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A Beamdump facility at Jefferson Lab

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Achenbach, P; Afanasev, A; Ambrozewicz, P; Ashkenazi, A; Banerjee, D; Battaglieri, M; Benesch, J; Bondí, M; Brindza, P; Camsonne, A; Cline, EW ...
Published in: European Physical Journal A
December 1, 2025
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The potential of the intense secondary muon, neutrino, and (hypothetical) light dark matter beams at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) is explored. These are produced in the high-power dumps with high-current electron beams. Light dark matter searches with the approved Beam Dump eXperiment (BDX) are driving the realization of a new underground vault behind Hall A that could be extended to a Beamdump Facility with little additional installations. High-energy muons created via the Bethe–Heitler process uniquely do not proceed through the more common pion production and decay channels. Several possible muon physics applications are highlighted. Neutrino detector technologies and experiments suitable for a beamdump facility are outlined.

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Jens Dilling
Author Jens Dilling Physics

Published In

European Physical Journal A

DOI

10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01748-6

EISSN

1434-601X

ISSN

1434-6001

Publication Date

December 1, 2025

Volume

61

Issue

12

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5110 Synchrotrons and accelerators
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
 

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Achenbach, P., Afanasev, A., Ambrozewicz, P., Ashkenazi, A., Banerjee, D., Battaglieri, M., … Zhang, Y. (2025). A Beamdump facility at Jefferson Lab. European Physical Journal A, 61(12). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01748-6
Achenbach, P., A. Afanasev, P. Ambrozewicz, A. Ashkenazi, D. Banerjee, M. Battaglieri, J. Benesch, et al. “A Beamdump facility at Jefferson Lab.” European Physical Journal A 61, no. 12 (December 1, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01748-6.
Achenbach P, Afanasev A, Ambrozewicz P, Ashkenazi A, Banerjee D, Battaglieri M, et al. A Beamdump facility at Jefferson Lab. European Physical Journal A. 2025 Dec 1;61(12).
Achenbach, P., et al. “A Beamdump facility at Jefferson Lab.” European Physical Journal A, vol. 61, no. 12, Dec. 2025. Scopus, doi:10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01748-6.
Achenbach P, Afanasev A, Ambrozewicz P, Ashkenazi A, Banerjee D, Battaglieri M, Benesch J, Bondí M, Brindza P, Camsonne A, Christy EM, Cline EW, Cuevas C, Dilling J, Doria L, Fegan S, Filippini M, Fulci A, Giovannella S, Grazzi S, Jackson H, Higinbotham D, Keppel C, Khachatryan V, Kohl M, Liu H, Liu Z, Mariani C, Marinaro R, McFarland K, Montanari C, Pandey V, Pozdeyev E, Qiu J, Rossi P, Rossini R, Satogata T, Schrader G, Signer A, Snowden-Ifft D, Spreafico M, Stratakis D, Suresh M, Szumila H, Vidal JT, Terzani D, Velasquez C, Wood M, Yamazaki T, Zhang Y. A Beamdump facility at Jefferson Lab. European Physical Journal A. 2025 Dec 1;61(12).
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Published In

European Physical Journal A

DOI

10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01748-6

EISSN

1434-601X

ISSN

1434-6001

Publication Date

December 1, 2025

Volume

61

Issue

12

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5110 Synchrotrons and accelerators
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics