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Prospects for measurements with strange at LHCb

A. A. Alves Junior1, M. O. Bettler2, A. Brea Rodr´ıguez1, A. Casais Vidal1, V. Chobanova1, X. Cid Vidal1, A. Contu3, G. D’Ambrosio4, J. Dalseno1, F. Dettori5, V.V. Gligorov6, G. Graziani7, D. Guadagnoli8, T. Kitahara9,10, C. Lazzeroni11, M. Lucio Mart´ınez1, M. Moulson12, C. Mar´ınBenito13, J. Mart´ınCamalich14,15, D. Mart´ınezSantos1, J. Prisciandaro 1, A. Puig Navarro16, M. Ramos Pernas1, V. Renaudin13, A. Sergi11, K. A. Zarebski11 1Instituto Galego de F´ısica de Altas Enerx´ıas(IGFAE), Santiago de Compostela, Spain 2Cavendish Laboratory, , Cambridge, United Kingdom 3INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy 4INFN Sezione di Napoli, Napoli, Italy 5Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, now at Universit`adegli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy 6LPNHE, Sorbonne Universit´e,Universit´eParis Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France 7INFN Sezione di Firenze, Firenze, Italy 8Laboratoire d’Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique Th´eorique , Annecy Cedex, France 9Institute for Theoretical (TTP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Kalsruhe, Germany 10Institute for (IKP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Kalsruhe, Germany 11School of Physics and , University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom 12INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy 13Laboratoire de l’Accelerateur Lineaire (LAL), Orsay, France 14Instituto de Astrof´ısica de Canarias and Universidad de La Laguna, Departamento de Astrof´ısica, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain 15CERN, CH-1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland 16Physik-Institut, Universit¨atZ¨urich,Z¨urich,Switzerland arXiv:1808.03477v2 [hep-ex] 31 Jul 2019 Abstract This report details the capabilities of LHCb and its upgrades towards the study of and . The analyses performed so far are reviewed, elaborating on the prospects for some key decay channels, while proposing some new measurements in LHCb to expand its research program.

1 Introduction

The study of strange- decays has fuelled discoveries in for the past seventy years. For instance, experimental anomalies in the strange sector motivated the prediction of the via the Glashow-Iliopoulos-Maiani (GIM) mechanism, while the discovery of CP violation prompted the postulation of the beauty and top within the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) paradigm; all now key ingredients of the (SM). Presently, strangeness decays are valuable probes in the search for dynamics Beyond the Standard Model (BSM), being particularly relevant in searches for sources of quark flavour violation beyond the CKM matrix. Since s d transitions have the strongest suppression factor, they can typically probe scales→ higher than those accessible in charm or beauty-hadron decays for couplings of comparable size [1]. Nevertheless, flavour physics experiments have greatly enhanced such knowledge from charm and beauty decays in recent years, while few measurements of strange-hadron decays have been updated or performed for the first time. Several dedicated experiments exist for specific measurements, however few experiments possess the potential to construct a comprehensive program on the study of strange hadrons. In this work, it is argued that the LHCb experiment has the capacity, both in terms of detector performance and statistics, to produce leading measurements exploiting almost all strange-hadron species, particularly in the search for their rare decays. An overview of the current results and prospects of strangeness decays at LHCb is given, demonstrating LHCb’s unique reach as a strangeness factory and motivating further research in this area. In fact, the LHCb collaboration has already published the world’s most precise 0 + − + + − measurements in KS µ µ [2,3] and Σ pµ µ [4], while projecting world-leading 0 0 →+ − 0 + →− + − results for KS π µ µ [5] and KS π π e e [6]. Experiments such as BESIII [7], NA62 [8,9], KLOE2→ [10], KOTO [11,12→] and CLAS [13 –15] further enrich the field with diverse and complementary research programs of their own. This document is organised as follows: Section2 is dedicated to the discussion of the production of strange-hadron decays at LHC and its detection in LHCb. Section3 summarises the results and prospects of LHCb for several rare decays of strange hadrons. The capabilities for the measurement of the K+ mass as well as for the study of semileptonic decays are presented in section4, while conclusions are drawn in section6.

2 Production and detection of strange hadrons

The LHCb detector [16] is a single-arm forward spectrometer, covering the pseudorapidity range 2 < η < 5, collecting data in proton-proton collisions at the Large at CERN. It is composed of a silicon-strip vertex detector surrounding the pp interaction region (VELO), with a length of about 1 metre from the interaction point, a large-area silicon-strip detector (TT) located upstream of a dipole magnet and three tracking stations of silicon-strip detectors and straw drift tubes placed downstream of the magnet. Particle identification is provided by two ring-imaging Cherenkov detectors, an electromagnetic and a hadronic calorimeter, and a system composed of alternating layers of iron and multiwire proportional chambers. LHCb has collected so far an integrated luminosity of about 8 fb−1. The LHCb detector will be upgraded for the next run of the LHC. This upgrade,

1 hereafter referred to as Phase-I, includes a completely new tracking system with a pixel- based VELO [17], the Upstream Tracker (UT) replacing the TT and scintillating fibre detectors acting as tracking stations [17]. The Phase-I detector will collect on the order of 50 fb−1 of integrated luminosity [18]. An Expression of Interest for a second upgrade, hereafter denoted as Phase-II, can be found in ref. [19]. It is intended that on the order of 300 fb−1 of integrated luminosity will be collected with this upgrade. The production of strange hadrons at LHC is exceedingly abundant. Physics projections are derived from simulated events invoking the Pythia software generator [20], where proton-proton collisions are configured with a centre-of-mass energy √s = 13 TeV and an average of one interaction per collision. The conclusions of this study are unaffected for other anticipated LHC collision of 14 TeV even up to 28 TeV. Multiplicities of various are estimated from these events in a broad LHCb geometric acceptance of pseudorapidity η [1, 6], prior to any simulated detector response. This multiplicity is shown for strange∈ hadrons in figure1 alongside an assortment of well-known heavy flavoured hadrons for comparison. Multiple kaons and about one hyperon per event are expected to be produced in these interactions, which is roughly two and three orders of magnitude greater than for charmed and beauty hadrons, respectively. Thus, the LHCb experiment will have at its disposal the statistics necessary both for precision measurements of strange-hadron decays and for searches for their rare decays. The efficiency of detecting strange-hadron decays will, however, not be the same as for heavy flavour for several reasons. The detector layout, which is optimised for b decays, 0 0 + implies a relatively lower acceptance for KS , with KL and K efficiencies diminished even further. This is due to the differing flight lengths of the different . The typical 0 decay length of a B is 1 cm, KS can fly a distance of nearly one metre, while ± 0 ∼ K and KL traverse distances longer than the full LHCb detector length on average. Flight distance distributions achieved by various strange hadrons before decaying are also obtained from Pythia simulations, which are displayed within the context of the LHCb detector in figure2. Depending on the decay position of a given particle, its charged decay products can be reconstructed in LHCb exploiting the relevant tracking sub-detectors. The different track categories are defined in ref. [17] as: long tracks: when all possible tracking information from the VELO to the T stations • is available, implying that the mother particle decayed within about 1 metre of the pp interaction point; downstream tracks: where only the TT and T stations register tracks, allowing • strange hadrons to be reconstructed with decay lengths up to about 2 metres from the interaction point. In order to provide an estimate of the reconstruction efficiencies for long tracks, the 0 + − published KS µ µ analysis from LHCb is taken as a benchmark [3]. Events with a → 0 decay time t in the range of t/τS [0.10, 1.45] were used, where τS is the KS lifetime. From these numbers, one could simply∈ obtain

