The NA48/2 experiment at CERN collected a large sample of charged kaon decays into final states with multiple charged particles in 2003–2004. A new upper limit on the rate of the lepton number violating decay K± → π∓μ±μ± obtained from this sample is reported: B(K± → π∓μ±μ±) < 8.6 × 10−11 at 90% CL. Searches for two-body resonances in the K± → πμμ decays (including heavy neutral leptons N4 and inflatons χ) in the accessible range of masses and lifetimes are also presented. In the absence of a signal, upper limits are set on the products of branching ratios B(K± → μ±N4)B(N4 → π∓μ±) and B(K± → π±χ)B(χ → μ+μ−) as functions of the resonance mass and lifetime. These limits are in the 10−10 − 10−9 range for resonance lifetimes below 100 ps.
Searches for lepton number violation and resonances in the K± → ΠΜΜ decays at the NA48/2 experiment / Massri, K.; Anzivino, G.; Arcidiacono, R.; Baldini, W.; Balev, S.; Batley, J. R.; Behler, M.; Bifani, S.; Biino, C.; Bizzeti, A.; Bloch-Devaux, B.; Bocquet, G.; Cabibbo, N.; Calvetti, M.; Cartiglia, N.; Ceccucci, A.; Cenci, P.; Cerri, C.; Cheshkov, C.; Cheze, J. B.; Clemencic, M.; Collazuol, G.; Costantini, F.; Cotta Ramusino, A.; Coward, D.; Cundy, D.; Dabrowski, A.; Dalpiaz, P.; Damiani, C.; de Beer, M.; Derre, J.; Dibon, H.; Dilella, L.; Doble, N.; Eppard, K.; Falaleev, V.; Fantechi, R.; Fidecaro, M.; Fiorini, L.; Fiorini, M.; Fonseca Martin, T.; Frabetti, P. L.; Gatignon, L.; Gersabeck, E.; Gianoli, A.; Giudici, S.; Gonidec, A.; Goudzovski, E.; Goy Lopez, S.; Holder, M.; Hristov, P.; Iacopini, E.; Imbergamo, E.; Jeitler, M.; Kalmus, G.; Kekelidze, V.; Kleinknecht, K.; Kozhuharov, V.; Kubischta, W.; Lamanna, G.; Lazzeroni, C.; Lenti, M.; Litov, L.; Madigozhin, D.; Maier, A.; Mannelli, I.; Marchetto, F.; Marel, G.; Markytan, M.; Marouelli, P.; Martini, M.; Masetti, L.; Mazzucato, E.; Michetti, A.; Mikulec, I.; Molokanova, N.; Monnier, E.; Moosbrugger, U.; Morales Morales, C.; Munday, D. J.; Nappi, A.; Neuhofer, G.; Norton, A.; Patel, M.; Pepe, M.; Peters, A.; Petrucci, F.; Petrucci, M. C.; Peyaud, B.; Piccini, M.; Pierazzini, G.; Polenkevich, I.; Potrebenikov, Yu.; Raggi, M.; Renk, B.; Rubin, P.; Ruggiero, G.; Savrie, M.; Scarpa, M.; Shieh, M.; Slater, M. W.; Sozzi, M.; Stoynev, S.; Swallow, E.; Szleper, M.; Valdata-Nappi, M.; Vallage, B.; Velasco, M.; Veltri, M.; Venditti, S.; Wache, M.; Wahl, H.; Walker, A.; Wanke, R.; Widhalm, L.; Winhart, A.; Winston, R.; Wood, M. D.; Wotton, S. A.; Zinchenko, A.; Ziolkowski, M.. - (2016), pp. 109-116. (Intervento presentato al convegno 51st Rencontres de Moriond on Electroweak Interactions and Unified Theories, EW 2016 tenutosi a Aosta Valley, ita nel 2016).
Searches for lepton number violation and resonances in the K± → ΠΜΜ decays at the NA48/2 experiment
Bizzeti A.;
2016
Abstract
The NA48/2 experiment at CERN collected a large sample of charged kaon decays into final states with multiple charged particles in 2003–2004. A new upper limit on the rate of the lepton number violating decay K± → π∓μ±μ± obtained from this sample is reported: B(K± → π∓μ±μ±) < 8.6 × 10−11 at 90% CL. Searches for two-body resonances in the K± → πμμ decays (including heavy neutral leptons N4 and inflatons χ) in the accessible range of masses and lifetimes are also presented. In the absence of a signal, upper limits are set on the products of branching ratios B(K± → μ±N4)B(N4 → π∓μ±) and B(K± → π±χ)B(χ → μ+μ−) as functions of the resonance mass and lifetime. These limits are in the 10−10 − 10−9 range for resonance lifetimes below 100 ps.
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