Leptophobic Dark Matter at Neutrino Factories

Abstract

High-luminosity fixed-target neutrino experiments present a new opportunity to search for light sub-GeV dark matter and associated new forces. We analyze the physics reach of these experiments to light leptophobic dark states coupled to the Standard Model via gauging the $U(1{)}_B$ baryon current. When the baryonic vector is light, and can decay to dark matter, we find that the MiniBooNE experiment in its current beam-dump configuration can extend sensitivity to the baryonic fine structure constant down to ${\alpha }_B\sim 10^{-6}$. This is significantly below the existing limits over much of the sub-GeV mass range currently inaccessible to direct detection experiments.

15 pages, 8 figures

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