Speaker
Adrian Thompson
Description
Stopped-pion facilities pose a unique opportunity to probe new physics at MeV energy scales, a totally different but complementary phenomenology to the usual keV-scale nuclear recoil probes of CEvNS and neutrino NSI. I will discuss searches for axion-like particles and tests of the MiniBooNE excess at Coherent CAPTAIN Mills (CCM) using the 800 MeV proton beam source at the Lujan target (LANL). These searches set a proof-of-concept for BSM searches at GeV-scale proton beam targets by looking for new physics signatures in the 100 keV to 10 MeV energy range. I will also discuss and hint at some new theoretical thoughts that would apply to neutron sources.
