Speaker
Laura Miller
(TRIUMF)
Description
The nature of dark matter remains one of the largest open questions in particle physics. Despite numerous theories and experimental searches, both small-scale and large-scale, it has so far remained unobserved at the particle level. The DarkLight experiment located at TRIUMF in Vancouver, Canada aims to leverage the ARIEL electron linear accelerator to search for a new dark sector force carrier in the 10-20 MeV mass range. Such a force carrier could undergo kinetic mixing with Standard Model photon, and thus could provide possible explanations for experimental anomalies such as the X17. As the DarkLight experiment has recently been installed and commissioned, this talk will primarily focus on progress up to this point and future plans.
| Keyword-1 | Dark Matter |
|---|---|
| Keyword-2 | Fixed target experiment |
| Keyword-3 | Accelerator-based experiment |
Author
Laura Miller
(TRIUMF)