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Beam Dynamics Studies at DAFNE: from Ideas to Experimental Results

DAFNE is the electron-positron collider operating at the energy of Phi-resonance, 1 GeV in the center of mass. The presently achieved luminosity is by about two orders of magnitude higher than that obtained at other colliders ever operated…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-02-14 Mikhail Zobov

Measurement of the Absolute Photon Detection Efficiency of the DUNE Far Detector Vertical Drift X-ARAPUCAs

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a long-baseline (1300 km) neutrino experiment hosted at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL). It aims to measure neutrino mass ordering and CP violation through neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-03-25 Sergio Manthey Corchado

Ideas for extending the Frascati LINAC positron beam pulses for the resonant search of a X(17 MeV) boson

The results on the so-called $^8$Be anomaly, recently corroborated by similar experimental evidence in the radiative transitions of excited $^4$He nuclei, could be justified by the creation of a new particle with a mass of $m_X\simeq16.7$…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2020-10-27 Paolo Valente

Raman spectroscopic features of the neutral vacancy in diamond from ab initio quantum-mechanical calculations

Quantum-mechanical ab initio calculations are performed to elucidate the vibrational spectroscopic features of a common irradiation-induced defect in diamond, i.e. the neutral vacancy. Raman spectra are computed analytically through a…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-08-31 J. Baima , A. Zelferino , P. Olivero , A. Erba , R. Dovesi

First search for dark-trident processes using the MicroBooNE detector

We present a first search for dark-trident scattering in a neutrino beam using a data set corresponding to $7.2 \times 10^{20}$ protons on target taken with the MicroBooNE detector at Fermilab. Proton interactions in the neutrino target at…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-05-17 MicroBooNE collaboration , P. Abratenko , O. Alterkait , D. Andrade Aldana , L. Arellano , J. Asaadi , A. Ashkenazi , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , G. Barr , D. Barrow , J. Barrow , V. Basque , O. Benevides Rodrigues , S. Berkman , A. Bhanderi , A. Bhat , M. Bhattacharya , M. Bishai , A. Blake , B. Bogart , T. Bolton , J. Y. Book , M. B. Brunetti , L. Camilleri , Y. Cao , D. Caratelli , F. Cavanna , G. Cerati , A. Chappell , Y. Chen , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , R. Cross , M. Del Tutto , S. R. Dennis , P. Detje , A. Devitt , R. Diurba , Z. Djurcic , R. Dorrill , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , P. Englezos , A. Ereditato , J. J. Evans , R. Fine , O. G. Finnerud , B. T. Fleming , W. Foreman , D. Franco , A. P. Furmanski , F. Gao , D. Garcia-Gamez , S. Gardiner , G. Ge , S. Gollapinni , E. Gramellini , P. Green , H. Greenlee , L. Gu , W. Gu , R. Guenette , P. Guzowski , L. Hagaman , O. Hen , C. Hilgenberg , G. A. Horton-Smith , Z. Imani , B. Irwin , M. S. Ismail , C. James , X. Ji , J. H. Jo , R. A. Johnson , Y. J. Jwa , D. Kalra , N. Kamp , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , I. Kreslo , M. B. Leibovitch , I. Lepetic , J. -Y. Li , K. Li , Y. Li , K. Lin , B. R. Littlejohn , H. Liu , W. C. Louis , X. Luo , C. Mariani , D. Marsden , J. Marshall , N. Martinez , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , S. Martynenko , A. Mastbaum , I. Mawby , N. McConkey , V. Meddage , J. Micallef , K. Miller , K. Mistry , T. Mohayai , A. Mogan , M. Mooney , A. F. Moor , C. D. Moore , L. Mora Lepin , M. M. Moudgalya , S. Mulleria Babu , D. Naples , A. Navrer-Agasson , N. Nayak , M. Nebot-Guinot , J. Nowak , N. Oza , O. Palamara , N. Pallat , V. Paolone , A. Papadopoulou , V. Papavassiliou , H. Parkinson , S. F. Pate , N. Patel , Z. Pavlovic , E. Piasetzky , I. Pophale , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , A. Rafique , M. Reggiani-Guzzo , L. Ren , L. Rochester , J. Rodriguez Rondon , M. Rosenberg , M. Ross-Lonergan , C. Rudolph von Rohr , I. Safa , G. Scanavini , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , R. Sharankova , J. Shi , E. L. Snider , M. Soderberg , S. Soldner-Rembold , J. Spitz , M. Stancari , J. St. John , T. Strauss , A. M. Szelc , W. Tang , N. Taniuchi , K. Terao , C. Thorpe , D. Torbunov , D. Totani , M. Toups , Y. -T. Tsai , J. Tyler , M. A. Uchida , T. Usher , B. Viren , M. Weber , H. Wei , A. J. White , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , M. Wospakrik , K. Wresilo , W. Wu , E. Yandel , T. Yang , L. E. Yates , H. W. Yu , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

