Search for Production of Invisible Final States in Single-Photon Decays of Y(1S)
Abstract
We search for single-photon decays of the Υ(1S) resonance, Υ → γ + invisible, where the invisible state is either a particle of definite mass, such as a light Higgs boson A^0, or a pair of dark matter particles, χχ̅ . Both A^0 and χ are assumed to have zero spin. We tag Υ(1S) decays with a dipion transition Υ(2S)→π^+π^-Υ(1S) and look for events with a single energetic photon and significant missing energy. We find no evidence for such processes in the mass range m_(A^0 ≤ 9.2 GeV and m_χ ≤ 4.5 GeV in the sample of 98×10^6 Υ(2S) decays collected with the BABAR detector and set stringent limits on new physics models that contain light dark matter states.
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© 2011 American Physical Society. Received 26 July 2010; published 6 July 2011. We are grateful for the excellent luminosity and machine conditions provided by our PEP-II colleagues, and for the substantial dedicated effort from the computing organizations that support BABAR. The collaborating institutions wish to thank SLAC for its support and kind hospitality. This work is supported by DOE and NSF (USA), NSERC (Canada), CEA and CNRS-IN2P3 (France), BMBF and DFG (Germany), INFN (Italy), FOM (The Netherlands), NFR (Norway), MES (Russia), MICIIN (Spain), STFC (United Kingdom). Individuals have received support from the Marie Curie EIF (European Union), the A. P. Sloan Foundation (USA), and the Binational Science Foundation (USA-Israel).Attached Files
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20110803-085427105
- NSERC (Canada)
- CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France)
- BMBF and DFG (Germany)
- INFN (Italy)
- FOM (The Netherlands)
- NFR (Norway)
- MES (Russia)
- MICIIN (Spain)
- STFC (United Kingdom)
- Marie Curie EIF (European Union)
- A.P. Sloan Foundation (USA)
- Binational Science Foundation (USA-Israel)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- NSF
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