Discovering New Light States at Neutrino Experiments

Details Discovering New Light States at Neutrino Experiments Discovering New Light States at Neutrino Experiments

2010-08-03

arxiv.org/abs/1008.0636v1

Phys.Rev.D82:113008,2010

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

32 text pages, 5 figures, 4 tables

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.82.113008

Experiments designed to measure neutrino oscillations also provide major opportunities for discovering very weakly coupled states. In order to produce neutrinos, experiments such as LSND collide thousands of Coulombs of protons into fixed targets, while MINOS and MiniBooNE also focus and then dump beams of muons. The neutrino detectors beyond these beam dumps are therefore an excellent arena in which to look for long-lived pseudoscalars or for vector bosons that kinetically mix with the photon. We show that these experiments have significant sensitivity beyond previous beam dumps, and are able to partially close the gap between laboratory experiments and supernovae constraints on pseudoscalars. Future upgrades to the NuMI beamline and Project X will lead to even greater opportunities for discovery. We also discuss thin target experiments with muon beams, such as those available in COMPASS, and show that they constitute a powerful probe for leptophilic PNGBs.

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