scholarly journals Setting limits on Effective Field Theories: the case of Dark Matter

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Pobbe ◽  
Andrea Wulzer ◽  
Marco Zanetti
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Effective Field Theories ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Field Theories

scholarly journals Dark matter at the LHC: Effective field theories and gauge invariance

2015 ◽  
Vol 92 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole F. Bell ◽  
Yi Cai ◽  
James B. Dent ◽  
Rebecca K. Leane ◽  
Thomas J. Weiler
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Effective Field Theories ◽  
Gauge Invariance ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Field Theories

scholarly journals The Higgs-portal for dark matter: effective field theories versus concrete realizations

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgio Arcadi ◽  
Abdelhak Djouadi ◽  
Marumi Kado
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Effective Field Theories ◽  
Vector Boson ◽  
Higgs Field ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Gauge Symmetries ◽  
Doublet Model ◽  
Effective Models ◽  
Higgs Portal

AbstractHiggs-portal effective field theories are widely used as benchmarks in order to interpret collider and astroparticle searches for dark matter (DM) particles. To assess the validity of these effective models, it is important to confront them to concrete realizations that are complete in the ultraviolet regime. In this paper, we compare effective Higgs-portal models with scalar, fermionic and vector DM with a series of increasingly complex realistic models, taking into account all existing constraints from collider and astroparticle physics. These complete realizations include the inert doublet with scalar DM, the singlet-doublet model for fermionic DM and models based on spontaneously broken dark SU(2) and SU(3) gauge symmetries for vector boson DM. We also discuss the simpler scenarios in which a new scalar singlet field that mixes with the standard Higgs field is introduced with minimal couplings to isosinglet spin-$$0, \frac{1}{2}$$ 0 , 1 2 and 1 DM states. We show that in large regions of the parameter space of these models, the effective Higgs-portal approach provides a consistent limit and thus, can be safely adopted, in particular for the interpretation of searches for invisible Higgs boson decays at the LHC. The phenomenological implications of assuming or not that the DM states generate the correct cosmological relic density are also discussed.

scholarly journals Search for dark matter and unparticles in events with a Z boson and missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at $$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$ TeV

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Sirunyan ◽  
◽  
A. Tumasyan ◽  
W. Adam ◽  
E. Asilar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Transverse Momentum ◽  
Effective Field Theories ◽  
Z Boson ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Proton Proton ◽  
Proton Collisions ◽  
Missing Transverse Momentum ◽  
Proton Proton Collisions

Abstract A search for dark matter and unparticle production at the LHC has been performed using events containing two charged leptons (electrons or muons), consistent with the decay of a Z boson, and large missing transverse momentum. This study is based on data collected with the CMS detector in 2015, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at the LHC, at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. No excess over the standard model expectation is observed. Compared to previous searches in this topology, which exclusively relied on effective field theories, the results are interpreted in terms of a simplified model of dark matter production for both vector and axial vector couplings between a mediator and dark matter particles. The first study of this class of models using CMS data at $$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$ s = 13 TeV is presented. Additionally, effective field theories of dark matter and unparticle production are used to interpret the data.

scholarly journals Implication of J/ψ→(γ+)invisible for the effective field theories of neutrino and dark matter

2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tong Li ◽  
Xiao-Dong Ma ◽  
Michael A. Schmidt ◽  
Rui-Jia Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Effective Field Theories ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Field Theories

scholarly journals Exceptional nonrelativistic effective field theories with enhanced symmetries

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomáš Brauner
Keyword(s):  
Effective Field Theories ◽  
Explicit Construction ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Relativistic Case ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Higher Power ◽  
Mere Presence ◽  
Spatial Rotations

Abstract We initiate the classification of nonrelativistic effective field theories (EFTs) for Nambu-Goldstone (NG) bosons, possessing a set of redundant, coordinate-dependent symmetries. Similarly to the relativistic case, such EFTs are natural candidates for “exceptional” theories, whose scattering amplitudes feature an enhanced soft limit, that is, scale with a higher power of momentum at long wavelengths than expected based on the mere presence of Adler’s zero. The starting point of our framework is the assumption of invariance under spacetime translations and spatial rotations. The setup is nevertheless general enough to accommodate a variety of nontrivial kinematical algebras, including the Poincaré, Galilei (or Bargmann) and Carroll algebras. Our main result is an explicit construction of the nonrelativistic versions of two infinite classes of exceptional theories: the multi-Galileon and the multi-flavor Dirac-Born-Infeld (DBI) theories. In both cases, we uncover novel Wess-Zumino terms, not present in their relativistic counterparts, realizing nontrivially the shift symmetries acting on the NG fields. We demonstrate how the symmetries of the Galileon and DBI theories can be made compatible with a nonrelativistic, quadratic dispersion relation of (some of) the NG modes.

scholarly journals The Swampland Conjectures: A Bridge from Quantum Gravity to Particle Physics

Universe ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 273
Author(s):  
Mariana Graña ◽  
Alvaro Herráez
Keyword(s):  
Effective Field Theories ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Higgs Potential ◽  
Photon Mass ◽  
Effective Theories

The swampland is the set of seemingly consistent low-energy effective field theories that cannot be consistently coupled to quantum gravity. In this review we cover some of the conjectural properties that effective theories should possess in order not to fall in the swampland, and we give an overview of their main applications to particle physics. The latter include predictions on neutrino masses, bounds on the cosmological constant, the electroweak and QCD scales, the photon mass, the Higgs potential and some insights about supersymmetry.

scholarly journals A note on gauge anomaly cancellation in effective field theories

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferruccio Feruglio
Keyword(s):  
Effective Field Theories ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Anomaly Cancellation ◽  
Charge Assignment ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Renormalizable Theory ◽  
Complete Set ◽  
Gauge Anomalies ◽  
Gauge Anomaly

Abstract The conditions for the absence of gauge anomalies in effective field theories (EFT) are rivisited. General results from the cohomology of the BRST operator do not prevent potential anomalies arising from the non-renormalizable sector, when the gauge group is not semi-simple, like in the Standard Model EFT (SMEFT). By considering a simple explicit model that mimics the SMEFT properties, we compute the anomaly in the regularized theory, including a complete set of dimension six operators. We show that the dependence of the anomaly on the non-renormalizable part can be removed by adding a local counterterm to the theory. As a result the condition for gauge anomaly cancellation is completely controlled by the charge assignment of the fermion sector, as in the renormalizable theory.

scholarly journals Renormalons in effective field theories

1995 ◽  
Vol 51 (9) ◽  
pp. 4924-4933 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Luke ◽  
Aneesh V. Manohar ◽  
Martin J. Savage
Keyword(s):  
Effective Field Theories ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Field Theories
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document