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E. T. Worcester
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ORKA is a proposed experiment to measure the K+ -> pi+ nu nubar branching ratio with 5% precision using the Fermilab Main Injector high intensity proton source. The detector design is based on the BNL E787/E949 experiments, which detected seven candidate events. Two orders of magnitude improvement in sensitivity relative to the BNL experiments comes from enhancements to the beam line and the detector acceptance. Precise measurement of the K+ -> pi+ nu nubar branching ratio with the same level of uncertainty as the well-understood Standard Model prediction allows for sensitivity to new physics at and beyond the LHC mass scale.
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ORKA is a proposed experiment to measure the K+ -> pi+nunubar branching ratio with 5% precision using the Fermilab Main Injector high-intensity proton source. The detector design is based on the BNL E787/E949 experiments, which detected seven K+ -> pi+nunubar candidate events. ORKA is expected to acheive two orders of magnitude improvement in sensitivity relative to the BNL experiments as a result of enhancements to the beam line and the detector acceptance. Precise measurement of the K+ -> pi+nunubar branching ratio with the same level of uncertainty as the well-understood Standard Model prediction allows for sensitivity to new physics at and beyond the LHC mass scale. Detector R&D, simulation-based optimization of the experiment design, and preparation of the experiment location are underway.
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