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We study inelastic dark matter (iDM) in a minimal and ultraviolet-complete framework in which the dark photon mass arises from a dark Higgs mechanism. The spontaneous breaking of a $U(1)_D$ symmetry splits the Dirac fermion into two…

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Exploring Portals to a Hidden Sector Through Fixed Targets

We discuss the sensitivity of neutrino experiments at the luminosity frontier to generic hidden sectors containing new (sub)-GeV neutral states. The weak interaction of these states with the Standard Model can be efficiently probed through…

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Dark Matter Search in Nucleon, Pion, and Electron Channels from a Proton Beam Dump with MiniBooNE

A search for sub-GeV dark matter produced from collisions of the Fermilab 8 GeV Booster protons with a steel beam dump was performed by the MiniBooNE-DM Collaboration using data from $1.86 \times 10^{20}$ protons on target in a dedicated…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-04-01 DM Collaboration , A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo , M. Backfish , A. Bashyal , B. Batell , B. C. Brown , R. Carr , A. Chatterjee , R. L. Cooper , P. deNiverville , R. Dharmapalan , Z. Djurcic , R. Ford , F. G. Garcia , G. T. Garvey , J. Grange , J. A. Green , E. -C. Huang , W. Huelsnitz , I. L. de Icaza Astiz , G. Karagiorgi , T. Katori , W. Ketchum , T. Kobilarcik , Q. Liu , W. C. Louis , W. Marsh , C. D. Moore , G. B. Mills , J. Mirabal , P. Nienaber , Z. Pavlovic , D. Perevalov , H. Ray , B. P. Roe , M. H. Shaevitz , S. Shahsavarani , I. Stancu , R. Tayloe , C. Taylor , R. T. Thornton , R. G. Van de Water , W. Wester , D. H. White , J. Yu

Status of ArDM-1t: First observations from operation with a full ton-scale liquid argon target

ArDM-1t is the first operating ton-scale liquid argon detector for direct search of Dark Matter particles. Developed at CERN as Recognized Experiment RE18, the experiment has been approved in 2010 to be installed in the Spanish underground…

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Measurement of Reconstructed Charged Particle Multiplicities of Neutrino Interactions in MicroBooNE

We compare the observed charged particle multiplicity distributions in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber from neutrino interactions in a restricted final state phase space to predictions of this distribution from several…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-09-04 Aleena Rafique

Atmospheric neutrinos as a probe of eV^2-scale active-sterile oscillations

The down-going atmospheric \nu_{\mu} and {\bar{\nu_{\mu}}} fluxes can be significantly altered due to the presence of eV^2-scale active-sterile oscillations. We study the sensitivity of a large Liquid Argon detector and a large magnetized…

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MiniBooNE-DM: a dark matter search in a proton beam dump

In a dedicated run where protons from the Fermilab Booster were delivered directly to the steel beam dump of the Booster Neutrino Beamline (BNB), the MiniBooNE detector was used to search for the production of sub-GeV dark matter particles…

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Mono-Neutrino at DUNE: New Signals From Neutrinophilic Thermal Dark Matter

We introduce the mono-neutrino signal at neutrino detectors as a smoking gun of sub-GeV scale dark matter candidates that mainly interact with standard model neutrinos. In a mono-neutrino process, invisible particles, either dark matter…

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Search for Dark Matter with LHC proton Beam Dump

Dark Matter (DM) comprising particles in the mass range of a few MeV to GeV is waiting to be explored, given the many theoretical models accommodating cosmological abundance. We hereby propose an experiment with the LHC proton beam of 7 TeV…

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New Prospects in Fixed Target Searches for Dark Forces with the SeaQuest Experiment at Fermilab

An intense, 120 GeV proton beam incident on an extremely long, iron target generates enormous numbers of light-mass particles that also decay within that target. If one of these particles decays to a final state with a hidden gauge boson,…

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FLArE up dark sectors with EM form factors at the LHC Forward Physics Facility

Despite being mostly secluded, dark sector particles may feebly interact with photons via a small mass-dimension 4 millicharge, a mass-dimension 5 magnetic and electric dipole moment, or a mass-dimension 6 anapole moment and charge radius.…

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Current and Future Liquid Argon Neutrino Experiments

The liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) detector technology provides an opportunity for precision neutrino oscillation measurements, neutrino cross section measurements, and searches for rare processes, such as SuperNova neutrino…

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Dark matter beams at LBNF

High-intensity neutrino beam facilities may produce a beam of light dark matter when protons strike the target. Searches for such a dark matter beam using its scattering in a nearby detector must overcome the large neutrino background. We…

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Underground Neutrino Detectors for Particle and Astroparticle Science: the Giant Liquid Argon Charge Imaging ExpeRiment (GLACIER)

The current focus of the CERN program is the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), however, CERN is engaged in long baseline neutrino physics with the CNGS project and supports T2K as recognized CERN RE13, and for good reasons: a number of observed…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-29 A. Rubbia

A Proposal for a Three Detector Short-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Program in the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam

