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The NA62 experiment at CERN aims to make a precision measurement of the ultra-rare decay $K^{+} \rightarrow \pi^{+}\nu\overline{\nu}$, and relies on a differential Cherenkov detector (KTAG) to identify charged kaons at an average rate of 50…

The NA62 experiment at CERN has collected a large sample of $K^+$ and $\pi^+$ decays in flight during Run 1 in 2016--2018 and the ongoing Run 2 which started in 2021. Searches for the decays $K^+\rightarrow\pi^+X$ and $\pi^+\rightarrow…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-04-13 Elizabeth Long

The measurement of $BR(K^+\to\pi^+\nu\bar{\nu})$ with 10% precision by the NA62 experiment requires extreme background suppression. The Small Angle Calorimeter aims to provide an efficient veto for photons flying at angles down to zero with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-10-13 A. Antonelli , F. Gonnella , V. Kozhuharov , M. Moulson , M. Raggi , T. Spadaro

The ultra-rare decay $K^+\to\pi^+\nu\bar\nu$ is a golden mode in flavor physics. The Standard Model prediction for its branching ratio is below $10^{-10}$. This decay mode is highly sensitive to new physics models at mass scales up to…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-05-08 Xiafei Chang , for the NA62 Collaboration

A measurement of the $K^{+}\rightarrow\pi^{+}\nu\bar{\nu}$ decay by the NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS is presented, using data collected in 2021 and 2022. This dataset was recorded, after modifications to the beamline and detectors, at a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-02-28 NA62 Collaboration

The $K^+\rightarrow \pi^+ \nu \bar \nu$ decay is theoretically one of the cleanest meson decays and so a good place to look for indirect effects of new physics complementary to LHC searches. The NA62 experiment at CERN is designed to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-08-09 Silvia Martellotti

The NA62 experiment at CERN SPS aims to measure the Branching Ratio of the very rare kaon decay K+ -> pi+ nu nubar collecting O(100) events with a 10% background to make a stringent test of the Standard Model. One of the main backgrounds to…

The NA62 experiment at CERN SPS aims to measure the Branching Ratio of the very rare kaon decay K+ -> pi+ nu nubar collecting O(100) events with a 10% background to make a stringent test of the Standard Model. One of the main backgrounds to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-01-17 V. Bonaiuto , A. Fucci , G. Paoluzzi , A. Salamon , G. Salina , E. Santovetti , F. Sargeni , F. M. Scarfi'

The NA62 experiment will begin taking data in 2015. Its primary purpose is a 10% measurement of the branching ratio of the ultrarare kaon decay $K^+ \to \pi^+ \nu \bar{ \nu }$, using the decay in flight of kaons in an unseparated beam with…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-11-04 G. Aglieri Rinella , R. Aliberti , F. Ambrosino , B. Angelucci , A. Antonelli , G. Anzivino , R. Arcidiacono , I. Azhinenko , S. Balev , J. Bendotti , A. Biagioni , C. Biino , A. Bizzeti , T. Blazek , A. Blik , B. Bloch-Devaux , V. Bolotov , V. Bonaiuto , M. Bragadireanu , D. Britton , G. Britvich , N. Brook , F. Bucci , V. Buescher , F. Butin , E. Capitolo , C. Capoccia , T. Capussela , V. Carassiti , N. Cartiglia , A. Cassese , A. Catinaccio , A. Cecchetti , A. Ceccucci , P. Cenci , V. Cerny , C. Cerri , O. Chikilev , R. Ciaranfi , G. Collazuol , P. Cooke , P. Cooper , G. Corradi , E. Cortina Gil , F. Costantini , A. Cotta Ramusino , D. Coward , G. D'Agostini , J. Dainton , P. Dalpiaz , H. Danielsson , J. Degrange , N. De Simone , D. Di Filippo , L. Di Lella , N. Dixon , N. Doble , V. Duk , V. Elsha , J. Engelfried , T. Enik , V. Falaleev , R. Fantechi , L. Federici , M. Fiorini , J. Fry , A. Fucci , L. Fulton , S. Gallorini , L. Gatignon , A. Gianoli , S. Giudici , L. Glonti , A. Goncalves Martins , F. Gonnella , E. Goudzovski , R. Guida , E. Gushchin , F. Hahn , B. Hallgren , H. Heath , F. Herman , D. Hutchcroft , E. Iacopini , O. Jamet , P. Jarron , K. Kampf , J. Kaplon , V. Karjavin , V. Kekelidze , S. Kholodenko , G. Khoriauli , A. Khudyakov , Yu. Kiryushin , K. Kleinknecht , A. Kluge , M. Koval , V. Kozhuharov , M. Krivda , Y. Kudenko , J. Kunze , G. Lamanna , C. Lazzeroni , R. Leitner , R. Lenci , M. Lenti , E. Leonardi , P. Lichard , R. Lietava , L. Litov , D. Lomidze , A. Lonardo , N. Lurkin , D. Madigozhin , G. Maire , A. Makarov , I. Mannelli , G. Mannocchi , A. Mapelli , F. Marchetto , P. Massarotti , K. Massri , P. Matak , G. Mazza , E. Menichetti , M. Mirra , M. Misheva , N. Molokanova , J. Morant , M. Morel , M. Moulson , S. Movchan , D. Munday , M. Napolitano , F. Newson , A. Norton , M. Noy , G. Nuessle , V. Obraztsov , S. Padolski , R. Page , V. Palladino , A. Pardons , E. Pedreschi , M. Pepe , F. Perez Gomez , M. Perrin-Terrin , P. Petrov , F. Petrucci , R. Piandani , M. Piccini , D. Pietreanu , J. Pinzino , M. Pivanti , I. Polenkevich , I. Popov , Yu. Potrebenikov , D. Protopopescu , F. Raffaelli , M. Raggi , P. Riedler , A. Romano , P. Rubin , G. Ruggiero , V. Russo , V. Ryjov , A. Salamon , G. Salina , V. Samsonov , E. Santovetti , G. Saracino , F. Sargeni , S. Schifano , V. Semenov , A. Sergi , M. Serra , S. Shkarovskiy , A. Sotnikov , V. Sougonyaev , M. Sozzi , T. Spadaro , F. Spinella , R. Staley , M. Statera , P. Sutcliffe , N. Szilasi , D. Tagnani , M. Valdata-Nappi , P. Valente , M. Vasile , V. Vassilieva , B. Velghe , M. Veltri , S. Venditti , M. Vormstein , H. Wahl , R. Wanke , P. Wertelaers , A. Winhart , R. Winston , B. Wrona , O. Yushchenko , M. Zamkovsky , A. Zinchenko

