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1. Experiments and Facilities for Accelerator-Based Dark Sector Searches

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Ilten, Philip, Tran, Nhan, Achenbach, Patrick, Ariga, Akitaka, Ariga, Tomoko, Battaglieri, Marco, Bian, Jianming, Bisio, Pietro, Celentano, Andrea, Citron, Matthew, Crivelli, Paolo, de Lellis, Giovanni, Di Crescenzo, Antonia, Diwan, Milind, Feng, Jonathan L., Gatto, Corrado, Gori, Stefania, Kling, Felix, Marsicano, Luca, Mazza, Simone M., McFayden, Josh, Molina-Bueno, Laura, Spreafico, Marco, Toro, Natalia, Toups, Matthew, Trojanowski, Sebastian, Tsai, Yu-Dai, Williams, Mike, Zettlemoyer, Jacob, and Zhong, Yiming

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

This paper provides an overview of experiments and facilities for accelerator-based dark matter searches as part of the US Community Study on the Future of Particle Physics (Snowmass 2021). Companion white papers to this paper present the physics drivers: thermal dark matter, visible dark portals, and new flavors and rich dark sectors., Comment: contribution to Snowmass 2021

Published
2022

2. The Heavy Photon Search Experiment

Author

Baltzell, Nathan, Battaglieri, Marco, Bondi, Mariangela, Boyarinov, Sergei, Bravo, Cameron, Bueltmann, Stephen, Burkert, Volker, Butti, Pierfrancesco, Cao, Tongtong, Carpinelli, Massimo, Celentano, Andrea, Charles, Gabriel, Cuevas, Chris, D'Angelo, Annalisa, D'Urso, Domenico, Dashyan, Natalia, De Napoli, Marzio, De Vita, Raffaella, Deur, Alexandre, Diamond, Miriam, Dupre, Raphael, Essig, Rouven, Fadeyev, Vitaliy, Field, R. Clive, Filippi, Alessandra, Gaiser, Sarah, Gevorgyan, Nerses, Graf, Norman, Graham, Mathew, Guidal, Michel, Herbst, Ryan, Holtrop, Maurik, Jaros, John, Johnson, Robert, Kubarovsky, Valery, Marchand, Dominique, Marsicano, Luca, Maruyama, Takashi, McCarty, Samantha, McCormick, Jeremy, McKinnon, Bryan, Moreno, Omar, Munoz-Camacho, Carlos, Nelson, Timothy, Niccolai, Silvia, O'Dwyer, Rory, Paremuzyan, Rafayel, Peets, Emrys, Randazzo, Nunzio, Raydo, Benjamin, Reese, Benjamin, Schuster, Philip, Simi, Gabriele, Sipala, Valeria, Solt, Matthew, Spellman, Alic, Stepanyan, Stepan, Szumila-Vance, Holly, Tompkins, Lauren, Toro, Natalia, Ungaro, Maurizio, and Voskanyan, Hakop

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The Heavy Photon Search (HPS) experiment is designed to search for a new vector boson $A^\prime$ in the mass range of 20 MeV/$c^2$ to 220 MeV/$c^2$ that kinetically mixes with the Standard Model photon with couplings $\epsilon^2 >10^{-10}$. In addition to the general importance of exploring light, weakly coupled physics that is difficult to probe with high-energy colliders, a prime motivation for this search is the possibility that sub-GeV thermal relics constitute dark matter, a scenario that requires a new comparably light mediator, where models with a hidden $U(1)$ gauge symmetry, a "dark", "hidden sector", or "heavy" photon, are particularly attractive. HPS searches for visible signatures of these heavy photons, taking advantage of their small coupling to electric charge to produce them via a process analogous to bremsstrahlung in a fixed target and detect their subsequent decay to $\mathrm{e}^+ \mathrm{e}^-$ pairs in a compact spectrometer. In addition to searching for $\mathrm{e}^+ \mathrm{e}^-$ resonances atop large QED backgrounds, HPS has the ability to precisely measure decay lengths, resulting in unique sensitivity to dark photons, as well as other long-lived new physics. After completion of the experiment and operation of engineering runs in 2015 and 2016 at the JLab CEBAF, physics runs in 2019 and 2021 have provided datasets that are now being analyzed to search for dark photons and other new phenomena., Comment: Submitted to the Proceedings of the US Community Study on the Future of Particle Physics (Snowmass 2021)

