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Setting Limits on Supersymmetry Using Simplified Models

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Muon anomaly and dark parity violation.

Hooman Davoudiasl¹, Hye-Sung Lee, William J Marciano

¹Department of Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA. hooman@bnl.gov

Physical Review Letters

|August 7, 2012

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A discrepancy in muon magnetic moment measurements suggests a new particle, the dark Z boson. This particle could cause observable "dark" parity violation in experiments, with current and future studies setting new bounds on its properties.

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Area of Science:

Particle Physics
Astrophysics
Cosmology

Background:

The muon anomalous magnetic moment shows a 3.6σ deviation between experimental and theoretical values.
A light vector boson, the dark Z (Z(d)), is a potential explanation, interacting via kinetic mixing.
Astrophysical theories propose a U(1)(d) gauge symmetry in dark matter sectors, supporting the dark Z boson hypothesis.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the implications of mass mixing between the dark Z boson (Z(d)) and the standard Z boson.
To explore the potential for observing "dark" parity violation in atomic and polarized electron scattering experiments.
To establish constraints on the Z(d) boson's properties and its mixing with the standard Z boson.

Main Methods:

Analyzing the effects of mass mixing between Z(d) and Z bosons.
Evaluating existing atomic parity violation data to constrain mixing parameters.
Projecting the sensitivity of future polarized electron scattering experiments.

Main Results:

Mass mixing introduces a novel source of "dark" parity violation.
Existing atomic parity violation experiments set restrictive bounds: δ² < 2×10⁻⁵.
Future experiments aim for sensitivity up to δ² ∼ 10⁻⁶.

Conclusions:

The dark Z boson, if it exists, could be detected through "dark" parity violation.
Atomic and polarized electron scattering experiments provide complementary probes to direct searches.
This research offers a pathway to constrain or discover the dark Z boson and its interactions.