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Andreev YM, Banerjee D, Banto Oberhauser B, Bernhard J, Bisio P, Celentano A, Charitonidis N, Chumakov AG, Cooke D, Crivelli P, Depero E, Dermenev AV, Donskov SV, Dusaev RR, Enik T, Frolov VN, Galleguillos Silva RB, Gardikiotis A, Gertsenberger SV, Girod S, Gninenko SN, Hösgen M, Kachanov VA, Kambar Y, Karneyeu AE, Kasianova EA, Kekelidze GD, Ketzer B, Kirpichnikov DV, Kirsanov MM, Kolosov VN, Kramarenko VA, Kravchuk LV, Krasnikov NV, Kuleshov SV, Lyubovitskij VE, Lysan V, Marini A, Marsicano L, Matveev VA, Mena Fredes R, Mena Yanssen RG, Molina Bueno L, Mongillo M, Peshekhonov DV, Polyakov VA, Radics B, Salamatin KM, Samoylenko VD, Sieber H, Shchukin DA, Soto O, Tikhomirov VO, Tlisova IV, Toropin AN, Tuzi M, Vasilishin BI, Volkov PV, Volkov VY, Voronchikhin IV, Zamora-Saá J, Zhevlakov AS. Search for Light Dark Matter with NA64 at CERN. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 131:161801. [PMID: 37925688 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.161801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
Abstract
Thermal dark matter models with particle χ masses below the electroweak scale can provide an explanation for the observed relic dark matter density. This would imply the existence of a new feeble interaction between the dark and ordinary matter. We report on a new search for the sub-GeV χ production through the interaction mediated by a new vector boson, called the dark photon A^{'}, in collisions of 100 GeV electrons with the active target of the NA64 experiment at the CERN SPS. With 9.37×10^{11} electrons on target collected during 2016-2022 runs NA64 probes for the first time the well-motivated region of parameter space of benchmark thermal scalar and fermionic dark matter models. No evidence for dark matter production has been found. This allows us to set the most sensitive limits on the A^{'} couplings to photons for masses m_{A^{'}}≲0.35 GeV, and to exclude scalar and Majorana dark matter with the χ-A^{'} coupling α_{D}≤0.1 for masses 0.001≲m_{χ}≲0.1 GeV and 3m_{χ}≤m_{A^{'}}.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yu M Andreev
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - D Banerjee
- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
| | - B Banto Oberhauser
- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
| | - J Bernhard
- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
| | - P Bisio
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, 16147 Genova, Italia
- Università degli Studi di Genova, 16126 Genova, Italia
| | - A Celentano
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, 16147 Genova, Italia
| | - N Charitonidis
- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A G Chumakov
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - D Cooke
- UCL Departement of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower St. London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
| | - P Crivelli
- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
| | - E Depero
- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
| | - A V Dermenev
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - S V Donskov
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - R R Dusaev
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - T Enik
- Authors affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V N Frolov
- Authors affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - R B Galleguillos Silva
- Center for Theoretical and Experimental Particle Physics, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Andres Bello, Fernandez Concha 700, Santiago, Chile
- Millennium Institute for Subatomic Physics at High-Energy Frontier (SAPHIR), Fernandez Concha 700, Santiago, Chile
| | - A Gardikiotis
- Physics Department, University of Patras, 265 04 Patras, Greece
| | - S V Gertsenberger
- Authors affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - S Girod
- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
| | - S N Gninenko
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Hösgen
- Universität Bonn, Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen-und Kernphysik, 53115 Bonn, Germany
| | - V A Kachanov
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - Y Kambar
- Authors affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A E Karneyeu
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - E A Kasianova
- Authors affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - G D Kekelidze
- Authors affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - B Ketzer
- Universität Bonn, Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen-und Kernphysik, 53115 Bonn, Germany
| | - D V Kirpichnikov
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M M Kirsanov
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V N Kolosov
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V A Kramarenko
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
- Authors affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - L V Kravchuk
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - N V Krasnikov
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
- Authors affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - S V Kuleshov
- Center for Theoretical and Experimental Particle Physics, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Andres Bello, Fernandez Concha 700, Santiago, Chile
- Millennium Institute for Subatomic Physics at High-Energy Frontier (SAPHIR), Fernandez Concha 700, Santiago, Chile
| | - V E Lyubovitskij
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
- Millennium Institute for Subatomic Physics at High-Energy Frontier (SAPHIR), Fernandez Concha 700, Santiago, Chile
- Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María and CCTVal, 2390123 Valparaíso, Chile
| | - V Lysan
- Authors affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Marini
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, 16147 Genova, Italia
| | - L Marsicano
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, 16147 Genova, Italia
| | - V A Matveev
- Authors affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - R Mena Fredes
- Millennium Institute for Subatomic Physics at High-Energy Frontier (SAPHIR), Fernandez Concha 700, Santiago, Chile
- Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María and CCTVal, 2390123 Valparaíso, Chile
| | - R G Mena Yanssen
- Millennium Institute for Subatomic Physics at High-Energy Frontier (SAPHIR), Fernandez Concha 700, Santiago, Chile
- Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María and CCTVal, 2390123 Valparaíso, Chile
| | - L Molina Bueno
- Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (CSIC/UV), Carrer del Catedratic Jose Beltran Martinez, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
| | - M Mongillo
- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
| | - D V Peshekhonov
- Authors affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V A Polyakov
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - B Radics
- York University, Toronto, Canada
| | - K M Salamatin
- Authors affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V D Samoylenko
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - H Sieber
- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
| | - D A Shchukin
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - O Soto
- Millennium Institute for Subatomic Physics at High-Energy Frontier (SAPHIR), Fernandez Concha 700, Santiago, Chile
- Departamento de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de La Serena, Avenida Cisternas 1200, La Serena, Chile
| | - V O Tikhomirov
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - I V Tlisova
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A N Toropin
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Tuzi
- Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (CSIC/UV), Carrer del Catedratic Jose Beltran Martinez, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
| | - B I Vasilishin
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - P V Volkov
- Authors affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V Yu Volkov
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - I V Voronchikhin
- Authors affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Zamora-Saá
- Center for Theoretical and Experimental Particle Physics, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Andres Bello, Fernandez Concha 700, Santiago, Chile
- Millennium Institute for Subatomic Physics at High-Energy Frontier (SAPHIR), Fernandez Concha 700, Santiago, Chile
| | - A S Zhevlakov
- Authors affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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