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Topics in Physics Beyond the Standard Model
2020
El Modelo Estándar (SM) de partículas es una teoría hermosa y extensamente contrastada. De hecho, sus éxitos son innumerables y algunas de sus predicciones, como el momento magnético anómalo de los electrones, se han confirmado con una precisión de una parte en 1010 (!). Sin embargo, y por suerte para mi doctorado, todavía hay preguntas abiertas que no se explican dentro del SM y requieren probablemente una dinámica subyacente o nueva física más allá del SM (BSM). Esta tesis explora, desde un punto de vista fenomenológico, algunas de las posibles extensiones del SM que permiten las preguntas abiertas en física fundamental: • El origen de las masas de los neutrinos • El origen de la asimetrí…
Dark Matter Phenomenology: Sterile Neutrino Portal and Gravitational Portal in Extra-Dimensions
2021
El Modelo Estándar de las Interacciones Fundamentales (SM) representa una de las teorías más precisas de la física. Entre las predicciones del SM encontramos, por ejemplo, el momento magnético anómalo del electrón a_e = 0,001159652181643 (764). Esta predicción coincide con los resultados experimentales en más de diez dígitos significativos, la predicción más precisa en la historia de la física. Sin embargo, hoy en día tenemos varias evidencias de que el SM solo explica el 5% del contenido de materia del Universo. El otro 95% está compuesto por las denominadas Energía Oscura y Materia Oscura. Como sugieren sus nombres, la naturaleza de estos dos componentes del contenido de energía / materia…
Composite scalars and dark matter from four-fermion interactions
2022
Parte I: Emergencia de masas en el Modelo Estándar El bosón de Higgs es un campo escalar del Modelo Estándar (SM, por sus siglas en inglés) de partı́culas elementales que cumple dos funciones muy importantes. Por un lado permite construir una teorı́a renormalizable. El potencial escalar contiene un término de masa y un término cuadrático en el campo de Higgs, los cuales son ajus- tados en base a mediciones experimentales y haciéndolos compatible con la aparición de una ruptura espontánea de la simetrı́a SU (2) L × U (1) Y del SM. Y por otra parte ayuda a explicar la masa de todos los fermiones en el esquema de la teorı́a cuántica de campos, al poseer interacciones de tipo Yukawa que son aju…
Overview of the JET preparation for deuterium-tritium operation with the ITER like-wall
2019
Documento escrito por un elevado número de autores/as, sólo se referencia el/la que aparece en primer lugar y los/as autores/as pertenecientes a la UC3M For the past several years, the JET scientific programme (Pamela et al 2007 Fusion Eng. Des. 82 590) has been engaged in a multi-campaign effort, including experiments in D, H and T, leading up to 2020 and the first experiments with 50%/50% D–T mixtures since 1997 and the first ever D–T plasmas with the ITER mix of plasma-facing component materials. For this purpose, a concerted physics and technology programme was launched with a view to prepare the D–T campaign (DTE2). This paper addresses the key elements developed by the JET programme d…
Kaon femtoscopy in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV
2017
We present the results of three-dimensional femtoscopic analyses for charged and neutral kaons recorded by ALICE in Pb-Pb collisions at √ s NN = 2.76 TeV. Femtoscopy is used to measure the space-time characteristics of particle production from the effects of quantum statistics and final-state interactions in two-particle correlations. Kaon femtoscopy is an important supplement to that of pions because it allows one to distinguish between different model scenarios working equally well for pions. In particular, we compare the measured three-dimensional kaon radii with a purely hydrodynamical calculation and a model where the hydrodynamic phase is followed by a hadronic rescattering stage. The…
Experimental Evidence for an Attractive p-φ Interaction
2021
Physical review letters 127(17), 172301 (2021). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.172301
Search for a Stable Six-Quark State at BABAR
2019
Recent investigations have suggested that the six-quark combination uuddss could be a deeply bound state (S) that has eluded detection so far, and a potential dark matter candidate. We report the first search for a stable, doubly strange six-quark state in Upsilon -> S anti-Lambda anti-Lambda decays based on a sample of 90 million Upsilon(2S) and 110 million Upsilon(3S) decays collected by the BABAR experiment. No signal is observed, and 90% confidence level limits on the combined Upsilon(2S,3S) -> S anti-Lambda anti-Lambda branching fraction in the range (1.2-1.4)x10^-7 are derived for m_S < 2.05 GeV. These bounds set stringent limits on the existence of such exotic particles.
Transverse momentum spectra and nuclear modification factors of charged particles in pp, p-Pb and Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC
2018
We report the measured transverse momentum ($p_{\rm T}$) spectra of primary charged particles from pp, p-Pb and Pb-Pb collisions at a center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 5.02$ TeV in the kinematic range of $0.15<p_{\rm T}<50$ GeV/$c$ and $|\eta|< 0.8$. A significant improvement of systematic uncertainties motivated the reanalysis of data in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 2.76$ TeV, as well as in p-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 5.02$ TeV, which is also presented. Spectra from Pb-Pb collisions are presented in nine centrality intervals and are compared to a reference spectrum from pp collisions scaled by the number of binary nucleon-nucleon collisions. For cent…
Hydrography and food distribution during a tidal cycle above a cold-water coral mound
2022
Cold-water corals (CWCs) are important ecosystem engineers in the deep sea that provide habitat for numerous species and can form large coral mounds. These mounds influence surrounding currents and induce distinct hy- drodynamic features, such as internal waves and episodic downwelling events that accelerate transport of organic matter towards the mounds, supplying the corals with food. To date, research on organic matter distribution at coral mounds has focussed either on seasonal timescales or has provided single point snapshots. Data on food distribution at the timescale of a diurnal tidal cycle is currently limited. Here, we integrate physical, biogeochemical, and biological data throug…
Kinking in Semiconductor Nanowires: A Review
2021
The growth direction of nanowires (NWs) can change during synthesis as a result of stochastic processes or modulation of certain growth conditions. This phenomenon is known as kinking. Although deviations from a uniform vertical growth are typically considered to be undesirable, kinking opens a route for additional tweaking of the characteristics and functionalities of NWs in a controllable manner, thus extending the range of potential applications. In the present Review, we give an insight into the kinking mechanisms and summarize the most crucial factors that can lead to kinking of NWs during synthesis. Additionally, the properties and applications of kinked NWs are discussed. © 2021 The …