Search for a dark photon in electroproduced e + e − pairs with the Heavy Photon Search experiment at JLab

Adrian, P. H.; Baltzell, N. A.; Battaglieri, M.; Bondí, M.; Boyarinov, S.; Bueltmann, S.; Burkert, V. D.; Calvo, D.; Carpinelli, M.; Celentano, A.; Charles, G.; Colaneri, L.; Cooper, W.; Cuevas, C.; D’Angelo, A.; Dashyan, N.; De Napoli, M.; De Vita, R.; Deur, A.; Dupre, R.; Egiyan, H.; Elouadrhiri, L.; Essig, R.; Fadeyev, V.; Field, C.; Filippi, A.; Freyberger, A.; Garçon, M.; Gevorgyan, N.; Girod, F. X.; Graf, N.; Graham, M.; Griffioen, K. A.; Grillo, A.; Guidal, M.; Herbst, R.; Holtrop, M.; Jaros, J.; Kalicy, G.; Khandaker, M.; Kubarovsky, V.; Leonora, E.; Livingston, K.; Maruyama, T.; McCarty, K.; McCormick, J.; McKinnon, B.; Moffeit, K.; Moreno, O.; Munoz Camacho, C.; Nelson, T.; Niccolai, S.; Odian, A.; Oriunno, M.; Osipenko, M.; Paremuzyan, R.; Paul, S.; Randazzo, N.; Raydo, B.; Reese, B.; Rizzo, A.; Schuster, P.; Sharabian, Y. G.; Simi, G.; Simonyan, A.; Sipala, V.; Sokhan, D.; Solt, M.; Stepanyan, S.; Szumila-Vance, H.; Toro, N.; Uemura, S.; Ungaro, M.; Voskanyan, H.; Weinstein, L. B.; Wojtsekhowski, B.; Yale, B.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.98.091101

Title: Search for a dark photon in electroproduced $e^{+} e^{-}$ pairs with the Heavy Photon Search experiment at JLab

Journal Article · 11 November 2018 · Physical Review D

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.091101 · OSTI ID:1481815

Adrian, P. H.; Baltzell, N. A.; Battaglieri, M.; Bondí, M.; Boyarinov, S.; Bueltmann, S.; Burkert, V. D.; Calvo, D.; Carpinelli, M.; Celentano, A.; Charles, G.; Colaneri, L.; Cooper, W.; Cuevas, C.; D’Angelo, A.; Dashyan, N.; De Napoli, M.; De Vita, R.; Deur, A.; Dupre, R. more »

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Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26)

Contributing Organization:: Heavy Photon Search Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359; AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1481815

Report Number(s):: DOE/OR/23177-4587; FERMILAB-PUB-18-375-PPD; JLAB-PHY-18-2871; arXiv:1807.11530; 091101

Journal Information:: Physical Review D, Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 98; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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