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C. La Licata

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Search for an Invisibly Decaying Z′ Boson at Belle II in e+e−→μ+μ−(e±μ∓) Plus Missing Energy Final States

2020

Theories beyond the standard model often predict the existence of an additional neutral boson, the Z′. Using data collected by the Belle II experiment during 2018 at the SuperKEKB collider, we perform the first searches for the invisible decay of a Z′ in the process e+e-→μ+μ-Z′ and of a lepton-flavor-violating Z′ in e+e-→e±μZ′. We do not find any excess of events and set 90% credibility level upper limits on the cross sections of these processes. We translate the former, in the framework of an Lμ-Lτ theory, into upper limits on the Z′ coupling constant at the level of 5×10-2-1 for MZ′≤6 GeV/c2.

PhysicsCoupling constantParticle physicsMissing energyPhysics beyond the Standard ModelGeneral Physics and Astronomy01 natural scienceslaw.inventionlaw0103 physical sciencesHigh Energy Physics::Experiment010306 general physicsColliderBosonPhysical Review Letters
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Search for Axionlike Particles Produced in e+e− Collisions at Belle II

2020

We present a search for the direct production of a light pseudoscalar a decaying into two photons with the Belle II detector at the SuperKEKB collider. We search for the process e+e-→γa, a→γγ in the mass range 0.2<ma<9.7 GeV/c2 using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of (445±3) pb-1. Light pseudoscalars interacting predominantly with standard model gauge bosons (so-called axionlike particles or ALPs) are frequently postulated in extensions of the standard model. We find no evidence for ALPs and set 95% confidence level upper limits on the coupling strength gaγγ of ALPs to photons at the level of 10-3 GeV-1. The limits are the most restrictive to date for 0.2<ma<1 GeV/c2.

PhysicsRange (particle radiation)Particle physicsGauge bosonLuminosity (scattering theory)Photon010308 nuclear & particles physicsGeneral Physics and Astronomy01 natural scienceslaw.inventionStandard ModelPseudoscalarDirect productionlaw0103 physical sciencesHigh Energy Physics::Experiment010306 general physicsColliderPhysical Review Letters
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The Belle II vertex detector integration

2019

Belle II DEPFET, PXD, and SVD Collaborations: et al.

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsSilicon sensorPhase (waves)Computer Science::Computational Geometry7. Clean energy01 natural scienceslaw.inventionNuclear physicsBelle II; Data acquisition; Pixel detector; Silicon sensor; Strip detector; Vertex detector; Nuclear and High Energy Physics; InstrumentationData acquisitionlaw0103 physical sciencesVertex detectorBelle IIStrip detectorColliderInstrumentationNuclear and High Energy PhysicPhysicsInterconnectionPixel010308 nuclear & particles physicsDetectorBelle II; data acquisition; pixel detector; silicon sensor; strip detector; vertex detectorData acquisitionPixel detectorUpgradeHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentFocus (optics)Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
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Search for B+→K+νν¯ Decays Using an Inclusive Tagging Method at Belle II

2021

A search for the flavor-changing neutral-current decay B^{+}→K^{+}νν[over ¯] is performed at the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB asymmetric energy electron-positron collider. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 63 fb^{-1} collected at the ϒ(4S) resonance and a sample of 9 fb^{-1} collected at an energy 60 MeV below the resonance. Because the measurable decay signature involves only a single charged kaon, a novel measurement approach is used that exploits not only the properties of the B^{+}→K^{+}νν[over ¯] decay, but also the inclusive properties of the other B meson in the ϒ(4S)→BB[over ¯] event, to suppress the background from other B meson decays and light-qua…

PhysicsParticle physicsLuminosity (scattering theory)010308 nuclear & particles physicsBranching fractionElectron–positron annihilationGeneral Physics and AstronomyResonance01 natural scienceslaw.inventionPair productionlaw0103 physical sciencesHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentB meson010306 general physicsColliderEnergy (signal processing)Physical Review Letters
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