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Serendipity in dark photon searches
Searches for dark photons provide serendipitous discovery potential for other types of vector particles. We develop a framework for recasting dark photon searches to obtain constraints on more general theories, which includes a data-driven method for determining hadronic decay rates. We demonstrate...
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Acceso en línea: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2018)004 http://cds.cern.ch/record/2300288 |
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author | Ilten, Philip Soreq, Yotam Williams, Mike Xue, Wei |
author_facet | Ilten, Philip Soreq, Yotam Williams, Mike Xue, Wei |
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description | Searches for dark photons provide serendipitous discovery potential for other types of vector particles. We develop a framework for recasting dark photon searches to obtain constraints on more general theories, which includes a data-driven method for determining hadronic decay rates. We demonstrate our approach by deriving constraints on a vector that couples to the B-L current, a leptophobic B boson that couples directly to baryon number and to leptons via B-γ kinetic mixing, and on a vector that mediates a protophobic force. Our approach can easily be generalized to any massive gauge boson with vector couplings to the Standard Model fermions, and software to perform any such recasting is provided at https://gitlab.com/philten/darkcast . |
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spelling | cern-23002882021-11-13T12:04:29Zdoi:10.1007/JHEP06(2018)004http://cds.cern.ch/record/2300288engIlten, PhilipSoreq, YotamWilliams, MikeXue, WeiSerendipity in dark photon searcheshep-exParticle Physics - Experimenthep-phParticle Physics - PhenomenologySearches for dark photons provide serendipitous discovery potential for other types of vector particles. We develop a framework for recasting dark photon searches to obtain constraints on more general theories, which includes a data-driven method for determining hadronic decay rates. We demonstrate our approach by deriving constraints on a vector that couples to the B-L current, a leptophobic B boson that couples directly to baryon number and to leptons via B-γ kinetic mixing, and on a vector that mediates a protophobic force. Our approach can easily be generalized to any massive gauge boson with vector couplings to the Standard Model fermions, and software to perform any such recasting is provided at https://gitlab.com/philten/darkcast .Searches for dark photons provide serendipitous discovery potential for other types of vector particles. We develop a framework for recasting dark photon searches to obtain constraints on more general theories, which includes a data-driven method for determining hadronic decay rates. We demonstrate our approach by deriving constraints on a vector that couples to the $B\!-\!L$ current, a leptophobic $B$ boson that couples directly to baryon number and to leptons via $B$-$\gamma$ kinetic mixing, and on a vector that mediates a protophobic force. Our approach can easily be generalized to any massive gauge boson with vector couplings to the Standard Model fermions, and software to perform any such recasting is provided at https://gitlab.com/philten/darkcast .arXiv:1801.04847MIT-CTP/4976CERN-TH-2017-282MIT-CTP-4976oai:cds.cern.ch:23002882018-01-15 |
spellingShingle | hep-ex Particle Physics - Experiment hep-ph Particle Physics - Phenomenology Ilten, Philip Soreq, Yotam Williams, Mike Xue, Wei Serendipity in dark photon searches |
title | Serendipity in dark photon searches |
title_full | Serendipity in dark photon searches |
title_fullStr | Serendipity in dark photon searches |
title_full_unstemmed | Serendipity in dark photon searches |
title_short | Serendipity in dark photon searches |
title_sort | serendipity in dark photon searches |
topic | hep-ex Particle Physics - Experiment hep-ph Particle Physics - Phenomenology |
url | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2018)004 http://cds.cern.ch/record/2300288 |
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