K0 L 3.5 10−3 ,  0 ≈ × KS 0 0 for the ratio of K to K efficiencies,  0 and  0 , respectively. L S KL KS

2 Average particles in LHCb acceptance per minimum bias event at √s = 13 TeV However, as the acceptance inside the VELO is not 102 uniform, larger lifetimes result in lower reconstruction π+ efficiencies, further reducing  0 next to  0 . This can KL KS be approximated by an exponential acceptance or so- called ‘beta factor’ (t) e−βt [21], with β 86 ns−1 101 0 +∼− ∼ + in the case of KS µ µ decays [22]. In this case, K → the reduction factor becomes 0 0 KL KS R 1.45τS Λ0 −t(ΓS +β) 0 ΓL e dt 10 K0 L = 0.1τS 2.2 10−3, (1) 1.45τ K0 R S ≈ × S 0 + −t(ΓL+β) Σ ΓS e dt Σ 0.1τS 1 D0 0 0 0 10− Ξ− Ξ where ΓS and ΓL are the KS and KL decay widths. Assuming that the same acceptance parametrisation D+ used in eq. (1) holds also for K±, the relative efficiency ± 0 of K decays with respect to KS decays is then at the 2 10− 0 level of 1%. On the other hand, the use of downstream +B tracks can allow for an increased lifetime acceptance. B 0 Ω− The transverse momenta of the products of strangeness Bs

decays, significantly softer than for b-hadron decays, 3 10− J/ψ are also detrimental to their detection at LHCb. While b-hadron decay products generally have a transverse momenta of around 1-2 GeV/c, for s-hadron decays the range is more in the region of 100-200 MeV/c. Figure 1: Multiplicity of particles The acceptances for several benchmark channels, as produced in a single pp interaction at √s = 13 TeV within LHCb ac- well as invariant-mass resolutions, are estimated in the ceptance. following applying a simplified simulation of the LHCb upgrade tracking, based on the detector descriptions found in refs. [17,23,24]. The following selection criteria are applied to all decay channels: the daughter particles are required to have a track impact parameter to primary vertex of greater than 400 microns, a momentum greater than 3000 MeV/c with transverse momentum greater than 80 MeV/c, while the reconstructed hadron is required to have a decay time greater than 8.9 ps and a flight distance in the plane transverse to the beam greater than 3 mm. These requirements are based on the Run 2 trigger for detached soft dimuons [25] and on the lower decay time requirement from ref. [2]. These requirements are expected to be realistic also for future data-acquisition periods in 0 + − LHCb. Acceptances are then normalised to that of fully reconstructed KS µ µ , which is found to be around 1%. The results of this simplified simulation are given→ in table1, where the efficiency is shown using long tracks only (L) and using downstream tracks only (D), along with the invariant-mass resolution for each reconstruction method. The efficiency scale factors for charged hadrons with at least 300 MeV/c and with over 0 + − 200 MeV/c transverse momenta are also normalised to fully reconstructed KS µ µ and indicated in parentheses. As neutral particles like the , and π→0 are not reconstructed in this study, the of particular strange hadrons is calculated with additional kinematic constraints. Absolute efficiencies depend significantly on the fidelity of the momentum spectra provided by Pythia, hence it is preferred to quote only relative acceptances here. As

3 1

0 KS Σ+

Arbitrary units −1 Λ 10 0 KL K+

− 10 2

− 10 3

− 10 4 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 L [m]

Figure 2: A side view of the LHCb detector layout [16] compared with the decay length of strange hadrons in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV. The blue (1m) and red (2m) dashed lines indicate the approximate distance from the interaction point at which daughter tracks can be reconstructed as long and downstream tracks, respectively.

bremsstrahlung corrections are important in reconstruction, such modes are shown separately in table2, in which the reference channel for efficiency normalisation is 0 + − + − 0 + − + − KS π π e e . The reconstruction and selection efficiency for KS π π e e has been→ estimated with full LHCb simulation to be 1 10−4 in ref. [6].→ Flavour Violating (LFV) modes are listed in table3, normalised∼ × to K0 µ+e−. S →

4 Table 1: Acceptance scale factors , and mass resolutions σ, for only long (L) and only downstream (D) tracks obtained from our simplified description of the LHCb Upgrade tracking 0 system geometry. The production ratio of the strange hadron with respect to KS is shown as . All efficiencies are normalised to that of fully reconstructed K0 µ+µ− and averaged R S → over particles and anti-particles. Channels containing a photon, neutrino and π0 are partially reconstructed.

