Search for a light muon-philic $Z^\prime$ with the NA64-$e$ experiment at CERN

Autor: Andreev, Yu. M., Banerjee, D., Oberhauser, B. Banto, Bernhard, J., Bisio, P., Bondì, M., Burtsev, V. E., Celentano, A., Charitonidis, N., Chumakov, A. G., Cooke, D., Crivelli, P., Depero, E., Dermenev, A. V., Donskov, S. V., Dusaev, R. R., Enik, T., Frolov, V. N., Gardikiotis, A., Gerassimov, S. G., Gninenko, S. N., Hösgen, M., Jeckel, M., Kachanov, V. A., Karneyeu, A. E., Kekelidze, G., Ketzer, B., Kirpichnikov, D. V., Kirsanov, M. M., Kolosov, V. N., Konorov, I. V., Kovalenko, S. G., Kramarenko, V. A., Kravchuk, L. V., Krasnikov, N. V., Kuleshov, S. V., Lyubovitskij, V. E., Lysan, V., Marsicano, L., Matveev, V. A., Mikhailov, Yu. V., Bueno, L. Molina, Peshekhonov, D. V., Polyakov, V. A., Radics, B., Rojas, R., Rubbia, A., Salamatin, K. M., Samoylenko, V. D., Sieber, H., Shchukin, D., Tikhomirov, V. O., Tlisova, I., Toropin, A. N., Trifonov, A. Yu, Ulloa, P., Vasilishin, B. I., Arenas, G. Vasquez, Volkov, P. V., Volkov, V. Yu., Voronchikhin, I.
Rok vydání: 2022
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.106.032015
Popis: The extension of Standard Model made by inclusion of additional $U(1)$ gauge $L_\mu-L_\tau$ symmetry can explain the difference between the measured and the predicted value of the muon magnetic moment and solve the tension in $B$ meson decays. This model predicts the existence of a new, light $Z^\prime$ vector boson, predominantly coupled to second and third generation leptons, whose interaction with electrons is due to a loop mechanism involving muons and taus. In this work, we present a rigorous evaluation of the upper limits in the $Z^\prime$ parameter space, obtained from the analysis of the data collected by the NA64-$e$ experiment at CERN SPS, that performed a search for light dark matter with $2.84\times10^{11}$ electrons impinging with 100 GeV on an active thick target. The resulting limits, despite being included in a region already investigated by neutrino experiments,touch the muon $g-2$ preferred band for values of the $Z^\prime$ mass of order of 1 MeV. The sensitivity projections for the future high-statistics NA64-$e$ runs demonstrate the power of the electrons/positron beam approach in this theoretical scenario.
Comment: 11 pages, 9 figures. This version was accepted for publication
Databáze: arXiv