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在CERN SPS的NA64实验中寻找衰变成$e^+e^-$对的赝标玻色子

Search for pseudoscalar bosons decaying into $e^+e^-$ pairs in the NA64 experiment at the CERN SPS

Yu. M. Andreev, D. Banerjee, J. Bernhard, V. E. Burtsev, N. Charitonidis, A. G. Chumakov, D. Cooke, P. Crivelli, E. Depero, A. V. Dermenev, S. V. Donskov, R. R.… 展开作者

Yu. M. Andreev, D. Banerjee, J. Bernhard, V. E. Burtsev, N. Charitonidis, A. G. Chumakov, D. Cooke, P. Crivelli, E. Depero, A. V. Dermenev, S. V. Donskov, R. R. Dusaev, T. Enik, A. Feshchenko, V. N. Frolov, A. Gardikiotis, S. G. Gerassimov, S. N. Gninenko, M. Hoesgen, M. Jeckel, V. A. Kachanov, A. E. Karneyeu, G. Kekelidze, B. Ketzer, D. V. Kirpichnikov, M. M. Kirsanov, V. N. Kolosov, I. V. Konorov, S. G. Kovalenko, V. A. Kramarenko, L. V. Kravchuk, N. V. Krasnikov, S. V. Kuleshov, V. E. Lyubovitskij, V. Lysan, V. A. Matveev, Yu. V. Mikhailov, L. Molina Bueno, D. V. Peshekhonov, V. A. Polyakov, B. Radics, R. Rojas, A. Rubbia, V. D. Samoylenko, H. Sieber, D. Shchukin, V. O. Tikhomirov, I. Tlisova, A. N. Toropin, A. Yu. Trifonov, B. I. Vasilishin, G. Vasquez Arenas, P. V. Volkov, V. Yu. Volkov, P. Ulloa

摘要:

我们报告的结果,寻找一个轻的赝标量粒子$a$耦合到电子和衰变到$e^+e^-$使用高能CERN SPS H4电子束执行。如果这种质量为$\simeq 17$ MeV的赝标量存在,它可以解释ATOMKI异常。我们使用了在“可见模式”配置中收集的NA 64数据样本,其总统计量对应于2017年和2018年的$8.4\times 10^{10}$靶上电子(EOT)。为了提高对小耦合参数$ε$的灵敏度,我们还使用了2016-2018年在NA 64的“不可见模式”配置中收集的数据,总统计量对应于$2.84\times 10^{11}$ EOT。在背景和效率估计的意义上对这些数据样本进行了彻底的分析,并在我们以前的论文中报告了光矢量粒子和类轴子粒子(ALP)的搜索。在这项工作中,我们重新计算的信号产额,这是不同的,由于不同的截面和寿命的赝标量粒子$a$,并执行一个新的统计分析。结果,排除了质量范围为1至17.1 MeV的二维参数空间$m_a - ε$的区域。在ATOMKI异常的质量下,排除了在$2.1 \times 10^{-4} < ε< 3.2 \times 10^{-4}$范围内的$ε$值。

英文摘要:

We report the results of a search for a light pseudoscalar particle $a$ that couples to electrons and decays to $e^+e^-$ performed using the high-energy CERN SPS H4 electron beam. If such pseudoscalar with a mass $\simeq 17$ MeV exists, it could explain the ATOMKI anomaly. We used the NA64 data samples collected in the "visible mode" configuration with total statistics corresponding to $8.4\times 10^{10}$ electrons on target (EOT) in 2017 and 2018. In order to increase sensitivity to small coupling parameter $ε$ we used also the data collected in 2016-2018 in the "invisible mode" configuration of NA64 with a total statistics corresponding to $2.84\times 10^{11}$ EOT. A thorough analysis of both these data samples in the sense of background and efficiency estimations was already performed and reported in our previous papers devoted to the search for light vector particles and axion-like particles (ALP). In this work we recalculate the signal yields, which are different due to different cross section and life time of a pseudoscalar particle $a$, and perform a new statistical analysis. As a result, the region of the two dimensional parameter space $m_a - ε$ in the mass range from 1 to 17.1 MeV is excluded. At the mass of the ATOMKI anomaly the values of $ε$ in the range $2.1 \times 10^{-4} < ε< 3.2 \times 10^{-4}$ are excluded.

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