Probing light scalars and vector-like quarks at the high-luminosity LHC
| dc.contributor.author | Umar Sohail Qureshi | |
| dc.contributor.author | A. Gurrola | |
| dc.contributor.author | C. Florez | |
| dc.contributor.author | C. Rodriguez | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Bolivia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-22T15:39:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-03-22T15:39:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.description | Citaciones: 1 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract A model based on a $$U(1)_{T^3_R}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>U</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>T</mml:mi> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msubsup> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> extension of the Standard Model can address the mass hierarchy between generations of fermions, explain thermal dark matter abundance, and the muon $$g - 2$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>g</mml:mi> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , $$R_{(D)}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:math> , and $$R_{(D^*)}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mo>∗</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:math> anomalies. The model contains a light scalar boson $$\phi '$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>ϕ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>′</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:math> and a heavy vector-like quark $$\chi _\textrm{u}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>χ</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>u</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> </mml:math> that can be probed at CERN’s large hadron collider (LHC). We perform a phenomenology study on the production of $$\phi '$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>ϕ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>′</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:math> and $${\chi }_u$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>χ</mml:mi> <mml:mi>u</mml:mi> </mml:msub> </mml:math> particles from proton–proton $$(\textrm{pp})$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mtext>pp</mml:mtext> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> collisions at the LHC at $$\sqrt{s}=13.6$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msqrt> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> </mml:msqrt> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>13.6</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> TeV, primarily through $$g{-g}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>g</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mi>g</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> and $$t{-\chi _\textrm{u}}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>t</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>χ</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>u</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> fusion. We work under a simplified model approach and directly take the $$\chi _\textrm{u}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>χ</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>u</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> </mml:math> and $$\phi '$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>ϕ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>′</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:math> masses as free parameters. We perform a phenomenological analysis considering $$\chi _\textrm{u}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>χ</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>u</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> </mml:math> final states to b-quarks, muons, and neutrinos, and $$\phi '$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>ϕ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>′</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:math> decays to $$\mu ^+\mu ^-$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>μ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>μ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> . A machine learning algorithm is used to maximize the signal sensitivity, considering an integrated luminosity of 3000 $$\text {fb}^{-1}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mtext>fb</mml:mtext> <mml:mrow> | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14085-1 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14085-1 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/53637 | |
| dc.language.iso | lv | |
| dc.publisher | Springer Science+Business Media | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | The European Physical Journal C | |
| dc.source | Vanderbilt University | |
| dc.subject | Particle physics | |
| dc.subject | Large Hadron Collider | |
| dc.subject | Physics | |
| dc.subject | Quark | |
| dc.subject | Luminosity | |
| dc.subject | Nuclear physics | |
| dc.title | Probing light scalars and vector-like quarks at the high-luminosity LHC | |
| dc.type | article |