scholarly journals Low-redshift measurement of the sound horizon through gravitational time-delays

2019 ◽  
Vol 632 ◽  
pp. A91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikki Arendse ◽  
Adriano Agnello ◽  
Radosław J. Wojtak
Keyword(s):  
Time Delay ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Percent Level ◽  
Acoustic Oscillations ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Direct Measurements ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Model Independent ◽  
Competitive Test ◽  
Polynomial Expansions

Context. The matter sound horizon can be infered from the cosmic microwave background within the Standard Model. Independent direct measurements of the sound horizon are then a probe of possible deviations from the Standard Model. Aims. We aim at measuring the sound horizon rs from low-redshift indicators, which are completely independent of CMB inference. Methods. We used the measured product H(z)rs from baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) together with supernovae Ia to constrain H(z)/H0 and time-delay lenses analysed by the H0LiCOW collaboration to anchor cosmological distances (∝ H0−1). Additionally, we investigated the influence of adding a sample of quasars with higher redshift with standardisable UV-Xray luminosity distances. We adopted polynomial expansions in H(z) or in comoving distances so that our inference was completely independent of any cosmological model on which the expansion history might be based. Our measurements are independent of Cepheids and systematics from peculiar motions to within percent-level accuracy. Results. The inferred sound horizon rs varies between (133 ± 8) Mpc and (138 ± 5) Mpc across different models. The discrepancy with CMB measurements is robust against model choice. Statistical uncertainties are comparable to systematics. Conclusions. The combination of time-delay lenses, supernovae, and BAO yields a distance ladder that is independent of cosmology (and of Cepheid calibration) and a measurement of rs that is independent of the CMB. These cosmographic measurements are then a competitive test of the Standard Model, regardless of the hypotheses on which the cosmology is based.

scholarly journals Search for π0 decays to invisible particles

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Cortina Gil ◽  
◽  
A. Kleimenova ◽  
E. Minucci ◽  
S. Padolski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Confidence Level ◽  
Branching Ratio ◽  
Standard Model Higgs Boson ◽  
Scalar Mixing ◽  
Upper Limit ◽  
Upper Limits ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Model Independent

Abstract The NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS reports a study of a sample of 4 × 109 tagged π0 mesons from K+ → π+π0(γ), searching for the decay of the π0 to invisible particles. No signal is observed in excess of the expected background fluctuations. An upper limit of 4.4 × 10−9 is set on the branching ratio at 90% confidence level, improving on previous results by a factor of 60. This result can also be interpreted as a model- independent upper limit on the branching ratio for the decay K+ → π+X, where X is a particle escaping detection with mass in the range 0.110–0.155 GeV/c2 and rest lifetime greater than 100 ps. Model-dependent upper limits are obtained assuming X to be an axion-like particle with dominant fermion couplings or a dark scalar mixing with the Standard Model Higgs boson.

scholarly journals Disentangling QCD and new physics in D → πℓ+ℓ−

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aoife Bharucha ◽  
Diogo Boito ◽  
Cédric Méaux
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Branching Ratio ◽  
Branching Ratios ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Operator Product ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Spectral Functions ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Model Independent ◽  
Weak Annihilation

Abstract In this paper we consider the decay D+ → π+ℓ+ℓ−, addressing in particular the resonance contributions as well as the relatively large contributions from the weak annihilation diagrams. For the weak annihilation diagrams we include known results from QCD factorisation at low q2 and at high q2, adapting the existing calculation for B decays in the Operator Product Expansion. The hadronic resonance contributions are obtained through a dispersion relation, modelling the spectral functions as towers of Regge-like resonances in each channel, as suggested by Shifman, imposing the partonic behaviour in the deep Euclidean. The parameters of the model are extracted using e+e− → (hadrons) and τ → (hadrons) + ντ data as well as the branching ratios for the resonant decays D+ → π+R(R → ℓ+ℓ−), with R = ρ, ω, and ϕ. We perform a thorough error analysis, and present our results for the Standard Model differential branching ratio as a function of q2. Focusing then on the observables FH and AFB, we consider the sensitivity of this channel to effects of physics beyond the Standard Model, both in a model independent way and for the case of leptoquarks.

SEARCH FOR NEW PHYSICS IN eμX DATA AT THE TEVATRON USING SLEUTH: A QUASI-MODEL-INDEPENDENT SEARCH STRATEGY FOR NEW PHYSICS

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (supp01b) ◽  
pp. 888-890
Author(s):  
◽  
BRUCE KNUTESON
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Final States ◽  
Final State ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Model Independent

We present a quasi-model-independent search for physics beyond the standard model. We define final states to be studied, and construct a rule that identifies a set of variables appropriate for any particular final state. A new algorithm ("Sleuth") searches for regions of excess in the space of those variables and quantifies the significance of any detected excess. After demonstrating the sensititvity of the method, we apply it to the semi-inclusive channel eμX collected in ≈108 pb -1 of [Formula: see text] collisions at [Formula: see text] at the DØ experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron. We find no evidence of new high pT physics in this sample.

scholarly journals Testing lepton flavour universality with (semi)-leptonic $$\varvec{D_{(s)}}$$ decays

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Fleischer ◽  
Ruben Jaarsma ◽  
Gabriël Koole
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Branching Ratios ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Leptonic Decays ◽  
Independent Analysis ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Model Independent ◽  
Pseudo Scalar ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Lepton Flavour

