Abstract
We present a search for the direct production of a light pseudoscalar decaying into two photons with the Belle II detector at the SuperKEKB collider. We search for the process , in the mass range using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of . Light pseudoscalars interacting predominantly with standard model gauge bosons (so-called axionlike particles or ALPs) are frequently postulated in extensions of the standard model. We find no evidence for ALPs and set 95% confidence level upper limits on the coupling strength of ALPs to photons at the level of . The limits are the most restrictive to date for .
- Received 26 July 2020
- Accepted 8 September 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.161806
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