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Author Capozzi, F.; Ferreira, R.Z.; Lopez-Honorez, L.; Mena, O.
Title (up) CMB and Lyman-alpha constraints on dark matter decays to photons Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Abbreviated Journal J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.
Volume 06 Issue 6 Pages 060 - 23pp
Keywords reionization; axions; cosmological parameters from CMBR; dark matter theory
Abstract Dark matter energy injection in the early universe modifies both the ionization history and the temperature of the intergalactic medium. In this work, we improve the CMB bounds on sub-keV dark matter and extend previous bounds from Lyman-& alpha; observations to the same mass range, resulting in new and competitive constraints on axion-like particles (ALPs) decaying into two photons. The limits depend on the underlying reionization history, here accounted self-consistently by our modified version of the publicly available DarkHistory and CLASS codes. Future measurements such as the ones from the CMB-S4 experiment may play a crucial, leading role in the search for this type of light dark matter candidates.
Address [Capozzi, Francesco] Univ Aquila, Dipartimento Sci Fis & Chim, I-67100 Laquila, Italy, Email: francesco.capozzi@univaq.it;
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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:001025410500001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5584
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Author Babeluk, M. et al; Marinas, C.
Title (up) CMOS MAPS upgrade for the Belle II Vertex Detector Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A
Volume 1048 Issue Pages 168015 - 5pp
Keywords Belle II; VXD; SVD; PXD; VTX; Upgrade; CMOS; DMAPS
Abstract The success of the Belle II experiment in Japan relies on the very high instantaneous luminosity, close to 6x1035 cm-2 s-1, expected from the SuperKEKB collider. The corresponding beam conditions at such luminosity levels generate large rates of background particles and creates stringent constraints on the vertex detector, adding to the physics requirements. Current prospects for the occupancy rates in the present vertex detector (VXD) at full luminosity fall close to the acceptable limits and bear large uncertainties. In this context, the Belle II collaboration is considering the possibility to install an upgraded VXD system around 2027 to provide a sufficient safety margin with respect to the expected background rate and possibly enhance tracking and vertexing performance. The VTX collaboration has started the design of a fully pixelated VXD, called VTX, based on fast and highly granular Depleted Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors (DMAPS) integrated on light support structures. The two main technical features of the VTX proposal are the usage of a single sensor type over all the layers of the system and the overall material budget below 2% of radiation length, compared to the current VXD which has two different sensor technologies and about 3% of radiation length. A dedicated sensor (OBELIX), taylored to the specific needs of Belle II, is under development, evolving from the existing TJ-Monopix2 sensor. The time-stamping precision below 100 ns will allow all VTX layers to take part in the track finding strategy contrary to the current situation. The first two detection layers are designed according to a self-supported all-silicon ladder concept, where 4 contiguous sensors are diced out of a wafer, thinned and interconnected with post-processed redistribution layers. The outermost detection layers follow a more conventional approach with a cold plate and carbon fibre support structure, and light flex cables interconnecting the sensors. This document will review the context, technical details and development status of the proposed Belle II VTX.
Address [Babeluk, M.; Bergauer, T.; Irmler, C.; Schwanda, C.] Austrian Acad Sci, Inst High Energy Phys, A-1050 Vienna, Austria, Email: christian.wessel@desy.de
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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 0168-9002 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000990246200001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5538
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Author Aristizabal Sierra, D.; De Romeri, V.; Rojas, N.
Title (up) COHERENT analysis of neutrino generalized interactions Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 98 Issue 7 Pages 075018 - 14pp
Keywords
Abstract Effective neutrino-quark generalized interactions are entirely determined by Lorentz invariance, so they include all possible four-fermion nonderivative Lorentz structures. They contain neutrino-quark nonstandard interactions as a subset, but span over a larger set that involves effective scalar, pseudoscalar, axial and tensor operators. Using recent COHERENT data, we derive constraints on the corresponding couplings by considering scalar, vector and tensor quark currents and assuming no lepton flavor dependence. We allow for mixed neutrino-quark Lorentz couplings and consider two types of scenarios in which: (i) one interaction at the nuclear level is present at a time, (ii) two interactions are simultaneously present. For scenarios (i) our findings show that scalar interactions are the most severely constrained, in particular for pseudoscalar-scalar neutrino-quark couplings. In contrast, tensor and nonstandard vector interactions still enable for sizable effective parameters. We find as well that an extra vector interaction improves the data fit when compared with the result derived assuming only the standard model contribution. In scenarios (ii) the presence of two interactions relaxes the bounds and opens regions in parameter space that are otherwise closed, with the effect being more pronounced in the scalar-vector and scalar-tensor cases. We point out that barring the vector case, our results represent the most stringent bounds on effective neutrino-quark generalized interactions for mediator masses of order similar to 1 GeV. They hold as well for larger mediator masses, case in which they should be compared with limits from neutrino deep-inelastic scattering data.
