The L & mu; - L & tau; extension of the standard model predicts the existence of a lepton-flavor-universality -violating Z0 boson that couples only to the heavier lepton families. We search for such a Z0 through its invisible decay in the process e thorn e- & RARR; & mu; thorn & mu;-Z0. We use a sample of electron-positron collisions at a center -of-mass energy of 10.58 GeV collected by the Belle II experiment in 2019-2020, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 79.7 fb-1. We find no excess over the expected standard-model background. We set 90%-confidence-level upper limits on the cross section for this process as well as on the coupling of the model, which ranges from 3 x 10-3 at low Z0 masses to 1 at Z0 masses of 8 GeV/c2.

Search for an Invisible Z′ in a Final State with Two Muons and Missing Energy at Belle II / Adachi, I., Adamczyk, K., Aggarwal, L., Ahmed, H., Aihara, H., Akopov, N., Aloisio, A., Anh Ky, N., Asner, D. M., Aushev, T., Aushev, V., Bae, H., Bahinipati, S., Bambade, P., Banerjee, Sw., Baudot, J., Bauer, M., Baur, A., Beaubien, A., Becker, J., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - STAMPA. - 130/2023:23(2023), pp. 231801.1-231801.8. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.231801]

Search for an Invisible Z′ in a Final State with Two Muons and Missing Energy at Belle II

Ganiev, E.;Lanceri, L.;Manfredi, R.;Raiz, S.;Vitale, L.;
2023-01-01

Abstract

The L & mu; - L & tau; extension of the standard model predicts the existence of a lepton-flavor-universality -violating Z0 boson that couples only to the heavier lepton families. We search for such a Z0 through its invisible decay in the process e thorn e- & RARR; & mu; thorn & mu;-Z0. We use a sample of electron-positron collisions at a center -of-mass energy of 10.58 GeV collected by the Belle II experiment in 2019-2020, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 79.7 fb-1. We find no excess over the expected standard-model background. We set 90%-confidence-level upper limits on the cross section for this process as well as on the coupling of the model, which ranges from 3 x 10-3 at low Z0 masses to 1 at Z0 masses of 8 GeV/c2.
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