A search for heavy neutral lepton production in K+ decays using a data sample collected with a minimum bias trigger by the NA62 experiment at CERN in 2015 is reported. Upper limits at the 10(-7)to 10(-6) level are established on the elements of the extended neutrino mixing matrix |U-e4|^2 and |U-mu4|^2 for heavy neutral lepton mass in the ranges 170-448 MeV/c2 and 250-373 MeV/c2, respectively. This improves on the previous limits from HNL production searches over the whole mass range considered for |U-e4|^2, and above 300 MeV/c2 for |U-mu4|^2.

Search for heavy neutral lepton production in K + decays

Fiorini, M.
;
Neri, I.
;
Petrucci, F.
;
2018

Abstract

A search for heavy neutral lepton production in K+ decays using a data sample collected with a minimum bias trigger by the NA62 experiment at CERN in 2015 is reported. Upper limits at the 10(-7)to 10(-6) level are established on the elements of the extended neutrino mixing matrix |U-e4|^2 and |U-mu4|^2 for heavy neutral lepton mass in the ranges 170-448 MeV/c2 and 250-373 MeV/c2, respectively. This improves on the previous limits from HNL production searches over the whole mass range considered for |U-e4|^2, and above 300 MeV/c2 for |U-mu4|^2.
2018
Cortina Gil, E.; Minucci, E.; Padolski, S.; Petrov, P.; Velghe, B.; Georgiev, G.; Kozhuharov, V.; Litov, L.; Numao, T.; Bryman, D.; Fu, J.; Husek, T.;...espandi
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