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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-25-2022
Abstract
We search for a light Higgs boson (A0) decaying into a τ+τ- or μ+μ- pair in the radiative decays of ϒ(1S). The production of ϒ(1S) mesons is tagged by ϒ(2S)→π+π-ϒ(1S) transitions, using 158×106 ϒ(2S) events accumulated with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric energy electron-positron collider. No significant A0 signals in the mass range from the τ+τ- or μ+μ- threshold to 9.2 GeV/c2 are observed. We set the upper limits at 90% credibility level (C.L.) on the product branching fractions for ϒ(1S)→γA0 and A0→τ+τ- varying from 3.8×10-6 to 1.5×10-4. Our results represent an approximately twofold improvement on the current world best upper limits for the ϒ(1S)→γA0(→τ+τ-) production. For A0→μ+μ-, the upper limits on the product branching fractions for ϒ(1S)→γA0 and A0→μ+μ- are at the same level as the world average limits, and vary from 3.1×10-7 to 1.6×10-5. The upper limits at 90% credibility level on the Yukawa coupling fϒ(1S) and mixing angle sinθA0 are also given.
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journal article
Recommended Citation
Jia, S., Shen, C. P., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Al Said, S., Asner, D. M., Atmacan, H., Aushev, T., Ayad, R., Babu, V., Behera, P., Belous, K., Bennett, J., Bessner, M., Bhardwaj, V., Bhuyan, B., Bilka, T., Bobrov, A., Bodrov, D., … Belle Collaboration. (2022). Search for a light higgs boson in single-photon decays of ϒ (1 s) using ϒ →(2 s) π + π − ϒ tag(1 s)ging method. Physical Review Letters, 128(8), 081804. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.081804
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.081804
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