Channel   σ ( MeV/c2) σ ( MeV/c2) R L D L D 0 + KS µ µ− 1 1.0 (1.0) 1.8 (1.8) 3.0 8.0 0 → + ∼ ∼ KS π π− 1 1.1 (0.30) 1.9 (0.91) 2.5 7.0 0 → 0 + ∼ ∼ KS π µ µ− 1 0.93 (0.93) 1.5 (1.5) 35 45 0 → + ∼ ∼ KS γµ µ− 1 0.85 (0.85) 1.4 (1.4) 60 60 0 → + + ∼ ∼ KS µ µ−µ µ− 1 0.37 (0.37) 1.1 (1.1) 1.0 6.0 0 → + 3 ∼ ∼ KL µ µ− 1 2.7 (2.7) 10− 0.014 (0.014) 3.0 7.0 + → + + ∼ × 3 3 ∼ ∼ K π π π− 2 9.0 (0.75) 10− 41 (8.6) 10− 1.0 4.0 + → + + ∼ × 3 × ∼ ∼ K π µ µ− 2 6.3 (2.3) 10− 0.030 (0.014) 1.5 4.5 + → + ∼ × ∼ ∼ Σ pµ µ− 0.13 0.28 (0.28) 0.64 (0.64) 1.0 3.0 → ∼ ∼ ∼ Λ pπ− 0.45 0.41 (0.075) 1.3 (0.39) 1.5 5.0 → ∼ ∼ ∼ Λ pµ−ν¯µ 0.45 0.32 (0.31) 0.88 (0.86) → ∼ 3 − − Ξ− Λµ−ν¯µ 0.04 39 (5.7) 10− 0.27 (0.09) → 0 ∼ × 3 − − Ξ− Σ µ−ν¯ 0.03 24 (4.9) 10− 0.21 (0.068) → µ ∼ × − − Ξ− pπ−π− 0.03 0.41(0.05) 0.94 (0.20) 3.0 9.0 0 → ∼ ∼ ∼ Ξ pπ− 0.03 1.0 (0.48) 2.0 (1.3) 5.0 10 → ∼ 3 ∼ ∼ Ω− Λπ− 0.001 95 (6.7) 10− 0.32 (0.10) 7.0 20 → ∼ × ∼ ∼

Table 2: Acceptance scale factors , and mass resolutions σ, for only long (L) and only downstream (D) tracks obtained from our simplified description of the LHCb Upgrade tracking system geometry. All efficiencies are normalised to that of fully reconstructed K0 π+π−e+e− S → and are averaged between particles and anti-particles. The invariant-mass resolutions shown in the table correspond to the ideal case of perfect bremsstrahlung recovery.

Channel   σ ( MeV/c2) σ ( MeV/c2) R L D L D 0 + + KS π π−e e− 1 1.0 (0.18) 2.83 (1.1) 2.0 10 0 → + + ∼ ∼ KS µ µ−e e− 1 1.18 (0.48) 2.93 (1.4) 2.0 11 + → + + ∼ ∼ K π e e− 2 0.04 (0.01) 0.17 (0.06) 3.0 13 + → + ∼ ∼ ∼ Σ pe e− 0.13 1.76 (0.56) 3.2 (1.3) 3.5 11 → + ∼ 4 4 ∼ ∼ Λ pπ−e e− 0.45 < 2.2 10− 17 (< 2.2) 10− → ∼ × ∼ × − −

Table 3: Acceptance scale factors , and mass resolutions σ, for only long (L) and only downstream (D) tracks obtained from our simplified description of the LHCb Upgrade tracking system geometry. All efficiencies are normalised to that of fully reconstructed K0 µ+e− and S → averaged between particles and anti-particles. The invariant-mass resolutions shown in the table correspond to the ideal case of perfect bremsstrahlung recovery.

Channel   σ ( MeV/c2) σ ( MeV/c2) R L D L D 0 + KS µ e− 1 1.0 (0.84) 1.5 (1.3) 3.0 8.0 0 → + 3 3 ∼ ∼ KL µ e− 1 3.1 (2.6) 10− 13 (11) 10− 3.0 7.0 + → + + × 3 × 3 ∼ ∼ K π µ e− 2 3.1 (1.1) 10− 16 (8.5) 10− 2.0 8.0 → ∼ × × ∼ ∼

5 2.1 Trigger The current trigger of LHCb has three stages, a hardware stage (L0) and two software stages (HLT1 and HLT2). The L0 is practically unchangeable and implies an efficiency loss of roughly 80% of reconstructible strange-hadron decays involving [25]. For non muonic final states it implies a loss of about 90% to 99%, due to the much larger transverse energy trigger thresholds for hadrons and electrons [26], depending on whether also events triggered by the underlying event (and not by the considered signal) are accepted or not [27]. During Run 1, the total trigger efficiency for strangeness decays was 1–2% or lower, depending on the final state. The main reason for those low efficiencies is the soft transverse momentum of strange-hadron decay products. During Run 2, dedicated software triggers for strange-hadron decays into dimuons have been implemented with an overall improvement of about one order of magnitude in the total trigger efficiency achieved with respect to Run 1 [25]. In the Upgrade of the LHCb experiment, the trigger is expected to be entirely software based with L0 removed, hence (1) efficiencies are attainable. 1 It has been shown in simulation that for dimuon finalO states, the output rate can be kept under control for transverse momentum thresholds as low as 80 MeV/c without any significant signal loss [5]. Although the dimuon final state is the cleanest signature from an experimental perspective, trigger algorithms for other final states are possible and are currently under investigation. As an example, a software trigger for dielectrons from strange decays was already implemented during Run 2 [6] and will serve as a basis for the Upgrade.

2.2 Flavour Tagging

0 0 As pointed out in ref. [28], KS -KL interference has an effective lifetime which is only twice 0 0 that of the KS and thus has an enhanced acceptance in LHCb compared to pure KL 0 0 decays. By tagging the initial flavour of the K , access to KL physics and CP phenomena 0 0 2 in the KS KL system is permitted through these interference effects. Though not used for this− paper, it is valuable to mention the possibility of strange-hadron flavour tagging at LHCb through K0 processes such as pp K0K−X, pp K∗+X K0π+X and pp K0Λ0X. → → → → 3 Rare decays

Rare decays are excellent probes for BSM. On the theoretical side, the SM background to each process is small by definition, while experimentally, measurements are typically statistically limited, but this limitation can constantly be improved. In this section, the status and prospects for several benchmark rare decays of different strange-hadron species are shown. 1Here and in the following, trigger efficiencies are calculated and referred to events that have passed the full offline selection, hence perfect efficiencies are attainable when the trigger requirements are aligned to, or looser than, the offline selection. 2While the present paper is focused mainly on rare and semileptonic decays, a program of measurements of CP violation in the K0 K0 system is in principle possible and merits further study. S − L

6 0 3.1 Rare decays of KS mesons 0 + 0 Due to its shorter lifetime compared to KL and K , the KS meson is the most accessible in terms of reconstruction in LHCb. With a geometric acceptance at the 1% level and a production of about 0.3 , the LHCb Phase-II upgrade could reach branching fraction sensitivities down to the level of 10−15 in the ideal case of perfect selection and trigger with no background. In the following, the channels LHCb has already investigated are discussed in addition to new analysis suggestions.

