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:
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- Univ. of Victoria, BC (Canada); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
- 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.},
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year = {Fri Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2022},
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