Published
2022

4. New production channels for light dark matter in hadronic showers

Author

Celentano, Andrea, Darmé, Luc, Marsicano, Luca, and Nardi, Enrico

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Hadronic showers transfer a relevant amount of their energy to electromagnetic subshowers. We show that the generation of "secondary" dark photons in these sub-showers is significant and typically dominates the production at low dark photon masses. The resulting dark photons are however substantially less energetic than the ones originating from mesons decay. We illustrate this point both semi-analytically and through Monte Carlo simulations. Existing limits on vector-mediator scenarios for light dark matter are updated with the inclusion of the new production processes., Comment: 22 pages, 14 figures, datasets available at https://zenodo.org/record/3890984. References added, matches version published in PRD

Published
2020
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5. US Cosmic Visions: New Ideas in Dark Matter 2017: Community Report

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Battaglieri, Marco, Belloni, Alberto, Chou, Aaron, Cushman, Priscilla, Echenard, Bertrand, Essig, Rouven, Estrada, Juan, Feng, Jonathan L., Flaugher, Brenna, Fox, Patrick J., Graham, Peter, Hall, Carter, Harnik, Roni, Hewett, JoAnne, Incandela, Joseph, Izaguirre, Eder, McKinsey, Daniel, Pyle, Matthew, Roe, Natalie, Rybka, Gray, Sikivie, Pierre, Tait, Tim M. P., Toro, Natalia, Van De Water, Richard, Weiner, Neal, Zurek, Kathryn, Adelberger, Eric, Afanasev, Andrei, Alexander, Derbin, Alexander, James, Antochi, Vasile Cristian, Asner, David Mark, Baer, Howard, Banerjee, Dipanwita, Baracchini, Elisabetta, Barbeau, Phillip, Barrow, Joshua, Bastidon, Noemie, Battat, James, Benson, Stephen, Berlin, Asher, Bird, Mark, Blinov, Nikita, Boddy, Kimberly K., Bondi, Mariangela, Bonivento, Walter M., Boulay, Mark, Boyce, James, Brodeur, Maxime, Broussard, Leah, Budnik, Ranny, Bunting, Philip, Caffee, Marc, Caiazza, Sabato Stefano, Campbell, Sheldon, Cao, Tongtong, Carosi, Gianpaolo, Carpinelli, Massimo, Cavoto, Gianluca, Celentano, Andrea, Chang, Jae Hyeok, Chattopadhyay, Swapan, Chavarria, Alvaro, Chen, Chien-Yi, Clark, Kenneth, Clarke, John, Colegrove, Owen, Coleman, Jonathon, Cooke, David, Cooper, Robert, Crisler, Michael, Crivelli, Paolo, D'Eramo, Francesco, D'Urso, Domenico, Dahl, Eric, Dawson, William, De Napoli, Marzio, De Vita, Raffaella, DeNiverville, Patrick, Derenzo, Stephen, Di Crescenzo, Antonia, Di Marco, Emanuele, Dienes, Keith R., Diwan, Milind, Dongwi, Dongwi Handiipondola, Drlica-Wagner, Alex, Ellis, Sebastian, Ezeribe, Anthony