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Toward excluding a light explanation of
Phys. Rev. D 106, L031703 – Published 15 August, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.106.L031703
Abstract
The discrepancies between data and the corresponding Standard Model predictions constitute one of the most significant hints for new physics currently available. In fact, many scenarios that can account for these anomalies have been proposed in the literature. However, only a single light new physics explanation, i.e., with a mass below the meson scale, is possible: a light boson. In this article, we aim at excluding any light model as a solution to data, using a minimal and conservative setup. Considering the improved limits on , including the experimental sensitivities required for a proper treatment of the necessarily sizable width, together with the forthcoming Belle II analyses of , can rule out a explanation of data with a mass below . Importantly, such a light is the only viable single particle solution to the anomalies predicting in high bins, therefore providing an essential consistency test of data.
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