intermedius differed from other species of the genus in litter size, gestation period, timing of birth and the minimum size at sexual maturity, probably as a result of the influence of ecological, historical and phylogenetic factors.

Published
2016

48. Search for Κ + → π+ νν at NA62

Author

E. Gamberini, N. Doble, C. Cerri, Tomáš Husek, P. F. Dalpiaz, Jürgen Engelfried, H. O. Danielsson, L. Fulton, A. Filippi, F. Duval, A. Kleimenova, B. Angelucci, B. Bloch-Devaux, T. Capussela, A. Gianoli, E. Cortina Gil, P. S. Cooper, F. Constantini, L. Di Lella, A. Cotta-Ramusino, F. Brizioli, N. De Simone, F. Bucci, Andrea Biagioni, F. Hahn, M. Fiorini, Karol Kampf, S. Martellotti, A. Fucci, E. Iacopini, Roberta Arcidiacono, C. Graham, Georgi P. Georgiev, Viacheslav Duk, G. Khoriauli, Babette Döbrich, A. Khotyantsev, E. Gushchin, Roberto Ammendola, R. Fantechi, L. Gatignon, M. Corvino, Dave Britton, N. Estrada-Tristan, Evgueni Goudzovski, Vincenzo Bonaiuto, Francesco Gonnella, A. Ceccucci, B. Checcucci, T. Enik, Douglas Bryman, Sergei Fedotov, M. B. Brunetti, Andrea Bizzeti, Tomas Blazek, F. Ambrosino, B. Jenninger, V. Fascianelli, Helen F Heath, D. Coward, S. Giudici, J. R. Fry, Mario Giorgi, D. Di Filippo, R. Guida, Cristina Biino, E. Imbergamo, J. L. Fu, G. Anzivino, M. Koval, Vladimir Kekelidze, S. Ghinescu, M. Boretto, P. Cenci, J. B. Dainton, L. Iacobuzio, L. Bician, Luca Federici, M. Bragadireanu, A. Korotkova, V. Falaleev, Mattia Barbanera, A. Conovalo, G. D'Agostini, O. Hutanu, V Cerni, R. Aliberti, D. E. Hutchcroft, S. Kholodenko, and A. Antonelli

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Large Hadron Collider, Meson, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Branching fraction, Physics beyond the Standard Model, NA62 experiment, 01 natural sciences, Measure (mathematics), Standard Model, 0103 physical sciences, Sensitivity (control systems), 010306 general physics
Abstract

$K→\pi v\bar{v}$ is one of the theoretically cleanest meson decay where to look for indirect effects of new physics complementary to LHC searches. The NA62 experiment at CERN SPS is designed to measure the branching ratio of the $K^+→\pi^+ v\bar{v}$ decay with 10% precision. NA62 took data in 2015-2017; the analysis of a partial data set allows to reach the Standard Model sensitivity. The status of the experiments will be here reviewed, and prospects will be presented.

Published
2018
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49. Phymaturus of Patagonia, Argentina: Reproductive Biology of Phymaturus zapalensis (Liolaemidae) and a Comparison of Sexual Dimorphism within the Genus

Author

Jorgelina M. Boretto and Nora R. Ibargüengoytía

Subjects
biology, Ecology, media_common.quotation_subject, Phymaturus, biology.organism_classification, Liolaemidae, Sexual dimorphism, Genus, Reproductive biology, Animal Science and Zoology, Omnivore, Reproduction, Ovulation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, media_common
Abstract

Lizards of the viviparous genus Phymaturus inhabit regions in which a significant proportion of the year is unsuitable for growth and reproduction. All Phymaturus studied have shown biennial female reproductive cycles. We studied the reproductive biology of Phymaturus zapalensis, which lives on rocky outcrops in cold and arid environments of Patagonia, Argentina. Male and female reproductive cycles, mean annual reproductive output, and sexual dimorphism were analyzed. Additionally, new dimorphic traits of Phymaturus antofagastensis and Phymaturus tenebrosus were compared with published data. The female reproductive cycle of P. zapalensis is annual-biennial (because of skipping a year of reproduction), and synchronous with the annual male reproductive cycle. In midspring, males show spermatozoa in epididymis, and females have enlarged follicles, characteristic of imminent ovulation. The presence of 45% of the adult females with oocytes smaller than 4 mm, in all months of capture except October, suggests a year of skipped reproduction. Female P. zapalensis had greater SVL and a relative larger interlimb length than males. Males exhibited relatively greater head width, neck width, and diameter of front and hind legs. Our data indicate that the potential for annual reproduction exists in this biennial breeding genus. The capability of P. zapalensis to perform either an annual or biennial reproductive cycle, instead of the characteristic biennial cycle of the genus, could be the result of a longer activity season, higher temperatures during spring, summer, and autumn months, together with a high-energy omnivorous diet.

Published
2009
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50. Field thermal biology in Phymaturus lizards: Comparisons from the Andes to the Patagonian steppe in Argentina

Author

Jorgelina M. Boretto, J.A. Marinero, Nora R. Ibargüengoytía, Juan Carlos Acosta, John D. Krenz, and Héctor J. Villavicencio

Subjects
geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, Ecology, biology, Steppe, Range (biology), Phymaturus, biology.organism_classification, Fecundity, Substrate (marine biology), Liolaemidae, Sauria, Phymaturus tenebrosus, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Earth-Surface Processes
Abstract

The genus Phymaturus (Liolaemidae) is a group of rock-dwelling and viviparous lizards distributed in the highlands of the Andes and on the volcanic plateaus of Patagonia, Argentina. They are restricted to harsh environments characterized by cold-temperate summers and snowy winters that constrain growth, fecundity, and length of reproductive cycles. In the present study, the field body temperatures of Phymaturus punae, Phymaturus zapalensis, and Phymaturus tenebrosus distributed along a latitudinal and altitudinal gradient are analysed in relation to differences in their life histories. Each of the three species shows differences in their body temperatures depending if they are inside or outside the rock crevices. As was expected, body temperatures of lizards inside the rock crevices follow the air and substrate temperatures, but outside the crevices, a paradox was observed. P. zapalensis, living in the most-temperate climate and with body temperatures no different than P. tenebrosus, unexpectedly had lower body temperatures than P. punae, living at 4000 m elevation. Our results suggest that diet, the ability to be active over a broad thermal range, and a longer activity season can counteract the effect of body temperature on the timing and allocation of energy to growth, maturation and reproduction.

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2008
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