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Feng, J.L. et al; Garcia Soto, A.; Hirsch, M. |
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The Forward Physics Facility at the High-Luminosity LHC |
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Journal Article |
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2023 |
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Journal of Physics G |
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J. Phys. G |
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50 |
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3 |
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030501 - 410pp |
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Forward Physics Facility; Large Hadron Collider; new particle searches; neutrinos; QCD; astroparticle physics; dark matter |
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High energy collisions at the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (LHC) produce a large number of particles along the beam collision axis, outside of the acceptance of existing LHC experiments. The proposed Forward Physics Facility (FPF), to be located several hundred meters from the ATLAS interaction point and shielded by concrete and rock, will host a suite of experiments to probe standard model (SM) processes and search for physics beyond the standard model (BSM). In this report, we review the status of the civil engineering plans and the experiments to explore the diverse physics signals that can be uniquely probed in the forward region. FPF experiments will be sensitive to a broad range of BSM physics through searches for new particle scattering or decay signatures and deviations from SM expectations in high statistics analyses with TeV neutrinos in this low-background environment. High statistics neutrino detection will also provide valuable data for fundamental topics in perturbative and non-perturbative QCD and in weak interactions. Experiments at the FPF will enable synergies between forward particle production at the LHC and astroparticle physics to be exploited. We report here on these physics topics, on infrastructure, detector, and simulation studies, and on future directions to realize the FPF's physics potential. |
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[Feng, Jonathan L.; Tsai, Yu-Dai; Bian, Jianming; Casper, David W.; Fieg, Max; Huang, Fei; Kuo, Jui-Lin; Wu, Wenjie] Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Phys & Astron, Irvine, CA 92697 USA, Email: jlf@uci.edu |
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WOS:000934195400001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Monerris-Belda, O.; Cervera Marin, R.; Rodriguez Jodar, M.; Diaz-Caballero, E.; Alcaide Guillen, C.; Petit, J.; Boria, V.E.; Gimeno, B.; Raboso, D. |
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High Power RF Discharge Detection Technique Based on the In-Phase and Quadrature Signals |
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Journal Article |
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2021 |
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IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques |
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IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech. |
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69 |
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12 |
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5429-5438 |
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Radio frequency; Microwave theory and techniques; Electric breakdown; Discharges (electric); Noise measurement; Sensitivity; RF signals; Corona; microwave devices; multipactor; radio frequency (RF) breakdown; RF high power |
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High power radio frequency (RF) breakdown testing is a subject of great relevance in the space industry, due to the increasing need of higher transmission power and smaller devices. This work presents a novel RF breakdown detection system, which monitors the same parameters as the microwave nulling system but with several advantages. Where microwave nulling-a de facto standard in RF breakdown testing-is narrowband and requires continuous tuning to keep its sensitivity, the proposed technique is broadband and maintains its performance for any RF signal. On top of that, defining the detection threshold is cumbersome due to the lack of an international standardized criterion. Small responses may appear in the detection system during the test and, sometimes, it is not possible to determine if these are an actual RF breakdown or random noise. This new detection system uses a larger analysis bandwidth, thus reducing the cases in which a small response is difficult to be classified. The proposed detection method represents a major step forward in high power testing as it runs without human intervention, warning the operator or decreasing the RF power automatically much faster than any human operator. |
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[Monerris-Belda, Oscar; Cervera Marin, Raul; Rodriguez Jodar, Miguel; Petit, John] Val Space Consortium, Valencia 46022, Spain, Email: oscar.monerris@val-space.com |
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Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc |
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WOS:000725804500027 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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NEXT Collaboration (Fernandes, A.F.M. et al); Alvarez, V.; Benlloch-Rodriguez, J.M.; Carcel, S.; Carrion, J.V.; Diaz, J.; Felkai, R.; Herrero, P.; Kekic, M.; Lopez-March, N.; Martinez-Lema, G.; Muñoz Vidal, J.; Novella, P.; Palmeiro, B.; Querol, M.; Renner, J.; Romo-Luque, C.; Sorel, M.; Uson, A.; Yahlali, N. |
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Low-diffusion Xe-He gas mixtures for rare-event detection: electroluminescence yield |
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Journal Article |
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2020 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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04 |
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4 |
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034 - 18pp |
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Particle correlations and fluctuations; Photon production; Dark Matter and Double Beta Decay (experiments); Rare decay |
