Constraints on the dark photon from deep inelastic scattering
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2022
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Thomas, A.W.
Wang, X.G.
Williams, A.G.
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Physical Review D, 2022; 105(3):L031901-1-L031901-5
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A.W. Thomas, X.G. Wang, and A.G. Williams
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We investigate constraints on the dark photon arising from an analysis of deep inelastic scattering data. We perform extractions of parton distribution functions with and without a dark photon being present and allow the dark photon mixing parameter and mass to vary. We also include the effects of vector-meson dominance to ensure the correct photoproduction limit. By considering the variation of the total χ² arising from such extractions, we infer exclusion limits on the kinetic mixing parameter of the dark photon for dark photon mass up to 80 GeV.
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