Dark fluxes from electromagnetic cascades
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| author | Blinov, Nikita Fox, Patrick J. Kelly, Kevin J. Machado, Pedro A. N. Plestid, Ryan |
| author_facet | Blinov, Nikita Fox, Patrick J. Kelly, Kevin J. Machado, Pedro A. N. Plestid, Ryan |
| contents | We study dark sector production in electromagnetic (EM) cascades. This problem requires accurate simulations of Standard Model (SM) and dark sector processes, both of which impact angular and energy distributions of emitted particles that ultimately determine flux predictions in a downstream detector. We describe the minimal set of QED processes which must be included to faithfully reproduce a SM cascade, and identify a universal algorithm to generate a dark sector flux given a Monte-Carlo simulation of a SM shower. We provide a new tool, $\texttt{PETITE}$, which simulates EM cascades with associated dark vector production, and compare it against existing literature and "off the shelf" tools. The signal predictions at downstream detectors can strongly depend on the nontrivial interplay (and modelling) of SM and dark sector processes, in particular multiple Coulomb scattering and positron annihilation. We comment on potential impacts of these effects for realistic experimental setups. |
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| spellingShingle | Dark fluxes from electromagnetic cascades Blinov, Nikita Fox, Patrick J. Kelly, Kevin J. Machado, Pedro A. N. Plestid, Ryan High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment We study dark sector production in electromagnetic (EM) cascades. This problem requires accurate simulations of Standard Model (SM) and dark sector processes, both of which impact angular and energy distributions of emitted particles that ultimately determine flux predictions in a downstream detector. We describe the minimal set of QED processes which must be included to faithfully reproduce a SM cascade, and identify a universal algorithm to generate a dark sector flux given a Monte-Carlo simulation of a SM shower. We provide a new tool, $\texttt{PETITE}$, which simulates EM cascades with associated dark vector production, and compare it against existing literature and "off the shelf" tools. The signal predictions at downstream detectors can strongly depend on the nontrivial interplay (and modelling) of SM and dark sector processes, in particular multiple Coulomb scattering and positron annihilation. We comment on potential impacts of these effects for realistic experimental setups. |
| title | Dark fluxes from electromagnetic cascades |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.06843 |