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Title: Search for the Dark Photon and the Dark Higgs Boson at Belle

Abstract

The dark photon A ' and the dark Higgs boson h' are hypothetical constituents featured in a number of recently proposed dark sector models. Assuming prompt decays of both dark particles, we search for their production in the so-called Higgstrahlung channel e + e - A ' h ' , with h'A'A' . We investigate ten exclusive final states with A'e+e- , μ+μ- , or π+π- in the mass ranges 0.1 GeV / c 2 < m A ' < 3.5 GeV / c 2 and 0.2 GeV / c 2 < m h ' < 10.5 GeV / c 2 . We also investigate three inclusive final states 2(e+e-)X , 2(μ+μ-)X , and (e+e-)(μ+μ-)X , where X denotes a dark photon candidate detected via missing mass, in the mass ranges 1.1 GeV / c 2 < m A ' < 3.5 GeV / c 2 and 2.2 GeV / c 2 < m h ' < 10.5 GeV / c 2 . Using the entire 977 fb - 1 data set collected by Belle, we determine no significant signal. Here, we obtain individual and combined 90% credibility level upper limits on the branching fraction times the Born cross section, B × σ Born , on the Born cross section σ Born , and on the dark photon coupling to the dark Higgs boson times the kinetic mixing between the standard model photon and the dark photon, α D × ε 2 . These limits improve upon and cover wider mass ranges than previous experiments. The limits from the final states 3 ( π + π - ) and 2(e+e-)X are the first placed by any experiment. For α D equal to 1 / 137 , m h ' < 8 GeV / c 2 , and m A ' < 1 GeV / c 2 , we exclude values of the mixing parameter ε above ~ 8×10-4.

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Research Org.:
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States); Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Org.:
Belle Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1594432
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1224597
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0009973
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 114; Journal Issue: 21; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

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Jaegle, I., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Al Said, S., Asner, D. M., Aushev, T., Ayad, R., Bakich, A. M., Bansal, V., Barrett, M., Bhuyan, B., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Browder, T. E., Červenkov, D., Chang, M. -C., Cheon, B. G., Chilikin, K., Cho, K., Chobanova, V., Choi, S. -K., Choi, Y., Cinabro, D., Dalseno, J., Doležal, Z., Drásal, Z., Drutskoy, A., Dutta, D., Eidelman, S., Epifanov, D., Farhat, H., Fast, J. E., Ferber, T., Frost, O., Gaur, V., Gabyshev, N., Ganguly, S., Garmash, A., Getzkow, D., Gillard, R., Goh, Y. M., Golob, B., Grzymkowska, O., Hayasaka, K., Hayashii, H., He, X. H., Hedges, M., Hou, W. -S., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Ishikawa, A., Iwasaki, Y., Julius, T., Kang, K. H., Kato, E., Kawasaki, T., Kim, D. Y., Kim, J. B., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. H., Kinoshita, K., Ko, B. R., Kodyš, P., Korpar, S., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kuzmin, A., Kwon, Y. -J., Lange, J. S., Lee, I. S., Lewis, P., Li Gioi, L., Libby, J., Liventsev, D., Matvienko, D., Miyata, H., Mizuk, R., Mohanty, G. B., Moll, A., Mussa, R., Nakano, E., Nakao, M., Nisar, N. K., Nishida, S., Ogawa, S., Pakhlov, P., Pakhlova, G., Park, H., Pedlar, T. K., Pesántez, L., Petrič, M., Piilonen, L. E., Ritter, M., Rostomyan, A., Sakai, Y., Sandilya, S., Santelj, L., Sanuki, T., Sato, Y., Savinov, V., Schneider, O., Schnell, G., Schwanda, C., Semmler, D., Senyo, K., Seon, O., Seong, I., Sevior, M. E., Shebalin, V., Shibata, T. -A., Shiu, J. -G., Shwartz, B., Simon, F., Sinha, R., Sohn, Y. -S., Starič, M., Sumihama, M., Sumisawa, K., Tamponi, U., Tatishvili, G., Teramoto, Y., Thorne, F., Uchida, M., Uehara, S., Unno, Y., Uno, S., Vahsen, S. E., Van Hulse, C., Vanhoefer, P., Varner, G., Vinokurova, A., Wagner, M. N., Wang, C. H., Wang, M. -Z., Wang, P., Wang, X. L., Watanabe, M., Watanabe, Y., Williams, K. M., Won, E., Yamaoka, J., Yashchenko, S., Yook, Y., Yusa, Y., Zhilich, V., Zhulanov, V., and Zupanc, A. Search for the Dark Photon and the Dark Higgs Boson at Belle. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.211801.
