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1. 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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2. Improved calorimetric particle identification in NA62 using machine learning techniques

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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.

Published
2023
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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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
Published
2023
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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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
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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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. Search for production of an invisible dark photon in π 0 decays

Author

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

Author

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

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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. 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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17. 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.

Published
2020
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18. 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.

Published
2019
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19. A search for the K+ -> mu- nu e+ 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. 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

20. Sources of Artifacts in SLODR Detection

Author

Anatoly N. Krichevets, Alexander G. Vinogradov, Dmitriy V. Ushakov, Konstantin V. Sugonyaev, Aram A. Fomichev, and Aleksei A. Korneev

Subjects
structure of intelligence, Cognitive science, structural modelling, spearman’s law of diminishing returns, mathematical modeling, Psychology, Psychology (miscellaneous), intelligence, BF1-990
Abstract

Background. Spearman’s law of diminishing returns (SLODR) states that intercorrelations between scores on tests of intellectual abilities were higher when the data set was comprised of subjects with lower intellectual abilities and vice versa. After almost a hundred years of research, this trend has only been detected on average. Objective. To determine whether the very different results were obtained due to variations in scaling and the selection of subjects. Design. We used three methods for SLODR detection based on moderated factor analysis (MFCA) to test real data and three sets of simulated data. Of the latter group, the first one simulated a real SLODR effect. The second one simulated the case of a different density of tasks of varying difficulty; it did not have a real SLODR effect. The third one simulated a skewed selection of respondents with different abilities and also did not have a real SLODR effect. We selected the simulation parameters so that the correlation matrix of the simulated data was similar to the matrix created from the real data, and all distributions had similar skewness parameters (about -0.3). Results. The results of MFCA are contradictory and we cannot clearly distinguish by this method the dataset with real SLODR from datasets with similar correlation structure and skewness, but without a real SLODR effect. Theresults allow us to conclude that when effects like SLODR are very subtle and can be identified only with a large sample, then features of the psychometric scale become very important, because small variations of scale metrics may lead either to masking of real SLODR or to false identification of SLODR.

Published
2021

21. An Analog-to-Digital Converter Module with Signal Shape Digitization for the VES Experiment

Author

V. Kalendarev, A. A. Shumakov, V. D. Matveev, V. Sugonyaev, M. Mikhasenko, D. R. Eremeev, E. Volkov, Yu.A. Khokhlov, and A. Ivashin

Subjects
010302 applied physics, Measurement method, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Computer science, Analog-to-digital converter, 01 natural sciences, Signal, law.invention, law, 0103 physical sciences, Scintillation counter, Electronic engineering, Linear combination, Instrumentation, Digitization, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract

A 32-channel 12-bit ADC-32ATC analog-to-digital conversion module with signal shape digitization at 40 MHz, which was been developed for the VES experiment at the U-70 accelerator, is presented. The analog shapers for this module, the measurement methods, the data-processing techniques, and the experience gained in using this module in the VES experiment are described. The module is intended to register single pulses with a stable shape or a linear combination of a few such pulses with positive coefficients. It can be used for calorimeters, as well as for Cherenkov and scintillation counters, in fixed-target experiments in high-energy physics.

Published
2020

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

25. IS IT POSSIBLE TO ASSESS PERSONALITY TRAITS BY MEANS OF LÜSCHER TEST?

Author

K V Sugonyaev

Subjects
Big Five personality traits, Psychology, Test (assessment), Clinical psychology
Abstract

Despite 70-year history of 8-color version of the Lüscher Test there are surprisingly few empirical data so far confirming its reliability and validity. The current study aimed to fill this gap. Construct validity of popular scores of the test (ranks of color’s choices and some derivative indexes) was investigated by means of their comparison with supposedly relevant personality trait scores measured by some questionnaires. In five student’s and three military samples (Ntotal = 6643) we could not reveal any consistent evidence of a link between color preferences and the personality traits. Temporary stability of Lüscher Test scores was investigated in four samples by a total number of 1067 subjects. Stability estimates at different modes of the test administration are amounted to r = 0,319–0,473, that is quite insufficient for reliable assessment of personality traits. The results obtained are considered as evidence of uselessness of the Lüscher Test application in high stake context. Also our data call into question a validity of popular systems of interpretations of color preferences, at least in terms of personality traits.

Published
2019

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.

Published
2021

27. Search for π0 decays to invisible particles

Author

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

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

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

Published
2021

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

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. 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.

Published
2021

29. Measurement of the very rare K^{+} + →{\pi}^{+}\nu \overline{\nu}π + ν ν decay

Author

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

Subjects
Physics, FCNC Interaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Branching fraction, hep-ex, Flavour Changing Neutral Currents, Analytical chemistry, QC770-798, 01 natural sciences, Standard Model, Flavor physics, Rare decay, Fixed target experiments, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, 0103 physical sciences, Sensitivity (control systems), 010306 general physics, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The NA62 experiment reports the branching ratio measurement $$ \mathrm{BR}\left({K}^{+}\to {\pi}^{+}\nu \overline{\nu}\right)=\left({10.6}_{-3.4}^{+4.0}\left|{}_{\mathrm{stat}}\right.\pm {0.9}_{\mathrm{syst}}\right)\times {10}^{-11} $$ BR K + → π + ν ν ¯ = 10.6 − 3.4 + 4.0 stat ± 0.9 syst × 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+→$$ {\pi}^{+}\nu \overline{\nu} $$ π + ν ν ¯ 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

