Speaker
Dr
Deepak Sathyan
Description
We propose a novel method to obtain sensitivity to dark mediators and dark sectors at the LHC with masses of $\sim 10 \text{ MeV} - 10 \text{ GeV}$, providing complementarity with beam dump experiments. For this talk, we consider dark photons, which can be produced at the LHC by neutral meson decays, bremsstrahlung off baryons, or directly produced in correlation with a jet. We then consider visible decays to muon pairs as the signal channel and provide methods to control backgrounds. We show a range of sensitivities dependent on various estimates of backgrounds and different signal threshold requirements.
Author
Co-authors
Aparajitha Karthikeyan
(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University)
Prof.
Bhaskar Dutta
Doojin Kim
Hyunyong Kim
(Texas A & M University (US))
