Prospects for measuring K+ → π+ νν and K0L → π0 νν at BNL》.pdf

SUPPLEMENTS ELSEVIER Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.) 99B (2001) 61-69 www.elstier.tiocate/npe Prospects for measuring K+ --+ n+vfi and Ki +=T’VV at BNL D. A. Bryman”and L. Littenbergb aDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, B.C. V6T lZ1, Canada bPhysics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA We report on current and future progress on measuring Kf -+ 7r+vfi and Ki -+ r”vQ at the Brookhaven AGS. 1. INTRODUCTION The rare kaon decays K+ + T+VDand Ki -+ nv~offer unique opportunities to probe higher order phenomena associated with quark mixing and the origin of CP non-invariance. E787 at the Brookhaven National Laboratory Alternat- ing Gradient Synchrotron (AGS) has presented evidence for the K+ -+n+vi?decay [l] based on the observation of a single clean event. The branching ratio indicated by this observation is consistent with the Standard Model (SM) expec- tation. To fully explore the possibility of new physics or to make a precise measurement of the t- d quark coupling jl (assuming the SM level for B(K+ + T+vP)),a new measurement is about to commence. E949 is designed to obtain a single event sensitivity of (8-14) x 10-12,