Jaegle, I., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Al Said, S., Asner, D. M., Aushev, T., Ayad, R., Bakich, A. M., Bansal, V., Barrett, M., Bhuyan, B., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Browder, T. E., Červenkov, D., Chang, M. -C., Cheon, B. G., Chilikin, K., Cho, K., Chobanova, V., Choi, S. -K., Choi, Y., Cinabro, D., Dalseno, J., Doležal, Z., Drásal, Z., Drutskoy, A., Dutta, D., Eidelman, S., Epifanov, D., Farhat, H., Fast, J. E., Ferber, T., Frost, O., Gaur, V., Gabyshev, N., Ganguly, S., Garmash, A., Getzkow, D., Gillard, R., Goh, Y. M., Golob, B., Grzymkowska, O., Hayasaka, K., Hayashii, H., He, X. H., Hedges, M., Hou, W. -S., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Ishikawa, A., Iwasaki, Y., Julius, T., Kang, K. H., Kato, E., Kawasaki, T., Kim, D. Y., Kim, J. B., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. H., Kinoshita, K., Ko, B. R., Kodyš, P., Korpar, S., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kuzmin, A., Kwon, Y. -J., Lange, J. S., Lee, I. S., Lewis, P., Li Gioi, L., Libby, J., Liventsev, D., Matvienko, D., Miyata, H., Mizuk, R., Mohanty, G. B., Moll, A., Mussa, R., Nakano, E., Nakao, M., Nisar, N. K., Nishida, S., Ogawa, S., Pakhlov, P., Pakhlova, G., Park, H., Pedlar, T. K., Pesántez, L., Petrič, M., Piilonen, L. E., Ritter, M., Rostomyan, A., Sakai, Y., Sandilya, S., Santelj, L., Sanuki, T., Sato, Y., Savinov, V., Schneider, O., Schnell, G., Schwanda, C., Semmler, D., Senyo, K., Seon, O., Seong, I., Sevior, M. E., Shebalin, V., Shibata, T. -A., Shiu, J. -G., Shwartz, B., Simon, F., Sinha, R., Sohn, Y. -S., Starič, M., Sumihama, M., Sumisawa, K., Tamponi, U., Tatishvili, G., Teramoto, Y., Thorne, F., Uchida, M., Uehara, S., Unno, Y., Uno, S., Vahsen, S. E., Van Hulse, C., Vanhoefer, P., Varner, G., Vinokurova, A., Wagner, M. N., Wang, C. H., Wang, M. -Z., Wang, P., Wang, X. L., Watanabe, M., Watanabe, Y., Williams, K. M., Won, E., Yamaoka, J., Yashchenko, S., Yook, Y., Yusa, Y., Zhilich, V., Zhulanov, V., & Zupanc, A. Search for the Dark Photon and the Dark Higgs Boson at Belle. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.211801
Jaegle, I., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Al Said, S., Asner, D. M., Aushev, T., Ayad, R., Bakich, A. M., Bansal, V., Barrett, M., Bhuyan, B., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Browder, T. E., Červenkov, D., Chang, M. -C., Cheon, B. G., Chilikin, K., Cho, K., Chobanova, V., Choi, S. -K., Choi, Y., Cinabro, D., Dalseno, J., Doležal, Z., Drásal, Z., Drutskoy, A., Dutta, D., Eidelman, S., Epifanov, D., Farhat, H., Fast, J. E., Ferber, T., Frost, O., Gaur, V., Gabyshev, N., Ganguly, S., Garmash, A., Getzkow, D., Gillard, R., Goh, Y. M., Golob, B., Grzymkowska, O., Hayasaka, K., Hayashii, H., He, X. H., Hedges, M., Hou, W. -S., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Ishikawa, A., Iwasaki, Y., Julius, T., Kang, K. H., Kato, E., Kawasaki, T., Kim, D. Y., Kim, J. B., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. H., Kinoshita, K., Ko, B. R., Kodyš, P., Korpar, S., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kuzmin, A., Kwon, Y. -J., Lange, J. S., Lee, I. S., Lewis, P., Li