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We present a formalism for new U(1) interactions involving weak hypercharge, baryon, and lepton numbers, and a possible axial symmetry generator FA in the presence of a second Brout-Englert-Higgs doublet. The resulting U boson, after mixing with the Z, interpolates between a generalised dark photon, a dark Z, and an axially coupled gauge boson. We especially focus on the axial couplings originating from FA or from mixing with the Z, determined by the scalar sector via parameters like tan β and the v.e.v. of an extra dark singlet.
We explore the distinctive features of axially coupled interactions, especially in the ultrarelativistic limit, where the U boson behaves much as an axion-like particle, with enhanced interactions to quarks and leptons. This enhancement is particularly relevant for future muon beam dump experiments, since the muon mass considerably increases the effective coupling, proportional to 2mμ/mU, compared to analogous experiments with electrons.
We also analyse the shape of the expected beam dump exclusion or discovery regions, influenced by U boson interactions and the experiment geometry. Different situations are considered, limited in particular by cases for which the U decays before reaching the detector, or has too small couplings to produce detectable events. We also compare to vectorially coupled bosons and axion-like pseudoscalars, highlighting the importance of understanding the parameter space for future experiment design and optimisation.
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M.O.O.R. thanks Inar Timiryasov, Nikita Blinov and Pedro Cal for useful discussions. The work of M.O.O.R is supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101002846, ERC CoG “CosmoChart”.
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Fayet, P., Olea-Romacho, M.O. Searching for a new light gauge boson with axial couplings in muon beam dump experiments. J. High Energ. Phys. 2024, 223 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2024)223
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