Searching for dark sectors in multi lepton final state in e+e- collisions

Electron positron collisions are a very promising environment to search for new physics, and in particular for dark sector related observables. The most challenging experimental problem in detecting dark sector candidates is the very high associated Standard Model background. For this reason it is important to identify observables that are, at the same time, minimally suppressed in the dark sector and highly suppressed in the Standard Model. One example is the e(+)e(-) -> 3(e(+)e(-)) process that can be mediated either by the production and subsequent decay of dark Higgs (h '), e(+)e(-) -> A ' h ' -> 6e [1] or produced by the Standards Model process e(+)e(-) -> 3(e(+)e(-)). In the following letter we study the relative contribution to observed e(+)e(-) -> 3(e(+)e(-)) total cross section, coming from the h ' mediated and from the Standard Model processes in the contest of fixed target and low energy collider experiments, with particular attention to the PADME experiment at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati.

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Electron positron collisions provide a promising environment for exploring new physics, particularly in relation to dark sector candidates. The challenge lies in detecting these candidates amidst the high Standard Model background, emphasizing the importance of identifying observables suppressed in the dark sector but not in the Standard Model.