Detecting dark matter with far-forward emulsion and liquid argon detectors at the LHC
Abstract
New light particles may be produced in large numbers in the far-forward region at the LHC and then decay to dark matter, which can be detected through its scattering in far-forward experiments. We consider the example of invisibly decaying dark photons, which decay to dark matter through A' → χ χ . The dark matter may then be detected through its scattering off electrons χe– → χe–. We consider the discovery potential of detectors placed on the beam collision axis 480 m from the ATLAS interaction point, including an emulsion detector (FASER ν 2) and, for the first time, a Forward Liquid Argon Experiment (FLArE). For each of these detector technologies, we devise cuts that effectively separate the single e– signal from the leading neutrino- and muon-induced backgrounds. We find that 10- to 100-tonne detectors may detect hundreds to thousands of dark matter events in the high-luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) era and will sensitively probe the thermal relic region of parameter space. These results motivate the construction of far-forward emulsion and liquid argon detectors at the LHC, as well as a suitable location to accommodate them, such as the proposed Forward Physics Facility.
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- Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) (United Kingdom)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1783355
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1851039
- Grant/Contract Number:
- DE–SC0007914; SC0007914; PHY1915005; ST/ P000800/1
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- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 103 Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Astronomy & Astrophysics; Physics; Neutrino interactions; Particle phenomena; Particle interactions; Particle dark matter; Particle astrophysics; Cosmic rays and astroparticles; Cosmology; Dark matter
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Batell, Brian, Feng, Jonathan L., and Trojanowski, Sebastian. Detecting dark matter with far-forward emulsion and liquid argon detectors at the LHC. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.103.075023.
Batell, Brian, Feng, Jonathan L., & Trojanowski, Sebastian. Detecting dark matter with far-forward emulsion and liquid argon detectors at the LHC. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.075023
Batell, Brian, Feng, Jonathan L., and Trojanowski, Sebastian. Wed .
"Detecting dark matter with far-forward emulsion and liquid argon detectors at the LHC". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.075023.
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title = {Detecting dark matter with far-forward emulsion and liquid argon detectors at the LHC},
author = {Batell, Brian and Feng, Jonathan L. and Trojanowski, Sebastian},
abstractNote = {New light particles may be produced in large numbers in the far-forward region at the LHC and then decay to dark matter, which can be detected through its scattering in far-forward experiments. We consider the example of invisibly decaying dark photons, which decay to dark matter through A' → χ χ . The dark matter may then be detected through its scattering off electrons χe– → χe–. We consider the discovery potential of detectors placed on the beam collision axis 480 m from the ATLAS interaction point, including an emulsion detector (FASER ν 2) and, for the first time, a Forward Liquid Argon Experiment (FLArE). For each of these detector technologies, we devise cuts that effectively separate the single e– signal from the leading neutrino- and muon-induced backgrounds. We find that 10- to 100-tonne detectors may detect hundreds to thousands of dark matter events in the high-luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) era and will sensitively probe the thermal relic region of parameter space. These results motivate the construction of far-forward emulsion and liquid argon detectors at the LHC, as well as a suitable location to accommodate them, such as the proposed Forward Physics Facility.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.103.075023},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 7,
volume = 103,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Wed Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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