BelleII sensitivity to long–lived dark photons

Abstract

In this letter we point out that the BelleII experiment has a unique sensitivity to visibly decaying long-lived dark photons. Concentrating on the signatures with a single high-energy photon in association with a displaced pair of charged particles, we find that BelleII will be able to probe large regions of parameter space that cannot be covered by any other running or proposed experimental facility. While the signature with charged muons or pions in the final state is expected to be background-free after all selections are applied, the case of final state electrons is more involved and requires an in-depth study. We discuss possible ways to further suppress backgrounds and the corresponding experimental prospects.