Search for the rare decays $\pi^+ \to \mu^+\nu_\mu\nu\bar\nu$ and $\pi^+ \to e^+\nu_e\nu\bar\nu$
| Title: | Search for the rare decays $\pi^+ \to \mu^+\nu_\mu\nu\bar\nu$ and $\pi^+ \to e^+\nu_e\nu\bar\nu$ |
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| Authors: | Aguilar-Arevalo, A., Aoki, M., Blecher, M., Britton, D. I., Bruch, D. vom, Bryman, D. A., Chen, S., Comfort, J., Cuen-Rochin, S., Doria, L., Gumplinger, P., Hussein, A., Igarashi, Y., Ito, S., Kettell, S., Kurchaninov, L., Littenberg, L. S., Malbrunot, C., Mischke, R. E., Numao, T., Protopopescu, D., Sher, A., Sullivan, T., Vavilo, D., Gorbunov, D., Kalashnikov, D. |
| Source: | Phys. Rev. D 102, 012001 (2020) |
| Publication Year: | 2020 |
| Collection: | High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Phenomenology |
| Subject Terms: | High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology |
| More Details: | The rare pion decays ${\pi}^+{\rightarrow}{\mu}^+{\nu}_{\mu}{\nu}\bar{\nu}$ and ${\pi}^+{\rightarrow}e^+{\nu}_{e}{\nu}\bar{\nu}$ are allowed in the Standard Model but highly suppressed. These decays were searched for using data from the PIENU experiment. A first result for ${\Gamma}({\pi}^+{\rightarrow}{\mu}^+{\nu}_{\mu}{\nu}\bar{\nu})/{\Gamma}({\pi}^+{\rightarrow}{\mu}^+{\nu}_{\mu})<8.6{\times}10^{-6}$, and an improved measurement ${\Gamma}({\pi}^+{\rightarrow}{e}^+{\nu}_{e}{\nu}\bar{\nu})/{\Gamma}({\pi}^+{\rightarrow}{\mu}^+{\nu}_{\mu})<1.6{\times}10^{-7}$ were obtained. Comment: 6 figures |
| Document Type: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevD.102.012001 |
| Access URL: | http://arxiv.org/abs/2006.00389 |
| Accession Number: | edsarx.2006.00389 |
| Database: | arXiv |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevD.102.012001 |
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