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 × 10E8 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 0→⎯⎯⎯, improving the current limit by more than three orders of magnitude.

Search for production of an invisible dark photon in π 0 decays

Volpe R.;Anzivino G.;Brizioli F.;Imbergamo E.;Lollini R.;Piandani R.;Santoni C.;Checcucci B.;Piccini M.;
2019

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 × 10E8 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 0→⎯⎯⎯, improving the current limit by more than three orders of magnitude.
2019
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