0 + − 3.1.1 KS → µ µ 0 + − In the SM, the KS µ µ decay is dominated by long-distance (LD) effects with subdominant short-distance→ (SD) contributions coming from Z-penguin and W -box diagrams. Yet in absolute terms, the long-distance contribution is still minute with the decay rate highly suppressed [28–30]. The theoretical prediction,

0 + − −12 (K µ µ )SM = (5.18 1.50LD 0.02SD) 10 , B S → ± ± × when compared with the current experimental upper limit [3]

(K0 µ+µ−) < 8 10−10 at 90% CL , B S → × leaves room for small BSM contributions to interfere and compete with the SM rate. This is shown to be the case in (LQ) models [31, 32] as well as in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) [33]. In the LQ case, the enhancements can reach 0 + − as high as the current experimental bound, while within the MSSM, (KS µ µ ) can adopt values anywhere in the range [0.78, 35.00] 10−12, even surpassingB the→ experimental bound in certain narrow, finely-tuned regions of the× parameter space [33]. This can be seen µ 0 + − in figure3, where ALγγ indicates the long-distance contribution to (KL µ µ ). The CP of this decay is also sensitive to BSM contributions,B but→ experimentally accessible only by means of a tagged analysis. 0 + − The LHCb prospects for the search for KS µ µ decays are excellent. With only 2011 data, the experiment improved the previous→ world upper limit by a factor of thirty [2] and recently gained another factor of ten [3]. In the case of an LHCb Phase-II upgrade running during the proposed HL-LHC era, the full software trigger will allow an exploration of branching fractions below the 10−11 regime. Figure4, first shown in Ref. [34], shows the 0 + − expected upper limit of (KS µ µ ) as a function of the integrated luminosity scaled by the trigger efficiency,B based→ on the extrapolation given in Ref. [3]. This demonstrates that if the trigger efficiency is near 1, as can be achieved technically with the Phase-I full software trigger, LHCb could exclude∼ branching fractions down towards the vicinity of the SM prediction.

0 0 + − 3.1.2 KS → π µ µ 0 0 + − The experimental uncertainty on (KS π µ µ ) is the dominant uncertainty on the 0 0 + B− → SM prediction of (KL π µ µ ), the latter being an important channel for BSM searches, such as extraB dimensions→ [35]. Currently, the only existing measurement comes from the NA48 experiment [36],

(K0 π0µ+µ−) = (2.9+1.5 0.2) 10−9 . B S → −1.2 ± × 7 0 + − 0 + − Figure 3: A generic scan of (KS µ µ ) vs (KL µ µ ) from Ref. [33], in an MSSM B → B → µ scenario with universal masses. The cyan dots correspond to predictions with ALγγ > 0 µ and the orange crosses to predictions using ALγγ < 0. The vertically hatched area corresponds µ to the SM prediction for ALγγ > 0 while the diagonally hatched area corresponds to the SM µ prediction for ALγγ < 0.

The upgraded LHCb experiment can quickly eclipse NA48 in terms of precision on 0 0 + − −9 −1 (KS π µ µ ) and achieve a level of 0.25 10 with 50 fb of integrated luminosity andB assuming→ 100% trigger efficiency [5] (see× footnote1). Aside from the branching fraction, the differential decay rate in the dimuon mass possesses interesting information. As the electromagnetic structure of this decay in the SM receives only a single contribution from the vector current, an amplitude analysis cannot offer any advantages over a fit to the dimuon mass spectrum alone. The decay dynamics of this channel are assumed to be governed by a linear dependence in q2, thus there are two free, real parameters of the model, which can be determined from data, 2 aS and bS, where bS is the coefficient of the linear term in q . This complements the information available from the branching fraction, which has the form,

0 0 + − 2 2 (K π µ µ ) 0.07 4.52aS 1.5bS + 98.7a + 57.7aSbS + 8.95b , B S → ∝ − − S S in the SM [37]. 0 Importantly, aS is the relevant parameter for the SM determination of (KL 0 + − 0 0 +B − → π µ µ ). It has been estimated from the NA48 measurement of (KS π µ µ ) that B → 2 2 aS = 1.2 0.2 [35], assuming dominance (VMD), where bS/aS = m /m . | | ± K ρ Without VMD, resolving aS with only a single observable is not possible. Hence, as 0 0 + − 2 the precision in (KS π µ µ ) increases, use of the q dependence, which has been calculated in Ref.B [37],→ becomes a viable approach in avoiding this model dependence.

8 1 ] 9 − 10 ×

0.1

0.01 ) limit at 95% CL [ − µ + µ → 0 S

K 1E-3 ( 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 B Trig 1  [fb− ] L Figure 4: Expected upper limit of (K0 µ+µ−) from LHCb including upgrades, against the B S → product of the integrated luminosity and trigger efficiency, taken from Ref. [34]. The LHCb upgrade is expected to collect 50fb−1, and the Phase-II 300fb−1. ≈

Two degenerate solutions are expected for both aS and bS. A pseudo-experiment study indicates that the significance of the sign-flip in aS is consistent with zero even up to signal yields well beyond the reach of any proposed LHC upgrade. Although the model-dependent expectation is that the product aSbS, is preferred to be positive, the proximity to zero of the bS solution corresponding to negative aS renders this constraint untenable. A number of analysis configurations from a purely statistical point of view are consid- ered, neglecting systematic uncertainties. The statistical power has been obtained from the expected sensitivity in (K0 π0µ+µ−), where the signal plus background yield is B S → translated into an effective signal-only yield. Firstly, the scenario where both aS and bS are measured from the q2 distribution is considered. An additional constraint coming from NA48 is also considered, which relates the branching fraction of K0 π0e+e−, to S → aS and bS through

0 0 + − 2 2 −10 (K π e e ) = [0.01 0.76aS 0.21bS + 46.5a + 12.9aSbS + 1.44b ] 10 . B S → − − S S × The uncertainty on aS using the value of bS motivated by VMD is also investigated. In 0 0 + − this paradigm, it becomes possible to measure aS from the KS π µ µ yield alone, which is tested as the final case. → The reach of LHCb in each of these scenarios is summarised in table4 for different effective yields. In the case that bS is measured from the data, its uncertainties are expected to be 0.87 (0.35) for the Phase-I (Phase-II) data samples. The results show that with the effective events from Phase-I data, the constraint coming from NA48 on the

9 Table 4: Projected statistical uncertainties on aS under various analysis conditions.

Configuration Phase I Phase II BR & q2 fit 0.25 0.10 BR & q2 fit with NA48 constraint 0.19 0.10 2 BR & q fit fixing bS 0.06 0.024 aS measurement from BR alone 0.06 0.024

0 0 + − KS π e e branching fraction will play a role in reducing the uncertainty on aS, while with→ Phase-II data, the uncertainty will be entirely dominated by the LHCb K0 π0µ+µ− S → measurement. The results also indicate the vast improvement in aS that becomes possible at the expense of model independence and demonstrate that the q2 distribution has very little impact on the overall uncertainty on aS when bS is fixed. Further improvements could, of course, come from an LHCb measurement of K0 π0e+e−. S →

