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Below 80-90GeV, for a generic (pseudo-)scalar $\phi$ (light Higgs, radion, dilaton, axion, ALP's...), the decay $\phi$ → Z*Z is kinematically closed and $\phi$ → $\gamma\gamma$ becomes challenging to trigger on, so that the gluon-gluon Fusion mechanism to produce $\phi$ is not promising anymore (see for instance [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.08653|1607.08653]]). | Below 80-90GeV, for a generic (pseudo-)scalar $\phi$ (light Higgs, radion, dilaton, axion, ALP's...), the decay $\phi$ → Z*Z is kinematically closed and $\phi$ → $\gamma\gamma$ becomes challenging to trigger on, so that the gluon-gluon Fusion mechanism to produce $\phi$ is not promising anymore (see for instance [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.08653|1607.08653]]). | ||
- | * Quick contur study using the BNT ALP UFO file. All couplings set to zero except the photons which is scanned over. {{ :2019:groups:higgs:combinedhybrid.pdf | 2D scan }}. Over a wide range of $\phi$ masses ($M_{ALP}$ on the plot) the sensitivity extends down to $C_{\gamma\gamma}/\Lambda \approx 3$ TeV$^{-1}$. Here the scan is performed over the following ranges: m_a: 1 to 50 GeV, gaAA:10 to 10^-6, gaZA:10 to 10^-6 | + | * Quick contur study using the BNT ALP UFO file. All couplings set to zero except the photons which is scanned over. {{ :2019:groups:higgs:combinedhybrid.pdf | 2D scan }}. Over a wide range of $\phi$ masses ($M_{ALP}$ on the plot) the sensitivity extends down to $C_{\gamma\gamma}/\Lambda \approx 3$ TeV$^{-1}$. Here the scan is performed over the following ranges: $m_a:$ 1 to 50 GeV, $g_{a\gamma\gamma}$: 10 to $10^{-6}$, $g_{aZ\gamma}$: 10 to $10^{-6}$ |
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* Checking at an example point in the above scan, $M_{ALP} = 1.8$ GeV, $C_{\gamma\gamma}/\Lambda = 5.2$ TeV$^{-1}$, all other couplings set to zero. The $\phi$ decays 100% to $\gamma\gamma$ as expected (width $10^{-7}$ GeV). The main production mechanisms are $\gamma, W$ or $Z$ + $\phi$. $gg \rightarrow \phi$ is zero. The different subprocess cross sections are visible in the example Herwig output file: {{ :2019:groups:higgs:lhc-s101-runpoint_0095.out.txt | lhc-s101-runpoint_0095.out}} | * Checking at an example point in the above scan, $M_{ALP} = 1.8$ GeV, $C_{\gamma\gamma}/\Lambda = 5.2$ TeV$^{-1}$, all other couplings set to zero. The $\phi$ decays 100% to $\gamma\gamma$ as expected (width $10^{-7}$ GeV). The main production mechanisms are $\gamma, W$ or $Z$ + $\phi$. $gg \rightarrow \phi$ is zero. The different subprocess cross sections are visible in the example Herwig output file: {{ :2019:groups:higgs:lhc-s101-runpoint_0095.out.txt | lhc-s101-runpoint_0095.out}} | ||