30. An investigation of the very rare $ {K}^{+}\to {\pi}^{+}\nu \overline{\nu} $ decay

Author

H. O. Danielsson, Luca Pontisso, L. Federici, P. F. Dalpiaz, R. Marchevski, E. Gamberini, Jürgen Engelfried, A. Sturgess, Vladimir Ryjov, J. B. Dainton, Antonino Sergi, Paul Laycock, Fabrizio Petrucci, M. Medvedeva, Giuseppe Ruggiero, T. Numao, Paolo Valente, D. E. Hutchcroft, F. Marchetto, M. Lenti, M. Perrin-Terrin, D. Lomidze, Piero Vicini, O. Yushchenko, L. Peruzzo, S. Martellotti, A. Mapelli, V. Palladino, F. Costantini, P. Lubrano, P. Lichard, B. Angelucci, B. Bloch-Devaux, L. Bician, Leander Litov, G. Lanfranchi, V. Obraztsov, L. Iacobuzio, E. B. Holzer, S. Giudici, P. Rubin, J. R. Fry, Tommaso Spadaro, R. Piandani, A. Fucci, Roberta Arcidiacono, F. Hahn, Vladimir Kekelidze, V. Kurshetsov, Georgi P. Georgiev, E. Cortina Gil, D. Emelyanov, V. E. Semenov, Dave Britton, Mattia Barbanera, Viacheslav Duk, N. De Simone, S. Kholodenko, E. Gushchin, M. Boretto, G. Lehmann Miotto, C. Graham, E. Maurice, S. Movchan, C. Lazzeroni, A. Ceccucci, E. Iacopini, V. Falaleev, B. Checcucci, L. Di Lella, Roberto Ammendola, F. Ambrosino, Andrea Bizzeti, Babette Döbrich, P. Cooper, G. D'Agostini, B. Velghe, J. Carmignani, E. Minucci, M. Sozzi, V. Cerny, Claudio Santoni, M. Pepe, Johannes Bernhard, E. Pedreschi, Andrea Biagioni, R. Volpe, C. J. Parkinson, S. Padolski, F. Newson, S. Shkarovskiy, M. Fiorini, R. Page, A. Filippi, A. I. Zinchenko, J. Fu, Rainer Wanke, O. Hutanu, A. Mefodev, H. D. Wahl, Yu. Potrebenikov, Francesco Gonnella, R. Fantechi, B. Wrona, A. Parenti, A. Salamon, L. Gatignon, J. Jerhot, Giuseppe Latino, M. Mirra, Z. Kucerova, I. Mannelli, N. Estrada-Tristan, G. Saracino, D. Coward, F. Brizioli, M. Koval, F. Spinella, T. Capussela, Evgueni Goudzovski, A. Gianoli, Mauro Piccini, Roberto Guida, S. Venditti, A. Shaikhiev, Tomas Blazek, A. Romano, Fausto Sargeni, Paolo Massarotti, R. Lollini, Ilaria Neri, Vincenzo Bonaiuto, G. Anzivino, Yu.A. Kudenko, T. Enik, Tomáš Husek, Douglas Bryman, Sergei Fedotov, A P Ostankov, V. Sugonyaev, F. Bucci, A. Cotta Ramusino, V. Kozhuharov, Milena Misheva, V. Kurochka, Ernesto Migliore, M. Zamkovsky, Matthew Noy, Mauro Raggi, E. Lari, R. W. L. Jones, D. T. Madigozhin, G. Khoriauli, M. Corvino, Alessandro Lonardo, M. Vormstein, T. Bache, Emilio Leonardi, S. Ghinescu, S. Schuchmann, R. Aliberti, A. Norton, Matteo Lupi, A. Antonelli, Helen F Heath, I. Polenkevich, D. Soldi, P. Cenci, Cristina Biino, K. Massri, A. M. Bragadireanu, B. Jenninger, D. Protopopescu, E. Menichetti, Nicolas Lurkin, M. B. Brunetti, J. Kunze, L. Fulton, F. Duval, Mario Giorgi, D. Di Filippo, M. Moulson, V. Fascianelli, P. Petrov, D. Baigarashev, A. Khotyantsev, Karol Kampf, E. Imbergamo, Jacopo Pinzino, G. Lamanna, N. Doble, A. Kleimenova, N. A. Molokanova, M. Napolitano, C. Cerri, S. Trilov, A. Korotkova, A. Baeva, J. Swallow, A. Conovaloff, 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), and European Project: 268062,EC:FP7:ERC,ERC-2010-AdG_20100224,UNIVERSALEPTO(2011)

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Branching fraction, Physics beyond the Standard Model, Flavour Changing Neutral Currents, 01 natural sciences, Standard Model, Flavor physics, Fixed target experiments, Rare decay, 0103 physical sciences, Pi, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], ddc:530, Sensitivity (control systems), 010306 general physics
Abstract

The NA62 experiment reports an investigation of the $$ {K}^{+}\to {\pi}^{+}\nu \overline{\nu} $$ K + → π + ν ν ¯ 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 $$ {K}^{+}\to {\pi}^{+}\nu \overline{\nu} $$ K + → π + ν ν ¯ 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

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

Author

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.

Published
2020

33. Search forK+→π+νν‾at NA62

Author

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.

Published
2017

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

Author

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.

Published
2019

35. 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”).

Published
2019

36. A new electromagnetic calorimeter for the updated VES setup

Author

Yu.A. Khokhlov, V. Sugonyaev, V. F. Konstantinov, M. Kholodenko, B. Polyakov, I. A. Katchaev, V. D. Matveev, V. A. Dorofeev, A. Ivashin, and V. Kalendarev

Subjects
010302 applied physics, Physics, Photomultiplier, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Electrical engineering, 01 natural sciences, Set (abstract data type), Electromagnetic calorimeter, Cascade, Control system, 0103 physical sciences, Calibration, business, Instrumentation, Voltage, Shashlik
Abstract

A complex of the new electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL-2) for the VES setup is described. It is composed of 1592 “shashlik” type counters consisting of a set of lead−scintillator plates, high-voltage supplies based on cascade voltage multipliers for FEU-84 photomultiplier tubes, an LED-based monitoring system, a slow control system, and a pulse-height analysis system. The procedures of ECAL-2 calibration and online monitoring are described.

Published
2016

37. Study of the reaction π–A π+π–π– A at large statistics with VES setup

Author

V. F. Konstantinov, M. Kholodenko, A. Ekimov, V. Nikolaenko, Yu. Salomatin, V. Kalendarev, V. Gotman, M. Mikhasenko, E. Volkov, I. A. Kachaev, A. Plekhanov, A. Ivashin, Yu.A. Khokhlov, D. I. Ryabchikov, A.M. Zaitsev, V. A. Dorofeev, V. Sugonyaev, and Viktor Matveev

Subjects
Physics, Density matrix, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Partial wave analysis, chemistry.chemical_element, 01 natural sciences, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Formalism (philosophy of mathematics), chemistry, 0103 physical sciences, Atomic physics, Beryllium, 010306 general physics
Abstract

Partial wave analysis of the π–A π+π–π– system produced by 29 GeV/cπ– beam on a beryllium target is presented. About 30 × 106 |events in the wide t′|range 0–0.8 GeV2/c 2 are collected with upgraded VES setup. The size of the data sample is 2.5 times larger than one previously analyzed by VES. Data are analyzed using formalism of the density matrix with unlimited rank. We discuss status of the a 1(1420) a 2(1700) a 3(1875) states and a structure of exotic ρ(770)π P-wave with J PC = 1-+. Parameters of a 3(1875) are estimated as M = 1985 ± 20 MeV/c 2, Γ = 200 ± 50 MeV/c 2 (preliminary).

