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Kaon decay studies at CERN SPS in the last decades

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This review summarizes the kaon experimental results obtained in the last 15 years on the basis of data collected on the SPS in CERN with a participance of JINR physicists. These results contribute essentially into the Standard Model checks and search for its extension, fundamental symmetry violations and low energy strong interactions theory development. A progress in the experimental technique and prospects for the future results are also discussed.

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  3. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980, Dubna, Russia

    E. Goudzovski, V. Kekelidze, D. Madigozhin & I. Potrebenikov

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Ceccucci, A., Goudzovski, E., Kekelidze, V. et al. Kaon decay studies at CERN SPS in the last decades. Phys. Part. Nuclei 47, 567–590 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779616040043

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