Searching dark photons using displaced vertices at Belle II — with backgrounds

Abstract Dark photons in the MeV to GeV range with kinetic mixing of the order of ≲ 10 −4 − 10 −3 can be produced in significant numbers at low energy colliders such as Belle II. Their decay length can be macroscopic raising the hope for a fairly clean search via displaced vertices as proposed in [1...

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Main Authors: Joerg Jaeckel, Anh Vu Phan
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Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2024-08-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2024)062
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description Abstract Dark photons in the MeV to GeV range with kinetic mixing of the order of ≲ 10 −4 − 10 −3 can be produced in significant numbers at low energy colliders such as Belle II. Their decay length can be macroscopic raising the hope for a fairly clean search via displaced vertices as proposed in [1]. However, even this is not background free. Here, we calculate and discuss problematic backgrounds from displaced photon conversion and discuss their potential impact on the sensitivity. In addition we also briefly consider the dangers of prompt backgrounds.
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spelling doaj-art-e7858cd9ebcd40849b87796798d69b122024-11-24T12:05:28ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792024-08-012024812110.1007/JHEP08(2024)062Searching dark photons using displaced vertices at Belle II — with backgroundsJoerg Jaeckel0Anh Vu Phan1Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg UniversityInstitute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg UniversityAbstract Dark photons in the MeV to GeV range with kinetic mixing of the order of ≲ 10 −4 − 10 −3 can be produced in significant numbers at low energy colliders such as Belle II. Their decay length can be macroscopic raising the hope for a fairly clean search via displaced vertices as proposed in [1]. However, even this is not background free. Here, we calculate and discuss problematic backgrounds from displaced photon conversion and discuss their potential impact on the sensitivity. In addition we also briefly consider the dangers of prompt backgrounds.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2024)062New Gauge InteractionsNew Light ParticlesSpecific BSM Phenomenology
spellingShingle Joerg Jaeckel
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Searching dark photons using displaced vertices at Belle II — with backgrounds
Journal of High Energy Physics
New Gauge Interactions
New Light Particles
Specific BSM Phenomenology
title Searching dark photons using displaced vertices at Belle II — with backgrounds
title_full Searching dark photons using displaced vertices at Belle II — with backgrounds
title_fullStr Searching dark photons using displaced vertices at Belle II — with backgrounds
title_full_unstemmed Searching dark photons using displaced vertices at Belle II — with backgrounds
title_short Searching dark photons using displaced vertices at Belle II — with backgrounds
title_sort searching dark photons using displaced vertices at belle ii with backgrounds
topic New Gauge Interactions
New Light Particles
Specific BSM Phenomenology
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2024)062
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