Post-irradiation examination of a prototype tantalum-clad target for the Beam Dump Facility at CERN

The Beam Dump Facility (BDF) is a planned fixed-target installation in CERN's North Area, set to start operating in 2031. A proton beam of 400 GeV/c will be delivered in 1 s pulses of 4e13 protons every 7.2 s, amounting to 4e19 protons on…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2024-10-04 Tina Griesemer , Rui Franqueira Ximenes , Gonzalo Arnau Izquierdo , Ignacio Aviles Santillana , Thomas Brehm , Adria Gallifa Terricabras , Stefan Höll , Richard Jacobsson , Marco Kaiser , Roman Kuchar , Ana Teresa Pérez Fontenla , Alexey Rempel , Oscar Sacristan De Frutos , Marcel Schienbein , Stefano Sgobba , Marco Calviani

Dark Photon Search in the Mass Range Between 1.5 and 3.4 GeV/$c^2$

Using a data set of 2.93 fb$^{-1}$ taken at a center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}$ = 3.773 GeV with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider, we perform a search for an extra U(1) gauge boson, also denoted as a dark photon. We examine the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-11-22 M. Ablikim , M. N. Achasov , X. C. Ai , O. Albayrak , M. Albrecht , D. J. Ambrose , A. Amoroso , F. F. An , Q. An , J. Z. Bai , R. Baldini Ferroli , Y. Ban , D. W. Bennett , J. V. Bennett , M. Bertani , D. Bettoni , J. M. Bian , F. Bianchi , E. Boger , I. Boyko , R. A. Briere , H. Cai , X. Cai , O. Cakir , A. Calcaterra , G. F. Cao , S. A. Cetin , J. F. Chang , G. Chelkov , G. Chen , H. S. Chen , H. Y. Chen , J. C. Chen , M. L. Chen , S. J. Chen , X. Chen , X. R. Chen , Y. B. Chen , H. P. Cheng , X. K. Chu , G. Cibinetto , H. L. Dai , J. P. Dai , A. Dbeyssi , D. Dedovich , Z. Y. Deng , A. Denig , I. Denysenko , M. Destefanis , F. De Mori , Y. Ding , C. Dong , J. Dong , L. Y. Dong , M. Y. Dong , S. X. Du , P. F. Duan , E. E. Eren , J. Z. Fan , J. Fang , S. S. Fang , X. Fang , Y. Fang , L. Fava , F. Feldbauer , G. Felici , C. Q. Feng , E. Fioravanti , M. Fritsch , C. D. Fu , Q. Gao , X. Y. Gao , Y. Gao , Z. Gao , I. Garzia , C. Geng , K. Goetzen , W. X. Gong , W. Gradl , M. Greco , M. H. Gu , Y. T. Gu , Y. H. Guan , A. Q. Guo , L. B. Guo , Y. Guo , Y. P. Guo , Z. Haddadi , A. Hafner , S. Han , Y. L. Han , X. Q. Hao , F. A. Harris , K. L. He , Z. Y. He , T. Held , Y. K. Heng , Z. L. Hou , C. Hu , H. M. Hu , J. F. Hu , T. Hu , Y. Hu , G. M. Huang , G. S. Huang , H. P. Huang , J. S. Huang , X. T. Huang , Y. Huang , T. Hussain , Q. Ji , Q. P. Ji , X. B. Ji , X. L. Ji , L. L. Jiang , L. W. Jiang , X. S. Jiang , X. Y. Jiang , J. B. Jiao , Z. Jiao , D. P. Jin , S. Jin , T. Johansson , A. Julin , N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki , X. L. Kang , X. S. Kang , M. Kavatsyuk , B. C. Ke , P. Kiese , R. Kliemt , B. Kloss , O. B. Kolcu , B. Kopf , M. Kornicer , W. Kuehn , A. Kupsc , J. S. Lange , M. Lara , P. Larin , C. Leng , C. Li , C. H. Li , Cheng Li , D. M. Li , F. Li , G. Li , H. B. Li , J. C. Li , Jin Li , K. Li , K. Li , Lei Li , P. R. Li , T. Li , W. D. Li , W. G. Li , X. L. Li , X. M. Li , X. N. Li , X. Q. Li , Z. B. Li , H. Liang , Y. F. Liang , Y. T. Liang , G. R. Liao , D. X. Lin , B. J. Liu , C. X. Liu , F. H. Liu , Fang Liu , Feng Liu , H. B. Liu , H. H. Liu , H. H. Liu , H. M. Liu , J. Liu , J. B. Liu , J. P. Liu , J. Y. Liu , K. Liu , K. Y. Liu , L. D. Liu , P. L. Liu , Q. Liu , S. B. Liu , X. Liu , X. X. Liu , Y. B. Liu , Z. A. Liu , Zhiqiang Liu , Zhiqing Liu , H. Loehner , X. C. Lou , H. J. Lu , J. G. Lu , R. Q. Lu , Y. Lu , Y. P. Lu , C. L. Luo , M. X. Luo , T. Luo , X. L. Luo , M. Lv , X. R. Lyu , F. C. Ma , H. L. Ma , L. L. Ma , Q. M. Ma , T. Ma , X. N. Ma , X. Y. Ma , F. E. Maas , M. Maggiora , Y. J. Mao , Z. P. Mao , S. Marcello , J. G. Messchendorp , J. Min , T. J. Min , R. E. Mitchell , X. H. Mo , Y. J. Mo , C. Morales Morales , K. Moriya , N. Yu. Muchnoi , H. Muramatsu , Y. Nefedov , F. Nerling , I. B. Nikolaev , Z. Ning , S. Nisar , S. L. Niu , X. Y. Niu , S. L. Olsen , Q. Ouyang , S. Pacetti , P. Patteri , M. Pelizaeus , H. P. Peng , K. Peters , J. Pettersson , J. L. Ping , R. G. Ping , R. Poling , V. Prasad , Y. N. Pu , M. Qi , S. Qian , C. F. Qiao , L. Q. Qin , N. Qin , X. S. Qin , Y. Qin , Z. H. Qin , J. F. Qiu , K. H. Rashid , C. F. Redmer , H. L. Ren , M. Ripka , G. Rong , Ch. Rosner , X. D. Ruan , V. Santoro , A. Sarantsev , M. Savrié , K. Schoenning , S. Schumann , W. Shan , M. Shao , C. P. Shen , P. X. Shen , X. Y. Shen , H. Y. Sheng , W. M. Song , X. Y. Song , S. Sosio , S. Spataro , G. X. Sun , J. F. Sun , S. S. Sun , Y. J. Sun , Y. Z. Sun , Z. J. Sun , Z. T. Sun , C. J. Tang , X. Tang , I. Tapan , E. H. Thorndike , M. Tiemens , M. Ullrich , I. Uman , G. S. Varner , B. Wang , B. L. Wang , D. Wang , D. Y. Wang , K. Wang , L. L. Wang , L. S. Wang , M. Wang , P. Wang , P. L. Wang , S. G. Wang , W. Wang , X. F. Wang , Y. D. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Y. Q. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. G. Wang , Z. H. Wang , Z. Y. Wang , T. Weber , D. H. Wei , J. B. Wei , P. Weidenkaff , S. P. Wen , U. Wiedner , M. Wolke , L. H. Wu , Z. Wu , L. G. Xia , Y. Xia , D. Xiao , H. Xiao , Z. J. Xiao , Y. G. Xie , Q. L. Xiu , G. F. Xu , L. Xu , Q. J. Xu , Q. N. Xu , X. P. Xu , L. Yan , W. B. Yan , W. C. Yan , Y. H. Yan , H. J. Yang , H. X. Yang , L. Yang , Y. Yang , Y. X. Yang , H. Ye , M. Ye , M. H. Ye , J. H. Yin , B. X. Yu , C. X. Yu , H. W. Yu , J. S. Yu , C. Z. Yuan , W. L. Yuan , Y. Yuan , A. Yuncu , A. A. Zafar , A. Zallo , Y. Zeng , B. X. Zhang , B. Y. Zhang , C. Zhang , C. C. Zhang , D. H. Zhang , H. H. Zhang , H. Y. Zhang , J. J. Zhang , J. L. Zhang , J. Q. Zhang , J. W. Zhang , J. Y. Zhang , J. Z. Zhang , K. Zhang , L. Zhang , S. H. Zhang , X. Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. N. Zhang , Y. H. Zhang , Y. T. Zhang , Yu Zhang , Z. H. Zhang , Z. P. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , G. Zhao , J. W. Zhao , J. Y. Zhao , J. Z. Zhao , Lei Zhao , Ling Zhao , M. G. Zhao , Q. Zhao , Q. W. Zhao , S. J. Zhao , T. C. Zhao , Y. B. Zhao , Z. G. Zhao , A. Zhemchugov , B. Zheng , J. P. Zheng , W. J. Zheng , Y. H. Zheng , B. Zhong , L. Zhou , Li Zhou , X. Zhou , X. K. Zhou , X. R. Zhou , X. Y. Zhou , K. Zhu , K. J. Zhu , S. Zhu , X. L. Zhu , Y. C. Zhu , Y. S. Zhu , Z. A. Zhu , J. Zhuang , L. Zotti , B. S. Zou , J. H. Zou

