BSM Searches
The standard model (SM) of particle physics is one of the most successful physics theories to date, and yet we know that it does not explain everything. A broader theory that can explain phenomena such as dark matter is needed. Experimental physicists are looking for hints of BSM physics wherever possible and neutrino experiments can be very promising places to find it. A large number of recently proposed theoretical models predict the existence of new, unknown, particles with relatively small masses that could be produced in neutrino beams. Neutrino detectors such as SBND, MicroBooNE and DUNE will have a unique sensitivity to detect these new particles if they exist, opening the path to broadening our physics sensitivities.
Our group is working primarily on di-electron and di-muon signatures of these new physics, including recently published results using the data acquired by the ArgoNeuT experiment and future searches in SBND.
Experiments involved: