Search for heavy neutrinos in K+→μ+νH decays

Artamonov, A. V.; Bassalleck, B.; Bhuyan, B.; Blackmore, E. W.; Bryman, D. A.; Chen, S.; Chiang, I-H.; Christidi, I. -A.; Cooper, P. S.; Diwan, M. V.; Frank, J. S.; Fujiwara, T.; Hu, J.; Ives, J.; Izmaylov, A. O.; Jaffe, D. E.; Kabe, S.; Kettell, S. H.; Khabibullin, M. M.; Khotjantsev, A. N.; Kitching, P.; Kobayashi, M.; Komatsubara, T. K.; Konaka, A.; Kudenko, Yu. G.; Landsberg, L. G.; Lewis, B.; Li, K. K.; Littenberg, L. S.; Macdonald, J. A.; Mildenberger, J.; Mineev, O. V.; Miyajima, M.; Mizouchi, K.; Muramatsu, N.; Nakano, T.; Nomachi, M.; Nomura, T.; Numao, T.; Obraztsov, V. F.; Omata, K.; Patalakha, D. I.; Poutissou, R.; Redlinger, G.; Sato, T.; Sekiguchi, T.; Shaikhiev, A. T.; Shinkawa, T.; Strand, R. C.; Sugimoto, S.; Tamagawa, Y.; Tschirhart, R.; Tsunemi, T.; Vavilov, D. V.; Viren, B.; Wang, Zhe; Wei, Hanyu; Yershov, N. V.; Yoshimura, Y.; Yoshioka, T.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.91.052001

Title: Search for heavy neutrinos in $K^{+} \to μ^{+} ν_{H}$ decays

Journal Article · Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.052001· OSTI ID:1398389

Artamonov, A. V.; Bassalleck, B.; Bhuyan, B.; Blackmore, E. W.; Bryman, D. A.; Chen, S.; Chiang, I-H.; Christidi, I. -A.; Cooper, P. S.; Diwan, M. V.; Frank, J. S.; Fujiwara, T.; Hu, J.; Ives, J.; Izmaylov, A. O.; Jaffe, D. E.; Kabe, S.; Kettell, S. H.; Khabibullin, M. M.; Khotjantsev, A. N. more »

Here, evidence of a heavy neutrino, ν_H, in the K⁺→μ⁺ν_H decays was sought using the E949 experimental data with an exposure of 1.70 × 10¹² stopped kaons. With the major background from the radiative K⁺→μ⁺ν_μγ decay understood and suppressed, upper limits (90% C.L.) on the neutrino mixing matrix element between the muon and heavy neutrinos, |U_μH|², were set at the level of 10^–7 to 10^–9 for the heavy neutrino mass region 175 to 300 MeV/c².

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Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Organization:: E949 Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

OSTI ID:: 1398389

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1181426

Report Number(s):: arXiv:1411.3963; FERMILAB-PUB-14-609-E; PRVDAQ; 1328084

Journal Information:: Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol. 91, Issue 5; ISSN 1550-7998

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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