Speaker
Dr
Silvia Martellotti
(INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati)
Description
K+ ->pi+ nu nu is one of the theoretically cleanest meson decays with which to
look for indirect effects of new physics, as a complement to searches at the
LHC. The NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS is designed to measure the
branching ratio of this decay with 10% precision. NA62 took data in pilot
runs in 2014 and 2015 and in a physics run in 2016. The experiment is also
collecting data to search for exotic processes, like lepton flavour and
number violation and decays of hidden-sector particles. An overview of the
experiment, a first look at the data collected for the K+ ->pi +nu nu
measurement, and prospects for search for exotic processes will be
presented.
