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Title: New Physics Implications of Recent Search for K L π 0 ν ν ¯ at KOTO

Abstract

The KOTO experiment recently reported four candidate events in the signal region of KL → π0νν¯ search, where the standard model only expects 0.10 ± 0.02 events. If confirmed, this requires physics beyond the standard model to enhance the signal. We examine various new physics interpretations of the result including these: (1) heavy new physics boosting the standard model signal, (2) reinterpretation of “νν¯” as a new light long-lived particle, or (3) reinterpretation of the whole signal as the production of a new light long-lived particle at the fixed target. We study the above explanations in the context of a generalized new physics Grossman-Nir bound coming from the Kþ → πþνν¯ decay, bounded by data from the E949 and the NA62 experiments.

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Research Org.:
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); Israel Science Foundation; United-States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF); Israel Planning and Budgeting Committee; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
OSTI Identifier:
1601051
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1601240; OSTI ID: 1674939
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0010102; 720/15; 2014397; 1937/12; 19K14706
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 124 Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; rare decays; axions; hypothetical scalars; kaons; neutrinos; CP violation

Citation Formats

Kitahara, Teppei, Okui, Takemichi, Perez, Gilad, Soreq, Yotam, and Tobioka, Kohsaku. New Physics Implications of Recent Search for K L → π 0 ν ν ¯ at KOTO. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.071801.
Kitahara, Teppei, Okui, Takemichi, Perez, Gilad, Soreq, Yotam, & Tobioka, Kohsaku. New Physics Implications of Recent Search for K L → π 0 ν ν ¯ at KOTO. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.071801
Kitahara, Teppei, Okui, Takemichi, Perez, Gilad, Soreq, Yotam, and Tobioka, Kohsaku. Wed . "New Physics Implications of Recent Search for K L → π 0 ν ν ¯ at KOTO". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.071801.
@article{osti_1601051,
title = {New Physics Implications of Recent Search for K L → π 0 ν ν ¯ at KOTO},
author = {Kitahara, Teppei and Okui, Takemichi and Perez, Gilad and Soreq, Yotam and Tobioka, Kohsaku},
abstractNote = {The KOTO experiment recently reported four candidate events in the signal region of KL → π0νν¯ search, where the standard model only expects 0.10 ± 0.02 events. If confirmed, this requires physics beyond the standard model to enhance the signal. We examine various new physics interpretations of the result including these: (1) heavy new physics boosting the standard model signal, (2) reinterpretation of “νν¯” as a new light long-lived particle, or (3) reinterpretation of the whole signal as the production of a new light long-lived particle at the fixed target. We study the above explanations in the context of a generalized new physics Grossman-Nir bound coming from the Kþ → πþνν¯ decay, bounded by data from the E949 and the NA62 experiments.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.071801},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 7,
volume = 124,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Wed Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}

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