scholarly journals Chapter 5 Dark Matter and New Physics Beyond the Standard Model with LHAASO

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaojun Bi
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Galactic Halo ◽  
Effective Area ◽  
High Energy ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Dark Matter Annihilation ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Very High Energy

Abstract In order to reveal the nature of dark matter, it is crucial to detect its non-gravitational interactions with the standard model particles. The traditional dark matter searches focused on the so-called weakly interacting massive particles. However, this paradigm is strongly constrained by the null results of current experiments with high precision. Therefore there is a renewed interest of searches for heavy dark matter particles above TeV scale. The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) with large effective area and strong background rejection power is very suitable to investigate the gamma-ray signals induced by dark matter annihilation or decay above TeV scale. In this document, we review the theoretical motivations and background of heavy dark matter. We review the prospects of searching for the gamma-ray signals resulted from dark matter in the dwarf spheroidal satellites and Galactic halo for LHAASO, and present the projected sensitivities. We also review the prospects of searching for the axion-like particles, which are a kind of well motivated light pseudo-scalars, through the LHAASO measurement of the very high energy gamma-ray spectra of astrophysical sources.

scholarly journals The gamma-ray spectral feature from Kaluza–Klein dark matter annihilation and its observability

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (01) ◽  
pp. 1750187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoshi Tsuchida ◽  
Masaki Mori
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Galactic Halo ◽  
Spectral Feature ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Dark Matter Annihilation ◽  
Peak Structure ◽  
Boost Factor ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Kaluza Klein

The theory of universal extra dimensions involves Kaluza–Klein (KK) particles. The lightest KK particle (LKP) is one of the good candidates for cold dark matter. Annihilation of LKP dark matter in the Galactic halo produces high-energy gamma-rays. The gamma-ray spectrum shows a characteristic peak structure around the LKP mass. This paper investigates the observability of this peak structure by near-future detectors taking account of their energy resolution and calculates the expected energy spectrum of the gamma-ray signal. Then, by using the High-Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) data, we set some constraints on the boost factor, which is a product of the annihilation cross-section relative to the thermal one and an uncertain factor dependent on the substructure of the LKP distribution in the Galactic halo, for each LKP mass. The resulting upper limit on the boost factor is in the range from 1 to 30. The constraints can be regarded as comparable with the results of previous work for gamma-ray and electron–positron observation. However, the observational data for the TeV or higher energy region are still limited, and the possible LKP signal is not conclusive. Thus, we expect near-future missions with better sensitivity will clarify whether the LKP dark matter should exist or not.

MONOJET EVENTS: FROM DARK MATTER TO EXTRA DIMENSIONS, A SEARCH FOR THE EXOTICS USING THE STANDARD MODEL

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (08) ◽  
pp. 1330012
Author(s):  
PIERRE-HUGUES BEAUCHEMIN ◽  
REYHANEH REZVANI
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Extra Dimensions ◽  
Transverse Energy ◽  
Large Extra Dimensions ◽  
High Energy ◽  
New Physics ◽  
High Transverse Momentum ◽  
Final State ◽  
The Standard Model

Monojet events consist in event topologies with a high transverse momentum jet and a large amount of missing transverse energy. They constitute a promising final state that could lead to phenomena beyond the Standard Model. The theoretical models giving rise to such a signature include the pair production of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles, as dark matter candidates, and models of large extra dimensions. Monojet events can even be used to measure the Standard Model properties of Z boson decays, provided that the precision of the analysis is high enough. Such precision can be achieved by using data-driven determinations of the Standard Model contributions to monojet events. Exotics searches for new physics in such a final state have been performed at all high energy hadronic collider experiments since SPS. The ATLAS and CMS analyses with 7 TeV LHC data provide the latest and most useful information obtained from monojet studies. Their results are presented and discussed in this review paper.

scholarly journals W-boson production in the high energy electron-photon collisions

2019 ◽  
pp. 41-50
Author(s):  
Ivan A. Shershan ◽  
Tatiana V. Shishkina
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
W Boson ◽  
High Energy ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Boson Production ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Electron Photon ◽  
W Boson Production

In this paper the analysis of W-boson production process in high-energy electron-photon collisions as a tool to search for deviations from the Standard Model is considered. In particular, a set of extended gauge models, including anomalous multi-boson interactions, are discussed as a promising way for «new physics» study. A numerical analysis of the total cross sections of the processes was carried out. The lowest order radiative corrections in the soft-photon approximation within the Standard Model are taken into account. Calculations beyond the Standard Model was performed, the kinematic features of the cross sections were identified. The restrictions on the anomalous triple gauge boson coupling constants were analyzed and the kinematic areas to the search for their manifestations were obtained during the experiments at the International Linear Collider. The paper shows that the search for «new physics» effects based on electron-photon collisions around the W-boson production peak is the maximal promising. It was also shown that future experiments at high luminosity linear colliders will significantly clarify the constraints on anomalous gauge coupling constants.

scholarly journals A global view of the off-shell Higgs portal

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maximilian Ruhdorfer ◽  
Ennio Salvioni ◽  
Andreas Weiler
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Vector Boson ◽  
Effective Interaction ◽  
Goldstone Boson ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Higgs Portal ◽  
First Time

We study for the first time the collider reach on the derivative Higgs portal, the leading effective interaction that couples a pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson (pNGB) scalar Dark Matter to the Standard Model. We focus on Dark Matter pair production through an off-shell Higgs boson, which is analyzed in the vector boson fusion channel. A variety of future high-energy lepton colliders as well as hadron colliders are considered, including CLIC, a muon collider, the High-Luminosity and High-Energy versions of the LHC, and FCC-hh. Implications on the parameter space of pNGB Dark Matter are discussed. In addition, we give improved and extended results for the collider reach on the marginal Higgs portal, under the assumption that the new scalars escape the detector, as motivated by a variety of beyond the Standard Model scenarios.

