The DarkLight experiment and the hunt for a new boson

Speaker: Katherine Pachal

Date: Monday, November 20, 2023

Time: 4:00 – 5:00 pm

Location: 472 Willamette Hall

Abstract: The nature of dark matter and its relationship to the Standard Model is one of the highest priority open questions in particle physics today. Accelerator-based experiments are a powerful tool in the search for dark matter and the new bosons that may mediate its interactions with the known particles. The DarkLight experiment will search for such a new boson in an interesting uncovered low-mass range. DarkLight is a small-scale experiment being constructed at the TRIUMF electron linear accelerator, and plans to take its first data within the next year.

Host: Laura Jeanty