Latest results on rare kaon decays from the NA48/2 experiment @CERN

Abstract

The NA48/2 experiment at CERN reports the first observation of the [Formula: see text] decay from an exposure of [Formula: see text] charged kaon decays recorded in 2003–2004. A sample of 4919 candidates with 4.9% background contamination allows the determination of the branching ratio in the full kinematic region. The study of the kinematic space shows evidence for a structure-dependent contribution in agreement with predictions based on chiral perturbation theory. Several [Formula: see text]- and [Formula: see text]-violating asymmetries are also evaluated. The most precise measurement of the charged kaon semi-leptonic form factors obtained by NA48/2 with 4.4 million [Formula: see text] and 2.3 million [Formula: see text] events collected in 2004 will also be presented.