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Dark Vector Boson Bremsstrahlung: New Form Factors for a Broader Class of Models

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-09-16 v1

Abstract

We explore the sensitivity of collider experiments to a broad class of GeV-scale dark vector models of new physics via production in proton and neutron bremsstrahlung and initial state radiation. This is achieved using a new physically motivated model for timelike vector form factors with generic charges for both protons and neutrons, which is fit to a variety of timelike and spacelike data with quantified uncertainties. The production model for both proton and neutron bremsstrahlung is applied to re-cast and extend the reach of existing FASER data to GeV-mass dark photons, U(1)BU(1)_B, U(1)BLU(1)_{B-L}, and photophobic vectors, as well as forecasts for millicharged particles at FORMOSA.

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@article{arxiv.2509.09437,
  title  = {Dark Vector Boson Bremsstrahlung: New Form Factors for a Broader Class of Models},
  author = {Felix Kling and Peter Reimitz and Adam Ritz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.09437},
  year   = {2025}
}

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19 pages, 7 figures