We report the first search for a nonstandard-model resonance decaying into τ pairs in e+e-→μ+μ-τ+τ- events in the 3.6-10 GeV/c2 mass range. We use a 62.8 fb-1 sample of e+e- collisions collected at a center-of-mass energy of 10.58 GeV by the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB collider. The analysis probes three different models predicting a spin-1 particle coupling only to the heavier lepton families, a Higgs-like spin-0 particle that couples preferentially to charged leptons (leptophilic scalar), and an axionlike particle, respectively. We observe no evidence for a signal and set exclusion limits at 90% confidence level on the product of cross section and branching fraction into τ pairs, ranging from 0.7 to 24 fb, and on the couplings of these processes. We obtain world-leading constraints on the couplings for the leptophilic scalar model for masses above 6.5 GeV/c2 and for the axionlike particle model over the entire mass range.

Search for a 𝜏+⁢𝜏− Resonance in 𝑒+⁢𝑒−→𝜇+⁢𝜇−⁢𝜏+⁢𝜏− Events with the Belle II Experiment

Bianchi, F.;Das, S.;Destefanis, M.;Maggiora, M.;Marcello, S.;Spataro, S.;
2023-01-01

Abstract

We report the first search for a nonstandard-model resonance decaying into τ pairs in e+e-→μ+μ-τ+τ- events in the 3.6-10 GeV/c2 mass range. We use a 62.8 fb-1 sample of e+e- collisions collected at a center-of-mass energy of 10.58 GeV by the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB collider. The analysis probes three different models predicting a spin-1 particle coupling only to the heavier lepton families, a Higgs-like spin-0 particle that couples preferentially to charged leptons (leptophilic scalar), and an axionlike particle, respectively. We observe no evidence for a signal and set exclusion limits at 90% confidence level on the product of cross section and branching fraction into τ pairs, ranging from 0.7 to 24 fb, and on the couplings of these processes. We obtain world-leading constraints on the couplings for the leptophilic scalar model for masses above 6.5 GeV/c2 and for the axionlike particle model over the entire mass range.
2023
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https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.121802
Extensions of gauge sector, Hypothetical particle physics models, Axion-like particles, Hypothetical gauge bosons, Hypothetical particles, Hypothetical scalars, Lepton colliders
Adachi, I.; Adamczyk, K.; Aggarwal, L.; Ahmed, H.; Aihara, H.; Akopov, N.; Aloisio, A.; Anh Ky, N.; Asner, D. M.; Atmacan, H.; Aushev, T.; Aushev, V.;...espandi
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