NA62

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NA62 is a high-energy physics experiment at CERN designed primarily to study rare kaon decays and test the predictions of the Standard Model.

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instanceOf CERN experiment
fixed-target experiment
kaon decay experiment
particle physics experiment
aimsFor 10% precision on K+ → π+ ν ν̄ branching ratio
alsoExtendsInto France
approvedBy CERN Research Board
beamEnergy 400 GeV/c primary proton beam on target
beamLine K12 beam line
beamType charged kaon beam
collaborationType international collaboration
dataTakingMode parasitic to SPS fixed-target operation
dataTakingStart 2014
focusesOn charged kaon decays
flavor-changing neutral current processes
fullName NA62 self-linksurface differs
surface form: CERN NA62 experiment
hasDetectorComponent Gigatracker beam spectrometer
NA62 self-linksurface differs
surface form: KTAG differential Cherenkov counter

RICH detector
electromagnetic calorimeters
large-angle photon vetoes
muon veto system
small-angle photon vetoes
straw tracker in vacuum
hostCountry Switzerland
kaonMomentum 75 GeV/c
locatedAt North Area of CERN SPS
locatedIn CERN
measures branching ratio of K+ → π+ ν ν̄
operatedDuring CERN LHC Run 2 era
physicsProgramIncludes searches for dark sector particles
searches for heavy neutral leptons
searches for lepton flavour violation
searches for lepton number violation
physicsRunStart 2016
pilotRun 2014
predecessorExperiment NA48
primaryDecayChannelStudied K+ → π+ ν ν̄
primaryGoal study of rare kaon decays
test of Standard Model predictions
searchesFor physics beyond the Standard Model
sensitivityScale branching ratios at level of 10^-10
studiesParticle K+ (charged kaon)
testsTheory Standard Model
usesAccelerator Super Proton Synchrotron
usesTechnique decay-in-flight technique
hermetic photon vetoing
kaon tagging
precision timing

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CERN hostsExperiment NA62
NA62 fullName NA62 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: CERN NA62 experiment
NA62 hasDetectorComponent NA62 self-linksurface differs
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Electromagnetic Calorimeter partOf NA62
this entity surface form: NA62 experiment
Gigatracker beam spectrometer usedIn NA62
this entity surface form: NA62 experiment
Gigatracker beam spectrometer collaboration NA62
this entity surface form: NA62 Collaboration
Gigatracker beam spectrometer operatedBy NA62
this entity surface form: NA62 Collaboration
Gigatracker beam spectrometer locatedIn NA62
this entity surface form: NA62 experimental area at CERN SPS
RICH detector locatedIn NA62
subject surface form: RICH detector (NA62)
this entity surface form: NA62 experiment
RICH detector usedIn NA62
subject surface form: RICH detector (NA62)
this entity surface form: NA62 experiment
RICH detector partOf NA62
subject surface form: RICH detector (NA62)
this entity surface form: NA62 beam line
RICH detector collaboration NA62
subject surface form: RICH detector (NA62)
this entity surface form: NA62 collaboration