Measurement of the K+ → π+γγ decay



Cortina Gil, E ORCID: 0000-0001-9627-699X, Kleimenova, A ORCID: 0000-0002-9129-4985, Minucci, E ORCID: 0000-0002-3972-6824, Padolski, S ORCID: 0000-0002-6795-7670, Petrov, P, Shaikhiev, A ORCID: 0000-0003-2921-8743, Volpe, R ORCID: 0000-0003-1782-2978, Numao, T ORCID: 0000-0001-5232-6190, Petrov, Y ORCID: 0000-0003-2643-8740, Velghe, B ORCID: 0000-0002-0797-8381
et al (show 224 more authors) (2024) Measurement of the K+ → π+γγ decay. Physics Letters B, 850. p. 138513. ISSN 0370-2693

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Abstract

A sample of 3984 candidates of the K<sup>+</sup>→π<sup>+</sup>γγ decay, with an estimated background of 291±14 events, was collected by the NA62 experiment at CERN during 2017–2018. In order to describe the observed di-photon mass spectrum, the next-to-leading order contribution in chiral perturbation theory was found to be necessary. The decay branching ratio in the full kinematic range is measured to be (9.61±0.17)×10<sup>−7</sup>. The first search for production and prompt decay of an axion-like particle with gluon coupling in the process K<sup>+</sup>→π<sup>+</sup>a, a→γγ is also reported.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 5106 Nuclear and Plasma Physics, 5107 Particle and High Energy Physics, 4902 Mathematical Physics, 49 Mathematical Sciences, 51 Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 01 Jul 2024 09:26
Last Modified: 11 Jun 2025 00:32
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2024.138513
Open Access URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3182444