Address [Aristizabal Sierra, D.; Rojas, N.] Univ Tecn Federico Santa Maria, Dept Fis, Casilla 110-5,Ave Espana 1680, Valparaiso, Chile, Email: daristizabal@ulg.ac.be;
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 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000447933700006 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3770
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Author Papoulias, D.K.
Title (up) COHERENT constraints after the COHERENT-2020 quenching factor measurement Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 102 Issue 11 Pages 113004 - 10pp
Keywords
Abstract Recently, an improved quenching factor (QF) measurement for low-energy nuclear recoils in CsI[Na] has been reported by the COHERENT Collaboration. The new energy-dependent QF is characterized by a reduced systematic uncertainty and leads to a better agreement between the experimental COHERENT data and the Standard Model (SM) expectation. In this work, we report updated constraints on parameters that describe the process of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering within and beyond the SM, and we also present how the new QF affects their interpretation.
Address [Papoulias, D. K.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, AHEP Grp, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Parc Cient Paterna,C Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, E-46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain, Email: dipapou@ific.uv.es
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 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000599092900001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4651
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Author Baxter, D.; Collar, J.I.; Coloma, P.; Dahl, C.E.; Esteban, I.; Ferrario, P.; Gomez-Cadenas, J.J.; Gonzalez-Garcia, M.C.; Kavner, A.R.L.; Lewis, C.M.; Monrabal, F.; Vidal, J.M.; Privitera, P.; Ramanathan, K.; Renner, J.
Title (up) Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering at the European Spallation Source Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 02 Issue 2 Pages 123 - 38pp
Keywords Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes (experiments); Beyond Standard Model; Electroweak interaction
Abstract The European Spallation Source (ESS), presently well on its way to completion, will soon provide the most intense neutron beams for multi-disciplinary science. Fortuitously, it will also generate the largest pulsed neutrino flux suitable for the detection of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CE nu NS), a process recently measured for the first time at ORNL's Spallation Neutron Source. We describe innovative detector technologies maximally able to profit from the order-of-magnitude increase in neutrino flux provided by the ESS, along with their sensitivity to a rich particle physics phenomenology accessible through high-statistics, precision CE nu NS measurements.
Address [Baxter, D.; Collar, J. I.; Kavner, A. R. L.; Lewis, C. M.; Privitera, P.; Ramanathan, K.] Univ Chicago, Enrico Fermi Inst, Kavli Inst Cosmol Phys, 5640 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 USA, Email: collar@uchicago.edu;
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:000515509000001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4300
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Author Candela, P.M.; De Romeri, V.; Papoulias, D.K.
Title (up) COHERENT production of a dark fermion Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 108 Issue 5 Pages 055001 - 19pp
Keywords
Abstract We consider the possible production of a new MeV-scale fermion at the COHERENT experiment. The new fermion, belonging to a dark sector, can be produced through the up-scattering process of neutrinos off the nuclei and the electrons of the detector material, via the exchange of a light vector or scalar mediator. We perform a detailed statistical analysis of the combined COHERENT CsI and LAr datasets and obtain up-to-date constraints on the couplings and masses of the dark fermion and mediators. We finally briefly comment about the stability of the dark fermion.
Address [Candela, Pablo M.; De Romeri, Valentina] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Parc Cient UV C Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, E-46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain, Email: pamuca@ific.uv.es;
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 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001071136200002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5762
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Author Alonso, I. et al; Bernabeu, J.
Title (up) Cold atoms in space: community workshop summary and proposed road-map Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication EPJ Quantum Technology Abbreviated Journal EPJ Quantum Technol.
Volume 9 Issue 1 Pages 30 - 55pp
Keywords
Abstract We summarise the discussions at a virtual Community Workshop on Cold Atoms in Space concerning the status of cold atom technologies, the prospective scientific and societal opportunities offered by their deployment in space, and the developments needed before cold atoms could be operated in space. The cold atom technologies discussed include atomic clocks, quantum gravimeters and accelerometers, and atom interferometers. Prospective applications include metrology, geodesy and measurement of terrestrial mass change due to, e.g., climate change, and fundamental science experiments such as tests of the equivalence principle, searches for dark matter, measurements of gravitational waves and tests of quantum mechanics. We review the current status of cold atom technologies and outline the requirements for their space qualification, including the development paths and the corresponding technical milestones, and identifying possible pathfinder missions to pave the way for missions to exploit the full potential of cold atoms in space. Finally, we present a first draft of a possible road-map for achieving these goals, that we propose for discussion by the interested cold atom, Earth Observation, fundamental physics and other prospective scientific user communities, together with the European Space Agency (ESA) and national space and research funding agencies.
Address [Alonso, Ivan] Univ Balearic Isl, Higher Polytech Sch, Valldemossa Rd, Palma De Mallorca 07122, Spain, Email: Oliver.Buchmueller@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 2662-4400 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000885839700002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5424
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Author SCiMMA and SNEWS Collaborations (Baxter, A.L. et al); Colomer, M.
