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Search for a new gauge boson in the $A'$ Experiment (APEX)
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Abrahamyan, S.; Ahmed, Z.; Allada, K.; Anez, D.; Averett, T.; Barbieri, A.; Bartlett, K.; Beacham, J.; Bono, J.; Boyce, J. R.; Brindza, P.; Camsonne, A.; Cranmer, K.; Dalton, M. M.; deJager, C. W.; Donaghy, J.; Essig, R.; Field, C.; Folts, E.; Gasparian, A.; Goeckner-Wald, N.; Gomez, J.; Graham, M.; Hansen, J. -O.; Higinbotham, D. W.; Holmstrom, T.; Huang, J.; Iqbal, S.; Jaros, J.; Jensen, E.; Kelleher, A.; Khandaker, M.; LeRose, J. J.; Lindgren, R.; Liyanage, N.; Long, E.; Mammei, J.; Markowitz, P.; Maruyama, T.; Maxwell, V.; Mayilyan, S.; McDonald, J.; Michaels, R.; Moffeit, K.; Nelyubin, V.; Odian, A.; Oriunno, M.; Partridge, R.; Paolone, M.; Piasetzky, E.; Pomerantz, I.; Qiang, Y.; Riordan, S.; Roblin, Y.; Sawatzky, B.; Schuster, P.; Segal, J.; Selvy, L.; Shahinyan, A.; Subedi, R.; Sulkosky, V.; Stepanyan, S.; Toro, N.; Walz, D.; Wojtsekhowski, B.; Zhang, J.
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Abstract
We present a search at Jefferson Laboratory for new forces mediated by sub-GeV vector bosons with weak coupling $\alpha'$ to electrons. Such a particle $A'$ can be produced in electron-nucleus fixed-target scattering and then decay to an $e^+e^-$ pair, producing a narrow resonance in the QED trident spectrum. Using APEX test run data, we searched in the mass range 175--250 MeV, found no evidence for an $A'\to e^+e^-$ reaction, and set an upper limit of $\alpha'/\alpha \simeq 10^{-6}$. Our findings demonstrate that fixed-target searches can explore a new, wide, and important range of masses and couplings for sub-GeV forces.
Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, references added
Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, references added