Search for a dark leptophilic scalar produced in association with τ+τ- pair in e+e- annihilation at center-of-mass energies near 10.58 GeV

D. Biswas, Sw Banerjee, I. Adachi, H. Aihara, D. M. Asner, T. Aushev, R. Ayad, V. Babu, P. Behera, J. Bennett, M. Bessner, V. Bhardwaj, B. Bhuyan, T. Bilka, D. Bodrov, J. Borah, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, P. Branchini, T. E. BrowderA. Budano, M. Campajola, D. Červenkov, M. C. Chang, P. Chang, B. G. Cheon, K. Chilikin, H. E. Cho, K. Cho, S. K. Choi, Y. Choi, S. Choudhury, D. Cinabro, S. Das, G. De Nardo, G. De Pietro, R. Dhamija, F. Di Capua, J. Dingfelder, Z. DoleŽal, T. V. Dong, S. Dubey, P. Ecker, D. Epifanov, T. Ferber, B. G. Fulsom, V. Gaur, A. Garmash, A. Giri, P. Goldenzweig, E. Graziani, Y. Guan, K. Gudkova, C. Hadjivasiliou, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, S. Hazra, M. T. Hedges, D. Herrmann, M. Hernández Villanueva, W. S. Hou, C. L. Hsu, K. Inami, G. Inguglia, N. Ipsita, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, W. W. Jacobs, Q. P. Ji, S. Jia, Y. Jin, K. K. Joo, A. B. Kaliyar, C. Kiesling, C. H. Kim, D. Y. Kim, K. H. Kim, Y. J. Kim, Y. K. Kim, P. Kodyš, T. Konno, A. Korobov, S. Korpar, P. KriŽan, P. Krokovny, M. Kumar, K. Kumara, Y. J. Kwon, Y. T. Lai, M. Laurenza, S. C. Lee, D. Levit, J. Li, L. K. Li, Y. Li, L. Li Gioi, J. Libby, K. Lieret, Y. R. Lin, D. Liventsev, T. Luo, Y. Ma, M. Masuda, S. K. Maurya, F. Meier, M. Merola, F. Metzner, K. Miyabayashi, R. Mizuk, I. Nakamura, M. Nakao, Z. Natkaniec, A. Natochii, L. Nayak, M. Niiyama, N. K. Nisar, S. Nishida, S. Ogawa, H. Ono, P. Pakhlov, G. Pakhlova, S. Pardi, H. Park, J. Park, S. H. Park, A. Passeri, S. Patra, S. Paul, R. Pestotnik, L. E. Piilonen, T. Podobnik, E. Prencipe, M. T. Prim, N. Rout, G. Russo, S. Sandilya, L. Santelj, V. Savinov, G. Schnell, C. Schwanda, Y. Seino, K. Senyo, M. E. Sevior, W. Shan, C. Sharma, J. G. Shiu, B. Shwartz, J. B. Singh, A. Sokolov, E. Solovieva, M. Starič, Z. S. Stottler, M. Sumihama, M. Takizawa, K. Tanida, F. Tenchini, K. Trabelsi, M. Uchida, T. Uglov, Y. Unno, K. Uno, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, A. Vinokurova, D. Wang, E. Wang, S. Watanuki, E. Won, X. Xu, B. D. Yabsley, W. Yan, J. H. Yin, C. Z. Yuan, L. Yuan, Z. P. Zhang, V. Zhilich, V. Zhukova, V. Zhulanov

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Abstract

A dark leptophilic scalar (φL) is a hypothetical particle that couples only to leptons rather than quarks. We report on a search for φL in the e+e-→τ+τ-φL, φL→ℓ+ℓ-(ℓ=e,μ) process using 626 fb-1 of data collected by the Belle experiment near the ϒ(4S) resonance. We validate the backgrounds with multiple control regions in data, using a novel multiclass multivariate event classifier. In absence of a signal, we quote upper limits at the 90% confidence level on the coupling between φL and leptons. Our bounds, obtained in a blinded approach, are 19% more constraining than the previous limits, averaged over the mass range 0.04≤mφL≤6.5 GeV. We exclude the parameter space below 4 GeV favored by measurement of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon.

Original languageEnglish
Article number032002
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume109
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2024

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