Abstract
Dark matter together with dark energy makes up about 95% of the known universe. While it remains one of the greatest mysteries of the universe, dark matter is crucial to describe the physical observations ranging from stars in motion around the luminous center of the galaxy to the small fluctuations of the cosmic microwave background observed through satellites. DarkQuest proposes a novel approach for the search for dark sector particles; it is a fixed target experiment that utilizes the 120 GeV proton beam at the Fermi National Laboratory to produce dark photons. The focus of this project is on proton Bremsstrahlung and Eta meson production modes that have the highest production cross sections within the mass range where our detector is most sensitive. For this study, the focus will be on reconstructing the dimuon tracks of both simulated events and real data to look for interesting events from 2024 summer commissioning run and optimizing the detector trigger for maximum possible efficiency as we try to shed light on the elusive nature of dark matter.