Types of neutral kaon decays
Before you play the game, we must explain how someone should view the pictures and what everything on the pictures mean.
The blue area is called the "Barrel Veto" and
is able to detect charged particles such as positrons (e+), pions, and
electrons. Solid lines are used to show the different paths of the
charged particles as they go into the "Barrel Veto" and are
detected. In some of the decays, there will be neutrinos and
antineutrinos given off (shown as thin solid line and a "v"
type Greek letter called "nu"). These usually are undetected
and can pass through the "Barrel Veto." The gammas (shown as
dotted lines) pass through the red area called the
"Preradiator" and initiate "showers." The EM in the
yellow section stands for "electromagnetic". In the EM
calorimeter, the remainder of each gamma "shower" is
contained because the calorimeter is more dense and deeper. Gammas in
the shower convert into electron pairs and the electrons radiate more
gammas. The "EM shower" continues until all gammas have
converted and all electrons and positrons have been collected. When
gammas from unwanted events enter the "Barrel Veto," they
will shower.
So here are the different decays that are used in the
Game:
K neutral--> pi neutral(-->2 gammas), neutrino,
antineutrino *
pi
minus, positron (e+), neutrino
2
pi neutrals (--> 4 gammas)
pi
plus, electron, neutrino
pi
plus, pi minus
pi
plus, pi minus, pi neutral (--> 2 gammas)
*
(KOPIO
decay)*