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.
Measurement of the K+ → π+γγ decay
Cortina Gil, E.;Dalpiaz, P.;Fiorini, M.;Mazzolari, A.;Neri, I.;Norton, A.;Petrucci, F.;Soldani, M.;Wahl, H.;Bandiera, L.;Cotta Ramusino, A.;Gianoli, A.;Romagnoni, M.;Sytov, A.;Iacopini, E.;Latino, G.;Parenti, A.;Georgiev, G.;Lanfranchi, G.;D'Errico, M.;Giordano, R.;Santoni, C.;Barbanera, M.;Cenci, P.;Pepe, M.;Di Lella, L.;D'Agostini, G.;Turisini, M.;Valente, P.;Vicini, P.;Menichetti, E.;Gamberini, E.;Ruggiero, G.;
2024
Abstract
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.File in questo prodotto:
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