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Search for the dark photon in $B^0 \to A^{\prime} A^{\prime}$, $A^{\prime} \to e^+ e^-$, $\mu^+ \mu^-$, and $\pi^+ \pi^-$ decays at Belle
Document Type
Working Paper
Author
Park, S. -H.Kwon, Y. -J.Adachi, I.Aihara, H.Said, S. AlAsner, D. M.Atmacan, H.Aushev, T.Ayad, R.Babu, V.Behera, P.Bennett, J.Bessner, M.Bhardwaj, V.Bhuyan, B.Bilka, T.Biswal, J.Bonvicini, G.Bozek, A.Bračko, M.Browder, T. E.Campajola, M.Cao, L.Červenkov, D.Chang, M. -C.Chang, P.Chen, A.Cheon, B. G.Chilikin, K.Cho, H. E.Cho, K.Cho, S. -J.Choi, S. -K.Choi, Y.Choudhury, S.Cinabro, D.Cunliffe, S.Das, S.Dash, N.De Nardo, G.Di Capua, F.Dingfelder, J.Doležal, Z.Dong, T. V.Eidelman, S.Epifanov, D.Ferlewicz, D.Fulsom, B. G.Garg, R.Gaur, V.Garmash, A.Giri, A.Goldenzweig, P.Guan, Y.Gudkova, K.Hadjivasiliou, C.Hara, T.Hartbrich, O.Hayasaka, K.Hayashii, H.Hedges, M. T.Villanueva, M. HernandezHou, W. -S.Hsu, C. -L.Huang, K.Iijima, T.Inami, K.Inguglia, G.Ishikawa, A.Itoh, R.Iwasaki, M.Iwasaki, Y.Jacobs, W. W.Jaegle, I.Jang, E. -J.Jeon, H. B.Jia, S.Jin, Y.Joo, C. W.Joo, K. K.Kang, K. H.Karyan, G.Kawasaki, T.Kiesling, C.Kim, D. Y.Kim, K. -H.Kim, S. H.Kim, Y. -K.Kinoshita, K.Kodyš, P.Konno, T.Korpar, S.Kotchetkov, D.Križan, P.Kroeger, R.Krokovny, P.Kuhr, T.Kumar, M.Kumara, K.Lalwani, K.Lee, I. S.Lee, S. C.Li, C. H.Li, J.Li, L. K.Li, Y. B.Gioi, L. LiLibby, J.Lieret, K.Liptak, Z.Liventsev, D.Luo, T.MacNaughton, J.MacQueen, C.Masuda, M.Matsuda, T.Matvienko, D.Merola, M.Metzner, F.Miyabayashi, K.Mizuk, R.Mohanty, G. B.Mohanty, S.Mori, T.Moser, H. -G.Mrvar, M.Mussa, R.Nakao, M.Natkaniec, Z.Natochii, A.Nayak, L.Nayak, M.Niiyama, M.Nisar, N. K.Nishida, S.Ogawa, S.Ono, H.Onuki, Y.Oskin, P.Pakhlov, P.Pakhlova, G.Pardi, S.Park, C. W.Park, H.Patra, S.Paul, S.Pedlar, T. K.Pestotnik, R.Piilonen, L. E.Podobnik, T.Popov, V.Prencipe, E.Prim, M. T.Ritter, M.Röhrken, M.Rostomyan, A.Rout, N.Russo, G.Sakai, Y.Sandilya, S.Sangal, A.Santelj, L.Sanuki, T.Savinov, V.Schnell, G.Schueler, J.Schwanda, C.Seino, Y.Senyo, K.Sevior, M. E.Shapkin, M.Sharma, C.Shen, C. P.Shiu, J. -G.Sokolov, A.Solovieva, E.Stanič, S.Starič, M.Stottler, Z. S.Strube, J. F.Sumihama, M.Sumisawa, K.Sumiyoshi, T.Sutcliffe, W.Takizawa, M.Tanida, K.Tenchini, F.Uchida, M.Uglov, T.Unno, Y.Uno, S.Urquijo, P.Vahsen, S. E.Van Tonder, R.Varner, G.Varvell, K. E.Vinokurova, A.Vorobyev, V.Waheed, E.Wang, C. H.Wang, E.Wang, M. -Z.Wang, P.Watanabe, M.Watanuki, S.Wehle, S.Won, E.Xu, X.Yabsley, B. D.Yan, W.Yang, S. B.Ye, H.Yelton, J.Yin, J. H.Yusa, Y.Zhang, Z. P.Zhilich, V.Zhukova, V.Zhulanov, V.
Source
JHEP 04 (2021) 191
Subject
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Language
Abstract
We present a search for the dark photon $A^{\prime}$ in the $B^0 \to A^{\prime} A^{\prime}$ decays, where $A^{\prime}$ subsequently decays to $e^+ e^-$, $\mu^+ \mu^-$, and $\pi^+ \pi^-$. The search is performed by analyzing $772 \times 10^6$ $B\overline{B}$ events collected by the Belle detector at the KEKB $e^+ e^-$ energy-asymmetric collider at the $\Upsilon (4S)$ resonance. No signal is found in the dark photon mass range $0.01~\mathrm{GeV}/c^2 \le m_{A^{\prime}} \le 2.62~\mathrm{GeV}/c^2$, and we set upper limits of the branching fraction of $B^0 \to A^{\prime} A^{\prime}$ at the 90\% confidence level. The products of branching fractions, $\mathcal{B}(B^0 \to A^{\prime} A^{\prime}) \times \mathcal{B}(A^{\prime} \to e^+ e^-)^2$ and $\mathcal{B}(B^0 \to A^{\prime} A^{\prime}) \times \mathcal{B}(A^{\prime} \to \mu^+ \mu^-)^2$, have limits of the order of $10^{-8}$ depending on the $A^{\prime}$ mass. Furthermore, considering $A^{\prime}$ decay rate to each pair of charged particles, the upper limits of $\mathcal{B}(B^0 \to A^{\prime} A^{\prime})$ are of the order of $10^{-8}$-$10^{-5}$. From the upper limits of $\mathcal{B}(B^0 \to A^{\prime} A^{\prime})$, we obtain the Higgs portal coupling for each assumed dark photon and dark Higgs mass. The Higgs portal couplings are of the order of $10^{-2}$-$10^{-1}$ at $m_{h'} \simeq m_{B^0} \pm 40~\mathrm{MeV}/c^2$ and $10^{-1}$-$1$ at $m_{h'} \simeq m_{B^0} \pm 3~\mathrm{GeV}/c^2$.
Comment: 15 pages, 7 figures