NA62, an experiment at the CERN SPS to measure the branching ratio for the decay K+ -> pi+ nu nu-bar with ~10% precision, will observe ~10^13 K+ decays in its fiducial volume, and will thus also be able to carry out a rich program to search…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Matthew Moulson

The decay $K^+ \to \pi^+ \nu \bar{\nu}$, with a very precisely predicted branching ratio of less than $10^{-10}$, is one of the best candidates to reveal indirect effects of new physics at the highest mass scales. The NA62 experiment at the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-10-22 Roberta Volpe

NA62 is a fixed-target experiment at the CERN SPS dedicated to measurements of rare kaon decays. Such measurements, like the branching fraction of the $K^{+} \rightarrow \pi^{+} \nu \bar\nu$ decay, have the potential to bring significant…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-06-28 NA62 collaboration

The decay rate of $\klpgg$ has been measured with the NA48 detector at the CERN SPS. A total of 2558 $\klpgg$ candidates have been observed with a residual background of 3.2%. The branching ratio is determined to be $(1.36 \pm0.03_{(stat)}…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Lai

The NA62 experiment at SPS is a continuation of the long standing CERN kaon physics program. The high statistics and the unprecedent precision allow to probe the Standard Model and test the description of the strong interactions at low…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-12-02 Venelin Kozhuharov

The NA62 experiment at CERN is designed to measure precisely the rare decay $K^{+} \rightarrow \pi^+ \nu \bar{\nu}$. The intensity and energy of the SPS proton beam used to produce the $K^+$, as well as the hermetic detector coverage and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-11-27 Babette Döbrich

$K\rightarrow \pi\nu \bar\nu$ is one of the theoretically cleanest meson decay where to look for indirect effects of new physics complementary to LHC searches. The NA62 experiment at CERN SPS is designed to measure the branching ratio of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-03-27 Silvia Martellotti

The features of the NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS (high intensity setup, trigger system flexibility, high frequency tracking of beam particles, redundant particle identification, and high-efficiency photon vetoes) make NA62 particularly…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-10-24 Roberta Volpe

We are investigating the feasibility of performing a measurement of $BR(K_L\rightarrow\pi^0\nu\bar\nu)$ using a high-energy secondary neutral beam at the CERN SPS in a successor experiment to NA62. The timescale would require many years; we…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-08-30 Silvia Martellotti

The design, construction and test of a charged particle detector made of scintillation counters read by Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPM) is described. The detector, which operates in vacuum and is used as a veto counter in the NA62…