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Arguelles, C.A.; Coloma, P.; Hernandez, P.; Muñoz, V. |
Title |
Searches for atmospheric long-lived particles |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2020 |
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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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190 - 34pp |
Keywords |
Beyond Standard Model; Neutrino Physics; Solar and Atmospheric Neutrinos |
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Long-lived particles are predicted in extensions of the Standard Model that involve relatively light but very weakly interacting sectors. In this paper we consider the possibility that some of these particles are produced in atmospheric cosmic ray showers, and their decay intercepted by neutrino detectors such as IceCube or Super-Kamiokande. We present the methodology and evaluate the sensitivity of these searches in various scenarios, including extensions with heavy neutral leptons in models of massive neutrinos, models with an extra U(1) gauge symmetry, and a combination of both in a U(1)(B-L) model. Our results are shown as a function of the production rate and the lifetime of the corresponding long-lived particles. |
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[Arguelles, C.] MIT, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA, Email: caad@mit.edu; |
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1029-8479 |
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WOS:000518622800001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4323 |
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Mandal, R.; Pich, A. |
Title |
Constraints on scalar leptoquarks from lepton and kaon physics |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2019 |
Publication |
Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
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12 |
Issue |
12 |
Pages |
089 - 40pp |
Keywords |
Beyond Standard Model; Kaon Physics |
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We present a comprehensive analysis of low-energy signals of hypothetical scalar leptoquark interactions in lepton and kaon transitions. We derive the most general effective four-fermion Lagrangian induced by tree-level scalar leptoquark exchange and identify the Wilson coefficients predicted by the five possible types of scalar leptoquarks. The current constraints on the leptoquark Yukawa couplings arising from lepton and kaon processes are worked out, including also loop-induced transitions with only leptons (or quarks) as external states. In the presence of scalar leptoquark interactions, we also derive the differential distributions for flavour-changing neutral-current transitions in semileptonic kaon modes, including all known effects within the Standard Model. Their interference with the new physics contributions could play a significant role in future improvements of those constraints that are currently hampered by poorly-determined non-perturbative parameters. |
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[Mandal, Rusa; Pich, Antonio] Univ Valencia, CSIC, IFIC, Apt Correus 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: Rusa.Mandal@uni-siegen.de; |
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WOS:000503847800001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4231 |
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Fontes, D.; Romao, J.C.; Valle, J.W.F. |
Title |
Electroweak breaking and Higgs boson profile in the simplest linear seesaw model |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2019 |
Publication |
Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
Volume |
10 |
Issue |
10 |
Pages |
245 - 28pp |
Keywords |
Beyond Standard Model; Higgs Physics; Neutrino Physics |
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We examine the simplest realization of the linear seesaw mechanism within the Standard Model gauge structure. Besides the standard scalar doublet, there are two lepton-number-carrying scalars, a nearly inert SU(2)(L) doublet and a singlet. Neutrino masses result from the spontaneous violation of lepton number, implying the existence of a Nambu-Goldstone boson. Such “majoron” would be copiously produced in stars, leading to stringent astrophysical constraints. We study the profile of the Higgs bosons in this model, including their effective couplings to the vector bosons and their invisible decay branching ratios. A consistent electroweak symmetry breaking pattern emerges with a compressed spectrum of scalars in which the “Standard Model” Higgs boson can have a sizeable invisible decay into the invisible majorons. |
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[Fontes, Duarte; Romao, Jorge C.] Univ Lisbon, Inst Super Tecn, Dept Fis, Ave Rovisco Pais 1, P-1049001 Lisbon, Portugal, Email: duartefontes@tecnico.ulisboa.pt; |
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WOS:000495737300001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4199 |
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Vicente, A. |
Title |
Higgs Lepton Flavor Violating Decays in Two Higgs Doublet Models |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2019 |
Publication |
Frontiers in Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Front. Physics |
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7 |
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174 - 13pp |
Keywords |
Higgs boson; lepton flavor violating decays; beyond the standard model; two Higgs doublet models; effective field theory |
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The discovery of a non-zero rate for a lepton flavor violating decay mode of the Higgs boson would definitely be an indication of New Physics. We review the prospects for such signal in Two Higgs Doublet Models, in particular for Higgs boson decays into tau μfinal states. We will show that this scenario contains all the necessary ingredients to provide large flavor violating rates and still be compatible with the stringent limits from direct searches and low-energy flavor experiments. |
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[Vicente, Avelino] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Valencia, Spain, Email: avelino.vicente@ific.uv.es |
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Frontiers Media Sa |
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2296-424x |
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WOS:000498568200001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4206 |
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Fileviez Perez, P.; Murgui, C.; Plascencia, A.D. |
Title |
The QCD axion and unification |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2019 |
Publication |
Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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11 |
Issue |
11 |
Pages |
093 - 21pp |
Keywords |
Beyond Standard Model; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; GUT |
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The QCD axion is one of the most appealing candidates for the dark matter in the Universe. In this article, we discuss the possibility to predict the axion mass in the context of a simple renormalizable grand unified theory where the Peccei-Quinn scale is determined by the unification scale. In this framework, the axion mass is predicted to be in the range ma, <^> (3-13) x 10-9 eV. We study the axion phenomenology and find that the ABRACADABRA and CASPEr-Electric experiments will be able to fully probe this mass window. |
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[Perez, Pavel Fileviez; Plascencia, Alexis D.] Case Western Reserve Univ, Phys Dept, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA, Email: pxf112@case.edu; |
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WOS:000514868300004 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4296 |
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