Passage of millicharged particles in the electron beam-dump: refining constraints from SLACmQ and estimating sensitivity of NA64e
arXiv:2204.03984 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.106.035029
Abstract
Millicharged particles (MCPs) arise in many well-motivated extensions of the Standard Model and are a popular subject for experimental searches. We investigate attenuation of the MCP flux produced at accelerator experiments due to their interactions in the media. Considering, as an example, the dedicated MCP search at SLACmQ, we demonstrate that this effect can significantly affect the final sensitivity to the MCP parameter space leaving its essential part still unexplored. Applying our analysis to the SLACmQ experiment [53], we correct their exclusion bounds in close accordance with Ref. [54]. We also show that this newly reopened area with the MCP masses in the range eV - GeV and charges can be effectively probed by the NA64 experiment at the CERN SPS. Light MCPs are mostly produced by virtual photon in electron scattering off nucleus. The main source of heavy MCP is decays of vector mesons, produced by the electrons on nuclei.
arXiv comment26 pages, 15 figures, typos in acknowledgements are corrected, clarification for the revised SLACmQ curve is added
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