Dark photon search in the mass range between 1.5 and 3.4 GeV/c2

BESIII Collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2017.09.067

Dark photon search in the mass range between 1.5 and 3.4 GeV/c²

BESIII Collaboration

Physics and Astronomy (Twin Cities)

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Abstract

Using a data set of 2.93 fb⁻¹ taken at a center-of-mass energy s=3.773 GeV with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider, we perform a search for an extra U(1) gauge boson, also denoted as a dark photon. We examine the initial state radiation reactions e⁺e⁻→e⁺e⁻γ_ISR and e⁺e⁻→μ⁺μ⁻γ_ISR for this search, where the dark photon would appear as an enhancement in the invariant mass distribution of the leptonic pairs. We observe no obvious enhancement in the mass range between 1.5 and 3.4 GeV/c² and set a 90% confidence level upper limit on the mixing strength of the dark photon and the Standard Model photon. We obtain a competitive limit in the tested mass range.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	252-257
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	774
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.09.067
State	Published - Nov 10 2017

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BESIII
Dark photon search
Initial state radiation

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