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Searching for New Physics with DarkLight at the ARIEL Electron-Linac

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, , Citation The DarkLight Collaboration et al 2022 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 2391 012010 DOI 10.1088/1742-6596/2391/1/012010

1742-6596/2391/1/012010

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 8Be and 4He anomaly, which could be explained by a new fifth force carrier with a mass of 17 MeV/c2. The proposed Darklight experiment would search for this potential low mass force carrier at ARIEL in the 10-20 MeV/c2 e+e invariant mass range. This proceeding will focus on the experimental design and physics case of the Darklight experiment.

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10.1088/1742-6596/2391/1/012010