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Search for invisible decays of a dark photon using e+e− annihilation data at BESIII

BESIII

Collaboration

Sep 28, 2022

8 pages

Published in:

Phys.Lett.B 839 (2023) 137785

Published: Apr 10, 2023

e-Print:

2209.13893 [hep-ex]

DOI:

10.1016/j.physletb.2023.137785 (publication)

PDG: Hidden Photons: Kinetic Mixing Parameter Limits

Experiments:

BEPC-BES-III

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Abstract: (Elsevier B.V.)

We report a search for a dark photon using 14.9 fb⁻¹ of

e^{+} e^{-}

annihilation data taken at center-of-mass energies from 4.13 to 4.60 GeV with the BESIII detector operated at the BEPCII storage ring. The dark photon is assumed to be produced in the radiative annihilation process of

e^{+} e^{-}

and to predominantly decay into light dark matter particles, which escape from the detector undetected. The mass range from 1.5 to 2.9 GeV is scanned for the dark photon candidate, and no significant signal is observed. The mass dependent upper limits at the 90% confidence level on the coupling strength parameter ϵ for a dark photon coupling with an ordinary photon vary between

1.6 \times 10^{- 3}

and

5.7 \times 10^{- 3}

.

Note:

8 pages, 3 figures

Dark sector
Dark photon
Invisible decays
electron positron: annihilation
electron positron: colliding beams
photon: coupling
radiation: initial-state interaction
photon: hidden sector
BES
Beijing Stor

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