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Search for heavy neutrinos in K+→μ+νμ decays

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>10/09/2017
<mark>Journal</mark>Physics Letters B
Issue numberSupplement C
Volume772
Number of pages7
Pages (from-to)712-718
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date27/07/17
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

The NA62 experiment recorded a large sample of K+→μ+νμ decays in 2007. A peak search has been performed in the reconstructed missing mass spectrum. In the absence of a signal, limits in the range 2×10−6 to 10−5 have been set on the squared mixing matrix element |Uμ4|2 between muon and heavy neutrino states, for heavy neutrino masses in the range 300–375 MeV/c2. The result extends the range of masses for which upper limits have been set on the value of |Uμ4|2 in previous production search experiments.