Search for Low-Mass Dark Matter at BABAR

TL;DR

This paper reviews searches for light dark matter conducted by the BABAR experiment, highlighting their importance in exploring alternative dark matter models and complementing other detection methods.

Contribution

It provides an overview of light dark matter searches at BABAR, emphasizing their role in probing new physics beyond traditional heavy dark matter candidates.

Findings

BABAR's large luminosity enables sensitive searches for light dark matter.

Light dark matter remains a well-motivated alternative to heavy candidates.

BABAR results complement direct detection and satellite experiments.

Abstract

This review briefly describes light dark matter searches performed by the BABAR experiment. Although dark matter candidates have traditionally been associated with heavy particles appearing in extensions of the Standard Model, a lighter component remains a well motivated alternative, and many scenarios of light dark matter have been recently proposed. Thanks to their large luminosities, B factories offer an ideal environment to probe these possibilities, complementing searches from direct detection and satellite experiments.