Search for Exotic Particles at the NA62 Experiment
The NA62 experiment at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) is currently taking data to measure the ultra-rare decay <inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <mrow> <msup> <mi>K</mi> <mo>+</mo> </msup> <mo>→&l...
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| author | Maria Brigida Brunetti Francesco Gonnella Lorenza Iacobuzio on behalf of the NA62 Collaboration |
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| description | The NA62 experiment at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) is currently taking data to measure the ultra-rare decay <inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <mrow> <msup> <mi>K</mi> <mo>+</mo> </msup> <mo>→</mo> <msup> <mi>π</mi> <mo>+</mo> </msup> <mi>ν</mi> <mover accent="true"> <mi>ν</mi> <mo>¯</mo> </mover> </mrow> </semantics> </math> </inline-formula>. The high-intensity setup, trigger flexibility, detector performance and high-efficiency vetoes make NA62 also suitable for direct searches of long-lived, beyond-the-Standard-Model particles, such as Heavy Neutral Leptons (HNLs), Axion-Like Particles (ALPs) and Dark Photons (DPs); moreover, many rare and forbidden decays are studied at NA62. The status of all these searches is reviewed, together with prospects for future data taking at NA62 after the CERN Long Shutdown 2 (LS2). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5d36470f92d84a8aa40d97f421fedf1a2022-12-22T04:22:00ZengMDPI AGUniverse2218-19972018-11-0141111910.3390/universe4110119universe4110119Search for Exotic Particles at the NA62 ExperimentMaria Brigida Brunetti0Francesco Gonnella1Lorenza Iacobuzio2on behalf of the NA62 Collaboration3Edgbaston, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B152TT, UKEdgbaston, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B152TT, UKEdgbaston, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B152TT, UKEdgbaston, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B152TT, UKThe NA62 experiment at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) is currently taking data to measure the ultra-rare decay <inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <mrow> <msup> <mi>K</mi> <mo>+</mo> </msup> <mo>→</mo> <msup> <mi>π</mi> <mo>+</mo> </msup> <mi>ν</mi> <mover accent="true"> <mi>ν</mi> <mo>¯</mo> </mover> </mrow> </semantics> </math> </inline-formula>. The high-intensity setup, trigger flexibility, detector performance and high-efficiency vetoes make NA62 also suitable for direct searches of long-lived, beyond-the-Standard-Model particles, such as Heavy Neutral Leptons (HNLs), Axion-Like Particles (ALPs) and Dark Photons (DPs); moreover, many rare and forbidden decays are studied at NA62. The status of all these searches is reviewed, together with prospects for future data taking at NA62 after the CERN Long Shutdown 2 (LS2).https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/4/11/119Heavy Neutral LeptonDark PhotonAxion-like Particleexotic processesrare decays |
| spellingShingle | Maria Brigida Brunetti Francesco Gonnella Lorenza Iacobuzio on behalf of the NA62 Collaboration Search for Exotic Particles at the NA62 Experiment Universe Heavy Neutral Lepton Dark Photon Axion-like Particle exotic processes rare decays |
| title | Search for Exotic Particles at the NA62 Experiment |
| title_full | Search for Exotic Particles at the NA62 Experiment |
| title_fullStr | Search for Exotic Particles at the NA62 Experiment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Search for Exotic Particles at the NA62 Experiment |
| title_short | Search for Exotic Particles at the NA62 Experiment |
| title_sort | search for exotic particles at the na62 experiment |
| topic | Heavy Neutral Lepton Dark Photon Axion-like Particle exotic processes rare decays |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/4/11/119 |
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