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High pressure xenon Time Projection Chambers (TPC) based on secondary scintillation (electroluminescence) signal amplification are being proposed for rare event detection such as directional dark matter, double electron capture and double beta decay detection. The discrimination of the rare event through the topological signature of primary ionisation trails is a major asset for this type of TPC when compared to single liquid or double-phase TPCs, limited mainly by the high electron diffusion in pure xenon. Helium admixtures with xenon can be an attractive solution to reduce the electron diffu- sion significantly, improving the discrimination efficiency of these optical TPCs. We have measured the electroluminescence (EL) yield of Xe-He mixtures, in the range of 0 to 30% He and demonstrated the small impact on the EL yield of the addition of helium to pure xenon. For a typical reduced electric field of 2.5 kV/cm/bar in the EL region, the EL yield is lowered by similar to 2%, 3%, 6% and 10% for 10%, 15%, 20% and 30% of helium concentration, respectively. This decrease is less than what has been obtained from the most recent simulation framework in the literature. The impact of the addition of helium on EL statistical fluctuations is negligible, within the experimental uncertainties. The present results are an important benchmark for the simulation tools to be applied to future optical TPCs based on Xe-He mixtures. |
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[Hauptman, J.] Iowa State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, 12 Phys Hall, Ames, IA 50011 USA, Email: cristinam@uc.pt |
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WOS:000525257400001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Alexandre, J.; Mavromatos, N.E.; Mitsou, V.A.; Musumeci, E. |
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Resummation schemes for high-electric-charge objects leading to improved experimental mass limits |
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Journal Article |
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2024 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
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109 |
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3 |
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036026 - 20pp |
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High-electric-charge compact objects (HECOs) appear in several theoretical particle physics models beyond the Standard Model, and are actively searched for in current colliders, such as the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. In such searches, mass bounds of these objects have been placed, using Drell-Yan and photon-fusion processes at tree level so far. However, such mass-bound estimates are not reliable, given that, as a result of the large values of the electric charge of the HECO, perturbative quantum electrodynamics calculations break down. In this work, we perform a Dyson-Schwinger resummation scheme (as opposed to lattice strong-coupling approach), which makes the computation of the pertinent HECO-production cross sections reliable, thus allowing us to extract improved mass bounds for such objects from ATLAS and MoEDAL searches. |
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[Alexandre, Jean; Mavromatos, Nick E.] Kings Coll London, Dept Phys, Theoret Particle Phys & Cosmol Grp, London WC2R 2LS, England, Email: jean.alexandre@kcl.ac.uk; |
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WOS:001181678500003 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Garcia Soto, A.; Zhelnin, P.; Safa, I.; Arguelles, C.A. |
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Tau Appearance from High-Energy Neutrino Interactions |
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Journal Article |
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2022 |
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Physical Review Letters |
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Phys. Rev. Lett. |
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128 |
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17 |
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171101 - 7pp |
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High-energy muon and electron neutrinos yield a non-negligible flux of tau neutrinos as they propagate through Earth. In this Letter, we address the impact of this additional component in the PeV and EeV energy regimes for the first time. Above 300 TeV, this contribution is predicted to be significantly larger than the atmospheric background, and it alters current and future neutrino telescopes' capabilities to discover a cosmic tau-neutrino flux. Further, we demonstrate that Earth-skimming neutrino experiments, designed to observe tau neutrinos, will be sensitive to cosmogenic neutrinos even in extreme scenarios without a primary tau-neutrino component. |
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[Soto, A. Garcia; Zhelnin, P.; Safa, I; Arguelles, C. A.] Harvard Univ, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA, Email: alfonsogarciasoto@fas.harvard.edu; |
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WOS:000804588400008 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Babiano, V.; Balibrea, J.; Caballero, L.; Calvo, D.; Ladarescu, I.; Mira Prats, S.; Domingo-Pardo, C. |
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First i-TED demonstrator: A Compton imager with Dynamic Electronic Collimation |
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Journal Article |
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2020 |
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A |
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Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A |
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953 |
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163228 - 9pp |
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Compton imaging; Position-sensitive detectors; Monolithic crystals; Silicon photomultiplier |
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i-TED consists of both a total energy detector and a Compton camera primarily intended for the measurement of neutron capture cross sections by means of the simultaneous combination of neutron time-of-flight (TOF) and gamma-ray imaging techniques. TOF allows one to obtain a neutron-energy differential capture yield, whereas the imaging capability is intended for the discrimination of radiative background sources, that have a spatial origin different from that of the capture sample under investigation. A distinctive feature of i-TED is the embedded Dynamic Electronic Collimation (DEC) concept, which allows for a trade-off between efficiency and image resolution. Here we report on some general design considerations and first performance characterization measurements made with an i-TED demonstrator in order to explore its gamma-ray detection and imaging capabilities. |
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[Babiano, V; Balibrea, J.; Caballero, L.; Calvo, D.; Ladarescu, I; Mira Prats, S.; Domingo-Pardo, C.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Valencia, Spain, Email: domingo@ific.uv.es |
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WOS:000506419900045 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Babiano-Suarez, V. et al; Lerendegui-Marco, J.; Balibrea-Correa, J.; Caballero, L.; Calvo, D.; Ladarescu, I.; Real, D.; Domingo-Pardo, C. |
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Imaging neutron capture cross sections: i-TED proof-of-concept and future prospects based on Machine-Learning techniques |
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Journal Article |
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2021 |
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European Physical Journal A |
