Limit on the production of a low-mass vector boson in e+e- → Uγ, U → e+e- with the KLOE experiment

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作者
Anastasi, A. [4 ,5 ]
Babusci, D. [4 ]
Bencivenni, G. [4 ]
Berlowski, M. [20 ]
Bloise, C. [4 ]
Bossi, F. [4 ]
Branchini, P. [17 ]
Budano, A. [16 ,17 ]
Balkestahl, L. Caldeira [19 ]
Cao, B. [19 ]
Ceradini, F. [16 ,17 ]
Ciambrone, R. [4 ]
Curciarello, F. [2 ,5 ,11 ]
Czerwinski, E. [3 ]
D'Agostini, G. [12 ,13 ]
Dane, E. [4 ]
De Leo, V. [17 ]
De Lucia, E. [4 ]
De Santis, A. [4 ]
De Simone, P. [4 ]
Di Cicco, A. [16 ,17 ]
Di Domenico, A. [12 ,13 ]
Di Salvo, R. [15 ]
Domenici, D. [4 ]
D'Uffizi, A. [4 ]
Fantini, A. [14 ,15 ]
Felici, G. [4 ]
Fiore, S. [13 ,18 ]
Gajos, A. [3 ]
Gauzzi, P. [12 ,13 ]
Giardina, G. [2 ,5 ]
Giovannella, S. [4 ]
Graziani, E. [17 ]
Happacher, F. [4 ]
Heijkenskjold, L. [19 ]
Andersson, W. Ikegami [19 ]
Johansson, T. [19 ]
Kaminska, D. [3 ]
Krzemien, W. [20 ]
Kupsc, A. [19 ]
Loffredo, S. [16 ,17 ]
Mandaglio, G. [5 ,6 ]
Martini, M. [4 ,10 ]
Mascolo, M. [4 ]
Messi, R. [14 ,15 ]
Miscetti, S. [4 ]
Morello, G. [4 ]
Moricciani, D. [15 ]
Moskal, P. [3 ]
Palladino, A. [4 ]
机构
[1] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
[2] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Catania, I-95129 Catania, Italy
[3] Jagiellonian Univ, Inst Phys, Krakow, Poland
[4] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
[5] Univ Messina, Dipartimento Fis & Sci Terra, Messina, Italy
[6] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Grp Collegato Messina, Messina, Italy
[7] Univ Calabria, Dipartimento Fis, I-87036 Arcavacata Di Rende, Italy
[8] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Grp Collegato Cosenza, Arcavacata Di Rende, Italy
[9] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Sci Base & Applicate Ingn, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[10] Univ Guglielmo Marconi, Dipartimento Sci & Tecnol Applicate, Rome, Italy
[11] Novosibirsk State Univ, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
[12] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Fis, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[13] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma, Rome, Italy
[14] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dipartimento Fis, Rome, Italy
[15] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
[16] Univ Rome Tre, Dipartimento Matemat & Fis, I-00146 Rome, Italy
[17] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
[18] Casaccia RC, ENEA UTTMAT IRR, Rome, Italy
[19] Uppsala Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Uppsala, Sweden
[20] Natl Ctr Nucl Res, Warsaw, Poland
关键词
Dark matter; Dark forces; Dark photon; U boson; A '; PHI-MESON DECAYS; RADIATIVE RETURN; DARK PHOTON; GAUGE BOSON; SEARCH; ENERGIES; EMISSION; DETECTOR; PI(0); FSR;
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10.1016/j.physletb.2015.10.003
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摘要
The existence of a new force beyond the Standard Model is compelling because it could explain several striking astrophysical observations which fail standard interpretations. We searched for the light vector mediator of this dark force, the U boson, with the KLOE detector at the DA Phi NE e(+)e(-) collider. Using an integrated luminosity of 1.54 fb(-1), we studied the process e(+)e(-) -> U gamma, with U -> e(+)e(-), using radiative return to search for a resonant peak in the dielectron invariant-mass distribution. We did not find evidence for a signal, and set a 90% CL upper limit on the mixing strength between the Standard Model photon and the dark photon, epsilon(2), at 10(-6)-10(-4) in the 5-520 MeV/c(2) mass range. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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