Russia builds world-class collider: scientists begin search for 'dark photon'

In Novosibirsk, at the Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) SB RAS, scientists are beginning to study a hypothetical elementary particle, the “dark photon,” which may be the carrier of a new type of fundamental interaction. Photo: Alexander Kazakov/TASS The study will be conducted at the Russian electron-positron collider VEPP-6. Deputy Director of the INP SB RAS Ivan Logashenko reported that the experiment will record electron annihilation events…