Search for heavy neutral lepton production in K+ decays

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doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2018.01.031

Title: Search for heavy neutral lepton production in K⁺ decays

Journal Article · Sun Jan 28 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Physics Letters. B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.01.031· OSTI ID:1437173

Cortina Gil, E.; Minucci, E.; Padolski, S.; Petrov, P.; Velghe, B.; Georgiev, G.; Kozhuharov, V.; Litov, L.; Numao, T.; Bryman, D.; Fu, J.; Husek, T.; Kampf, K.; Zamkovsky, M.; Aliberti, R.; Khoriauli, G.; Kunze, J.; Lomidze, D.; Marchevski, R.; Peruzzo, L. more »

Here, a search for heavy neutral lepton production in K⁺ decays using a data sample collected with a minimum bias trigger by the NA62 experiment at CERN in 2015 is reported. Upper limits at the 10^-7 to 10^-6 level are established on the elements of the extended neutrino mixing matrix.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Contributing Organization:: The NA62 Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; 05H12UM5; 05H15UMCNA; 1506088; 268062; 336581; 404716; RBFR12JF2Z; UF100308; UF0758946; ST/J00412X/1; ST/M005798/1

OSTI ID:: 1437173

Journal Information:: Physics Letters. B, Vol. 778, Issue C; ISSN 0370-2693

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Language:: English

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