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Abstract
The TRIUMF PIENU experiment aims to measure the branching ratio of pion decays, Re/μ = Γ(π → eν(γ))/Γ(π → μν(γ)), at a precision level of < 0.1%, confronting the Standard Model (SM) prediction of RSM e/μ = 1.2353(1) × 10−4. At that level, new physics beyond the SM involving mass scales up to 1000TeV may be heralded by an observed deviation from the precise SM expectation. Also, evidence of massive neutrinos in the π+ → e+ν decay spectrum has been sought with the background from π+ → μ+ → e+ decay chain highly suppressed. Upper limits (90% C.L.) on the neutrino mixing matrix element |Uei|2 in the mass region 65–130 MeV/c2 have been set at a 10−8 level.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Decays of π mesons ; Non-standard-model neutrinos, right-handed neutrinos, etc. ; Quark and lepton masses and mixing |
| Subjects: | 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Apr 2020 18:17 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Apr 2020 18:17 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/17886 |
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