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Top observables as precise probes of the ALP

by Anh Vu Phan

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Authors (as registered SciPost users): Anh Vu Phan
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Preprint Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.06506v2  (pdf)
Date accepted: 2025-02-11
Date submitted: 2025-01-21 10:20
Submitted by: Phan, Anh Vu
Submitted to: SciPost Physics Proceedings
Proceedings issue: The 17th International Workshop on Top Quark Physics (TOP2024)
Ontological classification
Academic field: Physics
Specialties:
  • High-Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Approach: Phenomenological

Abstract

Measurements of the top quark by the ATLAS and CMS experiments go beyond testing the Standard Model (SM) with high precision. Axion-like particles (ALPs), a potential SM extension involving new pseudoscalar particles, exhibit strong interactions with heavy SM fermions. Consequently, they can significantly affect the kinematic distributions of top quarks in top-antitop pair production. Moreover, such strong interactions can induce other ALP couplings at low energies, leading to a rich phenomenology. We summarize recent developments in probing the ALP-top coupling and use LHC data from run 2 to constrain the ALP parameter space.

Author comments upon resubmission

My apologies for the wrong arxiv number.

List of changes

The correct arxiv number is used

Current status:
Accepted in target Journal

Editorial decision: For Journal SciPost Physics Proceedings: Publish
(status: Editorial decision fixed and (if required) accepted by authors)

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