Title (up) Collaborative experience between scientific software projects using Agile Scrum development Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Software-Practice & Experience Abbreviated Journal Softw.-Pract. Exp.
Volume 52 Issue Pages 2077-2096
Keywords Agile; cyberinfrastructure; multimessenger astrophysics; scientific computing; software development
Abstract Developing sustainable software for the scientific community requires expertise in software engineering and domain science. This can be challenging due to the unique needs of scientific software, the insufficient resources for software engineering practices in the scientific community, and the complexity of developing for evolving scientific contexts. While open-source software can partially address these concerns, it can introduce complicating dependencies and delay development. These issues can be reduced if scientists and software developers collaborate. We present a case study wherein scientists from the SuperNova Early Warning System collaborated with software developers from the Scalable Cyberinfrastructure for Multi-Messenger Astrophysics project. The collaboration addressed the difficulties of open-source software development, but presented additional risks to each team. For the scientists, there was a concern of relying on external systems and lacking control in the development process. For the developers, there was a risk in supporting a user-group while maintaining core development. These issues were mitigated by creating a second Agile Scrum framework in parallel with the developers' ongoing Agile Scrum process. This Agile collaboration promoted communication, ensured that the scientists had an active role in development, and allowed the developers to evaluate and implement the scientists' software requirements. The collaboration provided benefits for each group: the scientists actuated their development by using an existing platform, and the developers utilized the scientists' use-case to improve their systems. This case study suggests that scientists and software developers can avoid scientific computing issues by collaborating and that Agile Scrum methods can address emergent concerns.
Address [Baxter, Amanda L.; Clark, Michael; Kopec, Abigail; Lang, Rafael F.; Li, Shengchao; Linvill, Mark W.; Milisavljevic, Danny; Weil, Kathryn E.] Purdue Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA, Email: adepoian@purdue.edu;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Wiley Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0038-0644 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000830363800001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5305
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Author Abada, A.; Escribano, P.; Marcano, X.; Piazza, G.
Title (up) Collider searches for heavy neutral leptons: beyond simplified scenarios Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication European Physical Journal C Abbreviated Journal Eur. Phys. J. C
Volume 82 Issue 11 Pages 1030 - 17pp
Keywords
Abstract With very few exceptions, the large amount of available experimental bounds on heavy neutral leptons – HNL – have been derived relying on the assumption of the existence of a single (usually Majorana) sterile fermion state that mixes with only one lepton flavour. However, most of the extensions of the Standard Model involving sterile fermions predict the existence of several HNLs, with complex mixing patterns to all flavours. Consequently, most of the experimental bounds for HNLs need to be recast before being applied to a generic scenario. In this work, we focus on LHC searches of heavy neutral leptons and discuss how to reinterpret the available bounds when it comes to consider mixings to all active flavours, not only in the case with a single HNL, but also in the case when more heavy neutral leptons are involved. In the latter case, we also consider the possibility of interference effects and show how the bounds on the parameter space should be recast.
Address [Abada, Asmaa; Piazza, Gioacchino] Lab Phys Infinis Irene Joliot Curie 2, Pole Theorie, UMR 9012, CNRS,IN2P3, 15 Rue Georges Clemenceau, F-91400 Orsay, France, Email: asmaa.abada@ijclab.in2p3.fr;
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:000884904400006 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5418
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Author Krause, C.; Pich, A.; Rosell, I.; Santos, J.; Sanz-Cillero, J.J.
Title (up) Colorful imprints of heavy states in the electroweak effective theory Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 05 Issue 5 Pages 092 - 51pp
Keywords Beyond Standard Model; Chiral Lagrangians; Effective Field Theories; Higgs Physics
Abstract We analyze heavy states from generic ultraviolet completions of the Standard Model in a model-independent way and investigate their implications on the low-energy couplings of the electroweak effective theory. We build a general effective Lagrangian, implementing the electroweak symmetry breaking SU(2)(L) circle times SU(2)(R) SU(2)(L+R) with a non-linear Nambu-Goldstone realization, which couples the known particles to the heavy states. We generalize the formalism developed in previous works [1, 2] to include colored resonances, both of bosonic and fermionic type. We study bosonic heavy states with J(P) = 0(+/-) and J(P) = 1(+/-), in singlet or triplet SU(2)(L+R) representations and in singlet or octet representations of SU(3)(C) , and fermionic resonances with that are electroweak doublets and QCD triplets or singlets. Integrating out the heavy scales, we determine the complete pattern of low-energy couplings at the lowest non-trivial order. Some specific types of (strongly- and weakly-coupled) ultraviolet completions are discussed to illustrate the generality of our approach and to make contact with current experimental searches.
Address [Krause, Claudius; Pich, Antonio; Santos, Joaquin] Univ Valencia, IFIC, Dept Fis Teor, CSIC, Apt Correus 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: ckrause@fnal.gov;
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:000468428800001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4016
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