Search for a Hidden Sector Scalar from Kaon Decay in the Dimuon Final State at ICARUS
Affiliations
- 1 University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA.
- 2 Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA.
- 3 Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Cinvestav), Mexico City, Mexico.
- 4 University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA.
- 5 University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA.
- 6 CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid E-28040, Spain.
- 7 INFN Sezione di Padova and University, Padova, Italy.
- 8 Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
- 9 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA.
- 10 INFN Sezione di Catania and University, Catania, Italy.
- 11 INFN Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
- 12 INFN sezione di Bologna University, Bologna, Italy.
- 13 INFN Sezione di Pavia and University, Pavia, Italy.
- 14 INFN Sezione di Genova and University, Genova, Italy.
- 15 Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YW, United Kingdom.
- 16 Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060, USA.
- 17 Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA.
- 18 Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India.
- 19 INFN LNS, Catania, Italy.
- 20 INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
- 21 Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA.
- 22 INFN Sezione di Napoli, Napoli, Italy.
- 23 SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
- 24 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.
- 25 CBPF, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 22290-180, Brazil.
- 26 CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research 1211 Genève 23, Switzerland.
- 27 INFN Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy.
- 28 York University, York, Toronto M3J 1P3, Canada.
- 29 University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
- 30 University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom.
- 31 University of Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain.
- 32 INFN GSSI, L'Aquila, Italy.
- 33 Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA.
- 34 INFN LNGS, Assergi, Italy.
- PMID: 40315528
- DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.151801
Search for a Hidden Sector Scalar from Kaon Decay in the Dimuon Final State at ICARUS
Authors
Affiliations
- 1 University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA.
- 2 Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA.
- 3 Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Cinvestav), Mexico City, Mexico.
- 4 University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA.
- 5 University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA.
- 6 CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid E-28040, Spain.
- 7 INFN Sezione di Padova and University, Padova, Italy.
- 8 Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
- 9 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA.
- 10 INFN Sezione di Catania and University, Catania, Italy.
- 11 INFN Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
- 12 INFN sezione di Bologna University, Bologna, Italy.
- 13 INFN Sezione di Pavia and University, Pavia, Italy.
- 14 INFN Sezione di Genova and University, Genova, Italy.
- 15 Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YW, United Kingdom.
- 16 Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060, USA.
- 17 Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA.
- 18 Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India.
- 19 INFN LNS, Catania, Italy.
- 20 INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
- 21 Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA.
- 22 INFN Sezione di Napoli, Napoli, Italy.
- 23 SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
- 24 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.
- 25 CBPF, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 22290-180, Brazil.
- 26 CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research 1211 Genève 23, Switzerland.
- 27 INFN Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy.
- 28 York University, York, Toronto M3J 1P3, Canada.
- 29 University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
- 30 University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom.
- 31 University of Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain.
- 32 INFN GSSI, L'Aquila, Italy.
- 33 Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA.
- 34 INFN LNGS, Assergi, Italy.
- PMID: 40315528
- DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.151801
Abstract
We present a search for long-lived particles (LLPs), produced in kaon decays, that decay to two muons inside the ICARUS neutrino detector. This channel would be a signal of hidden sector models that can address outstanding issues in particle physics such as the strong CP problem and the microphysical origin of dark matter. The search is performed with data collected in the Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) beam at Fermilab corresponding to 2.41×10^{20} protons-on-target. No new physics signal is observed, and we set world leading limits on heavy QCD axions, as well as for the Higgs portal scalar among dedicated searches. Limits are also presented in a model-independent way applicable to any new physics model predicting the process K→π+S(→μμ), for a LLP S. This result is the first search for new physics performed with the ICARUS detector at Fermilab. It paves the way for the future program of LLP searches at ICARUS.
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