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Author Coloma, P.; Hernandez, P.; Urrea, S.
Title New bounds on axion-like particles from MicroBooNE Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 08 Issue 8 Pages 025 - 25pp
Keywords (down) Axions and ALPs; Kaons
Abstract Neutrino experiments lie at the edge of the intensity frontier and therefore can be exploited to search for new light particles weakly coupled to the visible sector. In this work we derive new constraints on axion-like particles (ALPs) using data from the MicroBooNE experiment, from a search for e(+)e(-) pairs pointing in the direction of the NuMI absorber. In particular, we consider the addition of higher-dimensional effective operators coupling the ALP to the electroweak gauge bosons. These would induce K -> pi a from kaon decay at rest in the NuMI absorber, as well as ALP decays into pairs of leptons or photons. We discuss in detail and compare various results obtained for the decay width K -> pi a in previous literature. For the operator involving the Higgs, MicroBooNE already sets competitive bounds (comparable to those of NA62) for ALP masses between 100 and 200 MeV. We also compute the expected sensitivities from the full NuMI dataset recorded at MicroBooNE. Our results show that a search for a -> gamma gamma signal may be able to improve over current constraints from beam-dump experiments on the operator involving the ALP coupling to the W.
Address [Coloma, Pilar] Univ Autonoma Madrid, Inst Fis Teor UAM CSIC, Calle Nicolas Cabrera 1315, E-28049 Madrid, Spain, Email: pilar.coloma@ift.csic.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 1029-8479 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000836240700003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5323
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Author Han, C.; Lopez-Ibañez, M.L.; Melis, A.; Vives, O.; Yang, J.M.
Title Anomaly-free ALP from non-Abelian flavor symmetry Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 08 Issue 8 Pages 306 - 21pp
Keywords (down) Axions and ALPs; Flavour Symmetries; Lepton Flavour Violation (charged)
Abstract Motivated by the XENON1T excess in electron-recoil measurements, we investigate the prospects of probing axion-like particles (ALP) in lepton flavor violation experiments. In particular, we identify such ALP as a pseudo-Goldstone from the spontaneous breaking of the flavor symmetries that explain the mixing structure of the Standard Model leptons. We present the case of the flavor symmetries being a non-Abelian U(2) and the ALP originating from its U(1) subgroup, which is anomaly-free with the Standard Model group. We build two explicit realistic examples that reproduce leptonic masses and mixings and show that the ALP which is consistent with XENON1T anomaly could be probed by the proposed LFV experiments.
Address [Han, C.] Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Phys, Guangzhou 510275, Peoples R China, Email: hanchch@mail.sysu.edu.cn;
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:000848742400001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5348
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Author Domcke, V.; Garcia-Cely, C.; Lee, S.M.; Rodd, N.L.
Title Symmetries and selection rules: optimising axion haloscopes for Gravitational Wave searches Type Journal Article
Year 2024 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 03 Issue 3 Pages 128 - 51pp
Keywords (down) Axions and ALPs; Early Universe Particle Physics
Abstract In the presence of electromagnetic fields, both axions and gravitational waves (GWs) induce oscillating magnetic fields: a potentially detectable fingerprint of their presence. We demonstrate that the response is largely dictated by the symmetries of the instruments used to search for it. Focussing on low mass axion haloscopes, we derive selection rules that determine the parametric sensitivity of different detector geometries to axions and GWs, and which further reveal how to optimise the experimental geometry to maximise both signals. The formalism allows us to forecast the optimal sensitivity to GWs in the range of 100 kHz to 100 MHz for instruments such as ABRACADABRA, BASE, ADMX SLIC, SHAFT, WISPLC, and DMRadio.
Address [Domcke, Valerie; Lee, Sung Mook; Rodd, Nicholas L.] CERN, Theoret Phys Dept, 1 Esplanade Particules, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland, Email: valerie.domcke@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 1029-8479 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001189228700003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 6049
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Author Herrero-Brocal, A.; Vicente, A.
Title The majoron coupling to charged leptons Type Journal Article
Year 2024 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 01 Issue 1 Pages 078 - 33pp
Keywords (down) Axions and ALPs; Baryon/Lepton Number Violation; Lepton Flavour Violation (charged)
Abstract The particle spectrum of all Majorana neutrino mass models with spontaneous violation of global lepton number include a Goldstone boson, the so-called majoron. The presence of this massless pseudoscalar changes the phenomenology dramatically. In this work we derive general analytical expressions for the 1-loop coupling of the majoron to charged leptons. These can be applied to any model featuring a majoron that have a clear hierarchy of energy scales, required for an expansion in powers of the low-energy scale to be valid. We show how to use our general results by applying them to some example models, finding full agreement with previous results in several popular scenarios and deriving novel ones in other setups.
Address [Herrero-Brocal, Antonio; Vicente, Avelino] Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular, CSIC, Parc Cientif Paterna,C-Catedrat Jose Beltran,2, E-46980 Valencia, Spain, Email: antonio.herrero@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 1029-8479 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001143228100004 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5909
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Author Jimenez, R.; Pena-Garay, C.; Verde, L.
