Prospects for $K^+ \to \pi^+ \nu \bar{ \nu }$ at CERN in NA62
G. Aglieri Rinella, R. Aliberti, F. Ambrosino, B. Angelucci, A., Antonelli, G. Anzivino, R. Arcidiacono, I. Azhinenko, S. Balev, J. Bendotti,, A. Biagioni, C. Biino, A. Bizzeti, T. Blazek, A. Blik, B. Bloch-Devaux, V., Bolotov, V. Bonaiuto, M. Bragadireanu, D. Britton
TL;DR
The NA62 experiment aims to precisely measure the rare decay $K^+ o rk u rk$ at CERN, employing advanced detection methods to improve understanding of rare kaon decays and potential new physics.
Contribution
This paper details the detector design and analysis techniques for NA62's goal to measure the $K^+ o rk u$ decay branching ratio with 10% precision.
Findings
Design of the NA62 detector system
Development of analysis techniques for rare decay detection
Expected measurement precision of 10% for the branching ratio
Abstract
The NA62 experiment will begin taking data in 2015. Its primary purpose is a 10% measurement of the branching ratio of the ultrarare kaon decay , using the decay in flight of kaons in an unseparated beam with momentum 75 GeV/c.The detector and analysis technique are described here.
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TopicsParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies · Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions · High-Energy Particle Collisions Research