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Arifeen, S.; Ouimet, P.P.; Pinfold, J.; Staelens, M. |
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Searching for dark pions with the MoEDAL-MAPP detector at the LHC |
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2026 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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07 |
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253 - 28pp |
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Dark Matter at Colliders; Models for Dark Matter; New Gauge Interactions; Specific BSM Phenomenology |
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We investigate the potential for detecting pion-like dark matter within the framework of a Strongly Interacting Massive Particle (SIMP) model using the MoEDAL Apparatus for Penetrating Particles (MAPP) at the LHC. The model, motivated by Chiral Perturbation Theory, features milli-charged dark pions that couple to Standard Model particles via kinetic mixing with a dark photon. Production channels considered include Drell-Yan pair production and photon fusion via the Wess-Zumino-Witten term, the latter providing a distinctive three-body final state signature. Cross-sections are computed using MadGraph and WHIZARD for a range of dark pion masses, decay constants, and dark Z boson masses. Sensitivity projections for MAPP-1 during the High-Luminosity LHC phase are presented under a background-free assumption, showing competitive reach into previously unexplored parameter space for milli-charged dark pseudoscalars. These results highlight the complementary role of MoEDAL-MAPP in probing dark sector models and motivate further detector-level simulations to refine exclusion limits. |
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[Arifeen, Shafakat; Pinfold, James; Staelens, Michael] Univ Alberta, Dept Phys, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada, Email: shafakat@ualberta.ca; |
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WOS:001835243400004 |
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