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用KOTO实验寻找$K_L^0 \rightarrow π^0 ν\barν$的现状

Status on the Search for $K_L^0 \rightarrow π^0 ν\barν$ with the KOTO Experiment

Melissa A. Hutcheson

摘要:

位于日本东海的J-PARC研究设施的KOTO实验旨在观察和测量中性K介子$K_L^0 \rightarrow π^0 ν\barν$的罕见衰变。该衰变具有标准模型(SM)预测的分支比(BR)$(3.00 \pm 0.30) \times 10^{-11}$。虽然这种衰变非常罕见,但由于理论上的不确定性很小,它是夸克扇区中探测SM之外新物理的最佳衰变之一。KEK 12-GeV PS的E391 a实验先前搜索了$K_L^0 \rightarrow π^0 ν\barν$事件,并在2010年设定了BR($K_L^0 \rightarrow π^0 ν\barν$)$< 2.6 \times 10^{-8}$的限制。2018年,KOTO根据2015年收集的数据设定了BR($K_L^0 \rightarrow π^0 ν\barν$)$< 3.0 \times 10^{-9}$的新实验限值,将最佳实验上限提高了一个数量级。从2016年到2018年,KOTO收集的数据比2015年多1.5倍,对这些数据集的分析正在进行中。本报告涵盖了2016-2018年数据分析的进展和现状。

英文摘要:

The KOTO experiment at the J-PARC research facility in Tokai, Japan aims to observe and measure the rare decay of the neutral kaon, $K_L^0 \rightarrow π^0 ν\barν$. This decay has a Standard Model (SM) predicted branching ratio (BR) of $(3.00 \pm 0.30) \times 10^{-11}$. While this decay is extremely rare, it is one of the best decays in the quark sector to probe for new physics beyond the SM due to small theoretical uncertainties. The E391a experiment at KEK 12-GeV PS previously searched for $K_L^0 \rightarrow π^0 ν\barν$ events and set a limit of BR($K_L^0 \rightarrow π^0 ν\barν$) $< 2.6 \times 10^{-8}$ in 2010. In 2018, KOTO set a new experimental limit of BR($K_L^0 \rightarrow π^0 ν\barν$) $< 3.0 \times 10^{-9}$ from data collected in 2015, improving the best experimental upper limit by an order of magnitude. From 2016 to 2018, KOTO collected around 1.5 times more data than in 2015, and the analysis of this dataset is underway. This report covers the progress and current status of the 2016-2018 data analysis.

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