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.
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A measurement of the form factors of charged kaon semileptonic decays is presented, based on 4.4 × 10
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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.
Abstract The NA48/2 experiment at CERN reports the first observation of the K ± → π 0 π 0 μ ± 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/c 4 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.
Recent QCD results from the NA48/2 experiment Anzivino, Giuseppina; Anzivino, G.; Arcidiacono, R. ...
Nuclear and particle physics proceedings,
07/2018, Letnik:
300-302
Journal Article
Recenzirano
The NA48/2 experiment collected data in 2003 and 2004 with the main purpose to study direct CP violation in charged kaons decaying in three pions. Thanks to the huge statistics collected, other ...studies are also possible. In this paper two recent results, in the framework of QCD studies, are reported: the measurement of the K± → π0e±ν Form Factors and the first observation of the rare decay K± → π±π0e+e−.
The tagging detector of the CP-violation experiment NA48 at CERN Bergauer, H.; Blümer, H.; Calvetti, M. ...
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment,
12/1998, Letnik:
419, Številka:
2-3
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Odprti dostop
The CP-violation experiment NA48 at CERN aims at measuring direct CP-violation in the decays of neutral kaons into π+π− and π0π0. The experiment uses simultaneous, almost collinear beams of neutral ...KL0 and KS0 mesons, which are produced on two different targets. KS0 events are “tagged” by measuring the times of the protons that fly towards the KS0 production target. In order to sustain the high rate of 107protons/s in this beam without suffering from too many pile-up events, the detector consists of 24 separate scintillators (12 horizontal and 12 vertical), each of which sees only a small fraction of the beam. Their signals are digitized by specially developed 1GHz FADCs. The exact time of a pulse is established offline by a fit procedure. The detector and its electronics have been successfully used during test beams in 1994–1996 and during the first physics run of NA48 in 1997. The inefficiency of the detector has been measured to 2×10−4. Sources of background have been identified to allow for off-line correction. The mechanical setup of the detector, the 1GHz FADC and results from the test and data runs are presented.
A sample of 1.69×107 fully reconstructed π0→γe+e− decay candidates collected by the NA48/2 experiment at CERN in 2003–2004 is analyzed to search for the dark photon (A′) production in the π0→γA′ ...decay followed by the prompt A′→e+e− decay. No signal is observed, and an exclusion region in the plane of the dark photon mass mA′ and mixing parameter ε2 is established. The obtained upper limits on ε2 are more stringent than the previous limits in the mass range 9 MeV/c2<mA′<70 MeV/c2. The NA48/2 sensitivity to the dark photon production in the K±→π±A′ decay is also evaluated.
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