학술논문

Search for invisible decays of a dark photon using e+e− annihilation data at BESIII
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article
Author
M. AblikimM.N. AchasovP. AdlarsonM. AlbrechtR. AlibertiA. AmorosoM.R. AnQ. AnX.H. BaiY. BaiO. BakinaR. Baldini FerroliI. BalossinoY. BanV. BatozskayaD. BeckerK. BegzsurenN. BergerM. BertaniD. BettoniF. BianchiJ. BlomsA. BortoneI. BoykoR.A. BriereA. BrueggemannH. CaiX. CaiA. CalcaterraG.F. CaoN. CaoS.A. CetinJ.F. ChangW.L. ChangG. ChelkovC. ChenChao ChenG. ChenH.S. ChenM.L. ChenS.J. ChenS.M. ChenT. ChenX.R. ChenX.T. ChenY.B. ChenZ.J. ChenW.S. ChengS.K. ChoiX. ChuG. CibinettoS.C. CoenF. CossioJ.J. CuiH.L. DaiJ.P. DaiA. DbeyssiR.E. de BoerD. DedovichZ.Y. DengA. DenigI. DenysenkoM. DestefanisF. De MoriY. DingJ. DongL.Y. DongM.Y. DongX. DongS.X. DuP. EgorovY.L. FanJ. FangS.S. FangW.X. FangY. FangR. FarinelliL. FavaF. FeldbauerG. FeliciC.Q. FengJ.H. FengK. FischerM. FritschC. FritzschC.D. FuH. GaoY.N. GaoYang GaoS. GarbolinoI. GarziaP.T. GeZ.W. GeC. GengE.M. GersabeckA. GilmanK. GoetzenL. GongW.X. GongW. GradlM. GrecoL.M. GuM.H. GuY.T. GuC.Y. GuanA.Q. GuoL.B. GuoR.P. GuoY.P. GuoA. GuskovT.T. HanW.Y. HanX.Q. HaoF.A. HarrisK.K. HeK.L. HeF.H. HeinsiusC.H. HeinzY.K. HengC. HeroldM. HimmelreichT. HoltmannG.Y. HouY.R. HouZ.L. HouH.M. HuJ.F. HuT. HuY. HuG.S. HuangK.X. HuangL.Q. HuangX.T. HuangY.P. HuangT. HussainN. HüskenW. ImoehlM. IrshadJ. JacksonS. JaegerS. JanchivE. JangJ.H. JeongQ. JiQ.P. JiX.B. JiX.L. JiY.Y. JiZ.K. JiaH.B. JiangS.S. JiangX.S. JiangY. JiangJ.B. JiaoZ. JiaoS. JinY. JinM.Q. JingT. JohanssonN. Kalantar-NayestanakiX.S. KangR. KappertM. KavatsyukB.C. KeI.K. KeshkA. KhoukazR. KiuchiR. KliemtL. KochO.B. KolcuB. KopfM. KuemmelM. KuessnerA. KupscW. KühnJ.J. LaneJ.S. LangeP. LarinA. LavaniaL. LavezziT.T. LeiZ.H. LeiH. LeithoffM. LellmannT. LenzC. LiC.H. LiCheng LiD.M. LiF. LiG. LiH. LiH.B. LiH.J. LiH.N. LiJ.Q. LiJ.S. LiJ.W. LiKe LiL.J. LiL.K. LiLei LiM.H. LiP.R. LiS.X. LiS.Y. LiT. LiW.D. LiW.G. LiX.H. LiX.L. LiXiaoyu LiZ.X. LiZ.Y. LiH. LiangY.F. LiangY.T. LiangG.R. LiaoL.Z. LiaoJ. LibbyA. LimphiratD.X. LinT. LinB.J. LiuC.X. LiuD. LiuF.H. LiuFang LiuFeng LiuG.M. LiuH. LiuH.B. LiuH.M. LiuHuanhuan LiuHuihui LiuJ.B. LiuJ.L. LiuJ.Y. LiuK. LiuK.Y. LiuKe LiuL. LiuLu LiuM.H. LiuP.L. LiuQ. LiuS.B. LiuT. LiuW.K. LiuW.M. LiuX. LiuY. LiuY.B. LiuZ.A. LiuZ.Q. LiuX.C. LouF.X. LuH.J. LuJ.G. LuX.L. LuY. LuY.P. LuZ.H. LuC.L. LuoM.X. LuoT. LuoX.L. LuoX.R. LyuY.F. LyuF.C. MaH.L. MaL.L. MaM.M. MaQ.M. MaR.Q. MaR.T. MaX.Y. MaY. MaF.E. MaasM. MaggioraS. MaldanerS. MaldeQ.A. MalikA. MangoniY.J. MaoZ.P. MaoS. MarcelloZ.X. MengJ.G. MesschendorpG. MezzadriH. MiaoT.J. MinR.E. MitchellX.H. MoN.Yu. MuchnoiY. NefedovF. NerlingI.B. NikolaevZ. NingS. NisarY. NiuS.L. OlsenQ. OuyangS. PacettiX. PanY. PanA. PathakY.P. PeiM. PelizaeusH.P. PengK. PetersJ.L. PingR.G. PingS. PluraS. PogodinV. PrasadF.Z. QiH. QiH.R. QiM. QiT.Y. QiS. QianW.B. QianZ. QianC.F. QiaoJ.J. QinL.Q. QinX.P. QinX.S. QinZ.H. QinJ.F. QiuS.Q. QuK.H. RashidC.F. RedmerK.J. RenA. RivettiV. RodinM. RoloG. RongCh. RosnerS.N. RuanA. SarantsevY. SchelhaasC. SchnierK. SchoenningM. ScodeggioK.Y. ShanW. ShanX.Y. ShanJ.F. ShangguanL.G. ShaoM. ShaoC.P. ShenH.F. ShenX.Y. ShenB.A. ShiH.C. ShiJ.Y. ShiQ.Q. ShiR.S. ShiX. ShiX.D. ShiJ.J. SongW.M. SongY.X. SongS. SosioS. SpataroF. StielerK.X. SuP.P. SuY.J. SuG.X. SunH. SunH.K. SunJ.F. SunL. SunS.S. SunT. SunW.Y. SunX. SunY.J. SunY.Z. SunZ.T. SunY.H. TanY.X. TanC.J. TangG.Y. TangJ. TangL.Y. TaoQ.T. TaoM. TatJ.X. TengV. ThorenW.H. TianY. TianI. UmanB. WangB.L. WangC.W. WangD.Y. WangF. WangH.J. WangH.P. WangK. WangL.L. WangM. WangMeng WangS. WangT. WangT.J. WangW. WangW.H. WangW.P. WangX. WangX.F. WangX.L. WangY. WangY.D. WangY.F. WangY.H. WangY.Q. WangYaqian WangZ. WangZ.Y. WangZiyi WangD.H. WeiF. WeidnerS.P. WenC.W. WenzelD.J. WhiteU. WiednerG. WilkinsonM. WolkeL. WollenbergJ.F. WuL.H. WuL.J. WuX. WuX.H. WuY. WuY.J. WuZ. WuL. XiaT. XiangD. XiaoG.Y. XiaoH. XiaoS.Y. XiaoY.L. XiaoZ.J. XiaoC. XieX.H. XieY. XieY.G. XieY.H. XieZ.P. XieT.Y. XingC.F. XuC.J. XuG.F. XuH.Y. XuQ.J. XuX.P. XuY.C. XuZ.P. XuF. YanL. YanW.B. YanW.C. YanH.J. YangH.L. YangH.X. YangL. YangS.L. YangTao YangY.F. YangY.X. YangYifan YangM. YeM.H. YeJ.H. YinZ.Y. YouB.X. YuC.X. YuG. YuT. YuX.D. YuC.Z. YuanL. YuanS.C. YuanX.Q. YuanY. YuanZ.Y. YuanC.X. YueA.A. ZafarF.R. ZengX. ZengY. ZengY.H. ZhanA.Q. ZhangB.L. ZhangB.X. ZhangD.H. ZhangG.Y. ZhangH. ZhangH.H. ZhangH.Y. ZhangJ.J. ZhangJ.L. ZhangJ.Q. ZhangJ.W. ZhangJ.X. ZhangJ.Y. ZhangJ.Z. ZhangJianyu ZhangJiawei ZhangL.M. ZhangL.Q. ZhangLei ZhangP. ZhangQ.Y. ZhangShuihan ZhangShulei ZhangX.D. ZhangX.M. ZhangX.Y. ZhangY. ZhangY.T. ZhangY.H. ZhangYan ZhangYao ZhangZ.H. ZhangZ.Y. ZhangG. ZhaoJ. ZhaoJ.Y. ZhaoJ.Z. ZhaoLei ZhaoLing ZhaoM.G. ZhaoQ. ZhaoS.J. ZhaoY.B. ZhaoY.X. ZhaoZ.G. ZhaoA. ZhemchugovB. ZhengJ.P. ZhengY.H. ZhengB. ZhongC. ZhongX. ZhongH. ZhouL.P. ZhouX. ZhouX.K. ZhouX.R. ZhouX.Y. ZhouY.Z. ZhouJ. ZhuK. ZhuK.J. ZhuL.X. ZhuS.H. ZhuS.Q. ZhuW.J. ZhuY.C. ZhuZ.A. ZhuB.S. ZouJ.H. ZouJ. Zu
Source
Physics Letters B, Vol 839, Iss , Pp 137785- (2023)
Subject
Dark sector
Dark photon
Invisible decays
Physics
QC1-999
Language
English
ISSN
0370-2693
Abstract
We report a search for a dark photon using 14.9 fb−1 of e+e− annihilation data taken at center-of-mass energies from 4.13 to 4.60 GeV with the BESIII detector operated at the BEPCII storage ring. The dark photon is assumed to be produced in the radiative annihilation process of e+e− and to predominantly decay into light dark matter particles, which escape from the detector undetected. The mass range from 1.5 to 2.9 GeV is scanned for the dark photon candidate, and no significant signal is observed. The mass dependent upper limits at the 90% confidence level on the coupling strength parameter ϵ for a dark photon coupling with an ordinary photon vary between 1.6×10−3 and 5.7×10−3.