"Exploring the Shadows: The Quest for Dark Photons at the LHC"
The CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider has initiated a search for "dark photons," hypothetical long-lived particles that could be produced by the decay of Higgs bosons. These particles are not part of the Standard Model and could help answer unresolved physics questions. The search involves detecting "displaced muons" that originate from the decay of dark photons, which would have traveled a measurable distance before decaying. With improvements to the CMS trigger system, particularly the non-pointing muon algorithm, the experiment has become more sensitive to such events. The first results from Run 3 data have set more stringent limits on the parameters of Higgs boson decay to dark photons, and the CMS team plans to continue refining their techniques to explore new physics beyond the Standard Model.
