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Description
The PADME experiment, conducted at Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati of INFN, searches for a signal of a Dark Photon A’ in the e+e−→γA’ reaction in a positron-on-target experiment by evaluating the missing mass of annihilation events with a single photon.
The basic idea is that a massive photon-like particle could be the portal toward a hidden sector where Dark Matter is secluded. In about one year of data taking, a sensitivity on the interaction strength down to 0.001 is achievable in the mass region M(A’) <23.7 MeV.
In addition, the PADME approach allows searches for any new particle produced in e+e− collisions through a virtual off-shell photon, such as long lived Axion-Like-Particles (ALPs), proto-phobic X bosons, Dark Higgs, etc. In the talk, the scientific program of the experiment and its current status will be illustrated.
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Federica Oliva
| Is this abstract from experiment? | Yes |
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| Name of experiment and experimental site | PADME |
| Is the speaker for that presentation defined? | Yes |
| Internet talk | Yes |
