使用一致的CAPTAIN-Mills探测器调查ATOMKI异常的新方法
Bhaskar Dutta1, Bai-Shan Hu2,3, Wei-Chih Huang1
1Texas A&M University, Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
Physical review letters
|July 31, 2025
概括
研究人员建议使用CAPTAIN-Mills (CCM) 液体探测器寻找一个超出标准模型 (BSM) 的新玻色子. 这颗粒子是由ATOMKI核异常所暗示的,可以通过它的e+e-衰变来检测.
科学领域:
- 粒子物理学 粒子物理学
- 核物理 核物理 核物理
- 超越标准模型物理学的超越
背景情况:
- ATOMKI异常表明了一个超出标准模型 (BSM) 的新玻色子,其质量约为17 MeV.
- 这种假设的玻色子被观察到从激发的核中发射出来,并分解成电子-质子对 (e+e-).
研究的目的:
- 提出和评估一种用于寻找涉及ATOMKI异常的BSM玻色子的新方法.
- 调查 CAPTAIN-Mills (CCM) 连贯液体 (LAr) 探测器在此搜索中的潜力.
主要方法:
- 使用正在进行的连贯的CAPTAIN-Mills (CCM) 十LAr探测器.
- 利用卢扬目标的不弹性中子散射.
- 在CCM探测器的PMT玻璃中通过其特有的e+e-衰变特征检测拟议的玻色子.
主要成果:
- 显示CCM探测器探测了ATOMKI异常允许的参数空间的很大一部分.
- 拟议的方法证明了通过e+e-衰变检测新玻色子的可行性.
结论:
- 连贯的CAPTAIN-Mills (CCM) 实验为发现负责ATOMKI异常的BSM玻色子提供了一个有希望的途径.
- 对于更大的LAr探测器和EOS水探测器,提供了未来预测,表明搜索的可扩展性.
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