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New physics limits from kaon decays

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2011-07-05 v1

Abstract

Searches for lepton flavour violation and lepton number violation in kaon decays by the NA62 and NA48/2 experiments at CERN are presented. A new measurement of the ratio of charged kaon leptonic decay rates RK=Γ(Ke2)/Γ(Kμ2)R_K=\Gamma(K_{e2})/\Gamma(K_{\mu2}) to sub-percent relative precision is discussed. An improved upper limit on the lepton number violating K±πμ±μ±K^\pm\rightarrow\pi^\mp\mu^\pm\mu^\pm decay rate is also reported. The future 10% precision measurement of the branching ratio of the ultra-rare kaon decay K+π+ννˉK^+\rightarrow\pi^+\nu\bar{\nu} with the NA62 experiment is finally reviewed.

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@article{arxiv.1107.0523,
  title  = {New physics limits from kaon decays},
  author = {Giuseppe Ruggiero},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.0523},
  year   = {2011}
}
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