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Fernandez-Martinez, E.; Gonzalez-Lopez, M.; Hernandez-Garcia, J.; Hostert, M.; Lopez-Pavon, J. |
Title |
Effective portals to heavy neutral leptons |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2023 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
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09 |
Issue |
9 |
Pages |
001 - 45pp |
Keywords |
Neutrino Interactions; Non-Standard Neutrino Properties; Sterile or Heavy Neutrinos |
Abstract |
The existence of right-handed neutrinos, or heavy neutral leptons (HNLs), is strongly motivated by the observation of neutrino masses and mixing. The mass of these new particles could lie below the electroweak scale, making them accessible to lowenergy laboratory experiments. Additional new physics at high energies can mediate new interactions between the Standard Model particles and HNLs, and is most conveniently parametrized by the neutrino Standard Model Effective Field Theory, or nu SMEFT for short. In this work, we consider the dimension six nu SMEFT operators involving one HNL field in the mass range of O(1) MeV < MN < O(100) GeV. By recasting existing experimental limits on the production and decay of new light particles, we constrain the Wilson coefficients and new physics scale of each operator as a function of the HNL mass. |
Address |
[Fernandez-Martinez, Enrique; Gonzalez-Lopez, Manuel] Univ Autonoma Madrid, Inst Fis Teor, Campus Cantoblanco, Madrid 28049, Spain, Email: enrique.fernandez-martinez@uam.es; |
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1029-8479 |
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WOS:001067715500003 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5697 |
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Mongillo, M.; Abdullahi, A.; Banto Oberhauser, B.; Crivelli, P.; Hostert, M.; Massaro, D.; Molina Bueno, L.; Pascoli, S. |
Title |
Constraining light thermal inelastic dark matter with NA64 |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2023 |
Publication |
European Physical Journal C |
Abbreviated Journal |
Eur. Phys. J. C |
Volume |
83 |
Issue |
5 |
Pages |
391 - 14pp |
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A vector portal between the Standard Model and the dark sector is a predictive and compelling framework for thermal dark matter. Through co-annihilations, models of inelastic dark matter (iDM) and inelastic Dirac dark matter (i2DM) can reproduce the observed relic density in the MeV to GeV mass range without violating cosmological limits. In these scenarios, the vector mediator behaves like a semi-visible particle, evading traditional bounds on visible or invisible resonances, and uncovering new parameter space to explain the muon (g – 2) anomaly. By means of a more inclusive signal definition at the NA64 experiment, we place new constraints on iDM and i2DM using a missing energy technique. With a recast-based analysis, we contextualize the NA64 exclusion limits in parameter space and estimate the reach of the newly collected and expected future NA64 data. Our results motivate the development of an optimized search program for semi-visible particles, in which fixed target experiments like NA64 provide a powerful probe in the sub-GeV mass range. |
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[Mongillo, Martina; Oberhauser, Benjamin Banto; Crivelli, Paolo] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Inst Particle Phys & Astrophys, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland, Email: mmongillo@phys.ethz.ch; |
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1434-6044 |
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WOS:000986592700002 |
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no |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5548 |
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