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ORKA : The Golden Kaon Experiment

ORKA : The Golden Kaon Experiment . Physics Breadth. Elizabeth Worcester (BNL) for the ORKA collaboration June 19, 2012. Photo: Life of Sea blogspot. ORKA: The Golden Kaon Experiment. Primary physics

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ORKA : The Golden Kaon Experiment

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  1. ORKA: The Golden Kaon Experiment Physics Breadth Elizabeth Worcester (BNL) for the ORKA collaboration June 19, 2012 Photo: Life of Sea blogspot

  2. ORKA: The Golden Kaon Experiment • Primary physics • Precision measurement of K+p+nnBR with ~1000 expected events (SM) at FNAL MI • Expected BR uncertainty matches expected Standard Model uncertainty • Sensitivity to new physics at and beyond LHC mass scale • 4th generation detector building on BNL E787/E949 • Projected cost ~$53M • See David Jaffe’s talk yesterday (June 18) for details of experiment and primary physics ETW: Project X Physics Study

  3. BNL E787/E949 Stopped Kaon Technique • K+ decays at rest in the stopping target • Decay π+ track momentum analyzed in drift chamber • Decay π+ stops in range stack, range and energy are measured • Range stack STRAW chamber provides additionalπ+ position in range stack • Barrel veto + End caps + Collar provide 4π photon veto coverage ETW: Project X Physics Study

  4. ORKA Detector • Highly optimized for K+p+nn • In center-of-mass frame (kaon decays at rest) • Low momentum charged particles • Can not access all of phase space • Excellent photon veto coverage • Lots of kaons and pions ETW: Project X Physics Study Good at reconstructing pionsand muons Good at decays with missing energy Not so good at photons and electrons

  5. Primary Physics μ+ν BR 64% π+π0BR 21% • Precise BR measurement of K+p+nn • Current: • SM: • Observed signal: • K+ π+μ+e+ • Background exceeds signal by > 1010 • Requires suppression of background well below expected signal (S/N ~10) • Requires π/μ/e particle ID > 106 • Requires π0 inefficiency < 10-6 ETW: FNAL Users' Meeting II I Momentum spectra of charged particles from K+ decays in the rest frame

  6. ORKA Physics Topics ETW: Project X Physics Study ORKA physics breath document: http://projects-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=1644

  7. K+p+nnPNN1/PNN2 ratio • PNN1 and PNN2 kinematic regions analyzed separately • Different background and acceptance issues • If ratio of BRs measured in the two regions differs from SM, could indicate new physics • (ex: unparticles) ETW: Project X Physics Study

  8. K+p+nng -0.15% if all g undetected • Typically not experimentally measurable • For low energy g,radiative mode not distinguishable from K+p+nn • For high energy g, veto event • Expect ~0.25% of events from radiative mode when experiment can detect photon energies > 10 MeV • Expect 2-3 radiative events in 1000 event sample Mescia & Smith arXiv: 0705.2025v2 -0.4% at 10 MeV ETW: Project X Physics Study Figure 1: The QED correction to K+p+nn(g) in %, as a function of the maximum energy of the undetected photon

  9. K+p+X0 • Familon • Wilczek, Phys. Rev. Lett. 49, 1549 (1982) • Axion • arXiv:hep-ph/9807363 • Light scalar pseudo-NG boson • arXiv:0908.2004 • Sgoldstino • arXiv:hep-ph/0007325 • Gauge boson corresponding to new U(1) symmetry • Aliev et al, Nucl. Phys. B 335, 311 (1990) • arXiv:0811.1030 • Light dark matter • arXiv:0711.4866 • arXiv:hep-ph/0702176 • arXiv:hep-ph/0509024  ETW: Project X Physics Study

  10. K+p+X0 • E787/E949: B(K+p+X0) < 0.73 × 10-10 (arXiv:0709.1000) • 1 event in E949, no events in E787 • K+p+nnis a background Upper limit on K+p+X where X has listed lifetime ETW: Project X Physics Study Upper limit on K+p+X where X is stable E949

