Searching for New Physics with DarkLight at the ARIEL Electron-Linac. Issue 1 (1st December 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cline, E; Corliss, R; Bernauer, J C; Alarcon, R; Baartman, R; Benson, S; Bessuille, J; Ciarniello, D; Christopher, A; Colon, A; Deconinck, W; Dehmelt, K; Deshpande, A; Dilling, J; Dongwi, D H; Fisher, P; Gautam, T; Gericke, M; Hasell, D; Hasinoff, M; Ihloff, E; Johnston, R; Kanungo, R; Kelsey, J; Kester, O; Kohl, M; Korover, I; Laxdal, R; Lee, S; Li, X; Ma, C; Mahon, A; Martin, J W; Milner, R; Moore, M; Moran, P; Nazeer, J; Pachal, K; Patel, T; Planche, T; Rathnayake, M; Suresh, M; Vidal, C; Wang, Y; Yen, S;
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Volume 2391 Issue 1(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-12-01
• Subjects: Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2391/1/012010
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

Abstract: The search for a dark photon holds considerable interest in the physics community. Such a force carrier would begin to illuminate the dark sector. Many experiments have searched for such a particle, but so far it has proven elusive. In recent years the concept of a low mass dark photon has gained popularity in the physics community. Of particular recent interest is the 8 Be and 4 He anomaly, which could be explained by a new fifth force carrier with a mass of 17 MeV/ c 2 . The proposed Darklight experiment would search for this potential low mass force carrier at ARIEL in the 10-20 MeV/ c 2 e + e − invariant mass range. This proceeding will focus on the experimental design and physics case of the Darklight experiment.