Published
2015

38. New veto hodoscope ANTI-0 for the NA62 experiment at CERN

Author

V. Sugonyaev, H. O. Danielsson, P. A. Giudici, V. Obraztsov, S. Kholodenko, R. Wanke, O. Gavrishchuk, I. Mannelli, M. Kholodenko, and Evgueni Goudzovski

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Veto, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, NA62 experiment, 01 natural sciences, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, Nuclear physics, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Hodoscope, 0103 physical sciences, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, Nuclear Experiment, physics.ins-det, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Branching fraction, Detector, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Halo
Abstract

The NA62 experiment is a fixed-target experiment at CERN SPS. The main goal of the experiment is to measure the branching ratio of the ultra-rare kaon decay $K^{+}\to\pi^{+}\nu\bar\nu$. The NA62 detector allows also to study other rare kaon decays and to search for very weakly coupled particles of MeV-GeV mass-scale. The new ANTI-0 hodoscope is proposed and designed to veto events with charged halo particles entering the decay volume. It is now being assembled at CERN. The detector design, the performance simulation and the results of measurements with cosmic rays and test beams for the individual elements are presented. The commissioning and the first run of data-taking is scheduled for after the end of LS2 long shutdown (April 2021)., Comment: INSTR20: Instrumentation for Colliding Beam Physics

Published
2020

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

Author

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)

Published
2018

41. Analysis of the reaction π−Be → π−π0π0Be at VES

Author

V. Gotman, E. Nazarov, A. Plekhanov, V. Nikolaenko, V. Sugonyaev, M. Mikhasenko, A. M. Zaitsev, Yu.A. Khokhlov, E. Volkov, A. Ivashin, A. Ekimov, I. A. Kachaev, Dmitry Ryabchikov, V. F. Konstantinov, M. Kholodenko, Viktor Matveev, Yu. Salomatin, V. Kalendarev, V. A. Dorofeev, and B. Polyakov

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Density matrix, Diffraction, Physics, Matrix (mathematics), Rank (linear algebra), Partial wave analysis, Momentum transfer, Coherence (signal processing), Atomic physics, Spin (physics)
Abstract

We present the results of the analysis of diffractive reaction π−Be → π−π0π0Be measured with upgraded VES detector with the statistics of about 16 · 106 events. The mass-independent partial-wave analysis is performed using set of 70 partial waves corresponding to natural-parity exchange mechanism and restricting the rank of spin-density matrix Nr = 1. The data is divided into 40 MeV m(3π) bins and in 10 intervals of momentum transfer squared t′. The sub-density-matrix of mass independent PWA is subject to further mass dependent fits using Breit-Wigner resonant terms and coherent non-resonant backgrounds.

Published
2016

42. The OPERA VETO system

Author

A. Longhin, C. Gustavino, E. Carrara, A. Bertolin, A. Lindozzi, Luca Stanco, A. Candela, V. Sugonyaev, M. D'Incecco, E. Tatananni, G. Felici, A. Mengucci, A. Di Giovanni, S. Dusini, A. Garfagnini, R. Brugnera, F. Dal Corso, A. Bergnoli, and G. Corradi

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Resistive touchscreen, Large Hadron Collider, Opera, Veto, Detector, Neutrino, Instrumentation, Beam (structure)
Abstract

OPERA is an underground experiment to search for ν τ appearance from a pure ν μ beam produced at CERN. To flag the events due to the neutrino interactions with the rock surrounding the OPERA detector, a large VETO system, based on the use of Glass Resistive Plate Chambers (GRPCs) has been realized. We describe the VETO system, the GRPCs, the tests performed on the chambers before their installation. Presently, the VETO is in phase of commissioning. The first results of its underground operation are also presented.

Published
2009

43. Performances of the OPERA RPCs

Author

A. Mengucci, M. Spinetti, A. Bertolin, A. Garfagnini, A. Bergnoli, A. Candela, V. Sugonyaev, F. Dal Corso, A. Longhin, R. Brugnera, E. Carrara, L. Castellani, M. Lindozzi, C. Gustavino, G. Papalino, Luca Stanco, Alessandro Paoloni, Mario Stipčević, F. Terranova, A. Cazes, M. Ventura, L. Votano, S. Dusini, G. Felici, G. Corradi, M. D'Incecco, A. Di Giovanni, Bergnoli, A, Bertolin, A, Brugnera, R, Candela, A, Carrara, E, Castellani, L, Cazes, A, Corradi, G, Dal Corso, F, D'Incecco, M, Di Giovanni, A, Dusini, S, Felici, G, Garfagnini, A, Gustavino, C, Lindozzi, M, Longhin, A, Mengucci, A, Paoloni, A, Papalino, G, Stanco, L, Stipcevic, M, Sugonyaev, V, Terranova, F, Spinetti, M, Ventura, M, and Votano, L

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Large Hadron Collider, Muon, Spectrometer, OPERA, Streamer mode, Detector, RPC, Nuclear physics, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, Bakelite, Charm (quantum number), Neutrino, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physic, Lepton
Abstract

OPERA is a dedicated experiment for the observation of ν μ into ν τ oscillations through τ appearance using a 730 km long baseline ν μ beam from CERN to the Gran Sasso underground laboratory. The detector is equipped with two spectrometers for muon identification and charm background rejection. Bakelite RPCs are used as inner trackers inside the iron magnet of the spectrometers. The experiment has already performed two short runs in 2006 and 2007. Results about the RPC performances are presented.

Published
2009

44. The OPERA Spectrometer Slow Control System

Author

Alessandro Bertolin, G. Felici, A. Mengucci, S. Dusini, V. Sugonyaev, A. Cazes, A. Longhin, E. Carrara, F. Dal Corso, U. Mantello, A. Garfagnini, R. Brugnera, Alessandro Paoloni, Luca Stanco, A. Bergnoli, F. Terranova, M. Ventura, Bergnoli, A, Bertolin, A, Baignera, R, Carrara, E, Cazes, A, Dal Corso, F, Dusini, S, Felici, G, Garfagnini, A, Longhin, A, Mantello, U, Mengucci, A, Paoloni, A, Stanco, L, Sugonyaev, V, Terranova, F, and Ventura, M

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Spectrometer, business.industry, Controller (computing), Resistive plate chamber, Detector, Electrical engineering, Process (computing), Slow control, CAN bu, CAN bus, Database, Magnet, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Neutrino detector, Control theory, Control system, Nuclear emulsion, Neutrino, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, business, Nuclear and High Energy Physic
Abstract

OPERA is a long-baseline neutrino experiment at the Gran Sasso underground laboratories (LNGS), designed to observe nu - tau appearance in a nu - mu neutrino beam shot from CERN. The detector has a modular structure and is composed of two identical supermodules, each consisting of a massive lead/nuclear emulsion target complemented by electronic detectors and a magnetic spectrometer. The two magnets are instrumented with around 1000 resistive plate chambers (RPCs) detectors covering a surface of about 3200 m2. The slow-control system has been designed to monitor and control all the critical parameters for a proper functioning of the spectrometer. The different hardware (high voltage power supplies, RPC current meters, RPC and magnet temperature sensors, timing boards) is read out via CANbus connections by several distributed clients. The clients write the data to a relational database (PostresSQL), which is the heart of the system: it gives persistency to the data and allows to perform correlations useful to debug possible system malfunctioning. Among the various tools (histogramming and XML configuration managers), a controller process checks for possible failures of the system using data from the database and generates warnings/alarms for the shifters.

