Searching Dark Photons using displaced vertices at Belle II -- with backgrounds

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Hauptverfasser: Jaeckel, Joerg, Phan, Anh Vu
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author Jaeckel, Joerg
Phan, Anh Vu
author_facet Jaeckel, Joerg
Phan, Anh Vu
contents Dark photons in the MeV to GeV range with kinetic mixing of the order of $\lesssim 10^{-4}-10^{-3}$ 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 Ref. [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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spellingShingle Searching Dark Photons using displaced vertices at Belle II -- with backgrounds
Jaeckel, Joerg
Phan, Anh Vu
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Dark photons in the MeV to GeV range with kinetic mixing of the order of $\lesssim 10^{-4}-10^{-3}$ 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 Ref. [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.
title Searching Dark Photons using displaced vertices at Belle II -- with backgrounds
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.12522