Search for Dark Photons in Rare Z Boson Decays with the ATLAS Detector

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Contributors

  • The ATLAS collaboration - , University of California at Berkeley, University of Bucharest, iThemba Labs, University of Pretoria, University of South Africa, University of Zululand, Cadi Ayyad University, NYU Abu Dhabi, University of Georgia (Tbilisi), Yeditepe University, CERN, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (Author)
  • Chair of Experimental Particle Physics
  • Chair of Particle Physics
  • University of Adelaide
  • University of Alberta
  • TRIUMF
  • Ankara University
  • TOBB University of Economics and Technology
  • Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules LAPP
  • TUD Dresden University of Technology
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • Aix-Marseille Université
  • Université de Toulouse

Abstract

A search for events with a dark photon produced in association with a dark Higgs boson via rare decays of the standard model Formula Presented boson is presented, using Formula Presented of Formula Presented proton-proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The dark boson decays into a pair of dark photons, and at least two of the three dark photons must each decay into a pair of electrons or muons, resulting in at least two same-flavor opposite-charge lepton pairs in the final state. The data are found to be consistent with the background prediction, and upper limits are set on the dark photon’s coupling to the dark Higgs boson times the kinetic mixing between the standard model photon and the dark photon, Formula Presented, in the dark photon mass range of [5, 40] GeV except for the Formula Presented mass window [8.8, 11.1] GeV. This search explores new parameter space not previously excluded by other experiments.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number251801
Pages (from-to)1-23
Number of pages23
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume131
Issue number25
Publication statusPublished - 22 Dec 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 38181367
ORCID /0000-0001-6480-6079/work/172566395
ORCID /0000-0003-0546-1634/work/173516638

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