Search for a light Higgs boson decaying to two gluons or ss-bar in the radiative decays of Y(1S)
J. P. Lees
(1)
,
V. Poireau
(1)
,
V. Tisserand
(1)
,
N. Arnaud
(2)
,
M. Davier
(2)
,
D. Derkach
(2)
,
G. Grosdidier
(2)
,
F. Le Diberder
(2)
,
A.M. Lutz
(2)
,
B. Malaescu
(3)
,
P. Roudeau
(2)
,
M.H. Schune
(2)
,
A. Stocchi
(2)
,
G. Wormser
(2)
,
D. Bernard
(4)
,
M. Verderi
(4)
,
S. Emery
(5)
,
G. Hamel de Monchenault
(5)
,
G. Vasseur
(5)
,
Ch. Yèche
(5)
,
S. Akar
(3)
,
E. Ben-Haim
(3)
,
M. Bomben
(3)
,
G.R. Bonneaud
(3)
,
H. Briand
(3)
,
G. Calderini
(3)
,
J. Chauvau
(3)
,
O. Hamon
(3)
,
Ph. Leruste
(3)
,
G. Marchiori
(3)
,
J. Ocariz
(3)
,
S. Sitt
(3)
N. Arnaud
- Function : Author
- PersonId : 16841
- IdHAL : nicolas-arnaud
- ORCID : 0000-0001-6589-8673
G. Vasseur
- Function : Author
- PersonId : 745439
- IdHAL : georges-vasseur
G. Calderini
- Function : Author
- PersonId : 10608
- IdHAL : giovanni-calderini
- ORCID : 0000-0002-9495-9145
- IdRef : 172243211
G. Marchiori
- Function : Author
- PersonId : 741274
- IdHAL : giovanni-marchiori
- ORCID : 0000-0003-2655-7643
- IdRef : 180997203
Abstract
We search for the decay Y(1S) -> gamma A0, A0 -> gg or ss-bar, where A0 is the pseudoscalar light Higgs boson predicted by the next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model. We use a sample of (17.6 +- 0.3)x 10^6 Y(1S) mesons produced in the BaBar experiment via e+e- -> Y(2S) -> pi+pi-Y(1S). We see no significant signal and set 90%-confidence-level upper limits on the product branching fraction B(Y(1S) -> gamma A0) x B(A0 -> gg or ss-bar) ranging from 10^-6 to 10^-2 for A0 masses in the range 0.5 to 9.0GeV/c^2.