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arXiv 2005.00753hep-phhep-ex
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新的光粒子在KOTO的印记?

Imprint of a new light particle at KOTO?

Yi Liao, Hao-Lin Wang, Chang-Yuan Yao, Jian Zhang

摘要:

最近,KOTO实验报道了他们寻找衰变$K_L\toπ^0ν\barν$的新的初步结果。在信号区域观察到三个候选事件,其显著超过基于标准模型的预期。另一方面,新的NA 62和以前的BNL-E949实验产生了一致的结果,并证实了标准模型预测的带电介子衰变$K^+\toπ^+ν\barν$。此外,这两个衰变是由一个很好的动机关系从分析的同位旋对称性,很难打破的新物理学的重粒子。在这项工作中,我们研究了一个系统的有效场论的方法与三个最简单的情况下,其中$K_L$可能衰变成一个新的轻中性粒子$X$,即,$K_L\toπ^0X$、$K_L\to γγX$或$K_L\toπ^0XX$。我们通过模拟和结合来自NA 62和其他相关实验的约束条件来评估方案的可行性。我们的主要结论是,情况$K\toπXX$的长期生存标量$X$似乎比其他两个更可信时,结合分布和其他实验的限制,而下面的区域KOTO的盲盒提供了一个很好的检测环境,以搜索所有三种情况下,一个相对沉重的$X$。

英文摘要:

Recently, the KOTO experiment reported their new preliminary result of searching for the decay $K_L\toπ^0ν\barν$. Three candidate events were observed in the signal region, which exceed significantly the expectation based on the standard model. On the other hand, the new NA62 and previous BNL-E949 experiments yielded a consistent result and confirmed the standard model prediction in the charged meson decay $K^+\toπ^+ν\barν$. Furthermore, the two decays are bound by a well-motivated relation from an analysis of isospin symmetry that is hard to break by the new physics of heavy particles. In this work, we study the issue by a systematic effective field theory approach with three of the simplest scenarios, in which the $K_L$ may decay into a new light neutral particle $X$, i.e., $K_L\toπ^0X$, $K_L\to γγX$, or $K_L\toπ^0XX$. We assess the feasibility of the scenarios by simulations and by incorporating constraints coming from NA62 and other relevant experiments. Our main conclusion is that the scenario $K\toπXX$ for a long lived scalar $X$ seems more credible than the other two when combining distributions and other experimental constraints while the region below the KOTO's blind box provides a good detection environment to search for all three scenarios for a relatively heavy $X$.

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