Search for an axion-like particle in radiative J/ψ decays

The BESIII collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2023.137698

Search for an axion-like particle in radiative J/ψ decays

The BESIII collaboration

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Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the RAS
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Abstract

We search for an axion-like particle (ALP) a through the process ψ(3686)→π⁺π⁻J/ψ, J/ψ→γa, a→γγ in a data sample of (2.71±0.01)×10⁹ ψ(3686) events collected by the BESIII detector. No significant ALP signal is observed over the expected background, and the upper limits on the branching fraction of the decay J/ψ→γa and the ALP-photon coupling constant g_aγγ are set at 95% confidence level in the mass range of 0.165≤m_a≤2.84GeV/c². The limits on B(J/ψ→γa) range from 8.3×10⁻⁸ to 1.8×10⁻⁶ over the search region, and the constraints on the ALP-photon coupling are the most stringent to date for 0.165≤m_a≤1.468GeV/c².

Original language	English
Article number	137698
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	838
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2023.137698
State	Published - 10 Mar 2023

Keywords

Axion-like particle
BESIII
Pseudo-Goldstone boson

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