Leptophobic dark matter at neutrino factories

Brian Batell, Patrick Deniverville, David McKeen, Maxim Pospelov, Adam Ritz

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Abstract

High-luminosity fixed-target neutrino experiments present a new opportunity to search for light sub-GeV dark matter and associated new forces. We analyze the physics reach of these experiments to light leptophobic dark states coupled to the Standard Model via gauging the U(1)B baryon current. When the baryonic vector is light, and can decay to dark matter, we find that the MiniBooNE experiment in its current beam-dump configuration can extend sensitivity to the baryonic fine structure constant down to αB∼10-6. This is significantly below the existing limits over much of the sub-GeV mass range currently inaccessible to direct detection experiments.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number115014
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume90
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 23 2014
Externally publishedYes

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