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Radio signatures from encounters between neutron stars and QCD-axion minihalos around primordial black holes
2021
Probing the QCD axion dark matter (DM) hypothesis is extremely challenging as the axion interacts very weakly with Standard Model particles. We propose a new avenue to test the QCD axion DM via transient radio signatures coming from encounters between neutron stars (NSs) and axion minihalos around primordial black holes (PBHs). We consider a general QCD axion scenario in which the PQ symmetry breaking occurs before (or during) inflation coexisting with a small fraction of DM in the form of PBHs. The PBHs will unavoidably acquire around them axion minihalos with the typical length scale of parsecs. The axion density in the minihalos may be much higher than the local DM density, and the prese…
Beyond the standard model via extended symmetries and dark matter
2015
In this thesis, we discuss ideas of how to go beyond the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics to incorporate the cosmological observations of dark matter and matter–antimatter asymmetry, and to address the theoretical problems related to the scalar sector of the SM. Although the SM has proven to be an excellent description of the interactions of elementary particles, there is both experimental and theoretical evidence that this description cannot be complete. Most notably, the cosmological observations of dark matter (DM) and the matter–antimatter asymmetry in the universe cannot be explained within the SM. We have studied simple singlet extensions of the SM. We found out that these DM a…
Prospects for beyond the Standard Model physics searches at the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
2021
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will be a powerful tool for a variety of physics topics. The high-intensity proton beams provide a large neutrino flux, sampled by a near detector system consisting of a combination of capable precision detectors, and by the massive far detector system located deep underground. This configuration sets up DUNE as a machine for discovery, as it enables opportunities not only to perform precision neutrino measurements that may uncover deviations from the present three-flavor mixing paradigm, but also to discover new particles and unveil new interactions and symmetries beyond those predicted in the Standard Model (SM). Of the many potential beyond…
Searching for solar KDAR with DUNE
2021
The observation of 236 MeV muon neutrinos from kaon-decay-at-rest (KDAR) originating in the core of the Sun would provide a unique signature of dark matter annihilation. Since excellent angle and energy reconstruction are necessary to detect this monoenergetic, directional neutrino flux, DUNE with its vast volume and reconstruction capabilities, is a promising candidate for a KDAR neutrino search. In this work, we evaluate the proposed KDAR neutrino search strategies by realistically modeling both neutrino-nucleus interactions and the response of DUNE. We find that, although reconstruction of the neutrino energy and direction is difficult with current techniques in the relevant energy range…
Shell-model computed cross sections for charged-current scattering of astrophysical neutrinos off 40Ar
2018
Charged-current (anti)neutrino- 40 Ar cross sections for astrophysical neutrinos have been calculated. The initial and final nuclear states were calculated using the nuclear shell model. The folded solar-neutrino scattering cross section was found to be 1.78 ( 23 ) × 10 − 42 cm 2 , which is higher than what the previous papers have reported. The contributions from the 1 − and 2 − multipoles were found to be significant at supernova-neutrino energies, confirming the random-phase approximation (RPA) result of a previous study. The effects of neutrino flavor conversions in dense stellar matter (matter oscillations) were found to enhance the neutrino-scattering cross sections significantly for …
Two- and three-pion quantum statistics correlations in Pb-Pb collisions at root S-NN=2.76 TeV at the CERN Large Hadron Collider
2014
[Introduction] Correlations induced by quantum statistics are sensitive to the spatiotemporal extent as well as dynamics of particle-emitting sources in heavy-ion collisions. In addition, such correlations can be used to search for the presence of a coherent component of pion production. Two- and three-pion correlations of same and mixed charge are measured at low relative momentum to estimate the coherent fraction of charged pions in Pb-Pb collisions at √ s N N = 2 . 76 TeV at the CERN Large Hadron Collider with ALICE. The genuine three-pion quantum statistics correlation is found to be suppressed relative to the two-pion correlation based on the assumption of fully chaotic pion emission. …
Pion photo- and electroproduction on nucleons in relativistic chiral perturbation theory
2022
En esta tesis, hemos estudiado la producción de piones mediante pruebas electromagnéticas en nucleones. Para cada uno de los estudios realizados aquí, nos enfocamos en la Teoría Quiral de Perturbaciones (ChPT) relativista para hadrones ligeros: nucleones, piones y los grados de libertad explícitos Delta. Para preservar la covariancia de la teoría, se implementó el método de renormalización en el esquema Extended On Mass Shell (EOMS). En este caso, las divergencias y los términos que violan el conteo de potencias se absorben en las constantes de baja energía (LECs) del Lagrangiano efectivo. El presente trabajo se desarrolló dentro de tres estudios principales relacionados con la producción d…
Plasma-wall interaction studies within the EUROfusion consortium: Progress on plasma-facing components development and qualification
2017
This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium and has received funding from the Euratom research and training programme 2014-2018 under grant agreement No 633053. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission.
Measurement of top quark and W boson polarisation observables with t-channel single-top-quark events in the ATLAS experiment
2017
El trabajo de la tesis se enmarca dentro del programa de física de la Colaboración ATLAS para el análisis de los datos producidos por el Gran Colisionador de Hadrones (LHC) situado en el CERN. La primera parte del trabajo desarrollado se centra en los estudios realizados para mejorar los algoritmos y el procedimiento seguido para el alineamiento del detector de trazas de ATLAS. El conocimiento de la posición exacta que ocupan los elementos que componen el detector de trazas determina la resolución con la que la trayectoria de una partícula puede ser reconstruida. La posición de dichos elementos se ve afectada por cambios en las condiciones de trabajo, como el apagado y encendido del sistema…
Orbital angular momentum parton distributions in quark models
1999
At the low energy, {\sl hadronic}, scale we calculate Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) twist-two parton distributions for the relativistic MIT bag model and for non-relativistic quark models. We reach the scale of the data by leading order evolution in perturbative QCD. We confirm that the contribution of quarks and gluons OAM to the nucleon spin grows with $Q^2$, and it can be relevant at the experimental scale, even if it is negligible at the hadronic scale, irrespective of the model used. The sign and shape of the quark OAM distribution at high $Q^2$ may depend strongly on the relative size of the OAM and spin distributions at the hadronic scale. Sizeable quark OAM distributions at the had…