DarkLight @ ARIEL Collaboration Meeting

America/New_York
Room C-120 (Department of Physics)

Room C-120

Department of Physics

Douglas Hasell (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Jan Bernauer (Stony Brook University)
Description

The DarkLight @ Ariel Collaboration will meet at Stony Brook University for a one and a half day meeting to review and discuss the status of the experiment.

The format will be hybrid with some people attending in-person with others attending remotely via ZOOM.  The ZOOM link will be sent to REGISTERED participants.

The search for a dark photon holds considerable interest in the physics community. Such a force carrier would begin to illuminate the dark sector. Many experiments have searched for such a particle, but so far it has proven elusive. In recent years the concept of a low mass dark photon has gained popularity in the physics community. Of particular recent interest is the ^8Be and ^4He anomaly, which could be explained by a 17 MeV mass dark photon. The proposed Darklight experiment would search for this potential low mass force carrier at ARIEL in the 10-20 MeV e^+e^- invariant mass range.

Registration
DarkLight@ARIEL Registration
Participants
  • Aveen Mahon
  • Cameron Ekeman
  • Chenxi Ma
  • Chris Vidal
  • Douglas Hasell
  • Ernie Ihloff
  • Ethan Cline
  • James Kelsey
  • Jan Bernauer
  • Jeffery Martin
  • Jesmin Nazeer
  • Julia Azzi
  • Katherine Pachal
  • Konstantin Olchanski
  • Michael Kohl
  • Mike Hasinoff
  • Ricardo Alarcon
  • Richard Milner
  • Ross Corliss
  • Stanley Yen
  • Xiaqing Li
  • Saturday, 3 December
    • Saturday Morning
      Convener: Prof. Jan Bernauer (SBU)
      • 1
        Welcome
        Speaker: Jan Bernauer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
      • 2
        Physics Update
        Speaker: Ross Corliss (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
      • 3
        Permanent Magnet Quadrupoles and Spectrometer Magnet Design and Status
        Speakers: Ernie Ihloff (MIT), Harald Merkel (Mainz)
      • 10:15
        Coffee
      • 4
        Dipole Field Map
        Speaker: Dr Xiaqing Li (MIT)
      • 5
        Particle Trajectories
        Speaker: Douglas Hasell (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
      • 6
        Experimental Layout and Integration with TRIUMF Beamline and Beamdump
        Speakers: Chris Vidal (MIT), Stephanie Radel (TRIUMF)
    • Lunch
    • Saturday Afternoon
      Convener: Douglas Hasell (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
      • 7
        Trigger Scintillator and support
        Speaker: Mike Hasinoff (The University of British Columbia)
      • 8
        Trigger Scintillator DAQ
        Speaker: Konstantin Olchansk (TRIUMF)
      • 9
        GEM detector support
        Speaker: Michael Kohl (Hampton U)
      • 10
        Detector Shielding Tests
        Speaker: Mike Hasinoff (The University of British Columbia)
      • 11
        Detector Shielding Design
        Speaker: Chris Vidal
      • 12
        TRIUMF Shielding Requirements and Design
        Speaker: Katherine Pachal (TRIUMF)
      • 15:00
        Coffee
      • 13
        Simulations
        Speaker: Dr Katherine Pachal (TRIUMF)
      • 14
        Monte Carlo Studies
        Speaker: Dr Katherine Pachal (TRIUMF)
      • 15
        Status of ARIEL and Beam Optics
        Speakers: Aveen Mahon (TRIUMF), Dr Thomas Planche (TRIUMF)
    • Dinner

      Dinner at a restaurant of Jan's choosing .

  • Sunday, 4 December
    • Sunday Morning
      Convener: Kate Pachal (TRIUMF)
      • 16
        Procurement status
        Speaker: Douglas Hasell (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
      • 17
        Installation Planning, Manpower, Schedule
        Speaker: Douglas Hasell (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
      • 18
        Reviews, Milestones, General Schedule
        Speaker: Kate Pachal (TRIUMF)
      • 10:30
        Coffee
      • 19
        Funding
        Speakers: Jan Bernauer (SBU), Michael Kohl (HU)
      • 20
        Analysis Overview
        Speaker: Ethan Cline (SBU/MIT)
      • 21
        AOB
        Speaker: Douglas Hasell (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)