The X17 anomaly: status and prospects

by Enrico Nardi (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

Thursday 25 Nov 2021, 11:00 → 12:00 Europe/Rome

Online (Dip.to di Fisica Universita' di Genova)

Certain anomalies observed in the angular correlation spectra of
electron/positron pairs produced in nuclear transitions of 8Be, 4He
and 12C can be interpreted as the emission of a bosonic particle with
a mass of 17 MeV, that promptly decays into e+e−. I review the current
status of these anomalies, and some theoretical interpretation for the
hypothetical new particle. I will also describe the prospects for
validating or disproving the X17 hypothesis by means of a particle
physics experiment.

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Meeting ID: 857 318 5271

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X17_Genova.pdf