Photoproduction of Triplets on Free Electrons and the Search for the Dark Photon


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We have investigated the photoproduction of triplets on free electrons, γee+ee, in which dark photon A′ can be formed as an intermediate state with subsequent decay into an e+e pair. This effect appears as a result of the so-called kinetic mixing and is characterized by the small parameter describing the intensity of the interaction of the dark photon with charged Standard Model (SM) particles in terms of electric charge e. The search for a manifestation of A′ in this process is advantageous since the background to the A′ signal is purely electrodynamic and, hence, can be calculated with the required accuracy. We calculate this background taking into account the identity of final electrons. As regards A′, its contribution is taken into account only in Compton-type diagrams (of virtual Compton scattering) in which a virtual dark photon is a time-like particle and its propagator has the form of a Breit–Wigner resonance. It is only in the vicinity of resonance that A′ can be manifested. We calculate the invariant mass distribution of both e+e pairs formed in the process and analyze the kinematic region in which relatively small squares of momenta transferred from the target electron to the formed electrons are excluded. In these conditions, the contribution to the differential cross section from Compton-type diagrams is not suppressed relative to the contribution of the remaining (Borsellino) diagrams. A number of limitations on parameter depending on the dark photon mass and the statistics (number) of events are obtained for a special method of gathering events in which the invariant mass of one e+e pair remains fixed and of the other pair is scanned.

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G. Gakh

Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology; Karazin Kharkov National University

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Email: genagakh@gmail.com
乌克兰, Kharkov, 61108; Kharkov, 61022

M. Konchatnij

Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology; Karazin Kharkov National University

Email: genagakh@gmail.com
乌克兰, Kharkov, 61108; Kharkov, 61022

N. Merenkov

Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology; Karazin Kharkov National University

Email: genagakh@gmail.com
乌克兰, Kharkov, 61108; Kharkov, 61022

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