627 research outputs found
Measurement of the ratio of the charged kaon leptonic decays at NA62
The ratio of the leptonic charged kaon decays is sensitive to the structure
of the week interactions and can be precisely calculated within the Standard
Model. Presence of New Physics can introduce a shift on its value of the order
of a percent. The NA62 experiment at CERN SPS used data from a dedicated run in
2007 to perform a measurement of this ratio and probe the lepton universality.
The data analysis technique and the final results are presented.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, contribution to the proceedings of the 9th
International Workshop on e+ e- Collisions "From phi to psi 2013", Rome, 9-12
Sept 2013, to be published in Int. J. Mod. Phys. Conf. Se
Search for heavy neutrinos at CERN SPS
The phenomenology in the neutrino sector requires physics beyond the Standard
Model. One possibility is the existence of new massive leptonic states which
could be probed at the high intensity machines. The present results on heavy
neutral leptons from the study of kaon decays in flight with the NA48/2 and
NA62 experiments are presented and the future prospects for such searches at
CERN SPS are discussed.Comment: Talk presented at NuPhys2018 (London, 19-21 December 2018). 8 pages,
6 figure
Precise measurement of Br() at CERN SPS
An experimental proposal to measure Br() has
been submitted at the CERN SPSC. The goal is to collect ~80 events with signal to background ratio of 10:1 in two years of data
taking. This will allow determination of the CKM parameter with ~10%
accuracy.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures, proceedings of the New Trends in High Energy
Physics conference, Crimea-200
Proposal to search for a dark photon in on target collisions at DANE linac
Photon-like particles are predicted in many extensions of the Standard Model.
They have interactions similar to the photon, are vector bosons, and can be
produced together with photons. The present paper proposes a search for such
particles in the process in a positron-on-target
experiment, exploiting the positron beam of the DANE linac at the
Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN. In one year of running a sensitivity in
the relative interaction strength down to is achievable, in the
mass region from 2.5 MeV 20 MeV. The proposed experimental setup and the
analysis technique is discussed.Comment: 19 pages, 21 figures, version accepted for publication in Adv. in HE
NA62 experiment at CERN SPS
The NA62 experiment at SPS is a continuation of the long standing CERN kaon
physics program. The high statistics and the unprecedent precision allow to
probe the Standard Model and test the description of the strong interactions at
low energy. The final results on the the lepton universality test by measuring
the ratio and
the study of the decay are presented. The
major goal of the NA62 experiment is to perform a measurement of the with a precision of 10% in two years of data
taking. The detector setup together with the analysis technique is described.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures, proceedings of the NA62 invited talk at the
QCD@Work 2014 worksho
The PADME experiment at LNF
Massive photon-like particles are predicted in many extensions of the
Standard Model. They have interactions similar to the photon, are vector
bosons, and can be produced together with photons. The PADME experiment
proposes a search for the dark photon () in the
process in a positron-on-target experiment, exploiting the positron beam of the
DANE linac at the Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN. In one year of
running a sensitivity in the relative interaction strength down to is
achievable, in the mass region from 2.5 MeV 22.5 MeV. The proposed
experimental setup and the analysis technique is discussed.Comment: to be published in the DHF2014 proceedings EPJ Web of Conference
Shedding light on X17: community report
The workshop “Shedding light on X17” brings together scientists looking for the existence of a possible new light particle, often referred to as X17. This hypothetical particle can explain the resonant structure observed at ∼ 17 MeV in the invariant mass of electron-positron pairs, produced after excitation of nuclei such as 8Be and 4He by means of proton beams at the Atomki Laboratory in Debrecen. The purpose of the workshop is to discuss implications of this anomaly, in particular theoretical interpretations as well as present and future experiments aiming at confirming the result and/or at providing experimental evidence for its interpretation
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