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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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2024 |
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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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119 - 48pp |
| Keywords |
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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Springer |
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1029-8479 |
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WOS:001165531600003 |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5956 |
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Arina, C.; Di Mauro, M.; Fornengo, N.; Heisig, J.; Jueid, A.; Ruiz de Austri, R. |
| Title |
CosmiXs: cosmic messenger spectra for indirect dark matter searches |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2024 |
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Journal of Cosmology And Astroparticle Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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03 |
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3 |
Pages |
035 - 41pp |
| Keywords |
dark matter experiments; dark matter simulations; dark matter theory |
| Abstract |
The energy spectra of particles produced from dark matter (DM) annihilation or decay are one of the fundamental ingredients to calculate the predicted fluxes of cosmic rays and radiation searched for in indirect DM detection. We revisit the calculation of the source spectra for annihilating and decaying DM using the VINCIA shower algorithm in PYTHIA to include QED and QCD final state radiation and diagrams for the EW corrections with massive bosons, not present in the default PYTHIA shower model. We take into account the spin information of the particles during the entire EW shower and the off -shell contributions from massive gauge bosons. Furthermore, we perform a dedicated tuning of the VINCIA and PYTHIA parameters to LEP data on the production of pions, photons, and hyperons at the Z resonance and discuss the underlying uncertainties. To enable the use of our results in DM studies, we provide the tabulated source spectra for the most relevant cosmic messenger particles, namely antiprotons, positrons, gamma rays and the three neutrino flavors, for all the fermionic and bosonic channels and DM masses between 5 GeV and 100 TeV, on github. |
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[Arina, Chiara] Catholic Univ Louvain, Ctr Cosmol Particle Phys & Phenomenol CP3, Chemin Cyclotron 2, B-1348 Louvain La Neuve, Belgium, Email: chiara.arina@uclouvain.be; |
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IOP Publishing Ltd |
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1475-7516 |
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WOS:001195757300003 |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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6041 |
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Ferrer-Sanchez, A.; Martin-Guerrero, J.; Ruiz de Austri, R.; Torres-Forne, A.; Font, J.A. |
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Gradient-annihilated PINNs for solving Riemann problems: Application to relativistic hydrodynamics |
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Journal Article |
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2024 |
Publication |
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering |
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Comput. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng. |
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424 |
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116906 - 18pp |
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Riemann problem; Euler equations; Machine learning; Neural networks; Relativistic hydrodynamics |
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We present a novel methodology based on Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) for solving systems of partial differential equations admitting discontinuous solutions. Our method, called Gradient-Annihilated PINNs (GA-PINNs), introduces a modified loss function that forces the model to partially ignore high-gradients in the physical variables, achieved by introducing a suitable weighting function. The method relies on a set of hyperparameters that control how gradients are treated in the physical loss. The performance of our methodology is demonstrated by solving Riemann problems in special relativistic hydrodynamics, extending earlier studies with PINNs in the context of the classical Euler equations. The solutions obtained with the GA-PINN model correctly describe the propagation speeds of discontinuities and sharply capture the associated jumps. We use the relative l(2) error to compare our results with the exact solution of special relativistic Riemann problems, used as the reference ''ground truth'', and with the corresponding error obtained with a second-order, central, shock-capturing scheme. In all problems investigated, the accuracy reached by the GA-PINN model is comparable to that obtained with a shock-capturing scheme, achieving a performance superior to that of the baseline PINN algorithm in general. An additional benefit worth stressing is that our PINN-based approach sidesteps the costly recovery of the primitive variables from the state vector of conserved variables, a well-known drawback of grid-based solutions of the relativistic hydrodynamics equations. Due to its inherent generality and its ability to handle steep gradients, the GA-PINN methodology discussed in this paper could be a valuable tool to model relativistic flows in astrophysics and particle physics, characterized by the prevalence of discontinuous solutions. |
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[Ferrer-Sanchez, Antonio; Martin-Guerrero, JoseD.] ETSE UV, Elect Engn Dept, IDAL, Avgda Univ S-N, Valencia 46100, Spain, Email: Antonio.Ferrer-Sanchez@uv.es |
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Elsevier Science Sa |
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0045-7825 |
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WOS:001221797400001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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6126 |
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van Beekveld, M.; Beenakker, W.; Caron, S.; Kip, J.; Ruiz de Austri, R.; Zhang, Z.Y. |
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Non-standard neutrino spectra from annihilating neutralino dark matter |
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Journal Article |
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2023 |
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Scipost Physics Core |
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SciPost Phys. Core |
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6 |
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1 |
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006 - 23pp |
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Neutrino telescope experiments are rapidly becoming more competitive in indirect de-tection searches for dark matter. Neutrino signals arising from dark matter annihilations are typically assumed to originate from the hadronisation and decay of Standard Model particles. Here we showcase a supersymmetric model, the BLSSMIS, that can simulta-neously obey current experimental limits while still providing a potentially observable non-standard neutrino spectrum from dark matter annihilation. |
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[van Beekveld, Melissa] Univ Oxford, Rudolf Peierls Ctr Theoret Phys, Clarendon Lab, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3PU, England, Email: melissa.vanbeekveld@physics.ox.ac.uk; |
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WOS:000928492200001 |
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no |
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yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5480 |
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Flores, M.M.; Kim, J.S.; Rolbiecki, K.; Ruiz de Austri, R. |
| Title |
Updated LHC bounds on MUED after run 2 |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2023 |
Publication |
International Journal of Modern Physics A |
Abbreviated Journal |
Int. J. Mod. Phys. A |
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38 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
2350002 - 14pp |
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Universal extra dimensions; large hadron collider; phenomenology |
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We present updated LHC limits on the minimal universal extra dimensions (MUEDs) model from the Run 2 searches. We scan the parameter space against a number of searches implemented in the public code CheckMATE and derive up-to-date limits on the MUED parameter space from 13TeV searches. The strongest constraints come from a search dedicated to squarks and gluinos with one isolated lepton, jets and missing transverse energy. In the procedure, we take into account initial state radiation and stress its importance in the MUED searches, which is not always appreciated. |
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[Flores, Marvin M.] Univ Philippines, Natl Inst Phys, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, Email: mflores@nip.upd.edu.ph |
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World Scientific Publ Co Pte Ltd |
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WOS:000936994000001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5487 |
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