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Eur. Phys. J. A |
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57 |
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6 |
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197 - 17pp |
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i-TED is an innovative detection system which exploits Compton imaging techniques to achieve a superior signal-to-background ratio in (n, gamma) cross-section measurements using time-of-flight technique. This work presents the first experimental validation of the i-TED apparatus for high-resolution time-of-flight experiments and demonstrates for the first time the concept proposed for background rejection. To this aim, the Au-197(n, gamma) and Fe-56(n, gamma) reactions were studied at CERN n_TOF using an i-TED demonstrator based on three position-sensitive detectors. Two C6D6 detectors were also used to benchmark the performance of i-TED. The i-TED prototype built for this study shows a factor of similar to 3 higher detection sensitivity than state-of-the-art C6D6 detectors in the 10 keV neutron-energy region of astrophysical interest. This paper explores also the perspectives of further enhancement in performance attainable with the final i-TED array consisting of twenty position-sensitive detectors and newanalysis methodologies based on Machine-Learning techniques. |
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Alcaide, J.; Banerjee, S.; Chala, M.; Titov, A. |
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Probes of the Standard Model effective field theory extended with a right-handed neutrino |
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2019 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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08 |
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8 |
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031 - 18pp |
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Beyond Standard Model; Effective Field Theories; Neutrino Physics |
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If neutrinos are Dirac particles and, as suggested by the so far null LHC results, any new physics lies at energies well above the electroweak scale, the Standard Model effective field theory has to be extended with operators involving the right-handed neutrinos. In this paper, we study this effective field theory and set constraints on the different dimension-six interactions. To that aim, we use LHC searches for associated production of light (and tau) leptons with missing energy, monojet searches, as well as pion and tau decays. Our bounds are generally above the TeV for order one couplings. One particular exception is given by operators involving top quarks. These provide new signals in top decays not yet studied at colliders. Thus, we also design an LHC analysis to explore these signatures in the tt production. Our results are also valid if the right-handed neutrinos are Majorana and long-lived. |
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[Alcaide, Julien] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, Dr Moliner 50, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain, Email: julien.alcaide@uv.es; |
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Chatterjee, S.S.; Miranda, O.G.; Tortola, M.; Valle, J.W.F. |
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Nonunitarity of the lepton mixing matrix at the European Spallation Source |
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Journal Article |
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2022 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
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106 |
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7 |
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075016 - 16pp |
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If neutrinos get mass through the exchange of lepton mediators, as in seesaw schemes, the neutrino appearance probabilities in oscillation experiments are modified due to effective nonunitarity of the lepton mixing matrix. This also leads to new CP phases and an ambiguity in underpinning the “conventional” phase of the three-neutrino paradigm. We study the CP sensitivities of various setups based at the European Spallation Source neutrino super-beam (ESSnuSB) experiment in the presence of nonunitarity. We also examine its potential in constraining the associated new physics parameters. Moreover, we show how the combination of DUNE and ESSnuSB can help further improve the sensitivities on the nonunitarity parameters. |
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[Chatterjee, Sabya Sachi] Univ Paris Saclay, Inst Phys Theor, CNRS, CEA, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France, Email: sabya-sachi.chatterjee@ipht.fr; |
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WOS:000898616000007 |
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Agius, D.; Essig, R.; Gaggero, D.; Scarcella, F.; Suczewski, G.; Valli, M. |
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Feedback in the dark: a critical examination of CMB bounds on primordial black holes |
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2024 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
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J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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07 |
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7 |
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003 - 36pp |
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accretion; cosmological parameters from CMBR; dark matter theory; primordial black holes |
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If present in the early universe, primordial black holes (PBHs) would have accreted matter and emitted high-energy photons, altering the statistical properties of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). This mechanism has been used to constrain the fraction of dark matter that is in the form of PBHs to be much smaller than unity for PBH masses well above one solar mass. Moreover, the presence of dense dark matter mini -halos around the PBHs has been used to set even more stringent constraints, as these would boost the accretion rates. In this work, we critically revisit CMB constraints on PBHs taking into account the role of the local ionization of the gas around them. We discuss how the local increase in temperature around PBHs can prevent the dark matter mini -halos from strongly enhancing the accretion process, in some cases significantly weakening previously derived CMB constraints. We explore in detail the key ingredients of the CMB bound and derive a conservative limit on the cosmological abundance of massive PBHs. |
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[Agius, Dominic] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, C Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, E-46980 Paterna, Spain, Email: dominic.agius@ific.uv.es; |
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WOS:001262242300001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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