The results of a search for π0 decays to a photon and an invisible massive dark photon at the NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS are reported. From a total of 4.12 × 108 tagged π0 mesons, no signal is observed. Assuming a kinetic-mixing interaction, limits are set on the dark photon coupling to the ordinary photon as a function of the dark photon mass, improving on previous searches in the mass range 60–110 MeV/c2. The present results are interpreted in terms of an upper limit of the branching ratio of the electro-weak decay π0→γνν¯¯¯, improving the current limit by more than three orders of magnitude.

Search for production of an invisible dark photon in π0 decays

Costantini, F.;Giudici, S.;Lamanna, G.;Sozzi, M.;
2019-01-01

Abstract

The results of a search for π0 decays to a photon and an invisible massive dark photon at the NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS are reported. From a total of 4.12 × 108 tagged π0 mesons, no signal is observed. Assuming a kinetic-mixing interaction, limits are set on the dark photon coupling to the ordinary photon as a function of the dark photon mass, improving on previous searches in the mass range 60–110 MeV/c2. The present results are interpreted in terms of an upper limit of the branching ratio of the electro-weak decay π0→γνν¯¯¯, improving the current limit by more than three orders of magnitude.
2019
Cortina Gil, E.; Kleimenova, A.; Minucci, E.; Padolski, S.; Petrov, P.; Shaikhiev, A.; Volpe, R.; Georgiev, G.; Kozhuharov, V.; Litov, L.; Numao, T.; ...espandi
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