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16–18 Oct 2024
Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre
America/Vancouver timezone

Enhanced dark sector production in beam dumps from electromagnetic cascades

16 Oct 2024, 14:20
20m
Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre

Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre

515 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3
Contributed Talks Dark Sectors

Speaker

Ryan Plestid (Caltech)

Description

The strongest constraints on sub-GeV feebly interacting particles are typically derived from beam dump facilities. Historically, these constraints rely on a conservative (under)estimate of the flux focussing only on production within the first interaction length. In this talk I will explain how to consistently include production from the subsequent electromagnetic cascade in the target. Sensitivity can be substantially enhanced at lower masses and weaker couplings (the ``lifetime frontier'') by including electromagnetic cascade production.

Primary authors

Kevin Kelly (Texas A&M University) Nikita Blinov (York U) Patrick Fox (Fermilab) Pedro Machado (Fermilab) Ryan Plestid (Caltech) Tao Zhou (Texas A&M University)

Presentation materials