The beam and detector of the NA62 experiment at CERN

• Verfasst von: Cortina Gil, Eduardo [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Gersabeck, Evelina [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The beam and detector of the NA62 experiment at CERN
• Verf.angabe: The NA62 collaboration
• Fussnoten: Published: May 31, 2017 ; The NA62 collaboration: E. Cortina Gil, E. Gersabeck [und weitere] ; Gesehen am 26.06.2018
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Journal of Instrumentation
• Jahr Quelle: 2017
• Band/Heft Quelle: 12(2017,05) Artikel-Nummer P05025, 115 Seiten
• ISSN Quelle: 1748-0221
• DOI: doi:10.1088/1748-0221/12/05/P05025
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1576848442

Abstract

NA62 is a fixed-target experiment at the CERN SPS dedicated to measurements of rare kaon decays. Such measurements, like the branching fraction of the K + → π + ν ##IMG## [http://ej.iop.org/icons/Entities/barnu.gif] bar nu decay, have the potential to bring significant insights into new physics processes when comparison is made with precise theoretical predictions. For this purpose, innovative techniques have been developed, in particular, in the domain of low-mass tracking devices. Detector construction spanned several years from 2009 to 2014. The collaboration started detector commissioning in 2014 and will collect data until the end of 2018. The beam line and detector components are described together with their early performance obtained from 2014 and 2015 data.