Search for heavy neutral leptons in π+ decays to positrons

NA62 Collaboration

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Abstract

A search for heavy neutral lepton (N) production in π+ → e+N in-flight decays using data collected by the NA62 experiment at CERN in 2017–2024 is reported. Upper limits for the extended neutrino mixing matrix element |Ue4|2 are established at the level of 10−8 for heavy neutral leptons with mass in the range 95–126 MeV/c2 and lifetime exceeding 50 ns.
Original languageEnglish
Article number140119
Number of pages7
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume872
Early online date26 Dec 2025
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 26 Dec 2025

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