The XIth International Conference on Heavy Quarks and Leptons

High precision measurement of the form factors of the semileptonic decays K+- -> pi0 l+- nu (Kl3)

11 Jun 2012, 17:15

25m

Prague

talk CKM Physics CKM

Speaker

Rainer Wanke (Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz (DE))

Description

Semileptonic kaon decays offer the most precise determination of the CKM matrix element |Vus|. The experimental precision is however limited by the knowledge of the form factors of this decay, since these enter both the phase space integral and the detector acceptances. The NA48/2 experiment presents new measurements of the form factors of the semileptonic decays of charged kaons, based on 4.3 million Ke3 and 3.5 million Kmu3 decays, both with negligible background. The result matches the precision of the current world average on the vector and scalar form factors and allows to significantly reduce the form factor uncertainty on |Vus|. In addition, the comparison of both channels sets tight constraints on lepton flavor violation and other possible new physics.

Summary

Semileptonic kaon decays offer the most precise determination of the
CKM matrix element |Vus|. The experimental precision is however
limited by the knowledge of the form factors of this decay, since
these enter both the phase space integral and the detector
acceptances.
The NA48/2 experiment presents new measurements of the form factors of
the semileptonic decays of charged kaons, based on 4.3 million Ke3 and
3.5 million Kmu3 decays, both with negligible background. The result
matches the precision of the current world average on the vector and
scalar form factors and allows to significantly reduce the form factor
uncertainty on |Vus|. In addition, the comparison of both channels
sets tight constraints on lepton flavor violation and other possible
new physics.

Presentation materials

Slides

Prag_2012.pdf