Probing axionlike particles with γγ final states from vector boson fusion processes at the LHC
| Autor: | Kuver Sinha, Elijah Sheridan, Paul Sheldon, Andrés Flórez, Alfredo Gurrola, Brandon Soubasis, Willard Johns |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Physics
Particle physics 010308 nuclear & particles physics Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena hep-ph Lambda 01 natural sciences Physics::Geophysics 3. Good health Vector boson Standard Model Luminosity High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Pseudorapidity 0103 physical sciences Effective field theory High Energy Physics::Experiment Production (computer science) Sensitivity (control systems) 010306 general physics Particle Physics - Phenomenology |
| Zdroj: | Physical Review |
| ISSN: | 2470-0029 2470-0010 |
| Popis: | We perform a feasibility study to search for axion-like particles (ALPs) using vector boson fusion (VBF) processes at the LHC. We work in an effective field theory framework with cutoff scale $\Lambda$ and ALP mass $m_{a}$, and assume that ALPs couple to photons with strength $\propto 1/\Lambda$. Assuming proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV, we present the total VBF ALP production cross sections, ALP decay widths and lifetimes, and relevant kinematic distributions as a function of $m_{a}$ and $\Lambda$. We consider the $a\to\gamma\gamma$ decay mode to show that the requirement of an energetic diphoton pair combined with two forward jets with large dijet mass and pseudorapidity separation can significantly reduce the Standard Model backgrounds, leading to a $5\sigma$ discovery reach for $10 \text{ MeV} \lesssim m_{a} \lesssim 1$ TeV with $\Lambda \lesssim 2$ TeV, assuming an integrated luminosity of 3000 fb$^{-1}$. In particular, this extends the LHC sensitivity to a previously unstudied region of the ALP parameter space. Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures |
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