# Search for Dark Photons Produced in 13 TeV pp Collisions

LHCb Collaboration; Bernet, R; Müller, K; Serra, N; Steinkamp, O; Straumann, U; Vollhardt, A; et al (2018). Search for Dark Photons Produced in 13 TeV pp Collisions. Physical Review Letters, 120(6):061801.

## Abstract

Searches are performed for both promptlike and long-lived dark photons, A′, produced in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, using A′→μ+μ− decays and a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.6  fb−1 collected with the LHCb detector. The promptlike A′ search covers the mass range from near the dimuon threshold up to 70 GeV, while the long-lived A′ search is restricted to the low-mass region 214<m(A′)<350  MeV. No evidence for a signal is found, and 90% confidence level exclusion limits are placed on the γ–A′ kinetic-mixing strength. The constraints placed on promptlike dark photons are the most stringent to date for the mass range 10.6<m(A′)<70  GeV, and are comparable to the best existing limits for m(A′)<0.5  GeV. The search for long-lived dark photons is the first to achieve sensitivity using a displaced-vertex signature.

## Abstract

Searches are performed for both promptlike and long-lived dark photons, A′, produced in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, using A′→μ+μ− decays and a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.6  fb−1 collected with the LHCb detector. The promptlike A′ search covers the mass range from near the dimuon threshold up to 70 GeV, while the long-lived A′ search is restricted to the low-mass region 214<m(A′)<350  MeV. No evidence for a signal is found, and 90% confidence level exclusion limits are placed on the γ–A′ kinetic-mixing strength. The constraints placed on promptlike dark photons are the most stringent to date for the mass range 10.6<m(A′)<70  GeV, and are comparable to the best existing limits for m(A′)<0.5  GeV. The search for long-lived dark photons is the first to achieve sensitivity using a displaced-vertex signature.

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