Dipole interactions between dark sector states or between a Standard Model particle and a dark state can efficiently be searched for via high-intensity fixed-target facilities. We propose to look for the associated mono-gamma signature at the NA62 experiment running in beam dump mode. Focusing on models of dipole inelastic Dark Matter and active-sterile neutrino dipole interactions, we compute the corresponding expected sensitivities finding promising prospects for discovery already with similar to 10(17) proton-on-target, corresponding to the present accumulated dataset.

Illuminating the dark: mono-γ signals at NA62

Barducci, D.;Bertuzzo, E.;
2024-01-01

Abstract

Dipole interactions between dark sector states or between a Standard Model particle and a dark state can efficiently be searched for via high-intensity fixed-target facilities. We propose to look for the associated mono-gamma signature at the NA62 experiment running in beam dump mode. Focusing on models of dipole inelastic Dark Matter and active-sterile neutrino dipole interactions, we compute the corresponding expected sensitivities finding promising prospects for discovery already with similar to 10(17) proton-on-target, corresponding to the present accumulated dataset.
2024
Barducci, D.; Bertuzzo, E.; Taoso, M.; Ternes, C. A.; Toni, C.
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