0 + − + − 0 3.1.3 KS → π π e e and other KS dielectron modes −5 0 + − + − With a relatively high branching fraction of 5 10 [38], the KS π π e e decay ∼ × 0 → offers an excellent opportunity to study rare decays of KS mesons to electrons at LHCb. Due to bremsstrahlung, electrons are generally more difficult to reconstruct than other particles, such as or muons. This is especially the case for low momentum electrons, 0 0 + − + − such as those expected in KS decays. Given the branching fraction of KS π π e e , a significant yield per fb−1 is expected to be produced within the LHCb acceptance,→ thus this decay could be used both for CP -violation studies [38] and to search for potential resonant structure in the e+e− invariant-mass spectrum. From a purely experimental standpoint, it is interesting for the study of both the reconstruction and identification of low momentum electrons and to harness as a normalisation channel for various 4-body 0 KS rare decays. Examples include decays to four , which could be sensitive to the 0 + − + − presence of BSM contributions [39], suppressed SM decays such as KS π π µ µ , or 0 + + − − 0 + −→+ − Lepton Flavour Violating decays like KS µ µ e e and KS π π µ e . Moreover, 0 + − + − → → KS π π e e could present as a prominent background in these searches, ergo, a comprehensive→ understanding of its expected yield and invariant-mass distribution becomes crucial. 0 + − + − The KS π π e e decay at LHCb is studied in Ref. [6]. This analysis involves a generic study→ of the decay using LHCb simulated samples and includes a search with the Run 1 data, giving prospects for Run 2 and Run 3. The LHCb hardware trigger is found to limit observation of this decay, with only 100 candidates per fb−1 expected to be reconstructed and selected in Run 1 and Run∼ 2. Despite this relatively low yield, it is also concluded that a purpose-built offline selection, including the use of a Multi-Variate Analysis (MVA) classifier, could to an observation of the signal. The prospects for Run 3 are much better, with an expected yield at the level of 50 103 selected candidates −1 0 + − + − ∼ × per fb . Furthermore, the presence of KS π π e e as a background for 4-lepton final states is also studied. Figure5, taken from→ Ref. [6], shows the invariant-mass shape of the 0 + − + − + − + − KS π π e e decay in conjunction with the alternate µ µ e e mass hypothesis, to → 0 + − + − highlight its separation with respect to a potential KS µ µ e e signal, both obtained from simulation. While both peaks are separated,→ a significant contamination from K0 π+π−e+e− is expected in the signal region due to the long tails of the distribution S → 10 ) 2 0.1 ππee ππ µµ 0.08 ee as ee

0.06 LHCb Simulation

0.04 Candidates/(4 MeV/c

0.02

0 300 400 500 600 700 M(candidate) (MeV/c2)

Figure 5: Expected invariant-mass shape of K0 π+π−e+e− shown additionally with the S → µ+µ−e+e− mass hypothesis, taken from Ref. [6].

and the much larger yield expected for this mode. However this contribution can be modelled from simulation and systematic effects controlled with data, in analogy to the 0 + − 0 + − contamination of KS π π decays as a background for KS µ µ [3]. The presence of electron→ bremsstrahlung combined with the→ low transverse momentum of the final state particles, makes the invariant-mass resolution of this final state signifi- 0 + − cantly worse when compared to KS µ µ , for instance. New reconstruction strategies → 0 + − + − could enhance the sensitivity of LHCb to KS π π e e and other similar final states, → 0 such as those mentioned above. Given that the position of the KS production and decay 0 vertices can be determined, the invariant-mass resolution of the KS could be calculated ignoring the absolute momentum of one of the four final state particles through relativistic kinematic constraints. This is advantageous as the invariant-mass resolution becomes less dependent on bremsstrahlung, given that the direction of electrons in the VELO is barely influenced by such effects. In addition, this technique could allow a more efficient reconstruction of these electrons, using tracks not required to have a segment after the magnet. Taking into account that the VELO pattern recognition efficiency is at the level of 70% [40], even for tracks with p (1 MeV/c), improvements in the reconstruction efficiency∼ up to a factor of 10 could be∼ theoretically O possible.

0 + − 0 0 + − 0 0 ± ∓ 3.1.4 KS → γµ µ , KS → X µ µ and KS → X π µ 0 0 + − 0 0 + − The analysis strategy of KS π µ µ can be applied to any KS X µ µ mode, where X0 is an arbitrary neutral system.→ The performance of the search→ will be strongly related to the mass of the neutral system, with heavier X0 leading to superior invariant-mass 0 0 + − resolution of the KS peak. The resolution is studied here using simulated KS γµ µ decays, corresponding to the most restrictive case of a massless X0. This decay is→ predicted in the SM to occur with a branching fraction of (1.45 0.27) 10−9 [41]. Background 0 + − ± × from generated KS π π is also considered with the aforementioned simplified tracking emulation. From figure→ 6, the distinction between signal and background is visibly worse for K0 γµ+µ− than it is for K0 π0µ+µ−. Nevertheless, both peaks show clear S → S →

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0 + − separation and hence the search is feasible. A reduction of the KS π π background is possible by requiring the dimuon candidate to point away from the→ primary vertex, in the 0 0 + − same way as is done in KS π µ µ analysis [5]. A similar strategy can be embraced in 0 0 ± ∓ → 0 KS X π µ , where the X in this case could be some neutrino, either from the SM decay→ K0 π±µ∓ν or a heavy BSM neutrino (see also section 4.2.1). S → 3.2 Rare decays of K+ mesons

0 From the efficiency ratios of table1 and considering that sensitivities for KS branching fractions are at the 10−10-10−12 level, sensitivities from 10−7-10−10 could be expected for K+ decays, depending on the background level. For K+ mesons, which are electrically charged and long-lived, the possibility to interact with one or more VELO stations can lead to an additional source of discrimination against combinatorial background [42]. Single event sensitivities could then well reach below 10−12, in the case of very small background (muonic channels), while taking into account higher levels of background, possible sensitivities of order 10−10 10−11 are foreseen. −

