Search for Feebly Interacting Particles in B Decays with Missing Energy at Belle

M Abumusabh; I Adachi; L Aggarwal; H Ahmed; Y Ahn; H Aihara; N Akopov; S Alghamdi; M Alhakami; A Aloisio; N Althubiti; K Amos; N Anh Ky; C Antonioli; DM Asner; H Atmacan; T Aushev; R Ayad; V Babu; H Bae; NK Baghel; S Bahinipati; P Bambade; S Banerjee; M Barrett; M Bartl; J Baudot; A Beaubien; F Becherer; J Becker; JV Bennett; FU Bernlochner; V Bertacchi; M Bertemes; E Bertholet; M Bessner; S Bettarini; V Bhardwaj; F Bianchi; T Bilka; D Biswas; A Bobrov; D Bodrov; A Bondar; G Bonvicini; J Borah; A Boschetti; A Bozek; M Bračko; P Branchini; N Brenny; TE Browder; A Budano; S Bussino; Q Campagna; M Campajola; L Cao; G Casarosa; C Cecchi; P Chang; P Cheema; C Chen; L Chen; BG Cheon; C Cheshta; H Chetri; K Chilikin; J Chin; K Chirapatpimol; HE Cho; K Cho; SJ Cho; SK Choi; S Choudhury; S Chutia; J Cochran; JA Colorado-Caicedo; I Consigny; L Corona; JX Cui; E De La Cruz-Burelo; SA De La Motte; G De Marino; G De Nardo; G De Pietro; R De Sangro; M Destefanis; S Dey; R Dhayal; J Dingfelder; Z DoleŽal; I Domínguez Jiménez; TV Dong; X Dong; G Dujany; P Ecker; D Epifanov; R Farkas; P Feichtinger; T Ferber

Journal article

Search for Feebly Interacting Particles in B Decays with Missing Energy at Belle

M Abumusabh, I Adachi, L Aggarwal, H Ahmed, Y Ahn, H Aihara, N Akopov, S Alghamdi, M Alhakami, A Aloisio, N Althubiti, K Amos, N Anh Ky, C Antonioli, DM Asner, H Atmacan, T Aushev, R Ayad, V Babu, H Bae Show all

Physical Review Letters | American Physical Society (APS) | Published : 2026

DOI: 10.1103/1rl4-j3np

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Abstract

We present a search for an invisible hidden-sector particle Xinv, produced in B0→D¯0Xinv and B±→hXinv decays, where h=π±, K±, Ds±, p±. The search is performed using e+e- collision data recorded with the Belle detector, corresponding to 711 fb-1. No significant signal is observed. We set 90% confidence level upper limits ranging between 10-4 and 10-6 on the branching fraction B(B→hXinv) as a function of mXinv. Corresponding limits are set on B(B→hX)×B(X→γγ) for lifetimes cτX between 10 μm and 10 m. Many of these limits are the first direct constraints on their respective decays. Our results provide the most stringent exclusion limits to date on the branching fractions for all search channels,..

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