Results on two-particle angular correlations for charged particles emitted in proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass energies of 0.9, 2.36, and 7TeV are presented, using data collected with the CMS detector over a broad range of pseudorapidity (eta) and azimuthal angle (phi). Short-range correlations in Delta(eta), which are studied in minimum bias events, are characterized using a simple "independent cluster" parametrization in order to quantify their strength (cluster size) and their extent in eta (cluster decay width). Long-range azimuthal correlations are studied differentially as a function of charged particle multiplicity and particle transverse momentum using a 980 nb(-1) data set at 7TeV. In high multiplicity events, a pronounced structure emerges in the two-dimensional correlation function for particle pairs with intermediate p(T) of 1-3 GeV/c, 2.0

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Models of gauged $$ \mathrm{U}{(1)}_{L_{\mu }-{L}_{\tau }} $$ U 1 L μ − L τ can provide a solution to the long-standing discrepancy between the theoretical prediction for the muon anomalous magnetic moment and its measured value. The extra contribution is due to a new light vector mediator, which also helps to alleviate an existing tension in the determination of the Hubble parameter. In this article, we explore ways to probe this solution via the scattering of solar neutrinos with electrons and nuclei in a range of experiments and considering high and low solar metallicity scenarios. In particular, we reevaluate Borexino constraints on neutrino-electron scattering, finding them to be more stringent than previously reported, and already excluding a part of the (g − 2)μ explanation with mediator masses smaller than 2 × 10−2 GeV. We then show that future direct dark matter detectors will be able to probe most of the remaining solution. Due to its large exposure, LUX-ZEPLIN will explore regions with mediator masses up to 5 × 10−2 GeV and DARWIN will be able to extend the search beyond 10−1 GeV, thereby covering most of the area compatible with (g − 2)μ. For completeness, we have also computed the constraints derived from the recent XENON1T electron recoil search and from the CENNS-10 LAr detector, showing that none of them excludes new areas of the parameter space. Should the excess in the muon anomalous magnetic moment be confirmed, our work suggests that direct detection experiments could provide crucial information with which to test the $$ \mathrm{U}{(1)}_{L_{\mu }-{L}_{\tau }} $$ U 1 L μ − L τ solution, complementary to efforts in neutrino experiments and accelerators.

The recent measurement of the muon anomalous magnetic moment by the Fermilab E989 experiment, when combined with the previous result at BNL, has confirmed the tension with the SM prediction at $$4.2\,\sigma $$ 4.2 σ  CL, strengthening the motivation for new physics in the leptonic sector. Among the different particle physics models that could account for such an excess, a gauged $$U(1)_{L_\mu -L_{\tau }}$$ U ( 1 ) L μ - L τ stands out for its simplicity. In this article, we explore how the combination of data from different future probes can help identify the nature of the new physics behind the muon anomalous magnetic moment. In particular, we contrast $$U(1)_{L_\mu -L_{\tau }}$$ U ( 1 ) L μ - L τ with an effective $$U(1)_{L_\mu }$$ U ( 1 ) L μ -type model. We first show that muon fixed target experiments (such as NA64$$\mu $$ μ ) will be able to measure the coupling of the hidden photon to the muon sector in the region compatible with $$(g-2)_\mu $$ ( g - 2 ) μ , and will have some sensitivity to the hidden photon’s mass. We then study how experiments looking for coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE$$\nu $$ ν NS) at spallation sources will provide crucial additional information on the kinetic mixing of the hidden photon. When combined with NA64$$\mu $$ μ results, the exclusion limits (or reconstructed regions) of future CE$$\nu $$ ν NS detectors will also allow for a better measurement of the mediator mass. Finally, the observation of nuclear recoils from solar neutrinos in dark matter direct detection experiments will provide unique information about the coupling of the hidden photon to the tau sector. The signal expected for $$U(1)_{L_\mu -L_{\tau }}$$ U ( 1 ) L μ - L τ is larger than for $$U(1)_{L_\mu }$$ U ( 1 ) L μ with the same kinetic mixing, and future multi-ton liquid xenon proposals (such as DARWIN) have the potential to confirm the former over the latter. We determine the necessary exposure and energy threshold for a potential $$5\,\sigma $$ 5 σ discovery of a $$U(1)_{L_\mu -L_{\tau }}$$ U ( 1 ) L μ - L τ boson, and we conclude that the future DARWIN observatory will be able to carry out this measurement if the experimental threshold is lowered to $$1\,{\mathrm {keV}}_{\mathrm {nr}} $$ 1 keV nr .

Two photo-neutron sources, 88 Y 9 Be and 124 Sb 9 Be, have been used to investigate the ionization yield of nuclear recoils in the CDMSlite germanium detectors by the SuperCDMS collaboration. This work evaluates the yield for nuclear recoil energies between 1 and 7 keV at a temperature of ∼ 50 mK. We use a GEANT4 simulation to model the neutron spectrum assuming a charge yield model that is a generalization of the standard Lindhard model and consists of two energy dependent parameters. We perform a likelihood analysis using the simulated neutron spectrum, modeled background, and experimental data to obtain the best fit values of the yield model. The ionization yield between recoil energies of 1 and 7 keV is shown to be significantly lower than predicted by the standard Lindhard model for germanium. There is a general lack of agreement among different experiments using a variety of techniques studying the low energy range of the nuclear recoil yield, which is most critical for interpretation of direct dark matter searches. This suggests complexity in the physical process that many direct detection experiments use to model their primary signal detection mechanism and highlights the need for further studies to clarify underlying systematic effects that have not been well understood up to this point.

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