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Kalliokoski, M.; Mitsou, V.A.; de Montigny, M.; Mukhopadhyay, A.; Ouimet, P.P.A.; Pinfold, J.; Shaa, A.; Staelens, M. |
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Searching for minicharged particles at the energy frontier with the MoEDAL-MAPP experiment at the LHC |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2024 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
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04 |
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4 |
Pages |
137 - 22pp |
| Keywords |
Dark Matter at Colliders; Models for Dark Matter; New Gauge Interactions; Specific BSM Phenomenology |
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The MoEDAL's Apparatus for Penetrating Particles (MAPP) Experiment is designed to expand the search for new physics at the LHC, significantly extending the physics program of the baseline MoEDAL Experiment. The Phase-1 MAPP detector (MAPP-1) is currently undergoing installation at the LHC's UA83 gallery adjacent to the LHCb/MoEDAL region at Interaction Point 8 and will begin data-taking in early 2024. The focus of the MAPP experiment is on the quest for new feebly interacting particles – avatars of new physics with extremely small Standard Model couplings, such as minicharged particles (mCPs). In this study, we present the results of a comprehensive analysis of MAPP-1's sensitivity to mCPs arising in the canonical model involving the kinetic mixing of a massless dark U(1) gauge field with the Standard Model hypercharge gauge field. We focus on several dominant production mechanisms of mCPs at the LHC across the mass-mixing parameter space of interest to MAPP: Drell-Yan pair production, direct decays of heavy quarkonia and light vector mesons, and single Dalitz decays of pseudoscalar mesons. The 95% confidence level background-free sensitivity of MAPP-1 for mCPs produced at the LHC's Run 3 and the HL-LHC through these mechanisms, along with projected constraints on the minicharged strongly interacting dark matter window, are reported. Our results indicate that MAPP-1 exhibits sensitivity to sizable regions of unconstrained parameter space and can probe effective charges as low as 8 x 10 -4 e and 6 x 10 -4 e for Run 3 and the HL-LHC, respectively. |
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[Kalliokoski, Matti] Univ Helsinki, Helsinki Inst Phys, Helsinki 00014, Finland, Email: matti.kalliokoski@helsinki.fi; |
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1029-8479 |
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WOS:001232666600002 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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6148 |
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Chu, X.Y.; Garani, R.; Garcia-Cely, C.; Hambye, T. |
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Dark matter bound-state formation in the Sun |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2024 |
Publication |
Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
| Volume |
05 |
Issue |
5 |
Pages |
045 - 32pp |
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Models for Dark Matter; Specific BSM Phenomenology; Neutrino Interactions; Early Universe Particle Physics |
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The Sun may capture asymmetric dark matter (DM), which can subsequently form bound-states through the radiative emission of a sub-GeV scalar. This process enables generation of scalars without requiring DM annihilation. In addition to DM capture on nucleons, the DM-scalar coupling responsible for bound-state formation also induces capture from self-scatterings of ambient DM particles with DM particles already captured, as well as with DM bound-states formed in-situ within the Sun. This scenario is studied in detail by solving Boltzmann equations numerically and analytically. In particular, we take into consideration that the DM self-capture rates require a treatment beyond the conventional Born approximation. We show that, thanks to DM scatterings on bound-states, the number of DM particles captured increases exponentially, leading to enhanced emission of relativistic scalars through bound-state formation, whose final decay products could be observable. We explore phenomenological signatures with the example that the scalar mediator decays to neutrinos. We find that the neutrino flux emitted can be comparable to atmospheric neutrino fluxes within the range of energies below one hundred MeV. Future facilities like Hyper-K, and direct DM detection experiments can further test such scenario. |
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[Chu, Xiaoyong] Austrian Acad Sci, Inst High Energy Phys, Nikolsdorfer Gasse 18, A-1050 Vienna, Austria, Email: xiaoyong.chu@oeaw.ac.at; |
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1029-8479 |
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WOS:001255993100008 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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6172 |
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Olmo, G.J. |
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Palatini actions and quantum gravity phenomenology |
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Journal Article |
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2011 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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10 |
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10 |
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018 - 15pp |
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quantum gravity phenomenology; cosmic singularity |
