Dark photon pair production via off-shell dark Higgs at FASER

Abstract We consider a dark photon model in which the dark U(1) gauge symmetry is spontaneously broken by a vacuum expectation value of a new scalar boson. We focus on the ForwArd Search ExpeRiment (FASER) and calculate its sensitivity to the dark photon produced from the off-shell decay of the new...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Takeshi Araki, Kento Asai, Yohei Nakashima, Takashi Shimomura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2024-12-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2024)124
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850075569415258112
author Takeshi Araki
Kento Asai
Yohei Nakashima
Takashi Shimomura
author_facet Takeshi Araki
Kento Asai
Yohei Nakashima
Takashi Shimomura
author_sort Takeshi Araki
collection DOAJ
description Abstract We consider a dark photon model in which the dark U(1) gauge symmetry is spontaneously broken by a vacuum expectation value of a new scalar boson. We focus on the ForwArd Search ExpeRiment (FASER) and calculate its sensitivity to the dark photon produced from the off-shell decay of the new scalar boson. It is found that the off-shell production extends the sensitivity region beyond the kinematical threshold of the on-shell decay of the scalar boson, and that the sensitivity region can be spanned to unexplored region. We also show the parameter space in which perturbative calculation is valid for the unitarity of an S matrix.
format Article
id doaj-art-e6b2e1d6c79148369692c53dcaae2aa2
institution DOAJ
issn 1029-8479
language English
publishDate 2024-12-01
publisher SpringerOpen
record_format Article
series Journal of High Energy Physics
spelling doaj-art-e6b2e1d6c79148369692c53dcaae2aa22025-08-20T02:46:16ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792024-12-0120241212110.1007/JHEP12(2024)124Dark photon pair production via off-shell dark Higgs at FASERTakeshi Araki0Kento Asai1Yohei Nakashima2Takashi Shimomura3Faculty of Dentistry, Ohu UniversityInstitute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of TokyoDepartment of Physics, Kyushu UniversityFaculty of Education, Miyazaki UniversityAbstract We consider a dark photon model in which the dark U(1) gauge symmetry is spontaneously broken by a vacuum expectation value of a new scalar boson. We focus on the ForwArd Search ExpeRiment (FASER) and calculate its sensitivity to the dark photon produced from the off-shell decay of the new scalar boson. It is found that the off-shell production extends the sensitivity region beyond the kinematical threshold of the on-shell decay of the scalar boson, and that the sensitivity region can be spanned to unexplored region. We also show the parameter space in which perturbative calculation is valid for the unitarity of an S matrix.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2024)124New Light ParticlesMulti-Higgs ModelsNew Gauge Interactions
spellingShingle Takeshi Araki
Kento Asai
Yohei Nakashima
Takashi Shimomura
Dark photon pair production via off-shell dark Higgs at FASER
Journal of High Energy Physics
New Light Particles
Multi-Higgs Models
New Gauge Interactions
title Dark photon pair production via off-shell dark Higgs at FASER
title_full Dark photon pair production via off-shell dark Higgs at FASER
title_fullStr Dark photon pair production via off-shell dark Higgs at FASER
title_full_unstemmed Dark photon pair production via off-shell dark Higgs at FASER
title_short Dark photon pair production via off-shell dark Higgs at FASER
title_sort dark photon pair production via off shell dark higgs at faser
topic New Light Particles
Multi-Higgs Models
New Gauge Interactions
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2024)124
work_keys_str_mv AT takeshiaraki darkphotonpairproductionviaoffshelldarkhiggsatfaser
AT kentoasai darkphotonpairproductionviaoffshelldarkhiggsatfaser
AT yoheinakashima darkphotonpairproductionviaoffshelldarkhiggsatfaser
AT takashishimomura darkphotonpairproductionviaoffshelldarkhiggsatfaser