Forbidden Kaon and Pion Decays in NA62

Abstract

NA62, an experiment at the CERN SPS to measure the branching ratio for the decay K+ -> pi+ nu nu-bar with ~10% precision, will observe ~10^13 K+ decays in its fiducial volume, and will thus also be able to carry out a rich program to search for forbidden K+ and pi0 decays, including in particular K+ decays that violate the conservation of lepton flavor and/or number. NA62's potential performance in searches for a number of forbidden K+ and pi0 decays is discussed, with initial sensitivity estimates.

arXiv comment11 pages, 1 table, 6 figures, 37 refs. Prepared for the Proceedings of the 2013 Kaon Physics International Conference (KAON '13), 29 April-1 May 2013, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. v2: Minor revisions requested by referee

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