Abstract Data in B-meson decays indicate violations of lepton flavour universality, thereby raising the question about such phenomena in the charm sector. We perform a model-independent analysis of NP contributions in (semi)-leptonic decays of $$D_{(s)}$$D(s) mesons which originate from $$c \rightarrow d \bar{{\ell }} \nu _l$$c→dℓ¯νl and $$c \rightarrow s \bar{{\ell }} \nu _{\ell }$$c→sℓ¯νℓ charged-current interactions. Starting from the most general low-energy effective Hamiltonian containing four-fermion operators and the corresponding short-distance coefficients, we explore the impact of new (pseudo)-scalar, vector and tensor operators and constrain their effects through the interplay with current data. We pay special attention to the elements $$|V_{cd}|$$|Vcd| and $$|V_{cs}|$$|Vcs| of the Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix and extract them from the $$D_{(s)}$$D(s) decays in the presence of possible NP decay contributions, comparing them with determinations utilizing unitarity. We find a picture in agreement with the Standard Model within the current uncertainties. Using the results from our analysis, we make also predictions for leptonic $$D_{(s)}^+ \rightarrow e^+ \nu _e$$D(s)+→e+νe modes which could be hugely enhanced with respect to their tiny Standard Model branching ratios. It will be interesting to apply our strategy at the future high-precision frontier.

scholarly journals Physics Beyond The Standard Model: Experimental

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (supp01a) ◽  
pp. 92-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. L. Culbertson
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Extra Dimensions ◽  
Large Extra Dimensions ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Higgs Bosons ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Model Independent

The search for physics beyond the Standard Model includes Technicolor particles, Higgs Bosons, compositeness, many variations of Supersymmetry, large extra dimensions, model-independent searches for anomalies, and other topics. This article reports a subset of these ongoing searches at the high-energy colliders, Tevatron, HERA and LEP.

Cosmology with the CMB

1997 ◽  
Vol 06 (04) ◽  
pp. 377-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. F. Smoot
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Space Missions ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
New Space ◽  
Great Step ◽  
Precision Cosmology

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation provides a means to test the standard model of cosmology and determine its parameters with precision. Cosmology has made a great step forward with the observations and discoveries of the COBE satellite. These were followed with a series of observations and progress via ballon-borne and ground-based instrumentation. Now NASA and ESA have selected and approved new space missions: MAP and COBRAS/SAMBA (now named Planck) which may nearly reach the full potential of CMB observations.

scholarly journals Precision Electroweak Data: Present Status and Future Prospects

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 4109-4154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter B. Renton
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Present Status ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Model Independent ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Precision Electroweak Data

The present status of precision electroweak data is reviewed. These data include LEP measurements of the mass and width of the Z, together with various measurements on the Z-fermion couplings. These data are compared to, and combined with, data from the SLC on the left–right polarized asymmetry, A LR , and the left–right forward–backward asymmetries for b and c quarks. These measurements are combined with hadron collider measurements from the Tevatron and CERN on the mass of the W boson, mW, as well as other electroweak data, in global electroweak fits in which various Standard Model parameters are determined. A comparison is made between the results of direct measurements of mW and the top-quark mass, mt, as determined from the Tevatron, with the indirect results coming from electroweak radiative corrections. Using all precision electroweak data, fits are also made to determine limits on the mass of the Higgs boson, mH. The influence on these limits of specific measurements, particularly those which are somewhat inconsistent with the Standard Model, is explored. The data are also analyzed in terms of the quasi model independent ∊ variables. Improvements in the determination of all of these quantities are expected when the Z data at LEP are fully analyzed, and further measurements on A LR and related asymmetries performed at the SLC. In addition, substantial improvements in the determination of mW are expected from measurements at the Tevatron and in the second phase of LEP. An estimate is made of the likely precision of these data, and the implications of the impact of these data on precision electroweak tests are discussed. This discussion is made both in terms of the Standard Model and also in the context of the quasi model independent ∊ variables.

scholarly journals Long-lived heavy neutral leptons at the LHC: four-fermion single-NR operators

2022 ◽  
Vol 2022 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebeca Beltrán ◽  
Giovanna Cottin ◽  
Juan Carlos Helo ◽  
Martin Hirsch ◽  
Arsenii Titov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
High Luminosity ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Model Independent

Abstract Interest in searches for heavy neutral leptons (HNLs) at the LHC has increased considerably in the past few years. In the minimal scenario, HNLs are produced and decay via their mixing with active neutrinos in the Standard Model (SM) spectrum. However, many SM extensions with HNLs have been discussed in the literature, which sometimes change expectations for LHC sensitivities drastically. In the NRSMEFT, one extends the SM effective field theory with operators including SM singlet fermions, which allows to study HNL phenomenology in a “model independent” way. In this paper, we study the sensitivity of ATLAS to HNLs in the NRSMEFT for four-fermion operators with a single HNL. These operators might dominate both production and decay of HNLs, and we find that new physics scales in excess of 20 TeV could be probed at the high-luminosity LHC.

General Model Independent Searches for Physics Beyond the Standard Model

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saranya Samik Ghosh ◽  
Thomas Hebbeker ◽  
Arnd Meyer ◽  
Tobias Pook
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
General Model ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Model Independent
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