A Short-Baseline Neutrino (SBN) physics program of three LAr-TPC detectors located along the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab is presented. This new SBN Program will deliver a rich and compelling physics opportunity, including the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-02-17 R. Acciarri , C. Adams , R. An , C. Andreopoulos , A. M. Ankowski , M. Antonello , J. Asaadi , W. Badgett , L. Bagby , B. Baibussinov , B. Baller , G. Barr , N. Barros , M. Bass , V. Bellini , P. Benetti , S. Bertolucci , K. Biery , H. Bilokon , M. Bishai , A. Bitadze , A. Blake , F. Boffelli , T. Bolton , M. Bonesini , J. Bremer , S. J. Brice , C. Bromberg , L. Bugel , E. Calligarich , L. Camilleri , D. Caratelli , B. Carls , F. Cavanna , S. Centro , H. Chen , C. Chi , E. Church , D. Cianci , A. G. Cocco , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , G. De Geronimo , A. Dermenev , R. Dharmapalan , S. Dixon , Z. Djurcic , S. Dytmam , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , J. Esquivel , J. Evans , A. Falcone , C. Farnese , A. Fava , A. Ferrari , B. T. Fleming , W. M. Foreman , J. Freestone , T. Gamble , G. Garvey , V. Genty , M. Geynisman , D. Gibin , S. Gninenko , D. Göldi , S. Gollapinni , N. Golubev , M. Graham , E. Gramellini , H. Greenlee , R. Grosso , R. Guenette , A. Guglielmi , A. Hackenburg , R. Hänni , O. Hen , V Hewes , J. Ho , G. Horton-Smith , J. Howell , A. Ivashkin , C. James , C. M. Jen , R. A. Johnson , B. J. P. Jones , J. Joshi , H. Jostlein , D. Kaleko , L. N. Kalousis , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , B. Kirby , M. Kirby , M. Kirsanov , J. Kisiel , J. Klein , J. Klinger , T. Kobilarcik , U. Kose , I. Kreslo , V. A. Kudryavtsev , Y. Li , B. Littlejohn , D. Lissauer , P. Livesly , S. Lockwitz , W. C. Louis , M. Lüthi , B. Lundberg , F. Mammoliti , G. Mannocchi , A. Marchionni , C. Mariani , J. Marshall , K. Mavrokoridis , N. McCauley , N. McConkey , K. McDonald , V. Meddage , A. Menegolli , G. Meng , I. Mercer , T. Miao , T. Miceli , G. B. Mills , D. Mladenov , C. Montanari , D. Montanari , J. Moon , M. Mooney , C. Moore , Z. Moss , M. H. Moulai , S. Mufson , R. Murrells , D. Naples , M. Nessi , M. Nicoletto , P. Nienaber , B. Norris , F. Noto , J. Nowak , S. Pal , O. Palamara , V. Paolone , V. Papavassiliou , S. Pate , J. Pater , Z. Pavlovic , J. Perkin , P. Picchi , F. Pietropaolo , P. Płoński , S. Pordes , R. Potenza , G. Pulliam , X. Qian , L. Qiuguang , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , R. Rameika , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , P. N. Ratoff , B. Rebel , M. Richardson , L. Rochester , M. Rossella , C. Rubbia , C. Rudolf von Rohr , B. Russell , P. Sala , A. Scaramelli , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , B. Sippach , E. Snider , J. Sobczyk , M. Soderberg , S. Söldner-Rembold , M. Spanu , J. Spitz , N. Spooner , D. Stefan , J. St. John , T. Strauss , R. Sulej , C. M. Sutera , A. M. Szelc , N. Tagg , C. E. Taylor , K. Terao , M. Thiesse , L. Thompson , M. Thomson , C. Thorn , M. Torti , F. Tortorici , M. Toups , C. Touramanis , Y. Tsai , T. Usher , R. Van de Water , F. Varanini , S. Ventura , C. Vignoli , T. Wachala , M. Weber , D. Whittington , P. Wilson , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , K. Woodruff , M. Xu , T. Yang , B. Yu , A. Zani , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

Design and Construction of the MicroBooNE Detector

This paper describes the design and construction of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber and associated systems. MicroBooNE is the first phase of the Short Baseline Neutrino program, located at Fermilab, and will utilize the…

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Detecting Beyond the Standard Model Interactions of Solar Neutrinos in Low-Threshold Dark Matter Detectors

As low-threshold dark matter detectors advance in development, they will become sensitive to recoils from solar neutrinos which opens up the possibility to explore neutrino properties. We predict the enhancement of the event rate of solar…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-07-20 Thomas Schwemberger , Tien-Tien Yu

Photon detection system for ProtoDUNE dual phase

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a 40-kton underground liquid argon time-projection-chamber (LAr TPC) detector, for long-baseline neutrino oscillation studies and for neutrino astrophysics and nucleon decay searches.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-01-17 C. Cuesta

Measurement of Liquid Argon Scintillation Light Properties by means of an Alpha Source placed inside the CERN 10-PMT LAr Detection System

A particle detection system that exploits the scintillation light produced by ionizing particles in liquid argon (LAr) has been assembled at CERN. The system is based on 10 large-area photomultiplier tubes (PMT) immersed in a 1500-liter…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-26 B. Ali-Mohammadzadeh , M. Babicz , V. Bellini , A. Fava , U. Kose , F. Pietropaolo , M. C. Prata , G. L. Raselli , F. Resnati , M. Rossella , C. Scagliotti , F. Tortorici , A. Zani

Probing sub-GeV dark sectors via high energy proton beams at LBNF/DUNE and MiniBooNE

We study the sensitivity to sub-GeV dark sectors of high energy ($ \geq100$ GeV) proton fixed target experiments such as the Main Injector and the future Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF). We focus on off-axis detectors since they have…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-08-02 Claudia Frugiuele