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Search for a Dark Leptophilic Scalar in e⁺e⁻ Collisions
- Creators
- Lees, J. P.
- Poireau, V.
- Tisserand, V.
- Grauges, E.
- Palano, A.
- Eigen, G.
- Brown, D. N.
- Kolomensky, Yu. G.
- Fritsch, M.
- Koch, H.
- Schroeder, T.
- Cheaib, R.
- Hearty, C.
- Mattison, T. S.
- McKenna, J. A.
- So, R. Y.
- Blinov, V. E.
- Buzykaev, A. R.
- Druzhinin, V. P.
- Golubev, V. B.
- Kozyrev, E. A.
- Kravchenko, E. A.
- Onuchin, A. P.
- Serednyakov, S. I.
- Skovpen, Yu. I.
- Solodov, E. P.
- Todyshev, K. Yu.
- Lankford, A. J.
- Dey, B.
- Gary, J. W.
- Long, O.
- Eisner, A. M.
- Lockman, W. S.
- Panduro Vazquez, W.
- Chao, D. S.
- Cheng, C. H.
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Echenard, B.
- Flood, K. T.
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Hitlin, D. G.
- Kim, J.
- Li, Y.
- Lin, D. X.
- Miyashita, T. S.
- Ongmongkolkul, P.
- Oyang, J.
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Porter, F. C.
- Röhrken, M.
- Huard, Z.
- Meadows, B. T.
- Pushpawela, B. G.
- Sokoloff, M. D.
- Sun, L.
- Smith, J. G.
- Wagner, S. R.
- Bernard, D.
- Verderi, M.
- Bettoni, D.
- Bozzi, C.
- Calabrese, R.
- Cibinetto, G.
- Fioravanti, E.
- Garzia, I.
- Luppi, E.
- Santoro, V.
- Calcaterra, A.
- de Sangro, R.
- Finocchiaro, G.
- Martellotti, S.
- Patteri, P.
- Peruzzi, I. M.
- Piccolo, M.
- Rotondo, M.
- Zallo, A.
- Passaggio, S.
- Patrignani, C.
- Shuve, B. J.
- Lacker, H. M.
- Bhuyan, B.
- Mallik, U.
- Chen, C.
- Cochran, J.
- Prell, S.
- Gritsan, A. V.
- Arnaud, N.
- Davier, M.
- Le Diberder, F.
- Lutz, A. M.
- Wormser, G.
- Lange, D. J.
- Wright, D. M.
- Coleman, J. P.
- Gabathuler, E.
- Hutchcroft, D. E.
- Payne, D. J.
- Touramanis, C.
- Bevan, A. J.
- Di Lodovico, F.
- Sacco, R.
- Cowan, G.
- Banerjee, Sw.
- Brown, D. N.
- Davis, C. L.
- Denig, A. G.
- Gradl, W.
- Griessinger, K.
- Hafner, A.
- Schubert, K. R.
- Barlow, R. J.
- Lafferty, G. D.
- Cenci, R.
- Jawahery, A.
- Roberts, D. A.
- Cowan, R.
- Robertson, S. H.
- Seddon, R. M.
- Neri, N.
- Palombo, F.
- Cremaldi, L.
- Godang, R.
- Summers, D. J.
- Taras, P.
- De Nardo, G.
- Sciacca, C.
- Raven, G.
- Jessop, C. P.
- LoSecco, J. M.
- Honscheid, K.
- Kass, R.
- Gaz, A.
- Margoni, M.
- Posocco, M.
- Simi, G.
- Simonetto, F.
- Stroili, R.
- Akar, S.
- Ben-Haim, E.
- Bomben, M.
- Bonneaud, G. R.
- Calderini, G.
- Chauveau, J.
- Marchiori, G.
- Ocariz, J.
- Biasini, M.
- Manoni, E.
- Rossi, A.
- Batignani, G.
- Bettarini, S.
- Carpinelli, M.
- Casarosa, G.
- Chrzaszcz, M.
- Forti, F.
- Giorgi, M. A.
- Lusiani, A.
- Oberhof, B.
- Paoloni, E.
- Rama, M.
- Rizzo, G.
- Walsh, J. J.
- Zani, L.
- Smith, A. J. S.
