Looking forward to millicharged dark sectors at the LHC
Saeid Foroughi-Abari, Felix Kling, Yu-Dai Tsai
Abstract
We identify what may be the world's most sensitive location to search for millicharged particles in the 10 MeV to 100 GeV mass range: the forward region at the LHC. We propose constructing a scintillator-based experiment, FORward MicrOcharge SeArch (FORMOSA) in this location. FORMOSA can discover millicharged particles in a large and unexplored region of parameter space, including millicharged strongly interacting dark matter (mSIDM) candidates that cannot be probed by ground-based direct-detection experiments. The newly proposed LHC Forward Physics Facility (FPF) provides an ideal structure to host the full FORMOSA experiment.
Topics & Concepts
Large Hadron ColliderPhysicsParticle physicsDark matterParameter spaceRange (aeronautics)ScintillatorNuclear physicsAerospace engineeringDetectorStatisticsEngineeringOpticsMathematicsParticle physics theoretical and experimental studiesDark Matter and Cosmic PhenomenaParticle Detector Development and Performance