Progress toward a Dark Photon Search with DarkLight

Despite compelling astrophysical evidence for the existence of dark matter in the universe, we have yet to positively identify it in any terrestrial experiment. If such matter is indeed a new particle, it may have a new interaction as well, carried by a dark counterpart to the photon. The DarkLight experiment proposes to search for such a beyond-the-standard-model dark photon through complete reconstruction of the final states of electron-proton collisions. In order to accomplish this, the experiment requires a moderate-density target and a very high intensity, low energy electron beam. Building on an initial beam test in 2012, the DarkLight collaboration began Phase I of the experiment with several weeks of beam time in the summer of 2016, using the Low Energy Recirculator Facility at Jefferson Lab. I will review the technical challenges of DarkLight's design, and discuss our multi-phase approach toward a full measurement, including our current status.