30 July 2026 to 5 August 2026
Natal Convention Center
America/Sao_Paulo timezone

Searches for dark sector particles at Belle and Belle II

30 Jul 2026, 08:30
15m
Room #8 (Praiamar Natal Hotel & Convention)

Room #8

Praiamar Natal Hotel & Convention

R. Francisco Gurgel, 33 - Ponta Negra, Natal - RN, 59090-050
Talk Beyond the Standard Model Beyond the Standard Model

Speaker

Alexander Heidelbach (LMU Munich)

Description

The Belle and Belle II experiment have collected samples of $e^+e^-$ collision data at center-of-mass energies near the $\Upsilon(nS)$ resonances. These data have constrained kinematics and low multiplicity, which allow searches for dark sector particles in the mass range from a few MeV to 10 GeV. We present new searches in a $600~\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ sample collected by Belle II, including searches for a light dark photon decaying to a pair of muons, an axion-like particle decaying to two photons, and a $Z^{\prime}$ boson that decays invisibly. Using a $711~\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ sample collected by Belle, we search for $B\to h + \mathrm{invisible}$ decays, where $h$ is a $\pi$, $K$, $D$, $D_{s}$ or $p$, and $B\to Ka$, where $a$ is an axion-like particle.

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Co-author

Steven Robertson (IPP / University of Alberta)

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