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Probing light dark matter with positron beams at NA64

Yu. M. Andreev1, A. Antonov2, D. Banerjee3, B. Banto Oberhauser4, J. Bernhard3, P. Bisio2,5,*, M. Bondí6, A. Celentano2, N. Charitonidis3 et al. (NA64 Collaboration)

N. Charitonidis3, D. Cooke7, P. Crivelli4, E. Depero4, A. V. Dermenev1, S. V. Donskov1, R. R. Dusaev1, T. Enik8, V. N. Frolov8, A. Gardikiotis9, S. N. Gninenko1, M. Hösgen10, V. A. Kachanov1, Y. Kambar8, A. E. Karneyeu1, G. Kekelidze8, B. Ketzer10, D. V. Kirpichnikov1, M. M. Kirsanov1, V. N. Kolosov1, S. V. Gertsenberger8, S. Girod3, E. A. Kasianova8, V. A. Kramarenko1,8, L. V. Kravchuk1, N. V. Krasnikov1,8, S. V. Kuleshov11,12, V. E. Lyubovitskij1,12,13, V. Lysan8, A. Marini2, L. Marsicano2, V. A. Matveev8, R. Mena Fredes12, R. Mena Yanssen12,13, L. Molina Bueno14, M. Mongillo4, D. V. Peshekhonov8, V. A. Polyakov1, B. Radics15, K. Salamatin8, V. D. Samoylenko1, H. Sieber4, D. Shchukin1, O. Soto12,16, V. O. Tikhomirov1, I. Tlisova1, A. N. Toropin1, M. Tuzi14, P. Ulloa11, P. V. Volkov8, V. Yu. Volkov1, I. V. Voronchikhin1, J. Zamora-Saá11,12, and A. S. Zhevlakov8 (NA64 Collaboration)

  • 1Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
  • 2INFN, Sezione di Genova, 16147 Genova, Italia
  • 3CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
  • 4ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
  • 5Università degli Studi di Genova, 16126 Genova, Italia
  • 6INFN, Sezione di Catania, 95125 Catania, Italia
  • 7UCL Departement of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower St. London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
  • 8Authors affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
  • 9Physics Department, University of Patras, 265 04 Patras, Greece
  • 10Universität Bonn, Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen-und Kernphysik, 53115 Bonn, Germany
  • 11Center for Theoretical and Experimental Particle Physics, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Andres Bello, Fernandez Concha 700, Santiago, Chile
  • 12Millennium Institute for Subatomic Physics at High-Energy Frontier (SAPHIR), Fernandez Concha 700, Santiago, Chile
  • 13Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María and CCTVal, 2390123 Valparaíso, Chile
  • 14Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (CSIC/UV), Carrer del Catedratic Jose Beltran Martinez, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
  • 15Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • 16Departamento de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de La Serena, Avenida Cisternas 1200, La Serena, Chile

  • *Corresponding author: pietro.bisio@ge.infn.it
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Phys. Rev. D 109, L031103 – Published 23 February, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.L031103

Abstract

We present the results of a missing-energy search for light dark matter which has a new interaction with ordinary matter transmitted by a vector boson, called dark photon A′. For the first time, this search is performed with a positron beam by using the significantly enhanced production of A′ in the resonant annihilation of positrons with atomic electrons of the target nuclei, followed by the invisible decay of A′ into dark matter. No events were found in the signal region with (10.1±0.1)×109 positrons on target with 100 GeV energy. This allowed us to set new exclusion limits that, relative to the collected statistics, prove the power of this experimental technique. This measurement is a crucial first step toward a future exploration program with positron beams, whose estimated sensitivity is here presented.

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Phys. Rev. D 109, L031103– Published 23 February, 2024
  • Received 4 September 2023
  • Accepted 12 December 2023
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