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Leptophobic Dark Matter at Neutrino Factories

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2014-12-31 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

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)BU(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 αB106\alpha_B\sim 10^{-6}. This is significantly below the existing limits over much of the sub-GeV mass range currently inaccessible to direct detection experiments.

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@article{arxiv.1405.7049,
  title  = {Leptophobic Dark Matter at Neutrino Factories},
  author = {Brian Batell and Patrick deNiverville and David McKeen and Maxim Pospelov and Adam Ritz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.7049},
  year   = {2014}
}

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15 pages, 8 figures