Publications
Publication Information
| Title | Light dark matter searches with positrons |
| Authors | Marco Battaglieri, Andrea Bianconi, P. Bisio, Mariangela Bondi, Andrea Celentano, Giovanni Costantini, Philip Cole, L. Darme, Raffaella De Vita, Annalisa D'Angelo, Marzio De Napoli, Lamiaa El Fassi, V. Kozhuharov, Antonio Italiano, Gordan Krnjaic, Lucilla Lanza, Marco Leali, Luca Marsicano, Valerio Mascagna, Stefano Migliorati, E. Nardi, M. Raggi, Nunzio Randazzo, Elena Santopinto, Elton Smith, M. Spreafico, Stepan Stepanyan, Maurizio Ungaro, P. Valente, Luca Venturelli, Michael Wood |
| JLAB number | JLAB-PHY-21-3492 |
| LANL number | arXiv:2105.04540 |
| Other number | DOE/OR/23177-5310 |
| Document Type(s) | (Journal Article) |
| Associated with EIC: | No |
| Supported by Jefferson Lab LDRD Funding: | No |
| Funding Source: | Nuclear Physics (NP) |
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Journal Compiled for European Physical Journal A Volume 57 Issue 8 Page(s) 253 Refereed | |
| Publication Abstract: | We discuss two complementary strategies to search for light dark matter (LDM) exploiting the positron beam possibly available in the future at Jefferson Laboratory. LDM is a new compelling hypothesis that identifies dark matter with new sub-GeV "hidden sector" states, neutral under standard model interactions and interacting with our world through a new force. Accelerator-based searches at the intensity frontier are uniquely suited to explore it. Thanks to the high intensity and the high energy of the CEBAF (Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility) beam, and relying on a novel LDM production mechanism via positron annihilation on target atomic electrons, the proposed strategies will allow us to explore new regions in the LDM parameters space, thoroughly probing the LDM hypothesis as well as more general hidden sector scenarios. |
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| Group: | Hall B |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-021-00524-6 |
| Accepted Manuscript: | 2105.04540(1).pdf |
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