Search for rare and forbidden decays at the NA62 experiment at CERN
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Birmingham
Department Name: School of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
The work will happen within the NA62 experiment at CERN.
The experiment makes use of an hadronic secondary beam to investigate
kaon rare and exotic processes. The focus of this PhD is dual: the study of the
ultra-rare kaon decay K+ to pi+ nu nu via the optimization of the signal versus
background selection; and the search for the lepton favour violating process
K+ to p mu e (for which 5 decay channels are theorised) which is forbidden in the Standard Model.
The experiment makes use of an hadronic secondary beam to investigate
kaon rare and exotic processes. The focus of this PhD is dual: the study of the
ultra-rare kaon decay K+ to pi+ nu nu via the optimization of the signal versus
background selection; and the search for the lepton favour violating process
K+ to p mu e (for which 5 decay channels are theorised) which is forbidden in the Standard Model.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Cristina Lazzeroni (Primary Supervisor) | |
| Joel Swallow (Student) |
Studentship Projects
| Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST/R504622/1 | 01/10/2017 | 30/09/2021 | |||
| 1960283 | Studentship | ST/R504622/1 | 01/10/2017 | 31/03/2021 | Joel Swallow |