1. Dark photon search in the mass range between 1.5 and 3.4 GeV/c2
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M. Ablikim, M.N. Achasov, X.C. Ai, O. Albayrak, M. Albrecht, D.J. Ambrose, A. Amoroso, F.F. An, Q. An, J.Z. Bai, R. Baldini Ferroli, Y. Ban, D.W. Bennett, J.V. Bennett, M. Bertani, D. Bettoni, J.M. Bian, F. Bianchi, E. Boger, I. Boyko, R.A. Briere, H. Cai, X. Cai, O. Cakir, A. Calcaterra, G.F. Cao, S.A. Cetin, J.F. Chang, G. Chelkov, G. Chen, H.S. Chen, H.Y. Chen, J.C. Chen, M.L. Chen, S.J. Chen, X. Chen, X.R. Chen, Y.B. Chen, H.P. Cheng, X.K. Chu, G. Cibinetto, H.L. Dai, J.P. Dai, A. Dbeyssi, D. Dedovich, Z.Y. Deng, A. Denig, I. Denysenko, M. Destefanis, F. De Mori, Y. Ding, C. Dong, J. Dong, L.Y. Dong, M.Y. Dong, S.X. Du, P.F. Duan, E.E. Eren, J.Z. Fan, J. Fang, S.S. Fang, X. Fang, Y. Fang, L. Fava, F. Feldbauer, G. Felici, C.Q. Feng, E. Fioravanti, M. Fritsch, C.D. Fu, Q. Gao, X.Y. Gao, Y. Gao, Z. Gao, I. Garzia, C. Geng, K. Goetzen, W.X. Gong, W. Gradl, M. Greco, M.H. Gu, Y.T. Gu, Y.H. Guan, A.Q. Guo, L.B. Guo, Y. Guo, Y.P. Guo, Z. Haddadi, A. Hafner, S. Han, Y.L. Han, X.Q. Hao, F.A. Harris, K.L. He, Z.Y. He, T. Held, Y.K. Heng, Z.L. Hou, C. Hu, H.M. Hu, J.F. Hu, T. Hu, Y. Hu, G.M. Huang, G.S. Huang, H.P. Huang, J.S. Huang, X.T. Huang, Y. Huang, T. Hussain, Q. Ji, Q.P. Ji, X.B. Ji, X.L. Ji, L.L. Jiang, L.W. Jiang, X.S. Jiang, X.Y. Jiang, J.B. Jiao, Z. Jiao, D.P. Jin, S. Jin, T. Johansson, A. Julin, N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki, X.L. Kang, X.S. Kang, M. Kavatsyuk, B.C. Ke, P. Kiese, R. Kliemt, B. Kloss, O.B. Kolcu, B. Kopf, M. Kornicer, W. Kuehn, A. Kupsc, J.S. Lange, M. Lara, P. Larin, C. Leng, C. Li, C.H. Li, Cheng Li, D.M. Li, F. Li, G. Li, H.B. Li, J.C. Li, Jin Li, K. Li, Lei Li, P.R. Li, T. Li, W.D. Li, W.G. Li, X.L. Li, X.M. Li, X.N. Li, X.Q. Li, Z.B. Li, H. Liang, Y.F. Liang, Y.T. Liang, G.R. Liao, D.X. Lin, B.J. Liu, C.X. Liu, F.H. Liu, Fang Liu, Feng Liu, H.B. Liu, H.H. Liu, H.M. Liu, J. Liu, J.B. Liu, J.P. Liu, J.Y. Liu, K. Liu, K.Y. Liu, L.D. Liu, P.L. Liu, Q. Liu, S.B. Liu, X. Liu, X.X. Liu, Y.B. Liu, Z.A. Liu, Zhiqiang Liu, Zhiqing Liu, H. Loehner, X.C. Lou, H.J. Lu, J.G. Lu, R.Q. Lu, Y. Lu, Y.P. Lu, C.L. Luo, M.X. Luo, T. Luo, X.L. Luo, M. Lv, X.R. Lyu, F.C. Ma, H.L. Ma, L.L. Ma, Q.M. Ma, T. Ma, X.N. Ma, X.Y. Ma, F.E. Maas, M. Maggiora, Y.J. Mao, Z.P. Mao, S. Marcello, J.G. Messchendorp, J. Min, T.J. Min, R.E. Mitchell, X.H. Mo, Y.J. Mo, C. Morales