Speaker
Description
NA64 is a fixed target experiment at the CERN SPS to search for hidden sectors. In this poster, we will present our latest results on the search for a new sub-GeV vector gauge boson (A′) mediated dark matter (χ) production. The A′, called dark photon, could be generated in the reaction e−Z→e−ZA′ of 100 GeV electrons dumped against an active target which is followed by the prompt invisible decay A′→χχ. The experimental signature of this process would be a clean event with an isolated electron and large missing energy in the detector. This allows us to set new limits on the γ−A′ mixing strength and constrain models with light thermal dark matter or light scalar, Majorana or pseudo-Dirac thermal dark matter. Preliminary results on the search for the X→e+e− decay of a new light X boson which could explain a recently observed anomaly in the 8Be transitions will be also discussed.
| Affiliation | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich |
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| Academic position | PhD student |
| Email address | emilio.depero@cern.ch |
