Search for a new gauge boson in electron-nucleus fixed-target scattering by the APEX experiment

S. Abrahamyan; Z. Ahmed; K. Allada; D. Anez; T. Averett; A. Barbieri; K. Bartlett; J. Beacham; J. Bono; J. R. Boyce; P. Brindza; A. Camsonne; K. Cranmer; M. M. Dalton; C. W. De Jager; J. Donaghy; R. Essig; C. Field; E. Folts; A. Gasparian; N. Goeckner-Wald; J. Gomez; M. Graham; J. O. Hansen; D. W. Higinbotham; T. Holmstrom; J. Huang; S. Iqbal; J. Jaros; E. Jensen; A. Kelleher; M. Khandaker; J. J. Lerose; R. Lindgren; N. Liyanage; E. Long; J. Mammei; P. Markowitz; T. Maruyama; V. Maxwell; S. Mayilyan; J. McDonald; R. Michaels; K. Moffeit; V. Nelyubin; A. Odian; M. Oriunno; R. Partridge; M. Paolone; E. Piasetzky; I. Pomerantz; Y. Qiang; S. Riordan; Y. Roblin; B. Sawatzky; P. Schuster; J. Segal; L. Selvy; A. Shahinyan; R. Subedi; V. Sulkosky; S. Stepanyan; N. Toro; D. Walz; B. Wojtsekhowski; J. Zhang

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.191804

Search for a new gauge boson in electron-nucleus fixed-target scattering by the APEX experiment

S. Abrahamyan
, Z. Ahmed
, K. Allada
, D. Anez
, T. Averett
, A. Barbieri
, K. Bartlett
, J. Beacham
, J. Bono
, J. R. Boyce
, P. Brindza
, A. Camsonne
, K. Cranmer
, M. M. Dalton
, C. W. De Jager
, J. Donaghy
, R. Essig
, C. Field
, E. Folts
, A. Gasparian

N. Goeckner-Wald, J. Gomez, M. Graham, J. O. Hansen, D. W. Higinbotham, T. Holmstrom, J. Huang, S. Iqbal, J. Jaros, E. Jensen, A. Kelleher, M. Khandaker, J. J. Lerose, R. Lindgren, N. Liyanage, E. Long, J. Mammei, P. Markowitz, T. Maruyama, V. Maxwell, S. Mayilyan, J. McDonald, R. Michaels, K. Moffeit, V. Nelyubin, A. Odian, M. Oriunno, R. Partridge, M. Paolone, E. Piasetzky, I. Pomerantz, Y. Qiang, S. Riordan, Y. Roblin, B. Sawatzky, P. Schuster, J. Segal, L. Selvy, A. Shahinyan, R. Subedi, V. Sulkosky, S. Stepanyan, N. Toro, D. Walz, B. Wojtsekhowski, J. Zhang

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Abstract

We present a search at the Jefferson Laboratory for new forces mediated by sub-GeV vector bosons with weak coupling α^′ to electrons. Such a particle A^′ can be produced in electron-nucleus fixed-target scattering and then decay to an e⁺e^- pair, producing a narrow resonance in the QED trident spectrum. Using APEX test run data, we searched in the mass range 175-250 MeV, found no evidence for an A ^′→e⁺e^- reaction, and set an upper limit of α^′/αA10^-6. Our findings demonstrate that fixed-target searches can explore a new, wide, and important range of masses and couplings for sub-GeV forces.

Original language	English
Article number	191804
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	107
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.191804
State	Published - Nov 4 2011

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Abrahamyan, S., Ahmed, Z., Allada, K., Anez, D., Averett, T., Barbieri, A., Bartlett, K., Beacham, J., Bono, J., Boyce, J. R., Brindza, P., Camsonne, A., Cranmer, K., Dalton, M. M., De Jager, C. W., Donaghy, J., Essig, R., Field, C., Folts, E., ... Zhang, J. (2011). Search for a new gauge boson in electron-nucleus fixed-target scattering by the APEX experiment. Physical Review Letters, 107(19), Article 191804. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.191804

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