12 3.2.1 K+ → π+µ+µ− and K+ → π+e+e− The decays K± π±µ+µ− are flavour-changing processes induced at the one-loop level, which are well suited→ to explore SM structure and its extensions. These decays are dominated by long-distance contributions involving one photon exchange i.e. K πγ∗ πµ+µ−. The branching fraction has been derived within the framework of Chiral→ → Perturbation Theory (χPT ) in terms of a vector-interaction form factor, which describes the single-photon exchange and characterises the dimuon invariant-mass spectrum [37, 43, 44]. The differential decay rate can be written as a kinematic term depending on masses 2 2 and 4-momenta, multiplied by W (z) , where W is the form factor and z = (mµµ/MK ) . | | The form factor is given by W (z) Wpol(z)Wππ(z), where the second term represents the tiny contribution from the two--loop∝ intermediate state and the first term is phenomenologically described by a polynomial. As the form factor is required to vanish at lowest order in the low-energy chiral expansion, the polynomial term takes the form Wpol(z) = (a+ + b+z), where a+ and b+ are free parameters of the model to be determined by experiment. In a similar fashion to b s transitions, s d processes can be described with an effective Lagrangian depending on→ Wilson coefficients,→ generating only the non-zero Wilson coefficients C7A and C7V for the semileptonic operators. Such coefficients can be split into SM and BSM contributions. In particular, a+ can be written as a function of the Wilson coefficient C7A [45], leading to potential constraints on BSM. A further comparison of the electron and muon channels would provide an additional test of Lepton Flavour Universality and further constrain BSM dynamics. Natural extensions of the SM involve the inclusion of sterile which mix with ordinary neutrinos. An example is the Neutrino Minimal Standard Model (νMSM) [46], which can be further extended by adding a scalar field to incorporate inflation and provide a common source for electroweak symmetry breaking and right-handed neutrino masses [47]. The new particles predicted by these models can be produced in charged decays. Notably, the two-unit Lepton Number Violating (LNV) K± π∓µ±µ± decay could proceed via an off-shell or on-shell Majorana neutrino [48], while→ an inflaton could be produced in the Lepton Number Conserving (LNC) K± π±X, decaying promptly to X µ+µ− [49]. → The→ NA48/2 collaboration [50,51] reports the most precise measurement to date of the branching fraction and provide limits on the Majorana neutrino and inflaton. They measured ± ± + − −8 (K π µ µ ) = (9.62 0.21stat 0.13syst) 10 , B → ± ± × (K± π∓µ±µ±) < 8.6 10−11 (90% CL), B → × (K± π±X) < 10−11-10−9 (90% CL), B → where the range depends on the assumed resonance lifetime. The NA62 experiment plans to improve on all these measurements and limits, though with positively-charged kaons only [8]. The LHCb mass resolution is sufficient to separate these decays from the kinematically similar K+ π+π+π−, as illustrated in figure7. LHCb can acquire large K+ π+µ+µ− signal yields→ as table1 and figure1 clearly indicate. Assuming (1) trigger efficiencies,→ a yield of (104) fully reconstructed and selected signal events is expectedO per year of upgraded-LHCbO data taking, even considering only long-track candidates. This suggests K+ π+µ+µ− decays would provide an early opportunity for a measurement to demonstrate the→ potential of the upgraded detector for these channels. Similar arguments

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apply to the K+ π+e+e− mode, whose somewhat lower reconstruction efficiency due to the presence of→ electrons is negated by its larger branching fraction. Rigorous control over the systematic uncertainties will be paramount in order to improve the current world-average precision of 3% on the electron mode. If successful, the full spectrum of both channels will afford a highly precise test of Lepton Flavour Universality.

3.3 Tests of LFV Modes with LFV, such as K (nπ)µ±e∓ form null tests of the SM. Sizeable BSM contributions to such decays have→ garnered increased attention in recent times because of hints at Lepton Universality Violation (LUV) in B K(∗)`±`∓ processes. In fact, both classes of processes can be generated by new contributions→ to the product of two neutral currents, involving down-type quarks and leptons respectively, the only difference being the strength of the flavour couplings involved. From the amount of LUV alluded to in B K(∗)`±`∓, one may expect B K(∗) LFV rates of the order of 10−8 using general effective-theory→ (EFT) arguments [52].→ More quantitative estimates require the introduction of a flavour model [45,53–64]. As discussed in Ref. [65], such arguments can be extended to the K (π)µ±e∓ case, with fairly general assumptions on the different flavour couplings involved.→ Expected rates can be as large as −10 −13 ± ∓ + + ± ∓ 10 - 10 for the KL µ e mode and a factor of 100 smaller for K π µ e . Taking into account the suppression→ mechanisms at play,∼ such ‘large’ rates are a→ non-trivial finding. Their relatively wide range is due to the inherent model dependence especially in the choice of the leptonic coupling and the overall scale of the new interaction, typically between 5 and 15 TeV [65]. Since limits on the branching fractions for the K πeµ modes were pushed down to the level of 10−11 10−12 in the 1990s, there has been→ no significant further progress on the experimental− side, with the current limits at 90% CL,

± ∓ −12 0 ± ∓ −11 (KL e µ ) < 4.7 10 [66], (KL π e µ ) < 7.6 10 [67], B → × B → × (2) (K+ π+e−µ+) < 1.3 10−11 [68], (K+ π+e+µ−) < 5.2 10−10 [69], B → × B → × being decades old.

14 These modes can be profitably pursued at the upgraded LHCb, benefiting from huge strange-production yields. In fact, starting from a total K± cross section of 0.63 barns and taking into account the fraction of kaons in the pseudorapidity acceptance of LHCb, one can estimate a K± cross section as large as 0.14 barns. Ref. [65] presents a feasibility study of the modes listed in eq. (2), taking K+ π+µ±e∓ as a benchmark. It can be seen that LHCb may be able to update the existing→ limits and probe a sizeable part of the parameter space suggested by the discrepancies in B physics.

