Pair production of dark particles in meson decays
Abstract
Rare decays of and mesons provide a powerful probe of dark sectors with light new particles. We show that the pair production of dark states can be probed with the decays of mesons, owing to the enhanced two-body kinematics, or . If either of these two particles is unstable, e.g., , or , such decays could easily mimic signatures, while not being ruled out by the decays of charged kaons. We construct explicit models that have enhanced decay signatures, and are constrained by the results of the KOTO experiment. We note that recently reported excess events can also be accommodated while satisfying all other constraints ( decays, colliders, beam dumps). These models are based on the extensions of the gauge and/or scalar sector of the theory. The lightest of particles, if stable, could constitute the entirety of dark matter.
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- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1664576
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1711417
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- SC0011842
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 102 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; extensions of Higgs sector; extensions of fermion sector; extensions of gauge sector; particle dark matter; kaons
Citation Formats
Hostert, Matheus, Kaneta, Kunio, and Pospelov, Maxim. Pair production of dark particles in meson decays. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1103/physrevd.102.055016.
Hostert, Matheus, Kaneta, Kunio, & Pospelov, Maxim. Pair production of dark particles in meson decays. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.102.055016
Hostert, Matheus, Kaneta, Kunio, and Pospelov, Maxim. Wed .
"Pair production of dark particles in meson decays". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.102.055016.
@article{osti_1664576,
title = {Pair production of dark particles in meson decays},
author = {Hostert, Matheus and Kaneta, Kunio and Pospelov, Maxim},
abstractNote = {Rare decays of K and B mesons provide a powerful probe of dark sectors with light new particles. We show that the pair production of O(100 MeV) dark states can be probed with the decays of KL mesons, owing to the enhanced two-body kinematics, KL→X1X2 or X2X2. If either of these two particles is unstable, e.g., X2→X1π0, X2→X1γ or X1,2→γγ, such decays could easily mimic KL→π0νν¯ signatures, while not being ruled out by the decays of charged kaons. We construct explicit models that have enhanced KL decay signatures, and are constrained by the results of the KOTO experiment. We note that recently reported excess events can also be accommodated while satisfying all other constraints (B decays, colliders, beam dumps). These models are based on the extensions of the gauge and/or scalar sector of the theory. The lightest of X1,2 particles, if stable, could constitute the entirety of dark matter.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevd.102.055016},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 5,
volume = 102,
place = {United States},
year = {2020},
month = {9}
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https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.102.055016
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