Development of the fully Geant4 compatible package for the simulation of Dark Matter in fixed target experiments

B. Banto Oberhauser; P. Bisio; A. Celentano; E. Depero; R. R. Dusaev; D. V. Kirpichnikov; M. M. Kirsanov; N. V. Krasnikov; A. Marini; L. Marsicano; L. Molina-Bueno; M. Mongillo; D. Shchukin; H. Sieber; I. V. Voronchikhin

arXiv · 2401.12573

Development of the fully Geant4 compatible package for the simulation of Dark Matter in fixed target experiments

B. Banto Oberhauser·P. Bisio·A. Celentano·E. Depero·R. R. Dusaev·D. V. Kirpichnikov·M. M. Kirsanov·N. V. Krasnikov·A. Marini·L. Marsicano·L. Molina-Bueno·M. Mongillo·D. Shchukin·H. Sieber·I. V. Voronchikhin

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The search for new comparably light (well below the electroweak scale) feebly interacting particles is an exciting possibility to explain some mysterious phenomena in physics, among them the origin of Dark Matter. The sensitivity study through detailed simulation of projected experiments is a key point in estimating their potential for discovery. Several years ago we created the DMG4 package for the simulation of DM (Dark Matter) particles in fixed target experiments. The natural approach is to integrate this simulation into the same program that performs the full simulation of particles in the experiment setup. The Geant4 toolkit framework was chosen as the most popular and versatile solution nowadays. The simulation of DM particles production by this package accommodates several possible scenarios, employing electron, muon or photon beams and involving various mediators, such as vector, axial vector, scalar, pseudoscalar, or spin 2 particles. The bremsstrahlung, annihilation or Primakoff processes can be simulated. The package DMG4 contains a subpackage DarkMatter with cross section methods weakly connected to Geant4. It can be used in different frameworks. In this paper, we present the latest developments of the package, such as extending the list of possible mediator particle types, refining formulas for the simulation and extending the mediator mass range. The user interface is also made more flexible and convenient. In this work, we also demonstrate the usage of the package, the improvements in the simulation accuracy and some cross check validations.

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B. Banto Oberhauser, P. Bisio, A. Celentano, E. Depero, R. R. Dusaev, D. V. Kirpichnikov, M. M. Kirsanov, N. V. Krasnikov, A. Marini, L. Marsicano, L. Molina-Bueno, M. Mongillo, D. Shchukin, H. Sieber, I. V. Voronchikhin. 2024-01-23. Development of the fully Geant4 compatible package for the simulation of Dark Matter in fixed target experiments. https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.12573

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