3.4 Rare decays of Σ hyperons LHCb has recently published the most precise search for Σ+ pµ+µ− [4], showing strong evidence for this decay with 4.1σ significance. A measurement→ of the branching fraction is reported along with a dimuon invariant-mass distribution consistent with SM predictions, challenging the so-called HyperCP-anomaly [70]. This measurement was based on Run 1 data, where no trigger path existed specifically for this channel. As discussed in Ref. [25], Run 2 will have a dedicated trigger both at the HLT1 and HLT2 levels, where about an order of magnitude increase in the trigger efficiency is anticipated. With a signal yield in excess of 150 events, Run 2 data will allow a measurement of the differential decay rate and possibly other observables with recent predictions such as the forward-backward asymmetry [71]. Applying similar reasoning on the trigger efficiency as with other decays in this document, on the order of a thousand signal decays could be measured per year of data taking with an upgraded LHCb detector, opening the possibility for precision measurements of direct CP violation. Assuming similar reconstruction and selection efficiencies, a search for the lepton and number violating Σ+ pµ¯ +µ+ decay could also be performed, reaching an expected branching fraction sensitivity→ on the order of 10−9. While of great interest, it will be difficult for LHCb to improve the precision on the branching fraction of the radiative Σ+ pγ decay, whose world average is currently (Σ+ pγ) = (1.23 0.05) 10−3 [72].→ On the other hand, the ability to reconstruct theB Σ+→ pπ0 decay,± which× has similar topology in the detector, has already been demonstrated→ [4]. This implies that the Σ+ pγ decay could be useful as an alternative normalisation channel, particularly in a possible→ search for Σ+ pe+e− decays. By virtue of the electron mass, this channel receives a larger contribution→ from long-distance photon contributions compared to Σ+ pµ+µ−, for a predicted branching fraction of (Σ+ pe+e−) [9.1, 10.1] 10−6 [73].→ The only experimental information available on thisB channel→ dates∈ back to 1969× where three events where observed leading to an upper limit of 7 10−6 at 90% CL [74]. Unsurprisingly, this yield is not yet distinguishable from converted-photon× Σ+ pγ decays. Although electron reconstruction is more difficult, it is expected that the LHCb→ experiment could improve on this measurement and perhaps reach the SM level already with Run 2 data. Analogously, the LFV decays Σ+ pe±µ∓ could also be searched for with similar sensitivity. → Owing to the extreme difficulty of reconstructing , the LHCb experiment will most likely not contribute towards the study of the Σ− hyperon, barring exotic channels with baryon number violation. As far as Σ0 particles are concerned, these do not have a sizeable decay time, due to their electromagnetic decay into Λγ, therefore they would decay at the production vertex in LHCb. For this reason while our simplified model could predict their reconstruction

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efficiency, the sensitivity for Σ0 decays would be dominated by primary interaction background, which would require a full simulation to be understood. We therefore do not provide estimates on these sensitivities. We limit ourselves to suggest that LHCb could attempt a first search for the Σ0 Λe+e− decay, for which no experimental measurement is currently available, despite→ the fact that several authors proposed this decay to study violation in strangeness-conserving weak currents [75–77]. In lieu of an experimental measurement the PDG reports a theoretical calculation driven by internal photon conversions for an expected branching fraction of about 5 10−3 [78], easily reachable by LHCb if background can be controlled. ×

3.5 Rare decays of Λ hyperons The most compelling contribution LHCb could offer in the realm of Λ hyperon is the improvement on the branching fraction of the radiative Λ pπ−γ decay, whose measured value (Λ pπ−γ) = (8.4 1.4) 10−4, is known only for→ pion centre-of-mass momenta less thanB 95→ MeV/c [79].± In addition,× first studies of Λ pπ−e+e−, which proceeds via flavour-changing neutral currents could be possible, reaching→ branching fractions of 10−6 10−7. A major challenge for Λ pπ−e+e− is the extremely low transverse electron momentum− as illustrated in figure8, translating→ into a meagre reconstruction efficiency in accordance with table2. The corresponding channel with muons in this case would be phase-space forbidden. LHCb can also advance the study of baryon-number-violating decays, which can be produced by virtual particles with masses at the Grand Unified Theory (GUT) scale. For weakly decaying particles, this would imply branching fractions suppressed proportionally 4 to (mW /ΛGUT) , in principle placing observation out of reach for LHCb and any other experiment. These decays are also indirectly constrained by severe limits from decays. The CLAS collaboration has recently reported searches for several baryon-number- violating Λ decays [80]. Most of these are in the form Λ h`, where h is a K+ or π+ meson and ` = e, µ leptons. CLAS then provided the first→ direct experimental limits on such branching fractions to be in the range [10−7, 10−6]. LHCb can certainly improve on most of these limits, reaching sensitivities around the 10−9 level already with Run 2 data.

16 3.6 Rare decays of hyperons with multiple strangeness In addition to hadrons with one or anti-quark ( S = 1), LHCb will also produce a large number of with more strange quarks,| | namely the Ξ and Ω hyperons. As can be seen from figure1, the production of Ξ is in the region of charmed mesons, while Ω production is further suppressed, due to the additional strange quark, to the level around the beauty meson. Nevertheless, this provides a large dataset with which to improve existing measurements on these hadrons. In the context of rare decays, the main interest for S > 1 hyperons is for ∆S = 2 transitions, which are practically forbidden in the SM, with| | branching fractions of order 10−17. Potential NP transitions mediated by parity-odd low-energy operators may enhance the observed rates while respecting constraints from K0 K¯ 0 mixing [81]. In this respect, the LHCb experiment has the capabilities to improve the− branching fraction of Ξ0 pπ−, which has an upper limit of 8.2 10−6 at 90% CL obtained at the HyperCP experiment→ [82]. This decay has an experimental× signature completely reminiscent of the corresponding Λ decay, which is selected even without particle identification at LHCb [83], making it the ideal calibration sample for Ξ0 pπ−. Therefore, there is no doubt that the background to this channel could be rejected→ with high signal retention. Branching fractions of order 10−9 10−10 could be reached with LHCb Upgrade data. In− similar vein, the Ω Λπ− decay has an upper limit on the branching fraction of 2.9 10−6 at 90% CL also→ placed by the HyperCP experiment [82]. The sensitivity to this channel× is again expected to be improved over the current limit given its clean topology, down to branching fractions of order 10−8 10−9. Incidentally, the channel Ξ− pπ−π−, which has an upper limit of only 3.7 10−−4 at 90% CL [84], will also be easily→ improved by LHCb, similarly to Ξ0 pπ−, reaching× sensitivities of order 10−9. → 4 Other measurements with strange-hadron decays

4.1 Measurement of the K+ meson mass Due to its superb tracking performance, the LHCb detector is particularly suited for a precision measurement of the charged kaon mass. The current experimental average of the + 2 K meson mass is mK+ = 493.677 0.013 MeV/c [72]. The uncertainty is dominated by the disagreement between the two± most precise measurements, both performed using kaonic transitions [85,86]. Despite the relatively low acceptance in LHCb, the large production cross section for strange mesons in pp collision allows for a large number of K+ π+π−π+ candidates to be fully reconstructed with an excellent signal-to- background→ ratio [42]. The number of fully reconstructed decays occurring within the VELO acceptance is estimated to be of (107)/fb−1 for pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV O 2 with a relatively good mass resolution of . 4 MeV/c [4]. Therefore, the statistical error on the mass is expected to be below 10−3 MeV/c2 with the entire LHCb dataset. The main systematic uncertainty, which is expected to limit the final precision, will most likely come from the knowledge of the momentum scale resolution, which is proportional to 2 + + − + the Q-value of the decay, mK+ 3mπ± 75 MeV/c . For K π π π , this systematic should be below 0.02 MeV/c2 [−87], making≈ this measurement→ competitive with the world average.