Title Is it possible to explore Peccei-Quinn axions from frequency-dependence radiation dimming? Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B
Volume 703 Issue 3 Pages 232-236
Keywords (down) Axion; CF; White dwarf
Abstract We explore how the Peccei-Quinn (PQ) axion parameter space can be constrained by the frequency-dependence dimming of radiation from astrophysical objects. To do so we perform accurate calculations of photon-axion conversion in the presence of a variable magnetic field. We propose several tests where the PQ axion parameter space can be explored with current and future astronomical surveys: the observed spectra of isolated neutron stars, occultations of background objects by white dwarfs and neutron stars, the light-curves of eclipsing binaries containing a white dwarf. We find that the lack of dimming of the light-curve of a detached eclipsing white dwarf binary recently observed, leads to relevant constraints on the photon-axion conversion. Current surveys designed for Earth-like planet searches are well matched to strengthen and improve the constraints on the PQ axion using astrophysical objects radiation dimming.
Address [Jimenez, R; Verde, L] Univ Barcelona IEEC UB, ICREA & ICC, Barcelona 08028, Spain, Email: jimenez@icc.ub.edu
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Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0370-2693 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000295198300005 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 779
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Author Gola, S.; Mandal, S.; Sinha, N.
Title ALP-portal majorana dark matter Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication International Journal of Modern Physics A Abbreviated Journal Int. J. Mod. Phys. A
Volume 37 Issue Pages 2250131 - 14pp
Keywords (down) Axion like particle; heavy neutrinos; dark matter
Abstract Axion like particles (ALPs) and right-handed neutrinos (RHNs) are two well-motivated dark matter (DM) candidates. However, these two particles have a completely different origin. Axion was proposed to solve the strong CP problem, whereas RHNs were introduced to explain light neutrino masses through seesaw mechanisms. We study the case of ALP portal RHN DM (Majorana DM) taking into account existing constraints on ALPs. We consider the leading effective operators mediating interactions between the ALP and Standard Model (SM) particles and three RHNs to generate light neutrino masses through type-I seesaw. Further, ALP-RHN neutrino coupling is introduced to generalize the model which is restricted by the relic density and indirect detection constraint.
Address [Gola, Shivam; Sinha, Nita] Inst Math Sci, CIT Campus, Chennai 600113, Tamil Nadu, India, Email: shivamg@imsc.res.in;
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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:000854297000001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5359
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Author Navarro, P.; Gimeno, B.; Alvarez Melcon, A.; Arguedas Cuendis, S.; Cogollos, C.; Diaz-Morcillo, A.; Gallego, J.D.; Garcia Barcelo, J.M.; Golm, J.; Irastorza, I.G.; Lozano Guerrero, A.J.; Garay, C.P.
Title Wide-band full-wave electromagnetic modal analysis of the coupling between dark-matter axions and photons in microwave resonators Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Physics of the Dark Universe Abbreviated Journal Phys. Dark Universe
Volume 36 Issue Pages 101001 - 14pp
Keywords (down) Axion detection; Axion field; Axion-photon interaction; BI-RME 3D; Broad-band analysis; Dark matter; Full wave analysis; Haloscope; Microwave resonator; Modal technique
Abstract The electromagnetic coupling axion-photon in a microwave cavity is revisited with the Boundary Integral-Resonant Mode Expansion (BI-RME) 3D technique. Such full-wave modal technique has been applied for the rigorous analysis of the excitation of a microwave cavity with an axion field. In this scenario, the electromagnetic field generated by the axion-photon coupling can be assumed to be driven by equivalent electrical charge and current densities. These densities have been inserted in the general BI-RME 3D equations, which express the RF electromagnetic field existing within a cavity as an integral involving the Dyadic Green's functions of the cavity (under Coulomb gauge) as well as such densities. This method is able to take into account any arbitrary spatial and temporal variation of both magnitude and phase of the axion field. Next, we have obtained a simple network driven by the axion current source, which represents the coupling between the axion field and the resonant modes of the cavity. With this approach, it is possible to calculate the extracted and dissipated RF power as a function of frequency along a broad band and without Cauchy-Lorentz approximations, obtaining the spectrum of the electromagnetic field generated in the cavity, and dealing with modes relatively close to the axion resonant mode. Moreover, with this technique we have a complete knowledge of the signal extracted from the cavity, not only in magnitude but also in phase. This can be an interesting issue for future analysis where the axion phase is an important parameter.
Address [Navarro, P.; Melcon, A. alvarez; Diaz-Morcillo, A.; Barcelo, J. M. Garcia; Guerrero, A. J. Lozano] Tech Univ Cartagena, Dept Informat & Commun Technol, Cartagena 30203, Spain, Email: pablonm.ct.94@gmail.com;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000791333100001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5218
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