Limits on axion and light Higgs boson production in ϒ(1S) decays

  • D. Antreasyan
  • , H. W. Bartels
  • , D. Besset
  • , Ch Bieler
  • , J. K. Bienlein
  • , A. Bizzeti
  • , E. D. Bloom
  • , I. Brock
  • , K. Brockmüller
  • , R. Cabenda
  • , A. Cartacci
  • , M. Cavalli-Sforza
  • , R. Clare
  • , A. Compagnucci
  • , G. Conforto
  • , S. Cooper
  • , R. Cowan
  • , D. Coyne
  • , A. Engler
  • , K. H. Fairfield
  • G. Folger, A. Fridman, D. Gaiser, D. Gelphman, G. Glaser, G. Godfrey, K. Graaf, F. H. Heimlich, F. H. Heinsius, R. Hofstadter, J. Irion, Z. Jakubowski, H. Janssen, K. Karch, S. Keh, T. Kiel, H. Kilian, I. Kirkbride, T. Kloiber, M. Kobel, W. Koch, A. C. König, K. Königsmann, R. W. Krämer, S. Krüger, G. Landi, R. Lee, S. Leffler, R. Lekebusch, A. M. Litke, W. Lockman, S. Lowe, B. Lurz, D. Marlow, H. Marsiske, W. Maschmann, P. McBride, F. Messing, W. J. Metzger, H. Meyer, B. Monteleoni, B. Muryn, R. Nernst, B. Niczyporuk, G. Nowak, C. Peck, P. G. Pelfer, B. Pollock, F. C. Porter, D. Prindle, P. Ratoff, M. Reidenbach, B. Renger, C. Rippich, M. Scheer, P. Schmitt, J. Schotanus, J. Schütte, A. Schwarz, D. Sievers, T. Skwarnicki, V. Stock, K. Strauch, U. Strohbusch, J. Tompkins, H. J. Trost, B. van Uitert, R. T. Van de Walle, H. Vogel, A. Voigt, U. Volland, K. Wachs, K. Wacker, W. Walk, H. Wegener, D. A. Williams, P. Zschorsch

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Abstract

We have searched for axion and light Higgs boson production in the channel Υ{hooked} (1S) → (a0 or h0) + γ, where the non-interacting axion a0 and the Higgs boson h0 do not decay in the detector. We find no evidence for an axion and give an upper limit, Br(Υ{hooked} (1S) → a0γ) < 4.0 × 10-5 (90% CL), for long-lived axions. Combining our limit with the previous search in J/ψ decays, we are able to rule out the axion in the standard model with first order QCD corrections. Our Υ{hooked} (1S) data also rule out a Higgs boson with mass mh < 86 MeV.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)204-210
Number of pages7
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume251
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 8 1990
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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