Electron-Ion Collider as a Discovery Tool for Invisible Dark Bosons

2025/05/13 by Hooman Davoudiasl, Hongkai Liu, Davoudiasl, Hooman +1
Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · #Biofield Effects and Biophysics #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2505.08871

openalex publication_date 2025/05/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

We illustrate how the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) can be used to discover dark bosons with masses in the ∼ (10~MeV -- 10~GeV) regime, having a wide range of properties. We only require that the dark bosons have a non-negligible weak coupling to electrons and decay with \ord1 branching fraction into invisible final states. Our signal selection takes advantage of the excellent electron beam kinematic measurements and the capability to tag incoherent scattering, as envisioned at the EIC. This makes the EIC a powerful tool for uncovering potential dark sector forces, for a variety of possibilities.

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