Published August 21, 2009
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Journal article
Search for Dark Photons from Supersymmetric Hidden Valleys
Creators
- Abazov, V. M.1
- Alexeev, G. D.1
- Kharzheev, Y. N.1
- Malyshev, V. L.1
- Tokmenin, V. V.1
- Vertogradov, L. S.1
- Yatsunenko, Y. A.1
- Abbott, B.2
- Gutierrez, P.2
- Hossain, S.2
- Jain, S.2
- Rominsky, M.2
- Severini, H.2
- Skubic, P.2
- Strauss, M.2
- Abolins, M.3
- Benitez, J. A.3
- Brock, R.3
- Edmunds, D.3
- Hall, I.3
- and others
- D0 Collaboration
- 1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russian Federation)
- 2. University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019 (United States)
- 3. Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 (United States)
Description
We search for a new light gauge boson, a dark photon, with the D0 experiment. In the model we consider, supersymmetric partners are pair produced and cascade to the lightest neutralinos that can decay into the hidden sector state plus either a photon or a dark photon. The dark photon decays through its mixing with a photon into fermion pairs. We therefore investigate a previously unexplored final state that contains a photon, two spatially close leptons, and large missing transverse energy. We do not observe any evidence for dark photons and set a limit on their production.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.081802;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0905.1478v2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 103
- Journal Issue
- 8
- Journal Page Range
- p. 081802-081802.7
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 41083716
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- LEPTONS; PAIR PRODUCTION; PARTICLE DECAY; PHOTONS; SUPERSYMMETRY; TRANSVERSE ENERGY
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY; FERMIONS; INTERACTIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; MASSLESS PARTICLES; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; SYMMETRY
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2009 The American Physical Society
- Collaborations
- D0 Collaboration