17 4.2 Semileptonic decays The latest results from semileptonic b c transitions suggest the possibility of BSM contributions in charged-current quark→ decays breaking Lepton Flavour Universality (LFU) [88]. Hence, it is natural to investigate if similar patterns can be found in s u transitions. →

0 4.2.1 Semileptonic KS decays 0 ± ∓ A search for the KS π µ ν process, which is as yet unobserved experimentally, could be performed at LHCb.→ This would be useful as a measurement of LFU when comparing 0 ± ∓ to the well-known KS π e ν decay [72]. Depending on the precision achieved, the measurement of this branching→ fraction could also be useful in constraining the CKM matrix element Vus [89]. However, LHCb would need excellent control over the systematics to reach the < |1%| level of precision that would be required for such a measurement to be competitive. The most challenging background for this search is expected to arise 0 from the corresponding KL decay to the same final state. The much larger branching 0 fraction of the KL decay, 27% [72], compensates the reduction in efficiency due to the 0 ∼ longer KL lifetime, leading to significant yields still deposited within the LHCb acceptance: 0 ± ∓ −4 considering the expected KS π µ ν branching fraction, (4.69 0.05) 10 [72], the 0 0 → ± × ratio of KL to KS events in this final state in the LHCb acceptance is expected to be about 1.5 (4.5) when using long (downstream) tracks, without further selection. However, given 0 the precise knowledge of the KL branching fraction, (27.04 0.07)% [72], this contribution could be statistically subtracted leaving only a small systematic± uncertainty.

4.2.2 Semileptonic hyperon decays Semileptonic hyperon decays have been shown to be sensitive to BSM scalar and tensor contributions [90]. The branching fractions of such hyperon decays, which are copiously produced at the LHC, show uncertainties at the 20% 100% level leaving vast room − − −4 − − for progress. For example, (Λ pµ ν¯µ) = (1.57 0.35) 10 , (Ξ Λµ ν¯µ) = +3.5 −4 − B0 −→ −4 ± × B → 3.5−2.2 10 and (Ξ Σ µ ν¯µ) < 8 10 at 90% CL. Those× decays wouldB be→ partially reconstructed× in LHCb, as was shown in section2, with improved measurements directly translating into tighter bounds on LFU, since the electron modes have already been measured very precisely. Kinematic constraints such 0 0 + − as those applied in the KS π µ µ analysis can be used to reconstruct the strange- baryon peak. Since the expected→ yields for strange semileptonic decays are large, the main challenge is not the trigger efficiency, but is instead the discrimination against peaking backgrounds like Λ pπ− or Ξ− Λπ−. The mass of the p, µ candidates − → −→ from Λ pµ ν¯µ and misidentified Λ pπ is shown in figure9, which also plots the dependency→ of the mass against the estimated→ missing momentum transverse to the Λ flight direction. Clearly, the signal and peaking background provide contrasting signatures. It has to be noted, however, that neither final state in the Λ decay nor the decay in flight of the pion are included in the simulation, both of which are effects that can partially dilute the discriminating power of the missing transverse momentum. A similar − − study is performed for Ξ Λµ ν¯µ, which also demonstrates the separation between signal and the corresponding→ peaking-background distribution from Ξ− Λπ− decays, as depicted in figure 10. →

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5 Competition from other experiments

Competition from other experiments on strange-hadron decays will be scarce in the coming years. We briefly review it in the following. The NA48 experiment has contributed significantly to the physics of strange-hadron decays, but has already analysed their full 0 dataset on rare KS and hyperon decays (e.g. refs [36, 38, 91, 92]) and we are not aware of any plan to exploit it further. The NA62 experiment will give fundamental results on charged kaons, however it will not have a neutral beam at its disposal before 2026. In particular, NA62 may reach the 10−12 ballpark in LFV kaon decays [93] with the data collected so far. The KLOE2 experiment will most probably be able to contribute on semileptonic measurements, in addition to its core CP -violation program, and possibly measure the K+ mass, but will not have enough statistics for rare decays. The CLAS

19 experiment could possibly contribute again to searches on rare hyperon decays, but will not be competitive with LHCb below the 10−7 level in branching fraction. Similarly it 0 is not expected to contribute on KS decays. Finally, flavour factories such as BESIII and BelleII can possibly contribute to the physics of rare strange-hadron decays. The BESIII collaboration has for example published a search for η0 Kπ decays [94], reaching a branching fraction limit of order 10−4. We are not aware→ of any published physics result from the Belle collaboration on rare strange hadron decays and this topic is not mentioned in BelleII physics book [95]. In addition, there are new proposed facilities such as TauFV [96] which may be able to reach (1019) kaons in the decay volume, with a detector layout comparable to that of LHCb,O for which however we are not aware of more in-depth sensitivity studies on the decay modes discussed in this paper. However, we would welcome an increase in the interest for strange physics and would consider competition from these collaborations to be a very healthy development indeed.

6 Conclusions

The decays of strange particles become increasingly important as the energy scale for dynamics beyond the Standard Model increases. The LHCb experiment has provided 0 + − + + − the world’s best measurements in KS µ µ and Σ pµ µ decays with excellent prospects for expanding its research program→ on strangeness→ decays. For the first time, 0 ± this paper reports estimates of detection efficiencies for several KS , K and hyperon decay channels and evaluates the invariant-mass resolution that could be achieved with the full and downstream tracking systems, while demonstrating the capacity of LHCb to resolve signal from potential peaking-background distributions. The results show that several 0 ± promising new measurements are feasible in various KS , K and hyperon decays with diverse final states.

Acknowledgements

The LHCb authors would like to thank their collaboration colleagues who participated in helpful discussions on the subject of this paper. We would like to thank Jorge Portol´es 0 0 + − for helpful discussions in KS π µ µ . The work of IGFAE members is supported by ERC-StG-639068 “BSMFLEET”→ and XuntaGal. In addition, the work of XCV is also supported by MINECO through the Ram´ony Cajal program RYC-2016-20073. JMC acknowledges support from the Spanish MINECO through the Ram´ony Cajal program RYC-2016-20672. The work of AS is funded by STFC grant ST/J00412X/1. The work of VVG is partially supported by ERC-CoG-724777 “RECEPT”. The work of FD is partially supported by the Science and Technology Facilities Council grant ST/N000331/1. AP acknowledges support by SNF under contract 168169.

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