Published
2008

45. OPERA Resistive Plate Chambers underground test results

Author

F. Dal Corso, A. Longhin, E. Carrara, G. Felici, E. Tatananni, A. Mengucci, Robert Ciesielski, A. Di Giovanni, M. Lindozzi, M. Gatta, R. Brugnera, F. Terranova, A. Garfagnini, M. Spinetti, S. Dusini, A. Gambarara, C. Di Troia, Alessandro Paoloni, M. D'Incecco, P. Monacelli, L. Degli Esposti, L. Stanco, F. Grianti, A. Bergnoli, Mario Stipčević, L. Votano, L. Terminiello, C. Fanin, M. Ventura, C. Gustavino, A. Candela, V. Sugonyaev, Bergnoli, A, Brugnera, R, Candela, A, Carrara, E, Ciesielski, R, Dal Corso, F, Degli Esposti, L, Di Giovanni, A, D'Incecco, M, Di Troia, C, Dusini, S, Fanin, C, Felici, G, Gambarara, A, Garfagnini, A, Gatta, M, Grianti, F, Gustavino, C, Lindozzi, M, Longhin, A, Mengucci, A, Monacelli, P, Paoloni, A, Stanco, L, Tatananni, E, Terranova, F, Spinetti, M, Stipcevic, M, Sugonyaev, V, Terminiello, L, Ventura, M, and Votano, L

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Resistive touchscreen, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optic, Large Hadron Collider, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Cosmic ray, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Particle detector, Nuclear physics, resistive plate, chambers, underground, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Noise (radio), Lepton
Abstract

The OPERA experiment [M. Guler et al., CERN/SPSC 2000-028, SPSC/P318, LNGS P25/2000, July 10, 2000; M. Guler et al., CERN/SPSC 2001-025, SPSC/M668, LNGS-EXP 30/2001 Add. 1/01, August 21, 2001] will study νμ→ ντoscillations through τ appearance on the 732 Km long CERN to Gran Sasso baseline. The magnet yokes of the two muon spectrometers are instrumented with 44 layers of high resistivity bakelite Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) operated in streamer mode. Each layer covers about 70 m2. Four RPC planes were instrumented and the first tests were performed confirming a good behaviour of the installed RPCs in terms of intrinsic noise and operating currents. The measured noise maps agree with those obtained in the extensive quality tests performed at surface. Counting rates are below 20 Hz/m2. Single an multiple cosmic muon tracks were also reconstructed. The estimated efficiency is close to the geometrical limit and the very first measurements of the absolute and differential muon flux are in agreement with expectations. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Published
2006

