Overview of the CODEX-b experiment

Authors

  • Michael Wilkinson University of Cincinnati

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31349/SuplRevMexFis.4.021135

Keywords:

Dark Matter (DM), Long-Lived Particles (LLPs), Large Hadron Collider (LHC), Beyond Standard Model (BSM), New Physics (NP), Higgs boson, Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC), transverse detector, physics beyond colliders

Abstract

We present the motivation and use-case for the proposed CODEX-b detector, as well as its description. We also describe the design and status of a smaller demonstrator detector, CODEX-beta, as of the time of the conference associated with these proceedings.

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2024-03-19

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Wilkinson M. Overview of the CODEX-b experiment. Supl. Rev. Mex. Fis. [Internet]. 2024 Mar. 19 [cited 2024 Dec. 4];4(2):021135 1-7. Available from: https://rmf.smf.mx/ojs/index.php/rmf-s/article/view/7152

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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2023): Suplemento de la Revista Mexicana de Física. XVIII Mexican Workshop on Particles and Fields 2022 and XXXVI Annual Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields 2022

Section

11 XVIII Mexican Workshop on Particles and Fields 2022 and XXXVI Annual Meeting

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