Search for dark photons in rare $Z$ boson decays with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration
Phys.Rev.Lett. 131 (2023) 251801, 2023.

Abstract (data abstract)
A search for events with a dark photon produced in association with a dark Higgs boson via rare decays of the Standard Model $Z$ boson is presented, using $139~fb^{-1}$ of $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV proton--proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The dark Higgs boson decays into a pair of dark photons, and at least two of the three dark photons must each decay into a pair of electrons or muons, resulting in at least two same-flavor opposite-charge lepton pairs in the final state. The data are found to be consistent with the background prediction, and upper limits are set on the dark photon's coupling to the dark Higgs boson times the kinetic mixing between the Standard Model photon and the dark photon, $\alpha_{D}\epsilon^2$, in the dark photon mass range of $[5, 40]$ GeV except for the $\Upsilon$ mass window $[8.8, 11.1]$ GeV. This search explores new parameter space not previously excluded by other experiments.

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    Observed and expected upper limits at 95% CL on the production cross-section times branching fraction as a function of $m_{A'}$...

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    Observed and expected upper limits at 95% CL on the production cross-section times branching fraction as a function of $m_{A'}$...

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    Observed and expected upper limits at 95% CL on the production cross-section times branching fraction as a function of $m_{A'}$...

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    Observed and expected upper limits at 95% CL on the production cross-section times branching fraction as a function of $m_{A'}$...

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    Observed and expected upper limits at 95% CL on the production cross-section times branching fraction as a function of $m_{A'}$...

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    Observed and expected upper limits at 95% CL on the production cross-section times branching fraction as a function of $m_{A'}$...

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    Observed 90% CL upper limits on $\alpha_{D}\epsilon^{2}$ as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs boson mass of 20 GeV

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    Observed 90% CL upper limits on $\alpha_{D}\epsilon^{2}$ as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs boson mass of 30 GeV

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    Observed 90% CL upper limits on $\alpha_{D}\epsilon^{2}$ as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs boson mass of 40 GeV

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    Observed 90% CL upper limits on $\alpha_{D}\epsilon^{2}$ as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs boson mass of 50 GeV

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    Observed 90% CL upper limits on $\alpha_{D}\epsilon^{2}$ as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs boson mass of 60 GeV

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    Observed 90% CL upper limits on $\alpha_{D}\epsilon^{2}$ as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs boson mass of 70 GeV

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    Observed 90% CL upper limits on $\epsilon^{2}$, assuming of $\alpha_{D}=0.1$, as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs boson mass...

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    Observed 90% CL upper limits on $\epsilon^{2}$, assuming of $\alpha_{D}=0.1$, as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs boson mass...

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    Observed 90% CL upper limits on $\epsilon^{2}$, assuming of $\alpha_{D}=0.1$, as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs boson mass...

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    Observed 90% CL upper limits on $\epsilon^{2}$, assuming of $\alpha_{D}=0.1$, as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs boson mass...

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    Observed 90% CL upper limits on $\epsilon^{2}$, assuming of $\alpha_{D}=0.1$, as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs boson mass...

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    Observed 90% CL upper limits on $\epsilon^{2}$, assuming of $\alpha_{D}=0.1$, as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs boson mass...

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    Observed and expected upper limits at 95% CL on the branching fraction as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs...

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    Observed and expected upper limits at 95% CL on the branching fraction as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs...

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    Observed and expected upper limits at 95% CL on the branching fraction as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs...

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    Observed and expected upper limits at 95% CL on the branching fraction as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs...

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    Observed and expected upper limits at 95% CL on the branching fraction as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs...

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    Observed and expected upper limits at 95% CL on the branching fraction as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs...

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    Observed and expected upper limits at 95% CL on $\alpha_{D}\epsilon^{2}$ as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs boson mass...

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    Observed and expected upper limits at 95% CL on $\alpha_{D}\epsilon^{2}$ as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs boson mass...

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    Observed and expected upper limits at 95% CL on $\alpha_{D}\epsilon^{2}$ as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs boson mass...

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    Data from Auxiliary Figure 1

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    Observed and expected upper limits at 95% CL on $\alpha_{D}\epsilon^{2}$ as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs boson mass...

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    Observed and expected upper limits at 95% CL on $\alpha_{D}\epsilon^{2}$ as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs boson mass...

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    Data from Auxiliary Figure 1

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    Observed and expected upper limits at 95% CL on $\alpha_{D}\epsilon^{2}$ as a function of $m_{A'}$ at dark Higgs boson mass...

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