47. Study of the effects induced by lead on the emulsion films of the OPERA experiment

Author

A Anokhina, S Aoki, A Ariga, L Arrabito, D Autiero, A Badertscher, F Bay, A Bergnoli, F Bersani Greggio, M Besnier, D Bick, C Bozza, T Brugiere, R Brugnera, G Brunetti, S Buontempo, E Carrara, A Cazes, L Chaussard, M Chernyavsky, V Chiarella, N Chon-Sen, A Chukanov, L Consiglio, M Cozzi, F Dal Corso, G D'Amato, N D'Ambrosio, G De Lellis, Y Déclais, M De Serio, F Di Capua, D Di Ferdinando, A Di Giovanni, N Di Marco, C Di Troia, S Dmitrievski, A Dominjon, M Dracos, D Duchesneau, B Dulach, S Dusini, J Ebert, O Egorov, R Enikeev, A Ereditato, L S Esposito, J Favier, G Felici, T Ferber, R Fini, A Franceschi, T Fukuda, C Fukushima, V I Galkin, V A Galkin, A Garfagnini, G Giacomelli, M Giorgini, C Goellnitz, D Golubkov, Y Gornoushkin, G Grella, F Grianti, M Guler, G Gusev, C Gustavino, C Hagner, T Hara, M Hierholzer, S Hiramatsu, K Hoshino, M Ieva, K Jakovcic, J Janicsko Csathy, B Janutta, C Jollet, F Juget, T Kawai, M Kazuyama, S H Kim, M Kimura, J Knuesel, K Kodama, M Komatsu, U Kose, I Kreslo, I Laktineh, C Lazzaro, J Lenkeit, A Ljubicic, A Longhin, G Lutter, K Manai, G Mandrioli, S Manzoor, A Marotta, J Marteau, H Matsuoka, N Mauri, F Meisel, A Meregaglia, M Messina, P Migliozzi, S Miyamoto, P Monacelli, K Morishima, U Moser, M T Muciaccia, N Naganawa, T Naka, M Nakamura, T Nakamura, T Nakano, V Nikitina, K Niwa, Y Nonoyama, S Ogawa, V Osedlo, D Ossetski, A Paoloni, B D Park, I G Park, A Pastore, L Patrizii, E Pennacchio, H Pessard, C Pistillo, N Polukhina, M Pozzato, K Pretzl, P Publichenko, F Pupilli, T Roganova, G Rosa, I Rostovtseva, A Rubbia, A Russo, O Ryazhskaya, D Ryzhikov, Y Sato, O Sato, V Saveliev, G Sazhina, A Schembri, L Scotto Lavina, H Shibuya, S Simone, M Sioli, C Sirignano, G Sirri, J S Song, M Spinetti, L Stanco, N Starkov, M Stipcevic, T Strauss, P Strolin, V Sugonyaev, Y Taira, S Takahashi, M Tenti, F Terranova, V Tioukov, V Togo, P Tolun, V Tsarev, S Tufanli, N Ushida, C Valieri, P Vilain, M Vladimirov, L Votano, J L Vuilleumier, G Wilquet, B Wonsak, J Wurtz, C S Yoon, J Yoshida, Y Zaitsev, S Zemskova, A Zghiche, R Zimmermann, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), OPERA, A. ANOKHINA, S. AOKI, A. ARIGA, L. ARRABITO, D. AUTIERO, A. BADERTSCHER, F. BAY, A. BERGNOLI, F. BERSANI GREGGIO, M. BESNIER, D. BICK, C. BOZZA, T. BRUGIERE, R. BRUGNERA, G. BRUNETTI, S. BUONTEMPO, E. CARRARA, A. CAZES, L. CHAUSSARD, M. CHERNYAVSKY, V. CHIARELLA, N. CHON-SEN, A. CHUKANOV, L. CONSIGLIO, M. COZZI, F. DAL CORSO, G. D’AMATO, N. D’AMBROSIO, G. DE LELLIS, Y. DÉCLAIS, M. DE SERIO, F. DI CAPUA, D. DI FERDINANDO, A. DI GIOVANNI, N. DI MARCO, C. DI TROIA, S. DMITRIEVSKI, A. DOMINJON, M. DRACOS, D. DUCHESNEAU, B. DULACH, S. DUSINI, J. EBERT, O. EGOROV, R. ENIKEEV, A. EREDITATO, L.S. ESPOSITO, J. FAVIER, G. FELICI, T. FERBER, R. FINI, A. FRANCESCHI, T. FUKUDA, C. FUKUSHIMA, V.I. GALKIN, V.A. GALKIN, A. GARFAGNINI, G. GIACOMELLI, M. GIORGINI, C. GOELLNITZ, D. GOLUBKOV, Y. GORNOUSHKIN, G. GRELLA, F. GRIANTI, M. GULER, G. GUSEV, C. GUSTAVINO, C. HAGNER, T. HARA, M. HIERHOLZER, S. HIRAMATSU, K. HOSHINO, M. IEVA, K. JAKOVCIC, J. JANICSKO CSATHY, B. JANUTTA, C. JOLLET, F. JUGET, T. KAWAI, M. KAZUYAMA, S.H. KIM, M. KIMURA, J. KNUESEL, K. KODAMA, M. KOMATSU, U. KOSE, I. KRESLO, I. LAKTINEH, C. LAZZARO, J. LENKEIT, A. LJUBICIC, A. LONGHIN, G. LUTTER, K. MANAI, G. MANDRIOLI, S. MANZOOR, A. MAROTTA, J. MARTEAU, H. MATSUOKA, N. MAURI, F. MEISEL, A. MEREGAGLIA, M. MESSINA, P. MIGLIOZZI, S. MIYAMOTO, P. MONACELLI, K. MORISHIMA, U. MOSER, M.T. MUCIACCIA, N. NAGANAWA, T. NAKA, M. NAKAMURA, T. NAKAMURA, T. NAKANO, V. NIKITINA, K. NIWA, Y. NONOYAMA, S. OGAWA, V. OSEDLO, D. OSSETSKI, A. PAOLONI, B.D. PARK, I.G. PARK, A. PASTORE, L. PATRIZII, E. PENNACCHIO, H. PESSARD, C. PISTILLO, N. POLUKHINA, M. POZZATO, K. PRETZL, P. PUBLICHENKO, F. PUPILLI, T. ROGANOVA, G. ROSA, I. ROSTOVTSEVA, A. RUBBIA, A. RUSSO, O. RYAZHSKAYA, D. RYZHIKOV, Y. SATO, O. SATO, V. SAVELIEV, G. SAZHINA, A. SCHEMBRI, L. SCOTTO LAVINA, H. SHIBUYA, S. SIMONE, M. SIOLI, C. SIRIGNANO, G. SIRRI, J.S. SONG, M. SPINETTI, L. STANCO, N. STARKOV, M. STIPCEVIC, T. STRAUSS, P. STROLIN, V. SUGONYAEV, Y. TAIRA, S. TAKAHASHI, M. TENTI, F. TERRANOVA, V. TIOUKOV, V. TOGO, P. TOLUN, V. TSAREV, S. TUFANLI, N. USHIDA, C. VALIERI, P. VILAIN, M. VLADIMIROV, L. VOTANO, J.L. VUILLEUMIER, G. WILQUET, B. WONSAK, J. WURTZ, C.S. YOON, J. YOSHIDA, Y. ZAITSEV, S. ZEMSKOVA, A. ZGHICHE, R. ZIMMERMANN, DI CAPUA, Francesco, Anokhina, A, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Arrabito, L, Autiero, D, Badertscher, A, Bay, F, Bergnoli, A, Greggio, F. Bersani, Besnier, M, Bick, D, Bozza, C, Brugiere, T, Brugnera, R, Brunetti, G, Buontempo, S, Carrara, E, Cazes, A, Chaussard, L, Chernyavsky, M, Chiarella, V, Chon Sen, N, Chukanov, A, Consiglio, L, Cozzi, M, Corso, F. Dal, D'Amato, G, D'Ambrosio, N, Lellis, G. De, Déclais, Y, Serio, M. De, Ferdinando, D. Di, Giovanni, A. Di, Marco, N. Di, Troia, C. Di, Dmitrievski, S, Dominjon, A, Dracos, M, Duchesneau, D, Dulach, B, Dusini, S, Ebert, J, Egorov, O, Enikeev, R, Ereditato, A, Esposito, L. S, Favier, J, Felici, G, Ferber, T, Fini, R, Franceschi, A, Fukuda, T, Fukushima, C, Galkin, V. I, Galkin, V. A, Garfagnini, A, Giacomelli, G, Giorgini, M, Goellnitz, C, Golubkov, D, Gornoushkin, Y, Grella, G, Grianti, F, Guler, M, Gusev, G, Gustavino, C, Hagner, C, Hara, T, Hierholzer, M, Hiramatsu, S, Hoshino, K, Ieva, M, Jakovcic, K, Csathy, J. Janicsko, Janutta, B, Jollet, C, Juget, F, Kawai, T, Kazuyama, M, Kim, S. H, Kimura, M, Knuesel, J, Kodama, K, Komatsu, M, Kose, U, Kreslo, I, Laktineh, I, Lazzaro, C, Lenkeit, J, Ljubicic, A, Longhin, A, Lutter, G, Manai, K, Mandrioli, G, Manzoor, S, Marotta, A, Marteau, J, Matsuoka, H, Mauri, N, Meisel, F, Meregaglia, A, Messina, M, Migliozzi, P, Miyamoto, S, Monacelli, P, Morishima, K, Moser, U, Muciaccia, M. T, Naganawa, N, Naka, T, Nakamura, M, Nakamura, T, Nakano, T, Nikitina, V, Niwa, K, Nonoyama, Y, Ogawa, S, Osedlo, V, Ossetski, D, Paoloni, A, Park, B. D, Park, I. G, Pastore, A, Patrizii, L, Pennacchio, E, Pessard, H, Pistillo, C, Polukhina, N, Pozzato, M, Pretzl, K, Publichenko, P, Pupilli, F, Roganova, T, Rosa, G, Rostovtseva, I, Rubbia, A, Russo, A, Ryazhskaya, O, Ryzhikov, D, Sato, Y, Sato, O, Saveliev, V, Sazhina, G, Schembri, A, Lavina, L. Scotto, Shibuya, H, Simone, S, Sioli, M, Sirignano, C, Sirri, G, Song, J. S, Spinetti, M, Stanco, L, Starkov, N, Stipcevic, M, Strauss, T, Strolin, P, Sugonyaev, V, Taira, Y, Takahashi, S, Tenti, M, Terranova, F, Tioukov, V, Togo, V, Tolun, P, Tsarev, V, Tufanli, S, Ushida, N, Valieri, C, Vilain, P, Vladimirov, M, Votano, L, Vuilleumier, J. L, Wilquet, G, Wonsak, B, Wurtz, J, Yoon, C. S, Yoshida, J, Zaitsev, Y, Zemskova, S, Zghiche, A, Zimmermann, R., Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Bersani Greggio, F, Chon-Sen, N, Dal Corso, F, De Lellis, G, De Serio, M, Di Capua, F, Di Ferdinando, D, Di Giovanni, A, Di Marco, N, Di Troia, C, Esposito, L, Galkin, V, Janicsko Csathy, J, Kim, S, Muciaccia, M, Park, B, Park, I, Scotto Lavina, L, Song, J, Vuilleumier, J, Yoon, C, and Zimmermann, R

