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Description
The PADME experiment at the Frascati National Laboratory of INFN has performed a
search for the hypothetical X17 particle, by observing the product of the collisions
of the positron beam from the BTF facility of LNF on a diamond fixed target.
The beam energy has been varied in the range
265–300 MeV, corresponding to values of √s between 16.4 and 17.5 MeV,
completely covering the CoM region identified by the
ATOMKI collaboration as significant for observing the postulated X17 particle.
The result of the analysis shows an about 2-sigma excess corresponding to the mass indicated by
the ATOMKI experiment. A new data taking campaign, with an improved detector
has been carried out during the summer and fall of 2025, with the aim of pushing forward the
sensitivity of the search.
| Parallel session | New Physics Searches: Dark Matter and High-Frequency Gravitational Waves |
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