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We show that an invariant an universal length scale can be consistently introduced in a generally covariant theory through the gravitational sector using the Palatini approach. The resulting theory is able to capture different aspects of quantum gravity phenomenology in a single framework. In particular, it is found that in this theory field excitations propagating with different energy-densities perceive different background metrics, which is a fundamental characteristic of the DSR and Rainbow Gravity approaches. We illustrate these properties with a particular gravitational model and explicitly show how the soccer ball problem is avoided in this framework. The isotropic and anisotropic cosmologies of this model also avoid the big bang singularity by means of a big bounce. |
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[Olmo, GJ] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, E-46100 Valencia, Spain, Email: gonzalo.olmo@csic.es |
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Iop Publishing Ltd |
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1475-7516 |
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WOS:000296767600018 |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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816 |
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Olmo, G.J. |
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Palatini approach to modified gravity: f(R) theories and beyond |
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Journal Article |
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2011 |
Publication |
International Journal of Modern Physics D |
Abbreviated Journal |
Int. J. Mod. Phys. D |
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20 |
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4 |
Pages |
413-462 |
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Palatini formalism; modified gravity; cosmic speed-up; dark energy; dark matter; MOND; quantum gravity phenomenology; Hamiltonian formulation; stellar structure; Cauchy problem; solar system tests |
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We review the recent literature on modified theories of gravity in the Palatini approach. After discussing the motivations that lead to consider alternatives to Einstein's theory and to treat the metric and the connection as independent objects, we review several topics that have been recently studied within this framework. In particular, we provide an in-depth analysis of the cosmic speed-up problem, laboratory and solar system tests, the structure of stellar objects, the Cauchy problem, and bouncing cosmologies. We also discuss the importance of going beyond the f(R) models to capture other phenomenological aspects related with dark matter/energy and quantum gravity. |
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[Olmo, Gonzalo J.] Univ Valencia CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, Valencia, Spain, Email: gonzalo.olmo@uv.es |
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World Scientific Publ Co Pte Ltd |
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0218-2718 |
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WOS:000290228200001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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961 |
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Hidalgo-Duque, C.; Llanes-Estrada, F.J. |
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Soft interactions in jet quenching |
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Journal Article |
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2015 |
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International Journal of Modern Physics A |
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Int. J. Mod. Phys. A |
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30 |
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13 |
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1550067 - 25pp |
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Jet quenching parameter; Regge phenomenology; particle correlations and fluctuations; hard and soft scattering; relativistic heavy ion collisions |
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We study the collisional aspects of jet quenching in a high-energy nuclear collision, especially in the final state pion gas. The jet has a large energy, and acquires momentum transverse to its axis more effectively by multiple soft collisions than by few hard scatterings (as known from analogous systems such as J/psi production at Hera). Such regime of large E and small momentum transfer corresponds to Regge kinematics and is characteristically dominated by the pomeron. From this insight we estimate the jet quenching parameter in the hadron medium (largely a pion gas) at the end of the collision, which is naturally small and increases with temperature in line with the gas density and compare it to the jet quenching parameter obtained within the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) phase in widely known perturbative approximations. The physics in the quark-gluon plasma/liquid phase is less obvious, and here we revisit a couple of simple estimates that suggest indeed that the pomeron-mediated interactions are very relevant and should be included in analysis of the jet quenching parameter. Finally, since the occasional hard collisions produce features characteristic of a Levy flight in the q(perpendicular to)(2) plane perpendicular to the jet axis, we suggest one- and two-particle q perpendicular to correlations as interesting experimental probes sensitive to the nature (softness versus hardness) of the interactions of a jet inside the QGP. |
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[Hidalgo-Duque, Carlos] Univ Valencia, Inst Invest Paterna, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: carloshd@ific.uv.es |
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World Scientific Publ Co Pte Ltd |
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0217-751x |
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WOS:000353955400007 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2210 |
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