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Materials science, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear engineering, RIVELATORI DI PARTICELLE, FISICA DEL NEUTRINO, FOS: Physical sciences, Particle identification methods, Tracking (particle physics), 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Particle identification method, law, Particle tracking detectors, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear emulsion, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Detectors and Experimental Techniques, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Lead (electronics), Neutrino oscillation, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Hybrid detector, RADIOATTIVITÀ NATURALE DI BASSO LIVELLO, Detector, Hybrid detectors, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Particle tracking detector, 3. Good health, Condensed Matter::Soft Condensed Matter, Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physic, Emulsion, RIVELATORI IBRIDI, Neutrino, Cloud chamber
Abstract

The OPERA neutrino oscillation experiment is based on the use of the Emulsion Cloud Chamber (ECC). In the OPERA ECC, nuclear emulsion films acting as very high precision tracking detectors are interleaved with lead plates providing a massive target for neutrino interactions. We report on studies related to the effects occurring from the contact between emulsion and lead. A low radioactivity lead is required in order to minimize the number of background tracks in emulsions and to achieve the required performance in the reconstruction of neutrino events. It was observed that adding other chemical elements to the lead, in order to improve the mechanical properties, may significantly increase the level of radioactivity on the emulsions. A detailed study was made in order to choose a lead alloy with good mechanical properties and an appropriate packing technique so as to have a low enough effective radioactivity., Comment: 19 pages, 11 figures

