Search for dark photons produced in 13 TeV $pp$ collisions

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Searches are performed for both promptlike and long-lived dark photons, A 0 , produced in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, using A 0 → μ þ μ − decays and a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1 . 6 fb − 1 collected with the LHCb detector. The promptlike A 0 search covers the mass range from near the dimuon threshold up to 70 GeV, while the long-lived A 0 search is restricted to the low-mass region 214 <m ð A 0 Þ < 350 MeV. No evidence for a signal is found, and 90% confidence level exclusion limits are placed on the γ – A 0 kinetic-mixing strength. The constraints placed on promptlike dark photons are the most stringent to date for the mass range 10 . 6 <m ð A 0 Þ < 70 GeV, and are comparable to the best existing limits for m ð A 0 Þ < 0 . 5 GeV. The search for long-lived dark photons is the first to achieve sensitivity using a displaced-vertex signature.

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Dates:	Published (online): 8 February 2018 Published: 9 February 2018
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Physics and Astronomy (Sheffield)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited:	02 Mar 2018 15:48
Last Modified:	02 Mar 2018 15:48
Published Version:	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.061801
Status:	Published
Publisher:	American Physical Society
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.061801
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:128130

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