8th International Conference on Position Sensitive Detectors

Precise measurement of the very rare decay $K^+ \to \pi^+ \nu \bar{\nu}$

3 Sept 2008, 15:10

1h

University of Glasgow

Board: 34

Poster Applications in Particle Physics Poster Session 2 - PPE & Nuclear

Speaker

Sergei Movchan (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR))

Description

The P326 proposal of a new experiment NA62 aiming to perform precise measurement of the very rare kaon decay $K^+ \to \pi^+ \nu \bar{\nu}$ branching ratio at CERN is described. About 80 $K^+ \to \pi^+ \nu \bar{\nu}$ events with 10% of background is planned to obtain in two years of data taking. To reconstruct charged pion tracks with high efficiency and high resolution a single magnet spectrometer based on straw tubes and working in vacuum should be design and produce. The current status of R&D of this detector and results of its prototype testing are discussed.