High(est) energy lepton colliders

2021 ◽  
pp. 2142016
Author(s):  
Roberto Franceschini
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Center Of Mass ◽  
High Energy ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Mass Energy ◽  
Center Of Mass Energy ◽  
Lepton Colliders ◽  
The Standard Model

We discuss the physics opportunities and challenges presented by high energy lepton colliders in the range of center-of-mass energy between few and several tens of TeV. The focus is on the progress attainable on the study of weak and Higgs interactions in connection with new physics scenarios motivated by the shortcomings of the Standard Model.

SEARCHES FOR NEW PHYSICS AT HIGH ENERGY COLLIDERS

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (22) ◽  
pp. 5164-5173 ◽  
Author(s):  
BEATE HEINEMANN
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Extra Dimensions ◽  
High Energy ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Standard Model Background ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Gauge Bosons ◽  
Model Background ◽  
The Standard Model

Recent searches for physics beyond the Standard Model at high energy colliders are presented. The main focus is on searches for supersymmetry, extra dimensions and new gauge bosons. In all search analyses the data are found to agree well with the Standard Model background expectation and no evidence for contributions from physics beyond the Standard Model is found. The data are thus used to place limits on new physics scenarios.

scholarly journals QCD THEORY

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (22) ◽  
pp. 5234-5243
Author(s):  
W. J. STIRLING
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Quantum Chromodynamics ◽  
High Energy ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Status Report ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Standard Model

Quantum Chromodynamics is an established part of the Standard Model and an essential part of the toolkit for searching for new physics at high-energy colliders. I present a status report on the theory of QCD and review some of the important developments in the past year.

scholarly journals Early physics results

2012 ◽  
Vol 370 (1961) ◽  
pp. 933-949 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Jenni
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
High Energy ◽  
New Physics ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Good Shape ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Breaking Mechanism ◽  
Bsm Physics ◽  
Energy Frontier

For the past year, experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have started exploring physics at the high-energy frontier. Thanks to the superb turn-on of the LHC, a rich harvest of initial physics results have already been obtained by the two general-purpose experiments A Toroidal LHC Apparatus (ATLAS) and the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS), which are the subject of this report. The initial data have allowed a test, at the highest collision energies ever reached in a laboratory, of the Standard Model (SM) of elementary particles, and to make early searches Beyond the Standard Model (BSM). Significant results have already been obtained in the search for the Higgs boson, which would establish the postulated electro-weak symmetry breaking mechanism in the SM, as well as for BSM physics such as Supersymmetry (SUSY), heavy new particles, quark compositeness and others. The important, and successful, SM physics measurements are giving confidence that the experiments are in good shape for their journey into the uncharted territory of new physics anticipated at the LHC.

scholarly journals Search for single production of vectorlike top partners through th channel at the HE-LHC and FCC-hh

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi-Yan Tian ◽  
Liu-Feng Du ◽  
Yao-Bei Liu
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Production Cross ◽  
Branching Fraction ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
High Energy ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Single Production ◽  
Integrated Luminosity

AbstractThe vectorlike top partners are potential signature of some new physics beyond the Standard Model at the TeV scale. In this paper, we propose to search for the vectorlike T quark with charge 2/3 in the framework of a simplified model where the top partners only couples with the third generation of Standard Model quarks. We investigate the observability for electroweak production of a vectorlike T quark in association with a standard model bottom quark through the process $$pp \rightarrow T\bar{b}j$$ p p → T b ¯ j with the subsequent decay mode of $$T\rightarrow t(\rightarrow b W^+\rightarrow b \ell ^{+} \nu _{\ell })h( \rightarrow \gamma \gamma )$$ T → t ( → b W + → b ℓ + ν ℓ ) h ( → γ γ ) , at the proposed High Energy Large Hadron Collider (HE-LHC) and Future Circular Collider in hadron-hadron mode (FCC-hh) including the realistic detector effects. The 95% confidence level excluded regions and the $$5\sigma $$ 5 σ discovery reach in the parameter plane of $$\kappa _{T}-m_T$$ κ T - m T , are respectively obtained at the HE-LHC with the integrated luminosity of 15 ab$$^{-1}$$ - 1 and the FCC-hh with the integrated luminosity of 30 ab$$^{-1}$$ - 1 . We also analyze the projected sensitivity in terms of the production cross section times branching fraction at the HE-LHC and FCC-hh.

scholarly journals Precision test of the muon-Higgs coupling at a high-energy muon collider

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Han ◽  
Wolfgang Kilian ◽  
Nils Kreher ◽  
Yang Ma ◽  
Jürgen Reuter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
High Energy ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Fermion Mass ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Higgs Coupling ◽  
Mass Generation ◽  
High Energy Muon ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Muon Collider

Abstract We explore the sensitivity of directly testing the muon-Higgs coupling at a high-energy muon collider. This is strongly motivated if there exists new physics that is not aligned with the Standard Model Yukawa interactions which are responsible for the fermion mass generation. We illustrate a few such examples for physics beyond the Standard Model. With the accidentally small value of the muon Yukawa coupling and its subtle role in the high-energy production of multiple (vector and Higgs) bosons, we show that it is possible to measure the muon-Higgs coupling to an accuracy of ten percent for a 10 TeV muon collider and a few percent for a 30 TeV machine by utilizing the three boson production, potentially sensitive to a new physics scale about Λ ∼ 30 − 100 TeV.

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