The detectors of the SHiP experiment at CERN

TL;DR

The paper discusses the design and purpose of detectors for the SHiP experiment at CERN, aimed at exploring the Hidden Sector, dark matter, and neutrino physics with high sensitivity.

Contribution

It introduces the detector concepts and experimental setup for SHiP, focusing on detecting weakly interacting particles and studying neutrino interactions.

Findings

Design of a long vacuum tank and spectrometer for exotic particle detection

Potential to probe models of heavy neutrinos and dark photons in the GeV mass range

Expected sensitivity to light dark matter and neutrino cross-sections

Abstract

SHiP is a proposed general purpose fixed target facility at the CERN SPS accelerator. The main focus will be the physics of the Hidden Sector, \textit{i.e.} search for heavy neutrinos, dark photons and other long lived very weakly interacting particles. A dedicated detector, based on a long vacuum tank followed by a spectrometer and particle identification detectors, will allow probing a variety of models with exotic particles in the GeV mass range. Another dedicated detector will allow the study of Standard Model neutrino cross-sections and angular distribution, and allow detection of light dark matter with world leading sensitivity.