Beam impact tests of a prototype target for the Beam Dump Facility at CERN: experimental setup and preliminary analysis of the online results

The Beam Dump Facility (BDF) is a project for a new facility at CERN dedicated to high intensity beam dump and fixed target experiments. Currently in its design phase, the first aim of the facility is to search for Light Dark Matter and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-12-10 E. Lopez Sola , M. Calviani , O. Aberle , C. Ahdida , P. Avigni , M. Battistin , L. Bianchi , S. Burger , J. Busom Descarrega , J. Canhoto Espadanal , E. Cano-Pleite , M. Casolino , M. A. Fraser , S. Gilardoni , S. Girod , J-L. Grenard , D. Grenier , M. Guinchard , C. Hessler , R. Jacobsson , M. Lamont , A. Ortega Rolo , M. Pandey , A. Perillo-Marcone , B. Riffaud , V. Vlachoudis , L. Zuccalli

Characterization of the PADME positron beam for the X17 measurement

This paper presents a detailed characterization of the positron beam delivered by the Beam Test Facility at Laboratori Nazionali of Frascati to the PADME experiment during Run III, which took place from October to December 2022. It…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-05-14 S. Bertelli , F. Bossi , B. Buonomo , R. De Sangro , C. Di Giulio , E. Di Meco , K. Dimitrova , D. Domenici , F. Ferrarotto , G. Finocchiaro , L. G. Foggetta , A. Frankenthal , M. Garattini , G. Georgiev , P. Gianotti , S. Ivanov , Sv. Ivanov , V. Kozhuharov , E. Leonardi , E. Long , M. Mancini , G. C. Organtini , M. Raggi , I. Sarra , R. Simeonov , T. Spadaro , E. Spiriti , P. Valente , A. Variola , E. Vilucchi

Resonant production of dark photons in positron beam dump experiments

Positrons beam dump experiments have unique features to search for very narrow resonances coupled superweakly to $e^+ e^-$ pairs. Due to the continue loss of energy from soft photon bremsstrahlung, in the first few radiation lengths of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-05-09 Enrico Nardi , Cristian D. R. Carvajal , Anish Ghoshal , Davide Meloni , Mauro Raggi

Accelerator-Produced Dark Matter Search using MiniBooNE

Cosmology observations indicate that our universe is composed of 25% dark matter (DM), yet we know little about its microscopic properties. Whereas the gravitational interaction of DM is well understood, its interaction with the Standard…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-01-05 R. T. Thornton , MiniBooNE-DM collaboration

Detecting the $L_{\mu}-L_{\tau}$ gauge boson at Belle II

We discuss the feasibility of detecting the gauge boson of the $U(1)_{L_{\mu}-L_{\tau}}$ symmetry, which possesses a mass in the range between MeV and GeV, at the Belle-II experiment. The kinetic mixing between the new gauge boson $Z'$ and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-03-10 Takeshi Araki , Shihori Hoshino , Toshihiko Ota , Joe Sato , Takashi Shimomura

