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Author Hernandez, P.; Jones-Perez, J.; Suarez-Navarro, O.
Title Majorana vs pseudo-Dirac neutrinos at the ILC Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication European Physical Journal C Abbreviated Journal Eur. Phys. J. C
Volume 79 Issue (up) 3 Pages 220 - 11pp
Keywords
Abstract Neutrino masses could originate in seesaw models testable at colliders, with light mediators and an approximate lepton number symmetry. The minimal model of this type contains two quasi-degenerate Majorana fermions forming a pseudo-Dirac pair. An important question is to what extent future colliders will have sensitivity to the splitting between the Majorana components, since this quantity signals the breaking of lepton number and is connected to the light neutrino masses. We consider the production of these neutral heavy leptons at the ILC, where their displaced decays provide a golden signal: a forward-backward charge asymmetry, which depends crucially on the mass splitting between the two Majorana components. We show that this observable can constrain the mass splitting to values much lower than current bounds from neutrinoless double beta decay and natural loop corrections.
Address [Hernandez, P.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, Apartado Correos 22085, Valencia 46071, Spain, Email: jones.j@pucp.edu.pe
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1434-6044 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000460985800001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3960
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Author Coloma, P.; Hernandez, P.; Muñoz, V.; Shoemaker, I.M.
Title New constraints on heavy neutral leptons from Super-Kamiokande data Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication European Physical Journal C Abbreviated Journal Eur. Phys. J. C
Volume 80 Issue (up) 3 Pages 235 - 7pp
Keywords
Abstract Heavy neutral leptons are predicted in many extensions of the Standard Model with massive neutrinos. If kinematically accessible, they can be copiously produced from kaon and pion decays in atmospheric showers, and subsequently decay inside large neutrino detectors. We perform a search for these long-lived particles using Super-Kamiokande multi-GeV neutrino data and derive stringent limits on the mixing with electron, muon and tau neutrinos as a function of the long-lived particle mass. We also present the limits on the branching ratio versus lifetime plane, which are helpful in determining the constraints in non-minimal models where the heavy neutral leptons have new interactions with the Standard Model.
Address [Coloma, P.; Hernandez, P.; Munoz, V.] UVEG, CSIC, IFIC, Edificio Inst Invest,Apt 22085, Valencia 46071, Spain, Email: pilar.coloma@ific.uv.es
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1434-6044 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000531858300005 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4394
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Author Barducci, D.; Bertuzzo, E.; Caputo, A.; Hernandez, P.; Mele, B.
Title The see-saw portal at future Higgs Factories Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 03 Issue (up) 3 Pages 117 - 32pp
Keywords Beyond Standard Model; Higgs Physics; Neutrino Physics
Abstract We consider an extension of the Standard Model with two right-handed singlet fermions with mass at the electroweak scale that induce neutrino masses, plus a generic new physics sector at a higher scale Lambda. We focus on the effective operators of lowest dimension d = 5, which induce new production and decay modes for the singlet fermions. We assess the sensitivity of future Higgs Factories, such as FCC-ee, CLIC-380, ILC and CEPC, to the coefficients of these operators for various center of mass energies. We show that future lepton colliders can test the cut-off of the theory up to Lambda similar or equal to 500-1000 TeV, surpassing the reach of future indirect measurements of the Higgs and Z boson widths. We also comment on the possibility of determining the underlying model flavor structure should a New Physics signal be observed, and on the impact of higher dimensional d = 6 operators on the experimental signatures.
Address [Barducci, Daniele] Univ Roma Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy, Email: daniele.barducci@roma1.infn.it;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1029-8479 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000629645800001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4766
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Author Vincent, A.C.; Fernandez Martinez, E.; Hernandez, P.; Mena, O.; Lattanzi, M.
Title Revisiting cosmological bounds on sterile neutrinos Type Journal Article
Year 2015 Publication Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Abbreviated Journal J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.
Volume 04 Issue (up) 4 Pages 006 - 23pp
Keywords particle physics – cosmology connection; cosmological neutrinos; cosmology of theories beyond the SM
Abstract We employ state-of-the art cosmological observables including supernova surveys and BAO information to provide constraints on the mass and mixing angle of a non-resonantly produced sterile neutrino species, showing that cosmology can effectively rule out sterile neutrinos which decay between BBN and the present day. The decoupling of an additional heavy neutrino species can modify the time dependence of the Universe's expansion between BBN and recombination and, in extreme cases, lead to an additional matter-dominated period; while this could naively lead to a younger Universe with a larger Hubble parameter, it could later be compensated by the extra radiation expected in the form of neutrinos from sterile decay. However, recombination-era observables including the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), the shift parameter R-CMB and the sound horizon r(s) from Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) severely constrain this scenario. We self-consistently include the full time-evolution of the coupled sterile neutrino and standard model sectors in an MCMC, showing that if decay occurs after BBN, the sterile neutrino is essentially bounded by the constraint sin(2) theta less than or similar to 0.026(m(s)/eV)(-2).
