학술논문

A measurement of the K + → π + μ + μ − decay
Document Type
article
Author
The NA62 collaborationE. Cortina GilA. KleimenovaE. MinucciS. PadolskiP. PetrovA. ShaikhievR. VolpeT. NumaoY. PetrovB. VelgheV. W. S. WongD. BrymanJ. FuT. HusekJ. JerhotK. KampfM. ZamkovskyR. AlibertiG. KhoriauliJ. KunzeD. LomidzeL. PeruzzoM. VormsteinR. WankeP. DalpiazM. FioriniI. NeriA. NortonF. PetrucciH. WahlA. Cotta RamusinoA. GianoliE. IacopiniG. LatinoM. LentiA. ParentiA. BizzetiF. BucciA. AntonelliG. GeorgievV. KozhuharovG. LanfranchiS. MartellottiM. MoulsonT. SpadaroG. TintiF. AmbrosinoT. CapusselaM. CorvinoD. Di FilippoR. FiorenzaP. MassarottiM. MirraM. NapolitanoG. SaracinoG. AnzivinoF. BrizioliE. ImbergamoR. LolliniR. PiandaniC. SantoniM. BarbaneraP. CenciB. CheccucciP. LubranoM. LupiM. PepeM. PicciniF. CostantiniL. Di LellaN. DobleM. GiorgiS. GiudiciG. LamannaE. LariE. PedreschiM. SozziC. CerriR. FantechiL. PontissoF. SpinellaI. MannelliG. D’AgostiniM. RaggiA. BiagioniP. CretaroO. FrezzaE. LeonardiA. LonardoM. TurisiniP. ValenteP. ViciniR. AmmendolaV. BonaiutoA. FucciA. SalamonF. SargeniR. ArcidiaconoB. Bloch-DevauxM. BorettoE. MenichettiE. MiglioreD. SoldiC. BiinoA. FilippiF. MarchettoJ. EngelfriedN. Estrada-TristanA. M. BragadireanuS. A. GhinescuO. E. HutanuA. BaevaD. BaigarashevD. EmelyanovT. EnikV. FalaleevV. KekelidzeA. KorotkovaL. LitovD. MadigozhinM. MishevaN. MolokanovaS. MovchanI. PolenkevichYu. PotrebenikovS. ShkarovskiyA. ZinchenkoS. FedotovE. GushchinA. KhotyantsevY. KudenkoV. KurochkaM. MedvedevaA. MefodevS. KholodenkoV. KurshetsovV. ObraztsovA. OstankovV. SemenovV. SugonyaevO. YushchenkoL. BicianT. BlazekV. CernyZ. KucerovaJ. BernhardA. CeccucciH. DanielssonN. De SimoneF. DuvalB. DöbrichL. FedericiE. GamberiniL. GatignonR. GuidaF. HahnE. B. HolzerB. JenningerM. KovalP. LaycockG. Lehmann MiottoP. LichardA. MapelliR. MarchevskiK. MassriM. NoyV. PalladinoM. Perrin-TerrinJ. PinzinoV. RyjovS. SchuchmannS. VendittiT. BacheM. B. BrunettiV. DukV. FascianelliJ. R. FryF. GonnellaE. GoudzovskiJ. HenshawL. IacobuzioC. LazzeroniN. LurkinF. NewsonC. ParkinsonA. RomanoA. SergiA. SturgessJ. SwallowA. TomczakH. HeathR. PageS. TrilovB. AngelucciD. BrittonC. GrahamD. ProtopopescuJ. CarmignaniJ. B. DaintonR. W. L. JonesG. RuggieroL. FultonD. HutchcroftE. MauriceB. WronaA. ConovaloffP. CooperD. CowardP. Rubin
Source
Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol 2022, Iss 11, Pp 1-19 (2022)
Subject
Branching fraction
Fixed Target Experiments
Flavour Changing Neutral Currents
Rare Decay
Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity
QC770-798
Language
English
ISSN
1029-8479
Abstract
Abstract A sample of 2.8 × 104 K + → π + μ + μ − candidates with negligible background was collected by the NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS in 2017–2018. The model-independent branching fraction is measured to be (9.15 ± 0.08) × 10 −8, a factor three more precise than previous measurements. The decay form factor is presented as a function of the squared dimuon mass. A measurement of the form factor parameters and their uncertainties is performed using a description based on Chiral Perturbation Theory at O $$ \mathcal{O} $$ (p 6).