Chigbo, Farrar, Glennys, Ferrer, Francesc, Figueroa-Feliciano, Enectali, Filippi, Alessandra, Fiorillo, Giuliana, Fornal, Bartosz, Freyberger, Arne, Frugiuele, Claudia, Galbiati, Cristian, Galon, Iftah, Gardner, Susan, Geraci, Andrew, Gerbier, Gilles, Graham, Mathew, Gschwendtner, Edda, Hearty, Christopher, Heise, Jaret, Henning, Reyco, Hill, Richard J., Hitlin, David, Hochberg, Yonit, Hogan, Jason, Holtrop, Maurik, Hong, Ziqing, Hossbach, Todd, Humensky, T. B., Ilten, Philip, Irwin, Kent, Jaros, John, Johnson, Robert, Jones, Matthew, Kahn, Yonatan, Kalantarians, Narbe, Kaplinghat, Manoj, Khatiwada, Rakshya, Knapen, Simon, Kohl, Michael, Kouvaris, Chris, Kozaczuk, Jonathan, Krnjaic, Gordan, Kubarovsky, Valery, Kuflik, Eric, Kusenko, Alexander, Lang, Rafael, Leach, Kyle, Lin, Tongyan, Lisanti, Mariangela, Liu, Jing, Liu, Kun, Liu, Ming, Loomba, Dinesh, Lykken, Joseph, Mack, Katherine, Mans, Jeremiah, Maris, Humphrey, Markiewicz, Thomas, Marsicano, Luca, Martoff, C. J., Mazzitelli, Giovanni, McCabe, Christopher, McDermott, Samuel D., McDonald, Art, McKinnon, Bryan, Mei, Dongming, Melia, Tom, Miller, Gerald A., Miuchi, Kentaro, Nazeer, Sahara Mohammed Prem, Moreno, Omar, Morozov, Vasiliy, Mouton, Frederic, Mueller, Holger, Murphy, Alexander, Neilson, Russell, Nelson, Tim, Neu, Christopher, Nosochkov, Yuri, O'Hare, Ciaran, Oblath, Noah, Orrell, John, Ouellet, Jonathan, Pastore, Saori, Paul, Sebouh, Perelstein, Maxim, Peter, Annika, Phan, Nguyen, Phinney, Nan, Pivovaroff, Michael, Pocar, Andrea, Pospelov, Maxim, Pradler, Josef, Privitera, Paolo, Profumo, Stefano, Raggi, Mauro, Rajendran, Surjeet, Randazzo, Nunzio, Raubenheimer, Tor, Regenfus, Christian, Renshaw, Andrew, Ritz, Adam, Rizzo, Thomas, Rosenberg, Leslie, Rubbia, Andre, Rybolt, Ben, Saab, Tarek, Safdi, Benjamin R., Santopinto, Elena, Scarff, Andrew, Schneider, Michael, Schuster, Philip, Seidel, George, Sekiya, Hiroyuki, Seong, Ilsoo, Simi, Gabriele, Sipala, Valeria, Slatyer, Tracy, Slone, Oren, Smith, Peter F, Smolinsky, Jordan, Snowden-Ifft, Daniel, Solt, Matthew, Sonnenschein, Andrew, Sorensen, Peter, Spooner, Neil, Srivastava, Brijesh, Stancu, Ion, Strigari, Louis, Strube, Jan, Sushkov, Alexander O., Szydagis, Matthew, Tanedo, Philip, Tanner, David, Tayloe, Rex, Terrano, William, Thaler, Jesse, Thomas, Brooks, Thorpe, Brianna, Thorpe, Thomas, Tiffenberg, Javier, Tran, Nhan, Trovato, Marco, Tully, Christopher, Tyson, Tony, Vachaspati, Tanmay, Vahsen, Sven, van Bibber, Karl, Vandenbroucke, Justin, Villano, Anthony, Volansky, Tomer, Wang, Guojian, Ward, Thomas, Wester, William, Whitbeck, Andrew, Williams, David A., Wing, Matthew, Winslow, Lindley, Wojtsekhowski, Bogdan, Yu, Hai-Bo, Yu, Shin-Shan, Yu, Tien-Tien, Zhang, Xilin, Zhao, Yue, and Zhong, Yi-Ming

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

This white paper summarizes the workshop "U.S. Cosmic Visions: New Ideas in Dark Matter" held at University of Maryland on March 23-25, 2017., Comment: 102 pages + references