- Anulli, F.
- Faccini, R.
- Ferrarotto, F.
- Ferroni, F.
- Pilloni, A.
- Piredda, G.
- Bünger, C.
- Dittrich, S.
- Grünberg, O.
- Heß, M.
- Leddig, T.
- Voß, C.
- Waldi, R.
- Adye, T.
- Wilson, F. F.
- Emery, S.
- Vasseur, G.
- Aston, D.
- Cartaro, C.
- Convery, M. R.
- Dorfan, J.
- Dunwoodie, W.
- Ebert, M.
- Field, R. C.
- Fulsom, B. G.
- Graham, M. T.
- Hast, C.
- Innes, W. R.
- Kim, P.
- Leith, D. W. G. S.
- Luitz, S.
- MacFarlane, D. B.
- Muller, D. R.
- Neal, H.
- Ratcliff, B. N.
- Roodman, A.
- Sullivan, M. K.
- Va'vra, J.
- Wisniewski, W. J.
- Purohit, M. V.
- Wilson, J. R.
- Randle-Conde, A.
- Sekula, S. J.
- Ahmed, H.
- Bellis, M.
- Burchat, P. R.
- Puccio, E. M. T.
- Alam, M. S.
- Ernst, J. A.
- Gorodeisky, R.
- Guttman, N.
- Peimer, D. R.
- Soffer, A.
- Spanier, S. M.
- Ritchie, J. L.
- Schwitters, R. F.
- Izen, J. M.
- Lou, X. C.
- Bianchi, F.
- De Mori, F.
- Filippi, A.
- Gamba, D.
- Lanceri, L.
- Vitale, L.
- Martinez-Vidal, F.
- Oyanguren, A.
- Albert, J.
- Beaulieu, A.
- Bernlochner, F. U.
- King, G. J.
- Kowalewski, R.
- Lueck, T.
- Nugent, I. M.
- Roney, J. M.
- Sobie, R. J.
- Tasneem, N.
- Gershon, T. J.
- Harrison, P. F.
- Latham, T. E.
- Prepost, R.
- Wu, S. L.
- BaBar Collaboration
Abstract
Many scenarios of physics beyond the standard model predict the existence of new gauge singlets, which might be substantially lighter than the weak scale. The experimental constraints on additional scalars with masses in the MeV to GeV range could be significantly weakened if they interact predominantly with leptons rather than quarks. At an e⁺e⁻ collider, such a leptophilic scalar (ϕ_L) would be produced predominantly through radiation from a τ lepton. We report herein a search for e⁺e⁻ → τ⁺τ⁻ϕ_L, ϕ_L → ℓ⁺ℓ⁻ (ℓ = e, μ) using data collected by the BABAR experiment at SLAC. No significant signal is observed, and we set limits on the ϕ_L coupling to leptons in the range 0.04 < mϕ_L < 7.0 GeV. These bounds significantly improve upon the current constraints, excluding almost entirely the parameter space favored by the observed discrepancy in the muon anomalous magnetic moment below 4 GeV at 90% confidence level.
Additional Information
© 2020 Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 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. Received 6 May 2020; revised 17 September 2020; accepted 18 September 2020; published 28 October 2020. We are grateful for the extraordinary contributions of our PEP-II colleagues in achieving the excellent luminosity and machine conditions that have made this work possible. The success of this project also relies critically on the expertise and dedication of the computing organizations that support BABAR. The collaborating institutions wish to thank SLAC for its support and the kind hospitality extended to them. This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy and National Science Foundation, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada), the Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules (France), the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Germany), the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Italy), the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (Netherlands), the Research Council of Norway, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Spain), the Science and Technology Facilities Council (United Kingdom), and the Binational Science Foundation (U.S.-Israel). Individuals have received support from the Marie-Curie IEF program (European Union) and the A. P. Sloan Foundation (USA).Attached Files
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- Alternative title
- Search for a Dark Leptophilic Scalar at BABAR
- Eprint ID
- 106363
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20201030-130949201
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- NSF
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA)
- Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules (IN2P3)
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
- Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM)
- Research Council of Norway
- Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
- Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
- Binational Science Foundation (USA-Israel)
- Marie Curie Fellowship
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- SCOAP3
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