34 research outputs found
Dipole portal to heavy neutral leptons
We consider generic neutrino dipole portals between left-handed neutrinos,
photons, and right-handed heavy neutral leptons (HNL) with Dirac masses. The
dominance of this portal significantly alters the conventional phenomenology of
HNLs. We derive a comprehensive set of constraints on the dipole portal to HNLs
by utilizing data from LEP, LHC, MiniBooNE, LSND as well as observations of
Supernova 1987A and consistency of the standard Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. We
calculate projected sensitivities from the proposed high-intensity SHiP beam
dump experiment, and the ongoing experiments at the Short-Baseline Neutrino
facility at Fermilab. Dipole mediated Primakoff neutrino upscattering and
Dalitz-like meson decays are found to be the main production mechanisms in most
of the parametric regime under consideration. Proposed explanations of LSND and
MiniBooNE anomalies based on HNLs with dipole-induced decays are found to be
severely constrained, or to be tested in the future experiments.Comment: 26 pages, 11 figure
A Letter of Intent to Install a milli-charged Particle Detector at LHC P5
In this LOI we propose a dedicated experiment that would detect
"milli-charged" particles produced by pp collisions at LHC Point 5. The
experiment would be installed during LS2 in the vestigial drainage gallery
above UXC and would not interfere with CMS operations. With 300 fb of
integrated luminosity, sensitivity to a particle with charge
can be achieved for masses of GeV,
and charge for masses of GeV,
greatly extending the parameter space explored for particles with small charge
and masses above 100 MeV.Comment: 19 pages, 7 figure
A Milli-Charged Particle Detector at LHC P5
We propose a dedicated experiment that would detect milli-charged particles produced by pp collisions at LHC Point 5. The experiment would be installed during LS2 in the vestigial drainage gallery above UXC and would not interfere with CMS operations. With 300~fb of integrated luminosity, sensitivity to a particle with charge can be achieved for masses of ~GeV, and charge for masses of ~GeV, greatly extending the parameter space explored for particles with small charges and masses above 100 MeV
Millicharged particles in neutrino experiments
We set constraints and future sensitivity projections on millicharged particles (MCPs) based on electron scattering data in numerous neutrino experiments, starting with MiniBooNE and the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector (LSND). Both experiments are found to provide new (and leading) constraints in certain MCP mass windows: 5–35 MeV for LSND and 100–180 MeV for MiniBooNE. Furthermore, we provide projections for the ongoing Fermilab SBN program, the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), and the proposed Search for Hidden Particles (SHIP) experiment. In the SBN program, SBND and MicroBooNE have the capacity to provide the leading bounds in the 100–300 MeV mass regime. DUNE and SHIP are capable of probing parameter space for MCP masses in the range of 5 MeV–5 GeV that is significantly beyond the reach of existing bounds, including those from collider searches and, in the case of DUNE, the SLAC mQ experiment.We set constraints and future sensitivity projections on millicharged particles (MCPs) based on electron scattering data in numerous neutrino experiments, starting with MiniBooNE and the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector (LSND). Both experiments are found to provide new (and leading) constraints in certain MCP mass windows: 5 - 35 MeV for LSND and 100 - 180 MeV for MiniBooNE. Furthermore, we provide projections for the ongoing Fermilab SBN program, the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), and the proposed Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP) experiment. In the SBN program, SBND and MicroBooNE have the capacity to provide the leading bounds in the 100 - 300 MeV mass regime. DUNE and SHiP are capable of probing parameter space for MCP masses in the range of 5 MeV - 5 GeV that is significantly beyond the reach of existing bounds, including those from collider searches and, in the case of DUNE, the SLAC mQ experiment