Published
2017

6. Dark Sectors 2016 Workshop: Community Report

Author

Alexander, Jim, Battaglieri, Marco, Echenard, Bertrand, Essig, Rouven, Graham, Matthew, Izaguirre, Eder, Jaros, John, Krnjaic, Gordan, Mardon, Jeremy, Morrissey, David, Nelson, Tim, Perelstein, Maxim, Pyle, Matt, Ritz, Adam, Schuster, Philip, Shuve, Brian, Toro, Natalia, Van De Water, Richard G, Akerib, Daniel, An, Haipeng, Aniol, Konrad, Arnquist, Isaac J., Asner, David M., Back, Henning O., Baker, Keith, Baltzell, Nathan, Banerjee, Dipanwita, Batell, Brian, Bauer, Daniel, Beacham, James, Benesch, Jay, Bjorken, James, Blinov, Nikita, Boehm, Celine, Bondí, Mariangela, Bonivento, Walter, Bossi, Fabio, Brodsky, Stanley J., Budnik, Ran, Bueltmann, Stephen, Bukhari, Masroor H., Bunker, Raymond, Carpinelli, Massimo, Cartaro, Concetta, Cassel, David, Cavoto, Gianluca, Celentano, Andrea, Chaterjee, Animesh, Chaudhuri, Saptarshi, Chiodini, Gabriele, Cho, Hsiao-Mei Sherry, Church, Eric D., Cooke, D. A., Cooley, Jodi, Cooper, Robert, Corliss, Ross, Crivelli, Paolo, Curciarello, Francesca, D'Angelo, Annalisa, Davoudiasl, Hooman, De Napoli, Marzio, De Vita, Raffaella, Denig, Achim, deNiverville, Patrick, Deshpande, Abhay, Dharmapalan, Ranjan, Dobrescu, Bogdan, Donskov, Sergey, Dupre, Raphael, Estrada, Juan, Fegan, Stuart, Ferber, Torben, Field, Clive, Figueroa-Feliciano, Enectali, Filippi, Alessandra, Fornal, Bartosz, Freyberger, Arne, Friedland, Alexander, Galon, Iftach, Gardner, Susan, Girod, Francois-Xavier, Gninenko, Sergei, Golutvin, Andrey, Gori, Stefania, Grab, Christoph, Graziani, Enrico, Griffioen, Keith, Haas, Andrew, Harigaya, Keisuke, Hearty, Christopher, Hertel, Scott, Hewett, JoAnne, Hime, Andrew, Hitlin, David, Hochberg, Yonit, Holt, Roy J., Holtrop, Maurik, Hoppe, Eric W., Hossbach, Todd W., Hsu, Lauren, Ilten, Phil, Incandela, Joe, Inguglia, Gianluca, Irwin, Kent, Jaegle, Igal, Johnson, Robert P., Kahn, Yonatan, Kalicy, Grzegorz, Kang, Zhong-Bo, Khachatryan, Vardan, Kozhuharov, Venelin, Krasnikov, N. V., Kubarovsky, Valery, Kuflik, Eric, Kurinsky, Noah, Laha, Ranjan, Lanfranchi, Gaia, Li, Dale, Lin, Tongyan, Lisanti, Mariangela, Liu, Kun, Liu, Ming, Loer, Ben, Loomba, Dinesh, Lyubovitskij, Valery E., Manalaysay, Aaron, Mandaglio, Giuseppe, Mans, Jeremiah, Marciano, W. J., Markiewicz, Thomas, Marsicano, Luca, Maruyama, Takashi, Matveev, Victor A., McKeen, David, McKinnon, Bryan, McKinsey, Dan, Merkel, Harald, Mock, Jeremy, Monzani, Maria Elena, Moreno, Omar, Nantais, Corina, Paul, Sebouh, Peskin, Michael, Poliakov, Vladimir, Polosa, Antonio D, Pospelov, Maxim, Rachek, Igor, Radics, Balint, Raggi, Mauro, Randazzo, Nunzio, Ratcliff, Blair, Rizzo, Alessandro, Rizzo, Thomas, Robinson, Alan, Rubbia, Andre, Rubin, David, Rueter, Dylan, Saab, Tarek, Santopinto, Elena, Schnee, Richard, Shelton, Jessie, Simi, Gabriele, Simonyan, Ani, Sipala, Valeria, Slone, Oren, Smith, Elton, Snowden-Ifft, Daniel, Solt, Matthew, Sorensen, Peter, Soreq, Yotam, Spagnolo, Stefania, Spencer, James, Stepanyan, Stepan, Strube, Jan, Sullivan, Michael, Tadepalli, Arun S., Tait, Tim, Taiuti, Mauro, Tanedo, Philip, Tayloe, Rex, Thaler, Jesse, Tran, Nhan V., Tulin, Sean, Tully, Christopher G., Uemura, Sho, Ungaro, Maurizio, Valente, Paolo, Vance, Holly, Vavra, Jerry, Volansky, Tomer, von Krosigk, Belina, Whitbeck, Andrew, Williams, Mike, Wittich, Peter, Wojtsekhowski, Bogdan, Xue, Wei, Yoon, Jong Min, Yu, Hai-Bo, Yu, Jaehoon, Yu, Tien-Tien, Zhang, Yue, Zhao, Yue, Zhong, Yiming, and Zurek, Kathryn

