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在BaBar上寻找e+e碰撞中暗光子的不可见衰变

Search for Invisible Decays of a Dark Photon Produced in e+e- Collisions at BaBar

J. P. Lees

摘要:

我们在PEP-II B工厂的BaBar探测器收集的53 fb^-1的e+e碰撞数据中寻找单光子事件。我们寻找具有单个高能光子和大的丢失动量和能量的事件,与通过过程e+e->gamma A ',A'->不可见的自旋1粒子A'的产生一致。这种粒子,被称为“暗光子”,是由将U(1)规范对称性应用于暗物质的理论激发的。我们没有发现这样的过程的证据,并设定了90%置信水平的上限,在质量范围m_A '<=8 GeV的A'到e+e-的耦合强度。特别是,我们的限制排除了暗光子解释的μ子(g-2)异常,以及广泛的参数范围内的暗扇区模型所建议的A'耦合的值。

英文摘要:

We search for single-photon events in 53 fb^-1 of e+e- collision data collected with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II B-factory. We look for events with a single high-energy photon and a large missing momentum and energy, consistent with production of a spin-1 particle A' through the process e+e->gamma A', A'->invisible. Such particles, referred to as "dark photons", are motivated by theories applying a U(1) gauge symmetry to dark matter. We find no evidence for such processes and set 90% confidence level upper limits on the coupling strength of A' to e+e- in the mass range m_A'<=8 GeV. In particular, our limits exclude the values of the A' coupling suggested by the dark-photon interpretation of the muon (g-2) anomaly, as well as a broad range of parameters for the dark-sector models.

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