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Donini, A.; Gomez-Cadenas, J.J.; Meloni, D. |
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The tau-contamination of the golden muon sample at the Neutrino Factory |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2011 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
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02 |
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2 |
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095 - 16pp |
| Keywords |
Neutrino Physics; Beyond Standard Model; CP violation |
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We study the contribution of nu(e) -> nu(tau) -> tau -> μtransitions to the wrong-sign muon sample of the golden channel of the Neutrino Factory. Muons from tau decays are not really a background, since they contain information from the oscillation signal, and represent a small fraction of the sample. However, if not properly handled they introduce serious systematic error, in particular if the detector/analysis are sensitive to muons of low energy. This systematic effect is particularly troublesome for large theta(13) >= 1 degrees and prevents the use of the Neutrino Factory as a precision facility for large theta(13). Such a systematic error disappears if the tau contribution to the golden muon sample is taken into account. The fact that the fluxes of the Neutrino Factory are exactly calculable permits the knowledge of the tau sample due to the nu(e) -> nu(tau) oscillation. We then compute the contribution to the muon sample arising from this sample in terms of the apparent muon energy. This requires the computation of a migration matrix M-ij which describes the contributions of the tau neutrinos of a given energy E-i, to the muon neutrinos of an apparent energy E-j. We demonstrate that applying M-ij to the data permits the full correction of the otherwise intolerable systematic error. |
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[Donini, A.] Univ Autonoma Madrid, CSIC, IFT, E-28049 Madrid, Spain, Email: andrea.donini@uam.es |
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1126-6708 |
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ISI:000287939200023 |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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621 |
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Jueid, A.; Kip, J.; Ruiz de Austri, R.; Skands, P. |
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The Strong Force meets the Dark Sector: a robust estimate of QCD uncertainties for anti-matter dark matter searches |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2024 |
Publication |
Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
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02 |
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2 |
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119 - 48pp |
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Cosmic Rays; Particle Nature of Dark Matter; Specific QCD Phenomenology |
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In dark-matter annihilation channels to hadronic final states, stable particles – such as positrons, photons, antiprotons, and antineutrinos – are produced via complex sequences of phenomena including QED/QCD radiation, hadronisation, and hadron decays. These processes are normally modelled by Monte Carlo (MC) event generators whose limited accuracy imply intrinsic QCD uncertainties on the predictions for indirect-detection experiments like Fermi-LAT, Pamela, IceCube or Ams-02. In this article, we perform a comprehensive analysis of QCD uncertainties, meaning both perturbative and nonperturbative sources of uncertainty are included – estimated via variations of MC renormalization-scale and fragmentation-function parameters, respectively – in antimatter spectra from dark-matter annihilation, based on parametric variations of the Pythia 8 event generator. After performing several retunings of light-quark fragmentation functions, we define a set of variations that span a conservative estimate of the QCD uncertainties. We estimate the effects on antimatter spectra for various annihilation channels and final-state particle species, and discuss their impact on fitted values for the dark-matter mass and thermally-averaged annihilation cross section. We find dramatic impacts which can go up to O(10%) for the annihilation cross section. We provide the spectra in tabulated form including QCD uncertainties and code snippets to perform fast dark-matter fits, in this github repository. |
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[Jueid, Adil] Inst Basic Sci IBS, Ctr Theoret Phys Universe, Particle Theory & Cosmol Grp, Daejeon 34126, South Korea, Email: adiljueid@ibs.re.kr; |
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1029-8479 |
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WOS:001165531600003 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5956 |
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Reig, M. |
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The stochastic axiverse |
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Journal Article |
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2021 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
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09 |
Issue |
9 |
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207 - 40pp |
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Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Beyond Standard Model; Compactification and String Models |
