Related papers: Dark Forces at DA$\Phi$NE
Direct searches of dark matter are performed at accelerator facilities. The existence of a new vector boson has been postulated in different scenarios where in the most basic scheme the coupling to the SM can be achieved via a kinetic…
We present recent results obtained by the KLOE-2 Collaboration at the DAPHNE e+e- collider. The first class of results concerns search for dark forces at the scale of 1 GeV in associated production of gamma and the U boson, in search for…
The KLOE detector at the DA$\Phi$NE $\phi$-factory has been operating in two periods from 2001 to 2006 and from 2014 to 2018 collecting a large sample of $\phi$-meson decays. This allowed to perform precision measurements and studies of…
The existence of a new force beyond the Standard Model is compelling because it could explain several striking astrophysical observations which fail standard interpretations. We searched for the light vector mediator of this dark force, the…
The existence of a light dark force mediator has been tested with the KLOE detector at DAPHNE. This particle, called U, is searched for using the decay chain phi-->etaU, eta-->pi+pi-pi0, U-->e+e-. No evidence is found in 1.5 fb-1 of data.…
We present a new limit on the production of a light dark-force mediator with the KLOE detector at DAPHNE. This boson, called U, has been searched for in the decay phi --> eta U, U --> e+ e-, analyzing the decay eta --> pi0 pi0 pi0 in a data…
Following the many contributions, KLOE-2 has done to Dark Matter (DM) searches, an alternative model, where the Dark Force mediator is a hypothetical leptophobic B boson, in contra-position to the U boson or "dark photon", is investigated.…
We searched for evidence of a Higgsstrahlung process in a secluded sector, leading to a final state with a dark photon U and a dark Higgs boson h', with the KLOE detector at DAFNE. We investigated the case of h' lighter than U, with U…
We have searched for a light vector boson $U$, the possible carrier of a "dark force", with the KLOE detector at the DA$\Phi$NE \epm\ collider, motivated by astrophysical evidence for the presence of dark matter in the universe. Using \epm\…
The recent interest in a light gauge boson in the framework of an extra U(1) symmetry motivates searches in the mass range below 1 GeV. We present a search for such a particle, the dark photon, in ${\rm e^+ e^-}\rightarrow {\rm U}\gamma$,…
Dark Matter and Dark Energy are two of the most fundamental open questions in physics today. The existence of a light dark-force mediator has been hypothesized as a possible explanation for several unexplained physical phenomena. A new…
This document reviews the physics program of the KLOE-2 detector at DA$\Phi$NE upgraded in energy and provides a simple solution to run the collider above the $\phi$-peak (up to 2, possibly 2.5 GeV). It is shown how a precise measurement of…
The KLOE experiment operating at the $\phi$--factory DA$\Phi$NE has collected an integrated luminosity of about 2.5 fb$^{-1}$ and 250 pb$^{-1}$, on and off the $\phi$ meson peak respectively. Recent results achieved from studying properties…
We have studied, with the KLOE detector at the DA$\Phi$NE $\Phi$-Factory, the dynamics of the decay $\eta\to\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ using data from the radiative $\phi\to\eta\gamma$ decay for an integrated luminosity $L = 450 \textrm{pb^{-1}}$.…
Prospective presentation is given for the experimental program of the KLOE-2 Collaboration, to be performed using the DA$\Phi$NE $e^+e^-$ collider upgraded in luminosity. Data with the total luminosity of 25 fb$^{-1}$ are aimed to be…
The KLOE experiment at the Frascati $\phi$-factory DA$\Phi$NE has collected about 0.5 fb$^{-1}$ of data till the end of the year 2002. These data allow to perform a wide physics program, ranging from the physics of charged and neutral kaons…
Investigation at a $\phi$--factory can shed light on several debated issues in particle physics. We discuss: i) recent theoretical development and experimental progress in kaon physics relevant for the Standard Model tests in the flavor…
The DAFNE collider, located in the Frascati National Laboratories of INFN, has two main rings, where electrons and positrons are stored to collide at a center of mass energy of 1.02 GeV, the phi resonance mass. KLOE-2 experiment is located…
We present a search for a new light vector boson, carrier of a "dark force" between WIMPs, with the KLOE detector at \DA$\Phi$NE. We analyzed $e^+ e^- \to \mu^+ \mu^- \gamma$ ISR events corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $239$…
In a few months the KLOE-2 detector is expected to start data taking at the upgraded DA$\rm{\Phi}$NE $\phi$-factory of INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati. It aims to collect 25 fb$^{-1}$ at the $\phi(1020)$ peak, and about 5 fb$^{-1}$ in…