Search for heavy neutrinos in K+→μ+ν decays
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Authors
Colleges, School and Institutes
Abstract
The NA62 experiment recorded a large sample of K+→μ+νμ decays in 2007. A peak search has been performed in the reconstructed missing mass spectrum. In the absence of a signal, limits in the range 2×10−6 to 10−5 have been set on the squared mixing matrix element |Uμ4|2 between muon and heavy neutrino states, for heavy neutrino masses in the range 300–375 MeV/c2. The result extends the range of masses for which upper limits have been set on the value of |Uμ4|2 in previous production search experiments.
Details
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 712–718 |
Journal | Physics Letters B |
Volume | 772 |
Early online date | 27 Jul 2017 |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- Kaon decays, Heavy neutrinos