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Maximum Entropy Inferences on the Axion Mass in Models with Axion-Neutrino Interaction
In this work we use the Maximum Entropy Principle (MEP) to infer the mass of
an axion which interacts to photons and neutrinos in an effective low energy
theory. The Shannon entropy function to be maximized is suitably defined in
terms of the axion branching ratios. We show that MEP strongly constrains the
axion mass taking into account the current experimental bounds on the neutrinos
masses. Assuming that the axion is massive enough to decay into all the three
neutrinos and that MEP fixes all the free parameters of the model, the inferred
axion mass is in the interval eV eV, which can be tested
by forthcoming experiments such as IAXO. However, even in the case where MEP
fixes just the axion mass and no other parameter, we found that eV eV in the DFSZ model with right-handed neutrinos. Moreover, a light
axion, allowed to decay to photons and the lightest neutrino only, is
determined by MEP as a viable dark matter candidate.Comment: 13 pages, 5 figures, typos corrected, figures update
Inferences on the Higgs Boson and Axion Masses through a Maximum Entropy Principle
The Maximum Entropy Principle (MEP) is a method that can be used to infer the
value of an unknown quantity in a set of probability functions. In this work we
review two applications of MEP: one giving a precise inference of the Higgs
boson mass value; and the other one allowing to infer the mass of the axion. In
particular, for the axion we assume that it has a decay channel into pairs of
neutrinos, in addition to the decay into two photons. The Shannon entropy
associated to an initial ensemble of axions decaying into photons and neutrinos
is then built for maximization.Comment: Contributed to the 13th Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs,
Thessaloniki, May 15 to 19, 201
Searching for Elko dark matter spinors at the CERN LHC
The aim of this work is to explore the possibility to discover a fermionic
field with mass dimension one, the Elko field, in the Large Hadron Collider
(LHC). Due to its mass dimension, an Elko can only interact either with
Standard Model (SM) spinors and gauge fields at 1-loop order or at tree level
through a quartic interaction with the Higgs field. In this Higgs portal
scenario, the Elko is a viable candidate to a dark matter constituent which has
been shown to be compatible with relic abundance measurements from WMAP and
direct dark matter--nucleon searches. We propose a search strategy for this
dark matter candidate in the channel at
the TeV LHC. We show the LHC potential to discover the Elko
considering a triple Higgs-Elko coupling as small as after 1
pb of integrated luminosity. Some phenomenological consequences of this
new particle and its collider signatures are also discussed.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figure
The 7% Rule: A Maximum Entropy Prediction on New Decays of the Higgs Boson
The entropy of the Higgs boson decay probabilities distribution in the
Standard Model (SM) is maximized for a Higgs mass value that is less than one
standard deviation away from the current experimental measurement. This
successful estimate of the Higgs mass encourages us to propose tests of the
Maximum Entropy Principle (MEP) as a tool for theoretical inferences in other
instances of Higgs physics. In this letter, we show that, irrespective of the
extension of the SM predicting a new Higgs boson decay channel, its branching
ratio can be inferred to be around 7% in such a way that the new entropy of
decays still exhibits a maximum at the experimental Higgs mass. This 7% rule
can be tested whenever a new Higgs decay channel is found. In order to
illustrate the MEP predictions, we apply the MEP inference to Higgs portal
models, Higgs-axion interactions, lepton flavour violating decays of the Higgs
boson, and a dark gauge boson model.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures. Version published in Nuclear Physics
Constraining Elko Dark Matter at the LHC with Monophoton Events
A mass dimension one fermion, also known as Elko, constitutes a dark matter
candidate which might interact with photons at the tree level in a specific
fashion. In this work, we investigate the constraints imposed by unitarity and
LHC data on this type of interactions using the search for new physics in
monophoton events. We found that Elkos which can explain the dark matter relic
abundance mainly through electromagnetic interactions are excluded at the
95\%CL by the 8 TeV LHC data for masses up to 1 TeV.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Variational Autoencoders for Regression: Recovering Fully Leptonic in Di-Higgs Searches
The search for double Higgs production in , where both
bosons decay to leptons, has been rehabilitated as a good option to look for
that key process to the Standard Model scalar sector study in the LHC. The
missing neutrinos, however, hinder the reconstruction of useful information
like the Higgs pair mass, which is very sensitive to the trilinear Higgs
self-coupling. We present a solution to that problem using a Variational
Autoencoder for Regression (VAER) to reconstruct the Higgs and top pairs decays
. The algorithm predicts the invariant mass
of non-resonant irrespective of the trilinear coupling, even for events
whose Higgs self-couplings were never presented to it. VAER is also able to
identify a new Higgs resonance in an unsupervised way, showing generalization
power for events not presented in its training phase. Finally, we demonstrate
that VAER prediction is as useful to statistical inference as ground truth
simulated distributions by computing a between trilinear coupling
hypotheses based on binned invariant mass distributions of
.Comment: 29 pages, 10 figures, 2 table
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