Search for the dark photon in B 0 → A′A′, A′ → e + e − , μ + μ − , and π + π − decays at Belle

Autor: The BELLE collaboration, S.-H. Park, Y.-J. Kwon, I. Adachi, H. Aihara, S. Al Said, D. M. Asner, H. Atmacan, T. Aushev, R. Ayad, V. Babu, P. Behera, J. Bennett, M. Bessner, V. Bhardwaj, B. Bhuyan, T. Bilka, J. Biswal, G. Bonvicini, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, T. E. Browder, M. Campajola, L. Cao, D. Červenkov, M.-C. Chang, P. Chang, A. Chen, B. G. Cheon, K. Chilikin, H. E. Cho, K. Cho, S.-J. Cho, S.-K. Choi, Y. Choi, S. Choudhury, D. Cinabro, S. Cunliffe, S. Das, N. Dash, G. De Nardo, F. Di Capua, J. Dingfelder, Z. Doležal, T. V. Dong, S. Eidelman, D. Epifanov, D. Ferlewicz, B. G. Fulsom, R. Garg, V. Gaur, A. Garmash, A. Giri, P. Goldenzweig, Y. Guan, K. Gudkova, C. Hadjivasiliou, T. Hara, O. Hartbrich, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, M. T. Hedges, M. Hernandez Villanueva, W.-S. Hou, C.-L. Hsu, K. Huang, T. Iijima, K. Inami, G. Inguglia, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, Y. Iwasaki, W. W. Jacobs, I. Jaegle, E.-J. Jang, H. B. Jeon, S. Jia, Y. Jin, C. W. Joo, K. K. Joo, K. H. Kang, G. Karyan, T. Kawasaki, C. Kiesling, D. Y. Kim, K.-H. Kim, S. H. Kim, Y.-K. Kim, K. Kinoshita, P. Kodyš, T. Konno, S. Korpar, D. Kotchetkov, P. Križan, R. Kroeger, P. Krokovny, T. Kuhr, M. Kumar, K. Kumara, K. Lalwani, I. S. Lee, S. C. Lee, C. H. Li, J. Li, L. K. Li, Y. B. Li, L. Li Gioi, J. Libby, K. Lieret, Z. Liptak, D. Liventsev, T. Luo, J. MacNaughton, C. MacQueen, M. Masuda, T. Matsuda, D. Matvienko, M. Merola, F. Metzner, K. Miyabayashi, R. Mizuk, G. B. Mohanty, S. Mohanty, T. Mori, H.-G. Moser, M. Mrvar, R. Mussa, M. Nakao, Z. Natkaniec, A. Natochii, L. Nayak, M. Nayak, M. Niiyama, N. K. Nisar, S. Nishida, S. Ogawa, H. Ono, Y. Onuki, P. Oskin, P. Pakhlov, G. Pakhlova, S. Pardi, C. W. Park, H. Park, S. Patra, S. Paul, T. K. Pedlar, R. Pestotnik, L. E. Piilonen, T. Podobnik, V. Popov, E. Prencipe, M. T. Prim, M. Ritter, M. Röhrken, A. Rostomyan, N. Rout, G. Russo, Y. Sakai, S. Sandilya, A. Sangal, L. Santelj, T. Sanuki, V. Savinov, G. Schnell, J. Schueler, C. Schwanda, Y. Seino, K. Senyo, M. E. Sevior, M. Shapkin, C. Sharma, C. P. Shen, J.-G. Shiu, A. Sokolov, E. Solovieva, S. Stanič, M. Starič, Z. S. Stottler, J. F. Strube, M. Sumihama, K. Sumisawa, T. Sumiyoshi, W. Sutcliffe, M. Takizawa, K. Tanida, F. Tenchini, M. Uchida, T. Uglov, Y. Unno, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, S. E. Vahsen, R. Van Tonder, G. Varner, K. E. Varvell, A. Vinokurova, V. Vorobyev, E. Waheed, C. H. Wang, E. Wang, M.-Z. Wang, P. Wang, M. Watanabe, S. Watanuki, S. Wehle, E. Won, X. Xu, B. D. Yabsley, W. Yan, S. B. Yang, H. Ye, J. Yelton, J. H. Yin, Y. Yusa, Z. P. Zhang, V. Zhilich, V. Zhukova, V. Zhulanov
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol 2021, Iss 4, Pp 1-19 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1029-8479
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2021)191
Popis: Abstract We present a search for the dark photon A′ in the B 0 → A′A′ decays, where A′ subsequently decays to e + e − , μ + μ − , and π + π − . The search is performed by analyzing 772 × 106 B B ¯ $$ B\overline{B} $$ events collected by the Belle detector at the KEKB e + e − energy-asymmetric collider at the ϒ(4S) resonance. No signal is found in the dark photon mass range 0.01 GeV/c 2 ≤ m A′ ≤ 2.62 GeV/c 2, and we set upper limits of the branching fraction of B 0 → A′A′ at the 90% confidence level. The products of branching fractions, ℬ B 0 → A ′ A ′ × ℬ A ′ → e + e − 2 $$ \mathrm{\mathcal{B}}\left({B}^0\to A^{\prime }A^{\prime}\right)\times \mathrm{\mathcal{B}}{\left(A\prime \to {e}^{+}{e}^{-}\right)}^2 $$ and ℬ B 0 → A ′ A ′ × ℬ A ′ → μ + μ − 2 $$ \mathrm{\mathcal{B}}\left({B}^0\to A^{\prime }A^{\prime}\right)\times \mathrm{\mathcal{B}}{\left(A\prime \to {\mu}^{+}{\mu}^{-}\right)}^2 $$ , have limits of the order of 10 −8 depending on the A′ mass. Furthermore, considering A′ decay rate to each pair of charged particles, the upper limits of ℬ B 0 → A ′ A ′ $$ \mathrm{\mathcal{B}}\left({B}^0\to A^{\prime }A^{\prime}\right) $$ are of the order of 10 −8–10 −5. From the upper limits of ℬ B 0 → A ′ A ′ $$ \mathrm{\mathcal{B}}\left({B}^0\to A^{\prime }A^{\prime}\right) $$ , we obtain the Higgs portal coupling for each assumed dark photon and dark Higgs mass. The Higgs portal couplings are of the order of 10 −2–10 −1 at m h ′ ≃ m B 0 $$ {m}_{h\prime}\simeq {m}_{B^0} $$ ± 40 MeV/c 2 and 10 −1–1 at m h ′ ≃ m B 0 $$ {m}_{h\prime}\simeq {m}_{B^0} $$ ± 3 GeV/c 2.
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