Gioi, L., Libby, J., Liventsev, D., Matvienko, D., Miyata, H., Mizuk, R., Mohanty, G. B., Moll, A., Mussa, R., Nakano, E., Nakao, M., Nisar, N. K., Nishida, S., Ogawa, S., Pakhlov, P., Pakhlova, G., Park, H., Pedlar, T. K., Pesántez, L., Petrič, M., Piilonen, L. E., Ritter, M., Rostomyan, A., Sakai, Y., Sandilya, S., Santelj, L., Sanuki, T., Sato, Y., Savinov, V., Schneider, O., Schnell, G., Schwanda, C., Semmler, D., Senyo, K., Seon, O., Seong, I., Sevior, M. E., Shebalin, V., Shibata, T. -A., Shiu, J. -G., Shwartz, B., Simon, F., Sinha, R., Sohn, Y. -S., Starič, M., Sumihama, M., Sumisawa, K., Tamponi, U., Tatishvili, G., Teramoto, Y., Thorne, F., Uchida, M., Uehara, S., Unno, Y., Uno, S., Vahsen, S. E., Van Hulse, C., Vanhoefer, P., Varner, G., Vinokurova, A., Wagner, M. N., Wang, C. H., Wang, M. -Z., Wang, P., Wang, X. L., Watanabe, M., Watanabe, Y., Williams, K. M., Won, E., Yamaoka, J., Yashchenko, S., Yook, Y., Yusa, Y., Zhilich, V., Zhulanov, V., and Zupanc, A. Wed . "Search for the Dark Photon and the Dark Higgs Boson at Belle". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.211801. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1594432.
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title = {Search for the Dark Photon and the Dark Higgs Boson at Belle},
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abstractNote = {The dark photon A' and the dark Higgs boson h' are hypothetical constituents featured in a number of recently proposed dark sector models. Assuming prompt decays of both dark particles, we search for their production in the so-called Higgstrahlung channel e+e-→A'h', with h'→A'A'. We investigate ten exclusive final states with A'→e+e-, μ+μ-, or π+π- in the mass ranges 0.1GeV/c2<mA'<3.5GeV/c2 and 0.2GeV/c2<mh'<10.5GeV/c2. We also investigate three inclusive final states 2(e+e-)X, 2(μ+μ-)X, and (e+e-)(μ+μ-)X, where X denotes a dark photon candidate detected via missing mass, in the mass ranges 1.1GeV/c2<mA'<3.5GeV/c2 and 2.2GeV/c2<mh'<10.5GeV/c2. Using the entire 977fb-1 data set collected by Belle, we determine no significant signal. Here, we obtain individual and combined 90% credibility level upper limits on the branching fraction times the Born cross section, B×σBorn, on the Born cross section σBorn, and on the dark photon coupling to the dark Higgs boson times the kinetic mixing between the standard model photon and the dark photon, αD×ε2. These limits improve upon and cover wider mass ranges than previous experiments. The limits from the final states 3(π+π-) and 2(e+e-)X are the first placed by any experiment. For αD equal to 1/137, mh'<8GeV/c2, and mA'<1GeV/c2, we exclude values of the mixing parameter ε above ~ 8×10-4.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.211801},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 21,
volume = 114,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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