New physics implications of recent search for $K_L\to {\pi }^0\nu \bar{\nu }$ at KOTO

Abstract

The KOTO experiment recently reported four candidate events in the signal region of $K_L\to {\pi }^0\nu \bar{\nu }$ search, where the standard model only expects $0.10\pm 0.02$ events. If confirmed, this requires physics beyond the standard model to enhance the signal. We examine various new physics interpretations of the result including these: (1) heavy new physics boosting the standard model signal, (2) reinterpretation of "$\nu \bar{\nu }$" as a new light long-lived particle, or (3) reinterpretation of the whole signal as the production of a new light long-lived particle at the fixed target. We study the above explanations in the context of a generalized new physics Grossman-Nir bound coming from the $K^{+}\to {\pi }^{+}\nu \bar{\nu }$ decay, bounded by data from the E949 and the NA62 experiments.

arXiv comment7 pages, 3 figures; v2: references added, simulation refined; v3: matches version published in PRL

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