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A search for Klong to pi0 nu nubar was performed on the initial Physics data taken by the KOTO collaboration by the 30-GeV proton synchrotron at JPARC, located in Tokai, Japan. The detector used in the experiment is an upgraded version of the E391 detector, KOTO's predecessor experiment performed at KEK. The analysis was performed on 2.49 E+11 ± (0.91%)stat ± (2.50%)syst kaon decays. The analysis uses Klong to 3pi0, Klong to 2pi0, and Klong to 2 gamma; for normalization and Monte Carlo validation. Based on my independent analysis, the single event sensitivity was determined to be 1.31 E-8 ± (1.22%)stat ± (7.12%)syst, comparable with the E391 result. An upper limit of 5.12 E-8 was measured for the Klong to pi0 nu nubar branching ratio at a 90% confidence level.
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- Measurement of the branching ratio of Klong to pi0 nu nubar
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- McFarland, Duncan (Author)
- Comfort, Joseph R. (Thesis advisor)
- Alarcon, Ricardo O (Committee member)
- Dugger, Michael R (Committee member)
- Lunardini, Cecilia (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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2015
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- thesisPartial requirement for: Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2015
- bibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (pages 112-114)
- Field of study: Physics
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by Duncan McFarland