A mechanism of baryogenesis and dark matter production via B meson oscillations and decays has recently been proposed to explain the observed dark matter abundance and matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe. This mechanism introduces a low-mass dark sector particle (ψD) with a nonzero baryonic charge. We present a search for this new state in B+→Λc+ψD decays using data collected at the ϒ(4S) resonance by the BABAR detector at SLAC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 431.0 fb-1. The search leverages the full reconstruction of the B- meson in ϒ(4S)→B+B- decays, accompanied by the reconstruction of a Λc+, to infer the presence of ψD. No significant signal is observed, and limits on the B+→Λc+ψD branching fraction are set at the level of 1.6×10-4 at 90% confidence level for 0.94<2.99 GeV. These results set strong constraints on the parameter space allowed by B-meson baryogenesis.
Search for baryogenesis and dark matter in B+ → Λc+ +invisible decays / Babar, C., Lees, J.P., Poireau, V., Tisserand, V., Grauges, E., Palano, A., Eigen, G., Brown, D.N., Kolomensky, Y.G., Fritsch, M., Koch, H., Cheaib, R., Hearty, C., Mattison, T.S., Mckenna, J.A., So, R.Y., Blinov, V.E., Buzykaev, A.R., Druzhinin, V.P., Kozyrev, E.A., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D. - ISSN 2470-0029. - 111:3(2025), pp. L031101.1-L031101.6. [10.1103/PhysRevD.111.L031101]
Search for baryogenesis and dark matter in B+ → Λc+ +invisible decays
Lees J. P.;Cheng C. H.;Li Y.;Bozzi C.;Calabrese R.;Fioravanti E.;Rotondo M.;Roberts D. A.;Simonetto F.;Bomben M.;Marchiori G.;Cartaro C.;Soffer A.;Filippi A.;Lanceri L.;Vitale L.;Gershon T. J.;
2025-01-01
Abstract
A mechanism of baryogenesis and dark matter production via B meson oscillations and decays has recently been proposed to explain the observed dark matter abundance and matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe. This mechanism introduces a low-mass dark sector particle (ψD) with a nonzero baryonic charge. We present a search for this new state in B+→Λc+ψD decays using data collected at the ϒ(4S) resonance by the BABAR detector at SLAC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 431.0 fb-1. The search leverages the full reconstruction of the B- meson in ϒ(4S)→B+B- decays, accompanied by the reconstruction of a Λc+, to infer the presence of ψD. No significant signal is observed, and limits on the B+→Λc+ψD branching fraction are set at the level of 1.6×10-4 at 90% confidence level for 0.94<2.99 GeV. These results set strong constraints on the parameter space allowed by B-meson baryogenesis.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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