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Precision measurements of the branching ratios (BRs) for rare kaon decays can provide unique constraints on CKM unitarity and may reveal the existence of new physics. The BRs for two of these decays, $K^+\to\pi^+\nu\bar{\nu}$ and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-09-24 NA62 Collaboration , KLEVER Collaboration

The Belle II collaboration has recently observed the rare decay $B^+\to K^+ \nu \bar{\nu}$, finding an excess with respect to the Standard Model prediction. We explore the possibility that the data entails long-distance interactions induced…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-02-09 E. Gabrielli , L. Marzola , K. Müürsepp , M. Raidal

The main physics goal of the NA62 experiment at CERN is to precisely measure the branching ratio of the kaon rare decay $K^+\rightarrow \pi^+ \nu \bar\nu$. This decay is strongly suppressed in the Standard Model and its branching ratio is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-10-20 Silvia Martellotti

This work investigates the allowed parameter spaces of a simplified dark matter (DM) model characterized by a spin-0 mediator with masses in the low to intermediate range ($ < $ 10 GeV). We systematically divide the parameter space into…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-03-21 Lipika Kolay , Soumitra Nandi

The ratio $R_K=\frac{\Gamma(K\to e \nu_{e} (\gamma))}{\Gamma(K\to \mu \nu_{\mu} (\gamma))}$ of leptonic decay rates provides a golden probe for testing the structure of the weak interactions because it can be predicted with high accuracy…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-06-19 Antonino Sergi

We constrain the parameters of a representative new physics model with possible dark matter (DM) signature from a global CKM fit analysis. The model has neutral quark current interactions mediated by a scalar, impacting the semileptonic and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-03-07 Aritra Biswas , Lopamudra Mukherjee , Soumitra Nandi , Sunando Kumar Patra

The effective mass and decay width of the $\phi$ meson in the isospin asymmetric hot and dense resonance matter are studied using the effective Lagrangian framework considering the $\phi K \bar K $ interactions at one-loop level. In…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-05-13 Manpreet Kaur , Arvind Kumar

A sample of $2.8 \times 10^4$ $K^{+} \to \pi^{+} \mu^{+} \mu^{-}$ candidates with negligible background was collected by the NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS in 2017--2018. The model-independent branching fraction is measured to be $(9.15…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-11-18 NA62 Collaboration

Kaon physics provides a unique opportunity to identify new flavour and CP violating interactions beyond the Standard Model (SM). In the SM, implied by the hierarchical structure of the CKM matrix and the GIM mechanism, flavour changing…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-05-27 Monika Blanke

Recently Belle II reported the first measurement of $B^+\to K^++{\rm invisible (inv)}$, which is $2.7\sigma$ above the standard model (SM) prediction. If confirmed, this calls for new physics beyond SM. In the SM, the invisible particles…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-07-09 Xiao-Gang He , Xiao-Dong Ma , Michael A. Schmidt , German Valencia , Raymond R. Volkas

Conceivable explanations of Belle-II measurements of a (surprising) excess of missing-energy decays of the $B$ meson to the $K$ meson not covered by standard-model neutrino-antineutrino pairs might be offered by additional contributions of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-01 Alexander Berezhnoy , Wolfgang Lucha , Dmitri Melikhov

The Belle II Collaboration reported the first measurement on ${\rm Br}(B^+\rightarrow K^+\nu\bar{\nu})$, which lies 2.7$\sigma$ away from the Standard Model expectation. This result may be manifestation of new physics beyond the Standard…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-07-24 T. M. Aliev , A. Elpe , I. Turan , L. Selbuz

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 charged Kaon meson ($K^+$) features several hadronic decay modes, but the most relevant contribution to its decay width stems from the leptonic decay $K^+ \rightarrow \mu^+ \nu_\mu $. Given the precision acquired on the rare decay mode…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-11-01 D. Cogollo , M. J. Neves , Tessio B. de Melo , Alvaro S. de Jesus , Y. M. Oviedo-Torres , F. S. Queiroz

The $\phi$ meson spectrum, which in vacuum is dominated by its coupling to the $\bar{K} K$ system, is modified in nuclear matter. Following a model based on chiral SU(3) dynamics we calculate the $\phi$ meson selfenergy in nuclear matter…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-02-09 D. Cabrera , M. J. Vicente Vacas

The NA64 electron beam program comprises of a high sensitivity search for visible and invisible decays of the hypothetical dark photon, $A'$, with a goal to either observe the sub-GeV Dark Matter mediator or exclude most of the model…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-09-11 Dipanwita Banerjee

Searches for neutrino-less double-beta decay ($0\nu2\beta$) place an important constraint on models where light fields beyond the Standard Model participate in the neutrino mass mechanism. While $0\nu2\beta$ experimental collaborations…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-09-26 Kfir Blum , Yosef Nir , Michal Shavit

The results of a search for $\pi^0$ decays to a photon and an invisible massive dark photon at the NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS are reported. From a total of $4.12\times10^8$ tagged $\pi^0$ mesons, no signal is observed. Assuming a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-07-04 NA62 collaboration

The $K \rightarrow \mu\mu$ decays have recently been identified as another golden kaon physics mode alongside the rare $K \rightarrow\pi\nu\bar{\nu}$ processes. These golden modes provide precision tests of the Standard Model with very high…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-03-22 Radoslav Marchevski

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