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A high efficiency photon veto for the Light Dark Matter eXperiment

Åkesson, Torsten LU orcid ; Blinov, Nikita ; Bryngemark, Lene LU ; Colegrove, Owen ; Collura, Giulia ; Dukes, Craig ; Dutta, Valentina ; Echenard, Bertrand ; Eichlersmith, Thomas and Group, Craig , et al. (2020) In Journal of High Energy Physics 2020(4).
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Fixed-target experiments using primary electron beams can be powerful discovery tools for light dark matter in the sub-GeV mass range. The Light Dark Matter eXperiment (LDMX) is designed to measure missing momentum in high-rate electron fixed-target reactions with beam energies of 4 GeV to 16 GeV. A prerequisite for achieving several important sensitivity milestones is the capability to efficiently reject backgrounds associated with few-GeV bremsstrahlung, by twelve orders of magnitude, while maintaining high efficiency for signal. The primary challenge arises from events with photo-nuclear reactions faking the missing-momentum property of a dark matter signal. We present a methodology developed for the LDMX detector concept that is... (More)

Fixed-target experiments using primary electron beams can be powerful discovery tools for light dark matter in the sub-GeV mass range. The Light Dark Matter eXperiment (LDMX) is designed to measure missing momentum in high-rate electron fixed-target reactions with beam energies of 4 GeV to 16 GeV. A prerequisite for achieving several important sensitivity milestones is the capability to efficiently reject backgrounds associated with few-GeV bremsstrahlung, by twelve orders of magnitude, while maintaining high efficiency for signal. The primary challenge arises from events with photo-nuclear reactions faking the missing-momentum property of a dark matter signal. We present a methodology developed for the LDMX detector concept that is capable of the required rejection. By employing a detailed Geant4-based model of the detector response, we demonstrate that the sampling calorimetry proposed for LDMX can achieve better than 10−13 rejection of few-GeV photons. This suggests that the luminosity-limited sensitivity of LDMX can be realized at 4 GeV and higher beam energies. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

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Beyond Standard Model, Dark matter, Fixed target experiments
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Journal of High Energy Physics
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2020
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4
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Springer
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1126-6708
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10.1007/JHEP04(2020)003
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  abstract     = {{<p>Fixed-target experiments using primary electron beams can be powerful discovery tools for light dark matter in the sub-GeV mass range. The Light Dark Matter eXperiment (LDMX) is designed to measure missing momentum in high-rate electron fixed-target reactions with beam energies of 4 GeV to 16 GeV. A prerequisite for achieving several important sensitivity milestones is the capability to efficiently reject backgrounds associated with few-GeV bremsstrahlung, by twelve orders of magnitude, while maintaining high efficiency for signal. The primary challenge arises from events with photo-nuclear reactions faking the missing-momentum property of a dark matter signal. We present a methodology developed for the LDMX detector concept that is capable of the required rejection. By employing a detailed Geant4-based model of the detector response, we demonstrate that the sampling calorimetry proposed for LDMX can achieve better than 10<sup>−13</sup> rejection of few-GeV photons. This suggests that the luminosity-limited sensitivity of LDMX can be realized at 4 GeV and higher beam energies. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]</p>}},
  author       = {{Åkesson, Torsten and Blinov, Nikita and Bryngemark, Lene and Colegrove, Owen and Collura, Giulia and Dukes, Craig and Dutta, Valentina and Echenard, Bertrand and Eichlersmith, Thomas and Group, Craig and Hiltbrand, Joshua and Hitlin, David G. and Incandela, Joseph and Krnjaic, Gordan and Lazaro, Juan and Li, Amina and Mans, Jeremiah and Masterson, Phillip and McCormick, Jeremy and Moreno, Omar and Mullier, Geoffrey and Nagar, Akshay and Nelson, Timothy and Niendorf, Gavin and Oyang, James and Petersen, Reese and Pöttgen, Ruth and Schuster, Philip and Siegel, Harrison and Toro, Natalia and Tran, Nhan and Whitbeck, Andrew}},
  issn         = {{1126-6708}},
  keywords     = {{Beyond Standard Model; Dark matter; Fixed target experiments}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Journal of High Energy Physics}},
  title        = {{A high efficiency photon veto for the Light Dark Matter eXperiment}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2020)003}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/JHEP04(2020)003}},
  volume       = {{2020}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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