Detecting hidden particles with MATHUSLA

Evans, Jared A.

doi:10.1103/physrevd.97.055046

Title: Detecting hidden particles with MATHUSLA

Journal Article · Thu Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physical Review D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.97.055046· OSTI ID:1503858

Evans, Jared A. ^[1]

Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States); Univ. of Cincinnati, OH (United States)

A hidden sector containing light long-lived particles provides a well-motivated place to find new physics. The recently proposed MATHUSLA experiment has the potential to be extremely sensitive to light particles originating from rare meson decays in the very long lifetime region. In this work, we illustrate this strength with the specific example of a light scalar mixed with the standard model–like Higgs boson, a model where MATHUSLA can further probe unexplored parameter space from exotic Higgs decays. Design augmentations should be considered in order to maximize the ability of MATHUSLA to discover very light hidden sector particles.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0015655

OSTI ID:: 1503858

Journal Information:: Physical Review D, Vol. 97, Issue 5; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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