A dark leptophilic scalar (ɸL) is a hypothetical particle that couples only to leptons rather than quarks. We report on a search for ɸL in the e+e−→τ+τ−ɸL, ɸL→l+l−(l=e,μ) process using 626  fb−1 of data collected by the Belle experiment near the Y(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 ɸL and leptons. Our bounds, obtained in a blinded approach, are 19% more constraining than the previous limits, averaged over the mass range 0.04≤mɸL≤6.5  GeV. We exclude the parameter space below 4 GeV favored by measurement of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon.

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

Tenchini, F.;
2024-01-01

Abstract

A dark leptophilic scalar (ɸL) is a hypothetical particle that couples only to leptons rather than quarks. We report on a search for ɸL in the e+e−→τ+τ−ɸL, ɸL→l+l−(l=e,μ) process using 626  fb−1 of data collected by the Belle experiment near the Y(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 ɸL and leptons. Our bounds, obtained in a blinded approach, are 19% more constraining than the previous limits, averaged over the mass range 0.04≤mɸL≤6.5  GeV. We exclude the parameter space below 4 GeV favored by measurement of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon.
2024
Biswas, D.; Banerjee, Sw.; Adachi, I.; Aihara, H.; Asner, D.  M.; Aushev, T.; Ayad, R.; Babu, V.; Behera, P.; Bennett, J.; Bessner, M.; Bhardwaj, V.; ...espandi
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