Project description
Search for axion-like particle production in kaon decays
Axions are elusive particles that are a leading contender as a component of dark matter. Confirming that axions are real would be a breakthrough for particle physics, increasing our understanding of the composition of the universe. Funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the KaonToALP project will search for short-lived axion-like particles in decays of the charged kaon. The project will use the largest data set of charged kaon decays collected by the NA62 experiment at CERN in 2016–2018.
Objective
It is proposed to perform the first search for production of a short-lived axion-like particle (ALP) in charged-kaon decays (K+ --> pi+a), which decaying promptly into a di-photon final state, using world's largest data set of charged kaon decays collected by the NA62 experiment at CERN in 2016-18. New powerful constraint on the ALP phase space will be established; a possible ALP discovery would be a breakthrough in particle physics. To achieve credible results on the ALP search, it is mandatory to understand the main Standard Model background process K+ --> pi+ gamma gamma. Therefore a comprehensive study of this process is also proposed, including a re-analysis of the inputs to the description of this decay within Chiral Perturbation Theory, and the most precise measurement of this process to date. This measurement by itself represents an important test of the theories describing low-energy dynamics. These novel measurements are based on an existing data sample collected recently, thereby minimizing the associated risks.
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)
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(opens in new window) H2020-MSCA-IF-2020
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B15 2TT Birmingham
United Kingdom
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