Search for A^{'}→μ^{+}μ^{-} Decays.
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Journal Article
Abstract
Searches are performed for both promptlike and long-lived dark photons, A^{'}, produced in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. These searches look for A^{'}→μ^{+}μ^{-} decays using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.5 fb^{-1} collected with the LHCb detector. Neither search finds evidence for a signal, and 90% confidence-level exclusion limits are placed on the γ-A^{'} kinetic mixing strength. The promptlike A^{'} search explores the mass region from near the dimuon threshold up to 70 GeV and places the most stringent constraints to date on dark photons with 214<m(A^{'})≲740 MeV and 10.6<m(A^{'})≲30 GeV. The search for long-lived A^{'}→μ^{+}μ^{-} decays places world-leading constraints on low-mass dark photons with lifetimes O(1) ps.
Date Issued
2020-01-31
Date Acceptance
2020-01-06
Citation
Physical Review Letters, 2020, 124 (4), pp.041801-1-041801-12
ISSN
0031-9007
Publisher
American Physical Society
Start Page
041801-1
End Page
041801-12
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
124
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© 2020 CERN, for the LHCb Collaboration. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP3.
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32058729
Subjects
LHCb Collaboration
hep-ex
hep-ex
General Physics
01 Mathematical Sciences
02 Physical Sciences
09 Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Date Publish Online
2020-01-29