Speaker
Ben Messerly
(University of Pittsburgh)
Description
Charged kaon production by atmospheric neutrinos is a background in searches for the SUSY-favored proton decay $p \rightarrow K^{+} \bar{\nu}$. MINERvA identifies $K^{+}$ events by reconstructing the timing signature of a $K^{+}$ decay-at-rest. We present differential cross sections for charged-current and neutral-current neutrinoproduction of $K^{+}$ as a function of kaon energy, and discuss how these measurements can be used to constrain background predictions in proton decay searches.
Author
Chris Marshall
(University of Rochester)
