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Author: Deepak Sathyan
Co-Authors: Bhaskar Dutta, Aparajitha Karthikeyan, Doojin Kim, Hyunyong Kim
Presenter: Deepak Sathyan
Abstract: We propose a novel method to obtain sensitivity to dark mediators and dark sectors at the LHC with masses of ∼ 10 MeV − 10 GeV, providing complementarity with short baseline beam dump experiments. For this talk, we consider dark photons, which can be produced at the LHC from neutral meson decays, bremsstrahlung off baryons, or directly produced in correlation with a jet. We then consider visible decays to muon pairs as the signal channel and provide methods to control backgrounds. We show a range of sensitivities dependent on various estimates of backgrounds and different signal threshold requirements.