Many models of physics beyond the standard model predict the existence of new Abelian forces with new gauge bosons mediating interactions between "dark sectors" and the standard model. We report a search for a dark boson Z′ coupling only to the second and third generations of leptons in the reaction e+e-→μ+μ-Z′,Z′→μ+μ- using 514 fb-1 of data collected by the BABAR experiment. No significant signal is observed for Z′ masses in the range 0.212-10 GeV. Limits on the coupling parameter g′ as low as 7×10-4 are derived, leading to improvements in the bounds compared to those previously derived from neutrino experiments.
Titolo: | Search for a muonic dark force at BaBar |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2016 |
Stato di pubblicazione: | Pubblicato |
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Abstract: | Many models of physics beyond the standard model predict the existence of new Abelian forces with new gauge bosons mediating interactions between "dark sectors" and the standard model. We report a search for a dark boson Z′ coupling only to the second and third generations of leptons in the reaction e+e-→μ+μ-Z′,Z′→μ+μ- using 514 fb-1 of data collected by the BABAR experiment. No significant signal is observed for Z′ masses in the range 0.212-10 GeV. Limits on the coupling parameter g′ as low as 7×10-4 are derived, leading to improvements in the bounds compared to those previously derived from neutrino experiments. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2899017 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.011102 |
URL: | https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.011102 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in Rivista |
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