Address [Vincent, Aaron C.] Univ Durham, Dept Phys, IPPP, Durham DH1 3LE, England, Email: aaron.vincent@durham.ac.uk;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Iop Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1475-7516 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000355742500007 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2261
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Author Caputo, A.; Hernandez, P.; Kekic, M.; Lopez-Pavon, J.; Salvado, J.
Title The seesaw path to leptonic CP violation Type Journal Article
Year 2017 Publication European Physical Journal C Abbreviated Journal Eur. Phys. J. C
Volume 77 Issue (up) 4 Pages 258 - 7pp
Keywords
Abstract Future experiments such as SHiP and highintensity e(+)e(-) colliders will have a superb sensitivity to heavy Majorana neutrinos with masses below M-Z. We show that the measurement of the mixing to electrons and muons of one such state could establish the existence of CP violating phases in the neutrino mixing matrix, in the context of low-scale seesaw models. We quantify in the minimal model the CP reach of these future experiments, and demonstrate that CP violating phases in the mixing matrix could be established at 5 sigma CL in a very significant fraction of parameter space.
Address [Caputo, A.; Hernandez, P.; Kekic, M.; Salvado, J.] Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Edificio Inst Invest,Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, Paterna 46980, Spain, Email: andrea.caputo@cern.ch;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1434-6044 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000400079300002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3111
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Author FCC Collaboration (Abada, A. et al); Aguilera-Verdugo, J.J.; Hernandez, P.; Ramirez-Uribe, N.S.; Renteria-Olivo, A.E.; Rodrigo, G.; Sborlini, G.F.R.; Valle, J.W.F.
Title FCC-hh: The Hadron Collider: Future Circular Collider Conceptual Design Report Volume 3 Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication European Physical Journal-Special Topics Abbreviated Journal Eur. Phys. J.-Spec. Top.
Volume 228 Issue (up) 4 Pages 755-1107
Keywords
Abstract In response to the 2013 Update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics (EPPSU), the Future Circular Collider (FCC) study was launched as a world-wide international collaboration hosted by CERN. The FCC study covered an energy-frontier hadron collider (FCC-hh), a highest-luminosity high-energy lepton collider (FCC-ee), the corresponding 100km tunnel infrastructure, as well as the physics opportunities of these two colliders, and a high-energy LHC, based on FCC-hh technology. This document constitutes the third volume of the FCC Conceptual Design Report, devoted to the hadron collider FCC-hh. It summarizes the FCC-hh physics discovery opportunities, presents the FCC-hh accelerator design, performance reach, and staged operation plan, discusses the underlying technologies, the civil engineering and technical infrastructure, and also sketches a possible implementation. Combining ingredients from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the high-luminosity LHC upgrade and adding novel technologies and approaches, the FCC-hh design aims at significantly extending the energy frontier to 100TeV. Its unprecedented centre of-mass collision energy will make the FCC-hh a unique instrument to explore physics beyond the Standard Model, offering great direct sensitivity to new physics and discoveries.
Address [Apyan, A.] AI Alikhanyan Natl Sci Lab YerPhi, Yerevan, Armenia, Email: Michael.Benedikt@cern.ch
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1951-6355 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000477858500001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4082
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Author Bernardoni, F.; Garron, N.; Hernandez, P.; Necco, S.; Pena, C.
Title Probing the chiral regime of N-f=2 QCD with mixed actions Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 83 Issue (up) 5 Pages 054503 - 17pp
Keywords
Abstract We report on our first experiences with a mixed action setup with overlap valence quarks and nonperturbatively O(a) improved Wilson sea quarks. For the latter we employ CLS N-f = 2 configurations with light sea-quark masses at small lattice spacings. Exact chiral symmetry allows to consider very light valence quarks and explore the matching to (partially-quenched) Chiral Perturbation Theory (ChPT) in a mixed epsilon/p-regime. We compute the topological susceptibility and the low-lying spectrum of the massless Neuberger-Dirac operator for three values of the sea-quark mass, and compare the sea-quark mass dependence to NLO ChPT in the mixed regime. This provides two different determinations of the chiral condensate, as well as information about some NLOlow-energy couplings. Our results allow to test the consistency of the mixed-regime approach to ChPT, as well as of the mixed action framework.
Address [Bernardoni, F.; Hernandez, P.] Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular, CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1550-7998 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000288389300005 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 546
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Author FCC Collaboration (Abada, A. et al); Aguilera-Verdugo, J.J.; Hernandez, P.; Ramirez-Uribe, N.S.; Renteria-Olivo, A.E.; Rodrigo, G.; Sborlini, G.F.R.; Valle, J.W.F.
Title HE-LHC: The High-Energy Large Hadron Collider Future Circular Collider Conceptual Design Report Volume 4 Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication European Physical Journal-Special Topics Abbreviated Journal Eur. Phys. J.-Spec. Top.
