Gamma Factory Searches for Extremely Weakly-Interacting Particles
Sreemanti Chakraborti, Jonathan L. Feng, James K. Koga, Mauro Valli

TL;DR
The Gamma Factory proposes a high-intensity photon source at the LHC to search for extremely weakly-interacting particles like dark photons via dark Compton scattering, offering unprecedented sensitivity in the 1-100 MeV mass range.
Contribution
This paper introduces the Gamma Factory's potential for discovering weakly-interacting particles with unprecedented intensity and sensitivity, expanding the search capabilities beyond current experiments.
Findings
Potential to discover weakly-interacting particles within hours
Sensitivity to couplings as low as 10^{-9} with one year of data
Probing parameter space beyond existing terrestrial experiments
Abstract
The Gamma Factory is a proposal to back-scatter laser photons off a beam of partially-stripped ions at the LHC, producing a beam of MeV to GeV photons with intensities of to . This implies to photons on target per year, many orders of magnitude greater than existing accelerator light sources and also far greater than all current and planned electron and proton fixed target experiments. We determine the Gamma Factory's discovery potential through "dark Compton scattering," , where is a new, weakly-interacting particle. For dark photons and other new gauge bosons with masses in the 1~to~100 MeV range, the Gamma Factory has the potential to discover extremely weakly-interacting particles with just a few hours of data and will probe couplings as low as with a year of running. The…
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