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We investigate the prospects for detecting light leptophilic dark sectors with a missing-momentum experiment at NA64 running in muon mode. In particular, we consider models in which dark matter connects to the visible sector through a lepton- or muon-specific scalar mediator. These scalars can also account for the ∼ 3.5σ discrepancy between the measured and predicted values of (g −2)μ. We emphasize the complementarity between NA64-μ and other terrestrial and astrophysical probes.
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Chen, CY., Kozaczuk, J. & Zhong, YM. Exploring leptophilic dark matter with NA64-μ. J. High Energ. Phys. 2018, 154 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2018)154
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