Volume 228 Issue (up) 5 Pages 1109-1382
Keywords
Abstract In response to the 2013 Update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics (EPPSU), the Future Circular Collider (FCC) study was launched as a world-wide international collaboration hosted by CERN. The FCC study covered an energy-frontier hadron collider (FCC-hh), a highest-luminosity high-energy lepton collider (FCC-ee), the corresponding 100 km tunnel infrastructure, as well as the physics opportunities of these two colliders, and a high-energy LHC, based on FCC-hh technology. This document constitutes the third volume of the FCC Conceptual Design Report, devoted to the hadron collider FCC-hh. It summarizes the FCC-hh physics discovery opportunities, presents the FCC-hh accelerator design, performance reach, and staged operation plan, discusses the underlying technologies, the civil engineering and technical infrastructure, and also sketches a possible implementation. Combining ingredients from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the high-luminosity LHC upgrade and adding novel technologies and approaches, the FCC-hh design aims at significantly extending the energy frontier to 100 TeV. Its unprecedented centre-of-mass collision energy will make the FCC-hh a unique instrument to explore physics beyond the Standard Model, offering great direct sensitivity to new physics and discoveries.
Address [Apyan, A.] AI Alikhanyan Natl Sci Lab YerPhi, Yerevan, Armenia, Email: frank.zimmermann@cern.ch
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1951-6355 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000476546300001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4089
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Author Chun, E.J.; Cvetic, G.; Dev, P.S.B.; Drewes, M.; Fong, C.S.; Garbrecht, B.; Hambye, T.; Harz, J.; Hernandez, P.; Kim, C.S.; Molinaro, E.; Nardi, E.; Racker, J.; Rius, N.; Zamora-Saa, J.
Title Probing leptogenesis Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication International Journal of Modern Physics A Abbreviated Journal Int. J. Mod. Phys. A
Volume 33 Issue (up) 5-6 Pages 1842005 - 99pp
Keywords Neutrino interactions; nonstandard-model neutrinos; right-handed neutrinos; extensions of electroweak gauge sector; supersymmetric models
Abstract The focus of this paper lies on the possible experimental tests of leptogenesis scenarios. We consider both leptogenesis generated from oscillations, as well as leptogenesis from out-of-equilibrium decays. As the Akhmedov-Rubakov-Smirnov (ARS) mechanism allows for heavy neutrinos in the GeV range, this opens up a plethora of possible experimental tests, e.g. at neutrino oscillation experiments, neutrinoless double beta decay, and direct searches for neutral heavy leptons at future facilities. In contrast, testing leptogenesis from out-of-equilibrium decays is a quite difficult task. We comment on the necessary conditions for having successful leptogenesis at the TeV-scale. We further discuss possible realizations and their model specific testability in extended seesaw models, models with extended gauge sectors, and supersymmetric leptogenesis. Not being able to test high-scale leptogenesis directly, we present a way to falsify such scenarios by focusing on their washout processes. This is discussed specifically for the left-right symmetric model and the observation of a heavy W-R, as well as model independently when measuring Delta L = 2 washout processes at the LHC or neutrinoless double beta decay.
Address [Chun, E. J.] Korea Inst Adv Study, Seoul 02455, South Korea, Email: jharz@lpthe.jussieu.fr
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher World Scientific Publ Co Pte Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0217-751x ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000426586100006 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3507
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Author Drewes, M.; Garbrecht, B.; Hernandez, P.; Kekic, M.; Lopez-Pavon, J.; Racker, J.; Rius, N.; Salvado, J.; Teresi, D.
Title ARS leptogenesis Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication International Journal of Modern Physics A Abbreviated Journal Int. J. Mod. Phys. A
Volume 33 Issue (up) 5-6 Pages 1842002 - 46pp
Keywords
Abstract We review the current status of the leptogenesis scenario originally proposed by Akhmedov, Rubakov and Smirnov (ARS). It takes place in the parametric regime where the right-handed neutrinos are at the electroweak scale or below and the CP-violating effects are induced by the coherent superposition of different right-handed mass eigenstates. Two main theoretical approaches to derive quantum kinetic equations, the Hamiltonian time evolution as well as the Closed-Time-Path technique are presented, and we discuss their relations. For scenarios with two right-handed neutrinos, we chart the viable parameter space. Both, a Bayesian analysis, that determines the most likely configurations for viable leptogenesis given different variants of flat priors, and a determination of the maximally allowed mixing between the light, mostly left-handed, and heavy, mostly right-handed, neutrino states are discussed. Rephasing invariants are shown to be a useful tool to classify and to understand various distinct contributions to ARS leptogenesis that can dominate in different parametric regimes. While these analyses are carried out for the parametric regime where initial asymmetries are generated predominantly from lepton-number conserving, but flavor violating effects, we also review the contributions from lepton-number violating operators and identify the regions of parameter space where these are relevant.
Address [Drewes, M.; Garbrecht, B.] Tech Univ Munich, Phys Dept, James Franck Str, D-85748 Garching, Germany, Email: m.pilar.hernandez@uv.es
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher World Scientific Publ Co Pte Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0217-751x ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000426586100003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3508
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