Published
2008

48. First events from the CNGS neutrino beam detected in the OPERA experiment

Author

R Acquafredda, N Agafonova, M Ambrosio, A Anokhina, S Aoki, A Ariga, L Arrabito, D Autiero, A Badertscher, E Baussan, A Bergnoli, F Bersani Greggio, M Besnier, M Beyer, S Bondil-Blin, K Borer, J Boucrot, V Boyarkin, C Bozza, R Brugnera, S Buontempo, Y Caffari, J E Campagne, B Carlus, E Carrara, A Cazes, L Chaussard, M Chernyavsky, V Chiarella, N Chon-Sen, A Chukanov, R Ciesielski, L Consiglio, M Cozzi, F Dal Corso, N D'Ambrosio, J Damet, G De Lellis, Y Déclais, T Descombes, M De Serio, F Di Capua, D Di Ferdinando, A Di Giovanni, N Di Marco, C Di Troia, S Dmitrievski, M Dracos, D Duchesneau, B Dulach, S Dusini, J Ebert, R Enikeev, A Ereditato, L S Esposito, C Fanin, J Favier, G Felici, T Ferber, L Fournier, A Franceschi, D Frekers, T Fukuda, C Fukushima, V I Galkin, V A Galkin, R Gallet, A Garfagnini, G Gaudiot, G Giacomelli, O Giarmana, M Giorgini, L Girard, C Girerd, C Goellnitz, J Goldberg, Y Gornoushkin, G Grella, F Grianti, C Guerin, M Guler, C Gustavino, C Hagner, T Hamane, T Hara, M Hauger, M Hess, K Hoshino, M Ieva, M Incurvati, K Jakovcic, J Janicsko Csathy, B Janutta, C Jollet, F Juget, M Kazuyama, S H Kim, M Kimura, J Knuesel, K Kodama, D Kolev, M Komatsu, U Kose, A Krasnoperov, I Kreslo, Z Krumstein, I Laktineh, C de La Taille, T Le Flour, S Lieunard, A Ljubicic, A Longhin, A Malgin, K Manai, G Mandrioli, U Mantello, A Marotta, J Marteau, G Martin-Chassard, V Matveev, M Messina, L Meyer, S Micanovic, P Migliozzi, S Miyamoto, P Monacelli, I Monteiro, K Morishima, U Moser, M T Muciaccia, P Mugnier, N Naganawa, M Nakamura, T Nakano, T Napolitano, M Natsume, K Niwa, Y Nonoyama, A Nozdrin, S Ogawa, A Olchevski, D Orlandi, D Ossetski, A Paoloni, B D Park, I G Park, A Pastore, L Patrizii, L Pellegrino, H Pessard, V Pilipenko, C Pistillo, N Polukhina, M Pozzato, K Pretzl, P Publichenko, L Raux, J P Repellin, T Roganova, G Romano, G Rosa, A Rubbia, V Ryasny, O Ryazhskaya, D Ryzhikov, A Sadovski, C Sanelli, O Sato, Y Sato, V Saveliev, N Savvinov, G Sazhina, A Schembri, W Schmidt Parzefall, H Schroeder, H U Schütz, L Scotto Lavina, J Sewing, H Shibuya, S Simone, M Sioli, C Sirignano, G Sirri, J S Song, R Spaeti, M Spinetti, L Stanco, N Starkov, M Stipcevic, P Strolin, V Sugonyaev, S Takahashi, V Tereschenko, F Terranova, I Tezuka, V Tioukov, I Tikhomirov, P Tolun, T Toshito, V Tsarev, R Tsenov, U Ugolino, N Ushida, G Van Beek, V Verguilov, P Vilain, L Votano, J L Vuilleumier, T Waelchli, R Waldi, M Weber, G Wilquet, B Wonsak, R Wurth, J Wurtz, V Yakushev, C S Yoon, Y Zaitsev, I Zamboni, R Zimmermann, Acquafredda, R, Agafonova, N, Ambrosio, M, Anokhina, A, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Arrabito, L, Autiero, D, Badertscher, A, Baussan, E, Bergnoli, A, Greggio, F, Besnier, M, Beyer, M, Bondil Blin, S, Borer, K, Boucrot, J, Boyarkin, V, Bozza, C, Brugnera, R, Buontempo, S, Caffari, Y, Campagne, J, Carlus, B, Carrara, E, Cazes, A, Chaussard, L, Chernyavsky, M, Chiarella, V, Chon Sen, N, Chukanov, A, Ciesielski, R, Consiglio, L, Cozzi, M, Corso, F, D'Ambrosio, N, Damet, J, Lellis, G, Déclais, Y, Descombes, T, Serio, M, Capua, F, Ferdinando, D, Giovanni, A, Marco, N, Troia, C, Dmitrievski, S, Dracos, M, Duchesneau, D, Dulach, B, Dusini, S, Ebert, J, Enikeev, R, Ereditato, A, Esposito, L, Fanin, C, Favier, J, Felici, G, Ferber, T, Fournier, L, Franceschi, A, Frekers, D, Fukuda, T, Fukushima, C, Galkin, V, Gallet, R, Garfagnini, A, Gaudiot, G, Giacomelli, G, Giarmana, O, Giorgini, M, Girard, L, Girerd, C, Goellnitz, C, Goldberg, J, Gornoushkin, Y, Grella, G, Grianti, F, Guerin, C, Guler, M, Gustavino, C, Hagner, C, Hamane, T, Hara, T, Hauger, M, Hess, M, Hoshino, K, Ieva, M, Incurvati, M, Jakovcic, K, Csathy, J, Janutta, B, Jollet, C, Juget, F, Kazuyama, M, Kim, S, Kimura, M, Knuesel, J, Kodama, K, Kolev, D, Komatsu, M, Kose, U, Krasnoperov, A, Kreslo, I, Krumstein, Z, Laktineh, I, Taille, C, Flour, T, Lieunard, S, Ljubicic, A, Longhin, A, Malgin, A, Manai, K, Mandrioli, G, Mantello, U, Marotta, A, Marteau, J, Martin Chassard, G, Matveev, V, Messina, M, Meyer, L, Micanovic, S, Migliozzi, P, Miyamoto, S, Monacelli, P, Monteiro, I, Morishima, K, Moser, U, Muciaccia, M, Mugnier, P, Naganawa, N, Nakamura, M, Nakano, T, Napolitano, T, Natsume, M, Niwa, K, Nonoyama, Y, Nozdrin, A, Ogawa, S, Olchevski, A, Orlandi, D, Ossetski, D, Paoloni, A, Park, B, Park, I, Pastore, A, Patrizii, L, Pellegrino, L, Pessard, H, Pilipenko, V, Pistillo, C, Polukhina, N, Pozzato, M, Pretzl, K, Publichenko, P, Raux, L, Repellin, J, Roganova, T, Romano, G, Rosa, G, Rubbia, A, Ryasny, V, Ryazhskaya, O, Ryzhikov, D, Sadovski, A, Sanelli, C, Sato, O, Sato, Y, Saveliev, V, Savvinov, N, Sazhina, G, Schembri, A, Parzefall, W, Schroeder, H, Schütz, H, Lavina, L, Sewing, J, Shibuya, H, Simone, S, Sioli, M, Sirignano, C, Sirri, G, Song, J, Spaeti, R, Spinetti, M, Stanco, L, Starkov, N, Stipcevic, M, Strolin, P, Sugonyaev, V, Takahashi, S, Tereschenko, V, Terranova, F, Tezuka, I, Tioukov, V, Tikhomirov, I, Tolun, P, Toshito, T, Tsarev, V, Tsenov, R, Ugolino, U, Ushida, N, Beek, G, Verguilov, V, Vilain, P, Votano, L, Vuilleumier, J, Waelchli, T, Waldi, R, Weber, M, Wilquet, G, Wonsak, B, Wurth, R, Wurtz, J, Yakushev, V, Yoon, C, Zaitsev, Y, Zamboni, I, Zimmermann, R, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), OPERA, R. ACQUAFREDDA, N. AGAFONOVA, M. AMBROSIO, A. ANOKHINA, S. AOKI, A. ARIGA, L. ARRABITO, D. AUTIERO, A. BADERTSCHER, E. BAUSSAN, A. BERGNOLI, F. BERSANI GREGGIO, M. BESNIER, M. BEYER, S. BONDIL-BLIN, K. BORER, J. BOUCROT, V. BOYARKIN, C. BOZZA, R. BRUGNERA, S. BUONTEMPO, Y. CAFFARI, J. E. CAMPAGNE, B. CARLUS, E. CARRARA, A. CAZES, L. CHAUSSARD, M. CHERNYAVSKY, V. CHIARELLA, N. CHON-SEN, A. CHUKANOV, R. CIESIELSKI, L. CONSIGLIO, M. COZZI, F. DAL CORSO, N. D'AMBROSIO, J. DAMET, G. DE LELLIS, Y. DÉCLAIS, T. DESCOMBES, M. DE SERIO, F. DI CAPUA, D. DI FERDINANDO, A. DI GIOVANNI, N. DI MARCO, C. DI TROIA, S. DMITRIEVSKI, M. DRACOS, D. DUCHESNEAU, B. DULACH, S. DUSINI, J. EBERT, R. ENIKEEV, A. EREDITATO, L. S. ESPOSITO, C. FANIN, J. FAVIER, G. FELICI, T. FERBER, L. FOURNIER, A. FRANCESCHI, D. FREKERS, T. FUKUDA, C. FUKUSHIMA, V. I. GALKIN, V. A. GALKIN, R. GALLET, A. GARFAGNINI, G. GAUDIOT, G. GIACOMELLI, O. GIARMANA, M. GIORGINI, L. GIRARD, C. GIRERD, C. GOELLNITZ, J. GOLDBERG, Y. GORNOUSHKIN, G. GRELLA, F. GRIANTI, C. GUERIN, M. GULER, C. GUSTAVINO, C. HAGNER, T. HAMANE, T. HARA, M. HAUGER, M. HESS, K. HOSHINO, M. IEVA, M. INCURVATI, K. JAKOVCIC, J. JANICSKO CSATHY, B. JANUTTA, C. JOLLET, F. JUGET, M. KAZUYAMA, S. H. KIM, M. KIMURA, J. KNUESEL, K. KODAMA, D. KOLEV, M. KOMATSU, U. KOSE, A. KRASNOPEROV, I. KRESLO, Z. KRUMSTEIN, I. LAKTINEH, C. DE LA TAILLE, T. LE FLOUR, S. LIEUNARD, A. LJUBICIC, A. LONGHIN, A. MALGIN, K. MANAI, G. MANDRIOLI, U. MANTELLO, A. MAROTTA, J. MARTEAU, G. MARTIN-CHASSARD, V. MATVEEV, M. MESSINA, L. MEYER, S. MICANOVIC, P. MIGLIOZZI, S. MIYAMOTO, P. MONACELLI, I. MONTEIRO, K. MORISHIMA, U. MOSER, M. T. MUCIACCIA, P. MUGNIER, N. NAGANAWA, M. NAKAMURA, T. NAKANO, T. NAPOLITANO, M. NATSUME, K. NIWA, Y. NONOYAMA, A. NOZDRIN, S. OGAWA, A. OLCHEVSKI, D. ORLANDI, D. OSSETSKI, A. PAOLONI, B. D. PARK, I. G. PARK, A. PASTORE, L. PATRIZII, L. PELLEGRINO, H. PESSARD, V. PILIPENKO, C. PISTILLO, N. POLUKHINA, M. POZZATO, K. PRETZL, P. PUBLICHENKO, L. RAUX, J. P. REPELLIN, T. ROGANOVA, G. ROMANO, G. ROSA, A. RUBBIA, V. RYASNY, O. RYAZHSKAYA, D. RYZHIKOV, A. SADOVSKI, C. SANELLI, O. SATO, Y. SATO, V. SAVELIEV, N. SAVVINOV, G. SAZHINA, A. SCHEMBRI, W. SCHMIDT PARZEFALL, H. SCHROEDER, H. U. SCHÜTZ, L. SCOTTO LAVINA, J. SEWING, H. SHIBUYA, S. SIMONE, M. SIOLI, C. SIRIGNANO, G. SIRRI, J. S. SONG, R. SPAETI, M. SPINETTI, L. STANCO, N. STARKOV, M. STIPCEVIC, P. STROLIN, V. SUGONYAEV, S. TAKAHASHI, V. TERESCHENKO, F. TERRANOVA, I. TEZUKA, V. TIOUKOV, I. TIKHOMIROV, P. TOLUN, T. TOSHITO, V. TSAREV, R. TSENOV, U. UGOLINO, N. USHIDA, G. VAN BEEK, V. VERGUILOV, P. VILAIN, L. VOTANO, J. L. VUILLEUMIER, T. WAELCHLI, R. WALDI, M. WEBER, G. WILQUET, B. WONSAK, R. WURTH, J. WURTZ, V. YAKUSHEV, C. S. YOON, Y. ZAITSEV, I. ZAMBONI, R. ZIMMERMANN, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), R., Acquafredda, DE LELLIS, Giovanni, and Strolin, PAOLO EMILIO

