The NA48/2 experiment at CERN collected a large sample of charged kaon decays to 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± is reported: B(K±→π∓μ±μ±)<8.6×10−11 at 90% CL. Searches for two-body resonances X in K±→πμμ decays (such as heavy neutral leptons N4 and inflatons χ) are also presented. In the absence of signals, upper limits are set on the products of branching fractions B(K±→μ±N4)B(N4→πμ) and B(K±→π±X)B(X→μ+μ−) for ranges of assumed resonance masses and lifetimes. The limits are in the (10−11,10−9) range for resonance lifetimes below 100 ps.
A precision measurement of the ratio RK of the rates of kaon leptonic decays K±→e±ν and K±→μ±ν with the full data sample collected by the NA62 experiment at CERN in 2007–2008 is reported. The result, ...obtained by analysing ∼150000 reconstructed K±→e±ν candidates with 11% background contamination, is RK=(2.488±0.010)×10−5, in agreement with the Standard Model expectation.
The NA48/2 experiment at CERN reports the first observation of the $K^± → π^0π^0μ^±$ν decay based on a sample of 2437 candidates with 15% background contamination collected in 2003–2004. The decay ...branching ratio in the kinematic region of the squared dilepton mass above 0.03 GeV2/c4 is measured to be (0.65 ± 0.03) × 10–6. The extrapolation to the full kinematic space, using a specific model, is found to be (3.45 ± 0.16) × 10–6, in agreement with chiral perturbation theory predictions.
We report results from a new measurement of the K
e4
decay K
±
→π
+
π
-
e
±
ν by the NA48/2 collaboration at the CERN SPS, based on a partial sample of more than 670 000 K
e4
decays in both charged ...modes collected in 2003. The form factors of the hadronic current (F,G,H) and ππ phase difference (δ=δ
s
-δ
p
) have been measured in ten independent bins of the ππ mass spectrum to investigate their variation. A sizeable acceptance at large ππ mass, a low background and a very good resolution contribute to an improved experimental accuracy, a factor two better than in the previous measurement, when extracting the ππ scattering lengths a
0
0
and a
0
2
. Under the assumption of isospin symmetry and using numerical solutions of the Roy equations, the following values are obtained in the plane (a
0
0
,a
0
2
): a
0
0
=0.233±0.016stat±0.007syst,a
0
2
=-0.0471±0.011stat±0.004syst. The presence of potentially large isospin effects is also considered and will allow comparison with precise predictions from Chiral Perturbation Theory.
The NA48/2 experiment at CERN reports the first observation of the K±→π±π0e+e− decay from an exposure of 1.7×1011 charged kaon decays recorded in 2003–2004. A sample of 4919 candidates with 4.9% ...background contamination allows the determination of the branching ratio in the full kinematic region, BR(K±→π±π0e+e−)=(4.24±0.14)×10−6. The study of the kinematic space shows evidence for a structure dependent contribution in agreement with predictions based on chiral perturbation theory. Several P- and CP-violating asymmetries are also evaluated.
A measurement of the form factors of charged kaon semileptonic decays is presented, based on 4.4 × 106K± → π0e±νe (K e3 ± ) and 2.3 × 106K± → π0μ±νμ (K μ3 ±) decays collected in 2004 by the NA48/2 ...experiment. The results are obtained with improved precision as compared to earlier measurements. The combination of measurements in the K e3 ± and K μ3 ± modes is also presented.
A sample of more than one million K +/- ? p + p - e +/- ? (K e 4) decay candidates with less than one percent background contamination has been collected by the NA48/2 experiment at the CERN SPS in ...2003-2004, allowing a detailed study of the decay properties. The branching ratio, inclusive of K e 4 gamma decays, is measured to be BR (K e 4) = (4.257 +/- 0.016 exp +/- 0.031 ext) X 10 - 5 with a total relative error of 0.8 % . This measurement complements the study of S- and P-wave hadronic form factors by assigning absolute values to the relative hadronic form factors obtained earlier in a simultaneous analysis of the pp scattering lengths conducted on the same data sample. The overall form factor normalization f s = 5.705 +/- 0.017 exp +/- 0.031 ext is obtained with a total relative precision of 0.6 % .
PDF