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In addition to spectacular signatures such as black hole superradiance and the rotation of CMB polarization, the plenitude of axions appearing in the string axiverse may have potentially dangerous implications. An example is the cosmological overproduction of relic axions and moduli by the misalignment mechanism, more pronounced in regions where the signals mentioned above may be observable, that is for large axion decay constant. In this work, we study the minimal requirements to soften this problem and show that the fundamental requirement is a long period of low-scale inflation. However, in this case, if the inflationary Hubble scale is lower than around O(100) eV, no relic DM axion is produced in the early Universe. Cosmological production of some axions may be activated, via the misalignment mechanism, if their potential minimum changes between inflation and today. As a particular example, we study in detail how the maximal-misalignment mechanism dilutes the effect of dangerous axions and allows the production of axion DM in a controlled way. In this case, the potential of the axion that realises the mechanism shifts by a factor increment theta = pi between the inflationary epoch and today, and the axion starts to oscillate from the top of its potential. We also show that axions with masses m(a) similar to O(1 – 100) H-0 realising the maximal-misalignment mechanism generically behave as dark energy with a decay constant that can take values well below the Planck scale, avoiding problems associated to super-Planckian scales. Finally, we briefly study the basic phenomenological implications of the mechanism and comment on the compatibility of this type of maximally-misaligned quintessence with the swampland criteria. |
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[Reig, Mario] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, C Catedratico Jose Beltran 2, E-46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain, Email: mario.reig@ifis.uv.es |
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1029-8479 |
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WOS:000702371800004 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4977 |
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Felkl, T.; Herrero-Garcia, J.; Schmidt, M.A. |
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The singly-charged scalar singlet as the origin of neutrino masses |
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Journal Article |
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2021 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
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05 |
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5 |
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122 - 39pp |
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Beyond Standard Model; Neutrino Physics |
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We consider the generation of neutrino masses via a singly-charged scalar singlet. Under general assumptions we identify two distinct structures for the neutrino mass matrix. This yields a constraint for the antisymmetric Yukawa coupling of the singly-charged scalar singlet to two left-handed lepton doublets, irrespective of how the breaking of lepton-number conservation is achieved. The constraint disfavours large hierarchies among the Yukawa couplings. We study the implications for the phenomenology of lepton-flavour universality, measurements of the W-boson mass, flavour violation in the charged-lepton sector and decays of the singly-charged scalar singlet. We also discuss the parameter space that can address the Cabibbo Angle Anomaly. |
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[Felkl, Tobias; Schmidt, Michael A.] Univ New South Wales, Sch Phys, Sydney Consortium Particle Phys & Cosmol, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia, Email: t.felkl@unsw.edu.au; |
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1029-8479 |
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WOS:000656967200001 |
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no |
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International Collaboration |
yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4851 |
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Caputo, A.; Hernandez, P.; Lopez-Pavon, J.; Salvado, J. |
| Title |
The seesaw portal in testable models of neutrino masses |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2017 |
Publication |
Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
| Volume |
06 |
Issue |
6 |
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112 - 20pp |
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Beyond Standard Model; Neutrino Physics |
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A Standard Model extension with two Majorana neutrinos can explain the measured neutrino masses and mixings, and also account for the matter-antimatter asymmetry in a region of parameter space that could be testable in future experiments. The testability of the model relies to some extent on its minimality. In this paper we address the possibility that the model might be extended by extra generic new physics which we parametrize in terms of a low-energy effective theory. We consider the effects of the operators of the lowest dimensionality, d = 5, and evaluate the upper bounds on the coefficients so that the predictions of the minimal model are robust. One of the operators gives a new production mechanism for the heavy neutrinos at LHC via higgs decays. The higgs can decay to a pair of such neutrinos that, being long-lived, leave a powerful signal of two displaced vertices. We estimate the LHC reach to this process. |
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[Caputo, A.; Hernandez, P.; Salvado, J.] Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpusc, Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, Valencia 46980, Spain, Email: andrea.caputo@cern.ch; |
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1029-8479 |
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WOS:000404625300005 |
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no |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3196 |
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