Proposal to search for a dark photon in $e^+$ on target collisions at DA$\Phi$NE linac

Photon-like particles are predicted in many extensions of the Standard Model. They have interactions similar to the photon, are vector bosons, and can be produced together with photons. The present paper proposes a search for such particles…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-07-17 Mauro Raggi , Venelin Kozhuharov

Missing-mass search in forward-proton-tagged dilepton events with the ATLAS detector

A search is conducted in proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider for photon-induced production $pp\rightarrow pp+ \gamma \gamma, (\gamma\gamma\rightarrow VX)$ of a visible particle $V$ decaying into a pair of same-flavour…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-03-24 ATLAS Collaboration

The PADME Tracking System

The Positron Annihilation into Dark Matter Experiment (PADME) at LNF-INFN Linac aims to perform a search for dark photons in positron-on-target annihilation process. A key component of the setup is the tracking system which allows vetoing…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-04-03 G. Georgiev , V. Kozhuharov , L. Tsankov

Prospects for Detecting Boosted Dark Matter in DUNE through Hadronic Interactions

Boosted dark matter (BDM) is a well-motivated class of dark matter (DM) candidates in which a small component of DM is relativistic at the present time. We lay the foundation for BDM searches via hadronic interactions in large liquid-argon…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-05-26 Joshua Berger , Yanou Cui , Mathew Graham , Lina Necib , Gianluca Petrillo , Dane Stocks , Yun-Tse Tsai , Yue Zhao

Resonant search for the X17 boson at PADME

We discuss the experimental reach of the Frascati PADME experiment in searching for new light bosons via their resonant production in positron annihilation on fixed target atomic electrons. A scan in the mass range around 17 MeV will…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-04-01 Luc Darmé , Marco Mancini , Enrico Nardi , Mauro Raggi

An Electron Fixed Target Experiment to Search for a New Vector Boson A' Decaying to e+e-

We describe an experiment to search for a new vector boson A' with weak coupling alpha' > 6 x 10^{-8} alpha to electrons (alpha=e^2/4pi) in the mass range 65 MeV < m_A' < 550 MeV. New vector bosons with such small couplings arise naturally…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-18 Rouven Essig , Philip Schuster , Natalia Toro , Bogdan Wojtsekhowski

Searching for a dark photon: Project of the experiment at VEPP-3

We propose an experiment to search for a new gauge boson A' in $e^+e^-$ annihilation by means of a positron beam incident on a gas hydrogen target internal to the bypass at the VEPP-3 storage ring. The search method is based on a missing…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-03-14 B. Wojtsekhowski , G. N. Baranov , M. F. Blinov , E. B. Levichev , S. I. Mishnev , D. M. Nikolenko , I. A. Rachek , Yu. V. Shestakov , Yu. A. Tikhonov , D. K. Toporkov , J. P. Alexander , M. Battaglieri , A. Celentano , R. De Vita , L. Marsicano , M. Bondì , M. De Napoli , A. Italiano , E. Leonora , N. Randazzo

The MIGDAL experiment: Measuring a rare atomic process to aid the search for dark matter

We present the Migdal In Galactic Dark mAtter expLoration (MIGDAL) experiment aiming at the unambiguous observation and study of the so-called Migdal effect induced by fast-neutron scattering. It is hoped that this elusive atomic process…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-05-08 H. M. Araújo , S. N. Balashov , J. E. Borg , F. M. Brunbauer , C. Cazzaniga , C. D. Frost , F. Garcia , A. C. Kaboth , M. Kastriotou , I. Katsioulas , A. Khazov , H. Kraus , V. A. Kudryavtsev , S. Lilley , A. Lindote , D. Loomba , M. I. Lopes , E. Lopez Asamar , P. Luna Dapica , P. A. Majewski , T. Marley , C. McCabe , A. F. Mills , M. Nakhostin , T. Neep , F. Neves , K. Nikolopoulos , E. Oliveri , L. Ropelewski , E. Tilly , V. N. Solovov , T. J. Sumner , J. Tarrant , R. Turnley , M. G. D. van der Grinten , R. Veenhof