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 |Ue4|2 and |Uμ4|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 |Ue4|2 , and above 300 MeV/ c2 for |Uμ4|2 .

Search for heavy neutral lepton production in K+ decays

Arcidiacono, R.;BORETTO, MARCO;Menichetti, E.;Migliore, E.;Soldi, D.;
2018-01-01

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 |Ue4|2 and |Uμ4|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 |Ue4|2 , and above 300 MeV/ c2 for |Uμ4|2 .
2018
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03702693
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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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