123 research outputs found
Constraining self-interacting dark matter with scaling laws of observed halo surface densities
The observed surface densities of dark matter halos are known to follow a
simple scaling law, ranging from dwarf galaxies to galaxy clusters, with a weak
dependence on their virial mass. Here we point out that this can not only be
used to provide a method to determine the standard relation between halo mass
and concentration, but also to use large samples of objects in order to place
constraints on dark matter self-interactions that can be more robust than
constraints derived from individual objects. We demonstrate our method by
considering a sample of about 50 objects distributed across the whole halo mass
range, and by modelling the effect of self-interactions in a way similar to
what has been previously done in the literature. Using additional input from
simulations then results in a constraint on the self-interaction cross section
per unit dark matter mass of about cm/g. We
expect that these constraints can be significantly improved in the future, and
made more robust, by i) an improved modelling of the effect of
self-interactions, both theoretical and by comparison with simulations, ii)
taking into account a larger sample of objects and iii) by reducing the
currently still relatively large uncertainties that we conservatively assign to
the surface densities of individual objects. The latter can be achieved in
particular by using kinematic observations to directly constrain the average
halo mass inside a given radius, rather than fitting the data to a pre-selected
profile and then reconstruct the mass. For a velocity-independent
cross-section, our current result is formally already somewhat smaller than the
range cm/g that has been invoked to explain potential
inconsistencies between small-scale observations and expectations in the
standard collisionless cold dark matter paradigm.Comment: 29 pages with jcappub.sty, 10 figures. Significantly improved
discussion of method and limits. Version submitted to JCA
Sensitivity of the intensity frontier experiments for neutrino and scalar portals: analytic estimates
In recent years, a number of intensity-frontier experiments have been
proposed to search for feebly interacting particles with a mass in the GeV
range. We show analytically how the characteristic shape of the sensitivity
regions of such experiments - upper and lower boundaries of the probed region,
the maximal mass reach - depends on the parameters of the experiments, taking
the SHiP and the MATHUSLA experiments as an example. We find a good agreement
of our estimates with the results of the Monte Carlo simulations.Comment: Journal versio
Probing new physics with displaced vertices: muon tracker at CMS
Long-lived particles can manifest themselves at the LHC via "displaced
vertices" - several charged tracks originating from a position separated from
the proton interaction point by a macroscopic distance. Here we demonstrate a
potential of the muon trackers at the CMS experiment for displaced vertex
searches. We use heavy neutral leptons and Chern-Simons portal as two examples
of long-lived particles for which the CMS muon tracker can provide essential
information about their properties.Comment: Journal versio
Phenomenology of GeV-scale scalar portal
We review and revise the phenomenology of the scalar portal -- a new scalar
particle with the mass in GeV range that mixes with the Higgs boson. In
particular, we consider production channels and and show that their contribution is significant. We extend the
previous analysis by comparing the production of scalars from decays of mesons,
of the Higgs bosons and direct production via proton bremsstrahlung, deep
inelastic scattering and coherent scattering on nuclei. Relative efficiency of
the production channels depends on the energy of the beam and we consider the
energies of DUNE, SHiP and LHC-based experiments. We present our results in the
form directly suitable for calculations of experimental sensitivities.Comment: Journal versio
Phenomenology of GeV-scale Heavy Neutral Leptons
We review and revise phenomenology of the GeV-scale heavy neutral leptons
(HNLs). We extend the previous analyses by including more channels of HNLs
production and decay and provide with more refined treatment, including QCD
corrections for the HNLs of masses GeV. We summarize the
relevance of individual production and decay channels for different masses,
resolving a few discrepancies in the literature. Our final results are directly
suitable for sensitivity studies of particle physics experiments (ranging from
proton beam-dump to the LHC) aiming at searches for heavy neutral leptons.Comment: journal versio
Connection between diphoton and triboson channels in new physics searches
Diphoton channel provides a clean signature in searches for new physics. In
this paper, we discuss a connection between the diphoton channel
() and triboson channels (, ,
) imposed by the symmetry of the Standard
Model (SM) in certain classes of models. To illustrate this idea we choose a
simple model that has all these channels. In this model, the same physics can
give rise to MET instead of and 2 bosons plus missing
energy instead of 3-boson channels. We analyze existing constraints and
previous searches and show that channels and especially
MET have a potential to discover new physics at the LHC
Normal ECG Recognition for Express-Diagnostics Based on Scale-Space Representation and Dynamic Matching
A novel approach of normal ECG recognition based on scale-space signal representation is proposed.
The approach utilizes curvature scale-space signal representation used to match visual objects shapes previously
and dynamic programming algorithm for matching CSS representations of ECG signals. Extraction and matching
processes are fast and experimental results show that the approach is quite robust for preliminary normal ECG
recognition
Towards the optimal beam dump experiment to search for feebly interacting particles
Future searches for new physics beyond the Standard Model are without doubt
in need of a diverse approach and experiments with complementary sensitivities
to different types of classes of models. One of the directions that should be
explored is feebly interacting particles (FIPs) with masses below the
electroweak scale. The interest in FIPs has significantly increased in the last
ten years. Searches for FIPs at colliders have intrinsic limitations in the
region they may probe, significantly restricting exploration of the mass range
\,GeV/c. Beam dump-like experiments, characterized
by the possibility of extremely high luminosity at relatively high energies and
the effective coverage of the production and decay acceptance, are the perfect
option to generically explore the ``coupling frontier'' of the light FIPs.
Several proposals for beam-dump detectors are currently being considered by
CERN for implementation at the SPS ECN3 beam facility. In this we paper we
analyse in depth how the characteristic geometric parameters of a beam dump
experiment influence the signal yield. We apply an inclusive approach by
considering the phenomenology of different types of FIPs. From the various
production modes and kinematics, we demonstrate that the optimal layout that
maximises the production and decay acceptance consists of a detector located on
the beam-axis, at the shortest possible distance from the target defined by the
systems required to suppress the beam-induced backgrounds
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