Morales, K. Moriya, N.Yu. Muchnoi, H. Muramatsu, Y. Nefedov, F. Nerling, I.B. Nikolaev, Z. Ning, S. Nisar, S.L. Niu, X.Y. Niu, S.L. Olsen, Q. Ouyang, S. Pacetti, P. Patteri, M. Pelizaeus, H.P. Peng, K. Peters, J. Pettersson, J.L. Ping, R.G. Ping, R. Poling, V. Prasad, Y.N. Pu, M. Qi, S. Qian, C.F. Qiao, L.Q. Qin, N. Qin, X.S. Qin, Y. Qin, Z.H. Qin, J.F. Qiu, K.H. Rashid, C.F. Redmer, H.L. Ren, M. Ripka, G. Rong, Ch. Rosner, X.D. Ruan, V. Santoro, A. Sarantsev, M. Savrié, K. Schoenning, S. Schumann, W. Shan, M. Shao, C.P. Shen, P.X. Shen, X.Y. Shen, H.Y. Sheng, W.M. Song, X.Y. Song, S. Sosio, S. Spataro, G.X. Sun, J.F. Sun, S.S. Sun, Y.J. Sun, Y.Z. Sun, Z.J. Sun, Z.T. Sun, C.J. Tang, X. Tang, I. Tapan, E.H. Thorndike, M. Tiemens, M. Ullrich, I. Uman, G.S. Varner, B. Wang, B.L. Wang, D. Wang, D.Y. Wang, K. Wang, L.L. Wang, L.S. Wang, M. Wang, P. Wang, P.L. Wang, S.G. Wang, W. Wang, X.F. Wang, Y.D. Wang, Y.F. Wang, Y.Q. Wang, Z. Wang, Z.G. Wang, Z.H. Wang, Z.Y. Wang, T. Weber, D.H. Wei, J.B. Wei, P. Weidenkaff, S.P. Wen, U. Wiedner, M. Wolke, L.H. Wu, Z. Wu, L.G. Xia, Y. Xia, D. Xiao, H. Xiao, Z.J. Xiao, Y.G. Xie, Q.L. Xiu, G.F. Xu, L. Xu, Q.J. Xu, Q.N. Xu, X.P. Xu, L. Yan, W.B. Yan, W.C. Yan, Y.H. Yan, H.J. Yang, H.X. Yang, L. Yang, Y. Yang, Y.X. Yang, H. Ye, M. Ye, M.H. Ye, J.H. Yin, B.X. Yu, C.X. Yu, H.W. Yu, J.S. Yu, C.Z. Yuan, W.L. Yuan, Y. Yuan, A. Yuncu, A.A. Zafar, A. Zallo, Y. Zeng, B.X. Zhang, B.Y. Zhang, C. Zhang, C.C. Zhang, D.H. Zhang, H.H. Zhang, H.Y. Zhang, J.J. Zhang, J.L. Zhang, J.Q. Zhang, J.W. Zhang, J.Y. Zhang, J.Z. Zhang, K. Zhang, L. Zhang, S.H. Zhang, X.Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Y.N. Zhang, Y.H. Zhang, Y.T. Zhang, Yu Zhang, Z.H. Zhang, Z.P. Zhang, Z.Y. Zhang, G. Zhao, J.W. Zhao, J.Y. Zhao, J.Z. Zhao, Lei Zhao, Ling Zhao, M.G. Zhao, Q. Zhao, Q.W. Zhao, S.J. Zhao, T.C. Zhao, Y.B. Zhao, Z.G. Zhao, A. Zhemchugov, B. Zheng, J.P. Zheng, W.J. Zheng, Y.H. Zheng, B. Zhong, L. Zhou, Li Zhou, X. Zhou, X.K. Zhou, X.R. Zhou, X.Y. Zhou, K. Zhu, K.J. Zhu, S. Zhu, X.L. Zhu, Y.C. Zhu, Y.S. Zhu, Z.A. Zhu, J. Zhuang, L. Zotti, B.S. Zou, and J.H. Zou
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Dark photon search ,Initial state radiation ,BESIII ,Physics ,QC1-999 - Abstract
Using a data set of 2.93 fb−1 taken at a center-of-mass energy s=3.773 GeV with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider, we perform a search for an extra U(1) gauge boson, also denoted as a dark photon. We examine the initial state radiation reactions e+e−→e+e−γISR and e+e−→μ+μ−γISR for this search, where the dark photon would appear as an enhancement in the invariant mass distribution of the leptonic pairs. We observe no obvious enhancement in the mass range between 1.5 and 3.4 GeV/c2 and set a 90% confidence level upper limit on the mixing strength of the dark photon and the Standard Model photon. We obtain a competitive limit in the tested mass range.
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