  11. K+p+X0 “event” • One event seen in E949 K+p+nnPNN1 signal region is near kinematic endpoint and also in K+p+X0signal region • Corresponds to a massless X0 • Central value of measured K+p+nn BR higher than SM expectation Generated ETW: Project X Physics Study Expected distribution of K+p+nn (MC) All cuts E949 signal event

  12. K+p+p0nn • Ke4 BR allows firm SM prediction • New physics from axial-vector in addition to vector currents • E787: B(K+p+p0nn) < 4.3 × 10-5 • Limited by trigger bandwidth and detector resolution • Expect × 1000 improvement at ORKA BNL E787 arXiv:0009055v1 ETW: Project X Physics Study

  13. K+p+gg & K+p+g • K+p+gg • B(K+p+gg) = (1.1 ± 0.3) × 10-6 • Extrapolated from 100 MeV/c < pp< 180 MeV/c region • Test of Chiral Perturbation Theory • Contributions start at O(p4) • Expect large increase in statistics (×104) • B(K+p+gg)(pp > 213 MeV/c) < 8.3 × 10-9 • K+p+g • Violates conservation of angular momentum and gauge invariance • Allowed in non-commutative/Lorentz violating theories • E949: B(K+p+g) < 2.3 × 10-9 • Expect limit to scale with exposure (× 360) O(p6) unitarity corrections No unitarity corrections BNL E949 arXiv:0505069v2 ETW: Project X Physics Study

  14. Sterile Neutrinos (nMSM) • MSM + 3 RH neutrinos • Sterile neutrinos: N1, N2, N3 • Active-sterile neutrino mixing • Lightest sterile neutrino: N1 • Mass 4-50 keV • Dark matter candidate • N2 and N3 • mix with active neutrinos ETW: Project X Physics Study

  15. Sterile Neutrinos ETW: Project X Physics Study

  16. K+m+ + missing energy arXiv:1101.1382v1 Ongoing E949 analysis (A. Shaykhiev, INR) E949 expected single event sensitivity ETW: Project X Physics Study Allowed BR(K+m+N)for normal hierarchy ORKA

  17. Precision Measurement of Ke2/Km2 • RSM = (2.477 ± 0.001) × 10-5 • Extremely precise because hadronic form factors cancel in ratio • Sensitive to new physics effects that do not share V-A structure of SM contribution • R = (2.487 ± 0.013) × 10-5 (NA62) • R = (2.493 ± 0.025 ± 0.019) × 10-5 (KLOE) • Expect ORKA statistical precision of ~0.1% • More study required to estimate total ORKA uncertainty arXiv:0707.4464  ETW: Project X Physics Study arXiv:1101.4805  arXiv:0907.3594 

  18. Fundamental K+ Measurements • K+ lifetime • Not a major source of uncertainty for unitarity tests • Some discrepancies among experimental results in PDG • B(K+p+p0)/B(K+m+n) • Contributes to fit for |Vus/Vud| • Expect improvements in lattice calculations so that experimental errors may soon be dominant ETW: Project X Physics Study M. Moulson, CIPANP 2012 x 10-8 s

  19. Dark Photons? • A´: same interactions as SM photon with reduced coupling • Multiple dedicated experiments to search for A´ at JLab • ORKA search: • K+→ p+A´→ p+e+e- • p0 → gA´→ ge+e- • Signal would appear as resonance above continuum in e+e- invariant mass distribution • Electron resolution and background from conversion could be a problem • No ORKA sensitivity estimate yet ETW: Project X Physics Study R. Essig

  20. Summary (preliminary estimate of sensitivity) • ORKA, while highly optimized for K+p+nn, is capable of making important, precise measurements of many other physics processes. ETW: Project X Physics Study

  21. Extra Slides ETW: Project X Physics Study

  22. Unparticles Georgi (arXiv: 0703260v3) Wu & Zhang arXiv: 0712.3923v1 “For large c’s, the spectra can be quite different from the SM prediction in the region when the ps are hard” SM Vector unparticle ETW: Project X Physics Study

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