Searching for exotic scalars at fusion reactors
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| author | Baruch, Chaja Fitzpatrick, Patrick J. Menzo, Tony Soreq, Yotam Trifinopoulos, Sokratis Zupan, Jure |
| author_facet | Baruch, Chaja Fitzpatrick, Patrick J. Menzo, Tony Soreq, Yotam Trifinopoulos, Sokratis Zupan, Jure |
| contents | The energy created in deuterium-tritium fusion reactors originates from a high-intensity neutron flux interacting with the reactor's inner walls. The neutron flux can also be used to produce a self-sustaining reaction by lining the walls with lithium-rich `breeding blankets', in which a fraction of neutrons interacts with lithium, creating the tritium fuel. The high-intensity neutron flux can also result in the production of dark sector particles, feebly interacting light scalars or pseudoscalars, via nuclear transitions within the breeding blanket. We estimate the potential size of such dark sector flux outside the reactor, taking into account all current constraints, and consider possible detection methods at current and future thermonuclear fusion reactors. As a by-product, we also recast the SNO axion bound for a CP even scalar. We find that year-long searches at current and future reactors can set leading constraints on dark scalar -- and dark pseudoscalar -- nucleon couplings. |
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| spellingShingle | Searching for exotic scalars at fusion reactors Baruch, Chaja Fitzpatrick, Patrick J. Menzo, Tony Soreq, Yotam Trifinopoulos, Sokratis Zupan, Jure High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment The energy created in deuterium-tritium fusion reactors originates from a high-intensity neutron flux interacting with the reactor's inner walls. The neutron flux can also be used to produce a self-sustaining reaction by lining the walls with lithium-rich `breeding blankets', in which a fraction of neutrons interacts with lithium, creating the tritium fuel. The high-intensity neutron flux can also result in the production of dark sector particles, feebly interacting light scalars or pseudoscalars, via nuclear transitions within the breeding blanket. We estimate the potential size of such dark sector flux outside the reactor, taking into account all current constraints, and consider possible detection methods at current and future thermonuclear fusion reactors. As a by-product, we also recast the SNO axion bound for a CP even scalar. We find that year-long searches at current and future reactors can set leading constraints on dark scalar -- and dark pseudoscalar -- nucleon couplings. |
| title | Searching for exotic scalars at fusion reactors |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.12314 |