Subjects
Particle physics, LONG BASELINE EXPERIMENTS, NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, neutrino oscilations, OPERA experiment, muon neutrino, tau neutrino, FOS: Physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, Elementary particle, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High energy physic, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), neutrino, Alte energie, fisica del neutrino, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Neutrino events Engineering controlled terms: Data reduction, 010306 general physics, Neutrino oscillation, Nuclear Experiment, NUCLEAR EMULSIONS, Charged current, ICARUS, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Emulsion, Targets Engineering main heading: Particle detectors, Particle beam, Oscillation, FIS/01 - FISICA SPERIMENTALE, Neutrino detector, Electronic detector, Measurements of neutrino speed, PARTICLE PHYSICS, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Emulsion film target, Neutrino, Integrated beam intensity, Particle Physics - Experiment, Beam (structure)
Abstract

The OPERA neutrino detector at the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory (LNGS) was designed to perform the first detection of neutrino oscillations in appearance mode, through the study of nu_mu to nu_tau oscillations. The apparatus consists of a lead/emulsion-film target complemented by electronic detectors. It is placed in the high-energy, long-baseline CERN to LNGS beam (CNGS) 730 km away from the neutrino source. In August 2006 a first run with CNGS neutrinos was successfully conducted. A first sample of neutrino events was collected, statistically consistent with the integrated beam intensity. After a brief description of the beam and of the various sub-detectors, we report on the achievement of this milestone, presenting the first data and some analysis results., Submitted to the New Journal of Physics

Published
2006

49. Evidence for a scalar meson resonance in the π[sup −]p→nωφ reaction

Author

Yu. Salomatin, V. F. Konstantinov, A. Ivashin, A. Ekimov, A. A. Solodkov, A. M. Zaitsev, A. N. Karyukhin, E. Volkov, O. V. Solovianov, B. Polyakov, N. A. Shalanda, D. I. Ryabchikov, Yu.A. Khokhlov, V. Nikolaenko, I. A. Kachaev, A. Myagkov, A. V. Solodkov, Yu. Gouz, M. Soldatov, Viktor Matveev, M. Makouski, and V. Sugonyaev

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear reaction, Pion, Meson, Mass distribution, Resonance, Elementary particle, Invariant mass, Atomic physics, Scalar meson
Abstract

The charge‐exchange reaction π−p→nω(780)φ(1020) is studied with the VES setup. The (ωφ) system is observed at relatively low background. Its invariant mass distribution peaks near threshold. The two‐particles partial wave analyses shows that the Jpc = 0++ state dominates. This wave is compared with 0++ component in the (ωω) system at the comparable mass, which was measured earlier.

Published
2010

50. Tests of OPERA RPC detectors

Author

L.D. Esposti, C. Gustavino, A. Bergnoli, Branimir Zauner, E. Buccheri, A. Garfagnini, Alessandro Paoloni, F. Mastropietro, A. Mengucci, S. Dusini, C. Di Troia, F. Terranova, G. Felici, Luca Stanco, M. D'Incecco, E. Tatananni, G. Corradi, L. Terminiello, A. Di Giovanni, Mario Stipčević, M. Ventura, C. Fanin, F. Grianti, P. Monacelli, M. Spinetti, G. Papalino, Robert Ciesielski, A. Gorin, A. Gambarara, A. Zaytchenko, A. Candela, V. Sugonyaev, R. Brugnera, E. Borsato, N. Di Marco, A. Longhin, E. Carrara, G. Paoluzzi, Flavio Dal Corso, M. Lindozzi, L. Votano, Bergnoli, A, Borsato, E, Brugnera, R, Buccheri, E, Candela, A, Carrara, E, Ciesielski, R, Corradi, G, D'Incecco, M, Dal Corso, F, Degli Esposti, L, Di Giovanni, A, Di Marco, N, Di Troia, C, Dusini, S, Fanin, C, Felici, G, Gambarara, A, Garfagnini, A, Gorin, A, Grianti, F, Gustavino, C, Lindozzi, M, Longhin, A, Mastropietro, F, Mengucci, A, Monacelli, P, Paoloni, A, Paoluzzi, G, Papalino, G, Spinetti, M, Stanco, L, Stipcevic, M, Sugonyaev, V, Tatananni, E, Terminiello, L, Terranova, F, Ventura, M, Votano, L, Zauner, B, and Zaytchenko, A

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Resistive touchscreen, Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs), Spectrometer, Nuclear engineering, OPERA, Detector, Cosmic ray, Noise (electronics), Particle detector, AGING TESTS, Nuclear physics, chemistry.chemical_compound, RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBERS, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, chemistry, Bakelite, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Neutrino oscillation, Nuclear and High Energy Physic
Abstract

OPERA is part of the CNGS project and it is an experiment dedicated to the observation of long-baseline νμinto ντoscillations through τ appearance. Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) with bakelite electrodes are used to instrument the 2 cm gaps between the magnetized iron slabs of the two spectrometers. The RPC installation ended in may 2004 on the first spectrometer and in march 2005 on the second one. Before the installation, every RPC is subjected to a complete test chain in order to reject the poorer quality detectors. The tests are performed in dedicated facilities to ensure the proper RPC gluing, to measure its electrical properties and to verify the response to cosmic rays and the intrinsic noise levels. We have also tested the long term stability of real size OPERA RPC prototypes operated at cosmic ray fluxes for more than one year. On small size prototypes we are performing studies on the gas mixtures in order to reduce the total charge released in the gas for each detector count. The validation of the installed RPCs has been performed with pure nitrogen. A small part of them has been also tested with the gas mixture Ar/C2H2F4/i - C4H10/SF6= 75.4/20/4/0.6. © 2005 IEEE.

Published
2005

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