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|a Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics
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|a Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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|a Dark photons from charm mesons at LHCb
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|a We propose a search for dark photons A[superscript '] at the LHCb experiment using the charm meson decay D[superscript *](2007)[superscript 0] → D[superscript 0]A[superscript ']. At nominal luminosity, D[superscript *0] → D[superscript 0]γ decays will be produced at about 700 kHz within the LHCb acceptance, yielding over 5 trillion such decays during Run 3 of the LHC. Replacing the photon with a kinetically mixed dark photon, LHCb is then sensitive to dark photons that decay as A[superscript '] → e[superscript +]e[superscript -]. We pursue two search strategies in this paper. The displaced strategy takes advantage of the large Lorentz boost of the dark photon and the excellent vertex resolution of LHCb, yielding a nearly background-free search when the A[superscript '] decay vertex is significantly displaced from the proton-proton primary vertex. The resonant strategy takes advantage of the large event rate for D[superscript *0] → D[superscript 0]A[superscript '] and the excellent invariant-mass resolution of LHCb, yielding a background-limited search that nevertheless covers a significant portion of the A[superscript '] parameter space. Both search strategies rely on the planned upgrade to a triggerless-readout system at LHCb in Run 3, which will permit the identification of low-momentum electron-positron pairs online during data taking. For dark photon masses below about 100 MeV, LHCb can explore nearly all of the dark photon parameter space between existing prompt-A[superscript '] and beam-dump limits.
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|a United States. Dept. of Energy (Cooperative Research Agreement DE-SC-00012567)
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|a United States. Dept. of Energy (Early Career Research Program DE-SC-0006389)
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|a Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Fellowship)
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|a National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant PHY-1306550)
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