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

This report, based on the Dark Sectors workshop at SLAC in April 2016, summarizes the scientific importance of searches for dark sector dark matter and forces at masses beneath the weak-scale, the status of this broad international field, the important milestones motivating future exploration, and promising experimental opportunities to reach these milestones over the next 5-10 years., Comment: 66 pages, 15 figures, 3 tables. Workshop website and agenda: http://www-conf.slac.stanford.edu/darksectors2016/ https://indico.cern.ch/event/507783/ Editors: J. Alexander, M. Battaglieri, B. Echenard, R. Essig, M. Graham, E. Izaguirre, J. Jaros, G. Krnjaic, J. Mardon, D. Morrissey, T. Nelson, M. Perelstein, M. Pyle, A. Ritz, P. Schuster, B. Shuve, N. Toro, R. Van De Water

Published
2016

8. The BDX experiment at Jefferson Laboratory

Author

Celentano, Andrea, primary, Battaglieri, Marco, additional, Bondi', Mariangela, additional, Cole, Philip, additional, Marsicano, Luca, additional, Randazzo, Nunzio, additional, Smith, Elton S, additional, Spreafico, Marco, additional, De Vita, Raffaella, additional, and De Napoli, Marzio, additional

Published
2022
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9. The Beam-Dump eXperiment

Author

MARSICANO, LUCA

Subjects
Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare
Abstract

Hadronic matter makes about 14% of the known universe. The remaining 86% is Dark Matter (DM). Since it does not interact with the ordinary matter via electromagnetic force, DM is not visible and, to date, it escaped detection. The search for DM is one of the hottest topic in modern physics. Despite the increasing number of astrophysical and cosmological observations proving the existence, so far no particle physics experiment has detected DM yet. In a popular class of models, DM is composed of particles with mass in the MeV-GeV range, interacting with the Standard Model via a new force, mediated by a massive vector boson, the Dark Photon or A'. BDX (Beam Dump eXperiment) is an approved experiment searching for DM in the Dark Photon theoretical scenario. The experiment makes use of CEBAF (Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility) 11 GeV electron beam impinging on the Jefferson Lab (Jlab) Hall-A beam-dump. The interaction of the energetic electrons in the beam-dump may lead to the production of Dark Photons through a bremsstrahlung-like radiative process. Subsequently, the A's decay to DM particle-antiparticle pairs, which travel almost unaltered through the length of the dump. A ~ 1 cubic meter detector made of CsI(Tl) (Thallium doped Cesium Iodide) crystals is located in the trajectory of the DM beam, 20 m downstream of the beam-dump. A fraction of the DM particles scatter off atomic electrons in the detector giving rise to a detectable electromagnetic shower of approximately 100 MeV. Thanks to the cosmic background suppression and the high intensity of the electron beam (up to 65 ?A at 11 GeV), BDX will be able, with a 280 days run, to exceed by up to two orders of magnitude the sensitivity of current competitor experiments. A primary concern for BDX is in the estimation of beam related backgrounds from penetrating particles such as muons and neutrinos produced in the electron beam dump. A hodoscope detector, called BDX-HODO was placed downstream of the dump to measure the rates of these beam related processes and validate the necessary Monte Carlo simulations. Currently, the BDX collaboration is focused on the deployment and operation of a small detector, called BDX-MINI, built to perform a preliminary physics measurement searching for LDM at JLab. This test will pave the way to the realization of the full BDX experiment. This thesis is focused on the following topics: the muon flux measurement behind Jlab Hall A beam-dump with BDX-HODO, the evaluation of the BDX experiment reach, including an optimization study for the detector, the construction, commissioning and sensitivity estimate of the BDX-mini detector and the evaluation of the secondary positrons contribution to the sensitivity of BDX and other electron-beam thick-target experiments searching for DM in the Dark Photon paradigm.

Published
2020

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