Measurement of the K+ → π+γγ decay
A sample of 3984 candidates of the K+ -> pi(+)gamma gamma 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) x 10(-7). The first search for production and prompt decay of an axion-like particle with gluon coupling in the process K+ -> pi(+) a, a -> gamma gamma is also reported.
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Funder | Grant Number |
F.R.S.-FNRS (Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique-FNRS), Belgium | 4.4512.10 |
CECI (Con-sortium des Equipements de Calcul Intensif) - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique de Belgique (F.R.S.-FNRS) | 2.5020.11 |
Walloon Region, Belgium | |
NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council), Canada | SAPPJ-2018-0017 |
MEYS (Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports), Czech Republic | LM 2018104 |
BMBF (Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung), Germany | 05H12UM5 |
INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) , Italy | |
MIUR (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca), Italy | |
CONACyT (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia), Mexico | |
IFA (Institute of Atomic Physics) Romanian CERN-RO, Romania | 1/16.03.2016 |
MESRS (Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport), Slovakia | |
CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), Switzerland | |
STFC (Science and Technology Facilities Council), United Kingdom | |
NSF (National Science Foundation), U.S.A. | 1506088 |
ERC (European Re-search Council), Europe | 268062 |
Charles University, Czech Republic | UNCE/SCI/013 |
Czech Science Foundation | 23-06770S |
Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca (MIUR), Italy | RBFR12JF2Z |
Royal Society, United Kingdom | UF100308 |
STFC, United Kingdom | ST/J00412X/1 |
ERC | 268062 |
EU Horizon 2020 (Marie Sklodowska-Curie grants | 701386 |