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Title: Axion-like particle searches at DarkQuest

Abstract

Axion-like particles (ALPs) interacting with the Standard Model can be abundantly produced in proton beam fixed-target experiments. Looking for their displaced decays is therefore an effective search strategy for ALPs with a mass in the MeV to GeV range. Focusing on the benchmark models where the ALP interacts dominantly with photons or gluons, we show that the proposed DarkQuest experiment at Fermilab will be able to test parameter space which has been previously inaccessible. We pay particular attention to the self-consistency of gluon-coupled ALP production and decay calculations, which has been recently shown to be a problem in many existing predictions. We also apply these results to explore existing constraints in the ALP parameter space.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Univ. of Victoria, BC (Canada); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
  2. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
  3. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States). Accelerator Physics Center; Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1839579
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-21-749-V; arXiv:2112.09814
Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479; oai:inspirehep.net:1993934; TRN: US2301100
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2022; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer Nature
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Beyond standard model; Fixed target experiments; Particle and resonance production

Citation Formats

Blinov, Nikita, Kowalczyk, Elizabeth, and Wynne, Margaret. Axion-like particle searches at DarkQuest. United States: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1007/jhep02(2022)036.
Blinov, Nikita, Kowalczyk, Elizabeth, & Wynne, Margaret. Axion-like particle searches at DarkQuest. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep02(2022)036
Blinov, Nikita, Kowalczyk, Elizabeth, and Wynne, Margaret. Fri . "Axion-like particle searches at DarkQuest". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep02(2022)036. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1839579.
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abstractNote = {Axion-like particles (ALPs) interacting with the Standard Model can be abundantly produced in proton beam fixed-target experiments. Looking for their displaced decays is therefore an effective search strategy for ALPs with a mass in the MeV to GeV range. Focusing on the benchmark models where the ALP interacts dominantly with photons or gluons, we show that the proposed DarkQuest experiment at Fermilab will be able to test parameter space which has been previously inaccessible. We pay particular attention to the self-consistency of gluon-coupled ALP production and decay calculations, which has been recently shown to be a problem in many existing predictions. We also apply these results to explore existing constraints in the ALP parameter space.},
doi = {10.1007/jhep02(2022)036},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 2,
volume = 2022,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2022},
month = {Fri Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2022}
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