A search for pair production of new light bosons decaying into muons in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV


Sirunyan A. M., Tumasyan A., Adam W., Ambrogi F., Asilar E., Bergauer T., ...More

PHYSICS LETTERS B, vol.796, pp.131-154, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 796
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.physletb.2019.07.013
  • Journal Name: PHYSICS LETTERS B
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.131-154
  • Keywords: CMS, New light boson, Supersymmetry, Hidden sector, Dark photon, Muon, NEUTRAL HIGGS BOSONS, OPAL DETECTOR, MODEL, MASS, EXTENSION, E(+)E(-), PHYSICS
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A search for new light bosons decaying into muon pairs is presented using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb(-1) of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy root s = 13 TeV, collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC. The search is model independent, only requiring the pair production of a new light boson and its subsequent decay to a pair of muons. No significant deviation from the predicted background is observed. A model independent limit is set on the product of the production cross section times branching fraction to dimuons squared times acceptance as a function of new light boson mass. This limit varies between 0.15 and 0.39 fb over a range of new light boson masses from 0.25 to 8.5 GeV. It is then interpreted in the context of the next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model and a dark supersymmetry model that allows for nonnegligible light boson lifetimes. In both cases, there is significant improvement over previously published limits. (C) 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.