학술논문

Search for a long-lived spin-0 mediator in $b\to s$ transitions at the Belle II experiment
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Belle II CollaborationAdachi, I.Adamczyk, K.Aggarwal, L.Aihara, H.Akopov, N.Aloisio, A.Ky, N. AnhAsner, D. M.Atmacan, H.Aushev, T.Aushev, V.Aversano, M.Babu, V.Bae, H.Bahinipati, S.Bambade, P.Banerjee, Sw.Barrett, M.Baudot, J.Bauer, M.Baur, A.Beaubien, A.Becker, J.Behera, P. K.Bennett, J. V.Bernlochner, F. U.Bertacchi, V.Bertemes, M.Bertholet, E.Bessner, M.Bettarini, S.Bhuyan, B.Bianchi, F.Bilka, T.Biswas, D.Bobrov, A.Bodrov, D.Bolz, A.Bondar, A.Borah, J.Bozek, A.Bračko, M.Branchini, P.Briere, R. A.Browder, T. E.Budano, A.Bussino, S.Campajola, M.Cao, L.Casarosa, G.Cecchi, C.Cerasoli, J.Chang, M. -C.Chang, P.Cheaib, R.Cheema, P.Chekelian, V.Cheon, B. G.Chilikin, K.Chirapatpimol, K.Cho, H. -E.Cho, K.Cho, S. -J.Choi, S. -K.Choudhury, S.Cochran, J.Corona, L.Cremaldi, L. M.Das, S.Dattola, F.De La Cruz-Burelo, E.De La Motte, S. A.De Nardo, G.De Nuccio, M.De Pietro, G.de Sangro, R.Destefanis, M.Dey, S.De Yta-Hernandez, A.Dhamija, R.Di Canto, A.Di Capua, F.Dingfelder, J.Doležal, Z.Jiménez, I. DomínguezDong, T. V.Dorigo, M.Dort, K.Dreyer, S.Dubey, S.Dujany, G.Ecker, P.Eliachevitch, M.Epifanov, D.Feichtinger, P.Ferber, T.Ferlewicz, D.Fillinger, T.Finck, C.Finocchiaro, G.Fodor, A.Forti, F.Frey, A.Fulsom, B. G.Gabrielli, A.Ganiev, E.Garcia-Hernandez, M.Garg, R.Garmash, A.Gaudino, G.Gaur, V.Gaz, A.Gellrich, A.Ghevondyan, G.Ghosh, D.Ghumaryan, H.Giakoustidis, G.Giordano, R.Giri, A.Glazov, A.Gobbo, B.Godang, R.Gogota, O.Goldenzweig, P.Gradl, W.Grammatico, T.Graziani, E.Greenwald, D.Gruberová, Z.Gu, T.Guan, Y.Gudkova, K.Halder, S.Han, Y.Hara, T.Hayasaka, K.Hayashii, H.Hazra, S.Hearty, C.Hedges, M. T.de la Cruz, I. HerediaVillanueva, M. HernándezHershenhorn, A.Higuchi, T.Hill, E. C.Hoek, M.Hohmann, M.Hsu, C. -L.Humair, T.Iijima, T.Inami, K.Inguglia, G.Ipsita, N.Ishikawa, A.Ito, S.Itoh, R.Iwasaki, M.Jackson, P.Jacobs, W. W.Jaffe, D. E.Jang, E. -J.Ji, Q. P.Jia, S.Jin, Y.Johnson, A.Joo, K. K.Junkerkalefeld, H.Kaliyar, A. B.Kandra, J.Kang, K. H.Karyan, G.Kawasaki, T.Keil, F.Ketter, C.Kiesling, C.Kim, C. -H.Kim, D. Y.Kim, K. -H.Kim, Y. -K.Kindo, H.Kinoshita, K.Kodyš, P.Koga, T.Kohani, S.Kojima, K.Korobov, A.Korpar, S.Kovalenko, E.Kowalewski, R.Kraetzschmar, T. M. G.Križan, P.Krokovny, P.Kuhr, T.Kumar, M.Kumara, K.Kunigo, T.Kuzmin, A.Kwon, Y. -J.Lacaprara, S.Lai, Y. -T.Lam, T.Lanceri, L.Lange, J. S.Laurenza, M.Leboucher, R.Diberder, F. R. LeLeitl, P.Levit, D.Lewis, P. M.Li, C.Li, L. K.Li, Y.Libby, J.Liu, Q. Y.Liu, Z. Q.Liventsev, D.Longo, S.Lueck, T.Luo, T.Lyu, C.Ma, Y.Maggiora, M.Maharana, S. P.Maiti, R.Maity, S.Mancinelli, G.Manfredi, R.Manoni, E.Mantovano, M.Marcantonio, D.Marinas, C.Martel, L.Martellini, C.Martini, A.Martinov, T.Massaccesi, L.Masuda, M.Matsuda, T.Matsuoka, K.Matvienko, D.Maurya, S. K.McKenna, J. A.Mehta, R.Meier, F.Merola, M.Metzner, F.Milesi, M.Miller, C.Mirra, M.Miyabayashi, K.Mizuk, R.Mohanty, G. B.Molina-Gonzalez, N.Mondal, S.Moneta, S.Moser, H. -G.Mrvar, M.Mussa, R.Nakamura, I.Nakazawa, Y.Charan, A. NarimaniNaruki, M.Natkaniec, Z.Natochii, A.Nayak, L.Nazaryan, G.Niebuhr, C.Nisar, N. K.Nishida, S.Ogawa, S.Ono, H.Onuki, Y.Oskin, P.Otani, F.Pakhlov, P.Pakhlova, G.Paladino, A.Panta, A.Paoloni, E.Pardi, S.Parham, K.Park, H.Park, S. -H.Passeri, A.Patra, S.Paul, S.Pedlar, T. K.Peruzzi, I.Peschke, R.Pestotnik, R.Pham, F.Piccolo, M.Piilonen, L. E.Podesta-Lerma, P. L. M.Podobnik, T.Pokharel, S.Praz, C.Prell, S.Prencipe, E.Prim, M. T.Purwar, H.Rad, N.Rados, P.Raeuber, G.Raiz, S.Reif, M.Reiter, S.Remnev, M.Ripp-Baudot, I.Rizzo, G.Robertson, S. H.Roney, J. M.Rostomyan, A.Rout, N.Russo, G.Sahoo, D.Sandilya, S.Sangal, A.Santelj, L.Sato, Y.Savinov, V.Scavino, B.Schnepf, M.Schwanda, C.Seino, Y.Selce, A.Senyo, K.Serrano, J.Sevior, M. E.Sfienti, C.Shan, W.Sharma, C.Shi, X. D.Shillington, T.Shiu, J. -G.Shtol, D.Sibidanov, A.Simon, F.Singh, J. B.Skorupa, J.Sobie, R. J.Sobotzik, M.Soffer, A.Sokolov, A.Solovieva, E.Spataro, S.Spruck, B.Starič, M.Stavroulakis, P.Stefkova, S.Stottler, Z. S.Stroili, R.Sumihama, M.Sumisawa, K.Sutcliffe, W.Svidras, H.Takahashi, M.Takizawa, M.Tamponi, U.Tanida, K.Tenchini, F.Thaller, A.Tittel, O.Tiwary, R.Tonelli, D.Torassa, E.Trabelsi, K.Tsaklidis, I.Uchida, M.Ueda, I.Uglov, T.Unger, K.Unno, Y.Uno, K.Uno, S.Urquijo, P.Ushiroda, Y.Vahsen, S. E.van Tonder, R.Varner, G. S.Varvell, K. E.Veronesi, M.Vismaya, V. S.Vitale, L.Vobbilisetti, V.Volpe, R.Wach, B.Wakai, M.Wallner, S.Wang, E.Wang, M. -Z.Wang, Z.Warburton, A.Watanabe, M.Watanuki, S.Welsch, M.Wessel, C.Won, E.Xu, X. P.Yabsley, B. D.Yamada, S.Yan, W.Yang, S. B.Yin, J. H.Yoshihara, K.Yuan, C. Z.Zani, L.Zhang, Y.Zhilich, V.Zhou, J. S.Zhou, Q. D.Zhukova, V. I.Žlebčík, R.
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High Energy Physics - Experiment
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Abstract
Additional spin-0 particles appear in many extensions of the standard model. We search for long-lived spin-0 particles $S$ in $B$-meson decays mediated by a $b\to s$ quark transition in $e^+e^-$ collisions at the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance at the Belle II experiment. Based on a sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $189 \mathrm{\,fb}^{-1}$, we observe no evidence for signal. We set model-independent upper limits on the product of branching fractions $\mathrm{Br}(B^0\to K^*(892)^0(\to K^+\pi^-)S)\times \mathrm{Br}(S\to x^+x^-)$ and $\mathrm{Br}(B^+\to K^+S)\times \mathrm{Br}(S\to x^+x^-)$, where $x^+x^-$ indicates $e^+e^-, \mu^+\mu^-, \pi^+\pi^-$, or $K^+K^-$, as functions of $S$ mass and lifetime at the level of $10^{-7}$.