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Axion-Like Particles (ALPs) are a generic, calculable, and well motivated extension of the Standard Model with far reaching phenomenology. ALPs that couple only to hypercharge represent one subset of such models, coupling the ALP to both…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-09-15 Noah Steinberg , James D. Wells

The first FASER search for a light, long-lived particle decaying into a pair of photons is reported. The search uses LHC proton-proton collision data at $\sqrt{s}=13.6~\text{TeV}$ collected in 2022 and 2023, corresponding to an integrated…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-12-18 FASER collaboration , Roshan Mammen Abraham , Xiaocong Ai , John Anders , Claire Antel , Akitaka Ariga , Tomoko Ariga , Jeremy Atkinson , Florian U. Bernlochner , Emma Bianchi , Tobias Boeckh , Jamie Boyd , Lydia Brenner , Angela Burger , Franck Cadoux , Roberto Cardella , David W. Casper , Charlotte Cavanagh , Xin Chen , Eunhyung Cho , Dhruv Chouhan , Andrea Coccaro , Stephane Débieux , Monica D'Onofrio , Ansh Desai , Sergey Dmitrievsky , Radu Dobre , Sinead Eley , Yannick Favre , Deion Fellers , Jonathan L. Feng , Carlo Alberto Fenoglio , Didier Ferrere , Max Fieg , Wissal Filali , Elena Firu , Edward Galantay , Ali Garabaglu , Stephen Gibson , Sergio Gonzalez-Sevilla , Yuri Gornushkin , Carl Gwilliam , Daiki Hayakawa , Michael Holzbock , Shih-Chieh Hsu , Zhen Hu , Giuseppe Iacobucci , Tomohiro Inada , Luca Iodice , Sune Jakobsen , Hans Joos , Enrique Kajomovitz , Hiroaki Kawahara , Alex Keyken , Felix Kling , Daniela Köck , Pantelis Kontaxakis , Umut Kose , Rafaella Kotitsa , Susanne Kuehn , Thanushan Kugathasan , Lorne Levinson , Ke Li , Jinfeng Liu , Yi Liu , Margaret S. Lutz , Jack MacDonald , Chiara Magliocca , Toni Mäkelä , Lawson McCoy , Josh McFayden , Andrea Pizarro Medina , Matteo Milanesio , Théo Moretti , Mitsuhiro Nakamura , Toshiyuki Nakano , Laurie Nevay , Ken Ohashi , Hidetoshi Otono , Lorenzo Paolozzi , Brian Petersen , Titi Preda , Markus Prim , Michaela Queitsch-Maitland , Hiroki Rokujo , André Rubbia , Jorge Sabater-Iglesias , Osamu Sato , Paola Scampoli , Kristof Schmieden , Matthias Schott , Anna Sfyrla , Davide Sgalaberna , Mansoora Shamim , Savannah Shively , Yosuke Takubo , Noshin Tarannum , Ondrej Theiner , Eric Torrence , Oscar Ivan Valdes Martinez , Svetlana Vasina , Benedikt Vormwald , Di Wang , Yuxiao Wang , Eli Welch , Yue Xu , Samuel Zahorec , Stefano Zambito , Shunliang Zhang

Future muon colliders with center-of-mass energy of $\mathcal{O}(1-10)$ TeV can provide a clean high-energy environment with advantages in searches for TeV-scale axion-like particles (ALPs), pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone bosons associated with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-05-24 So Chigusa , Sudhakantha Girmohanta , Yuichiro Nakai , Yufei Zhang

The axion-like particle (ALP) is one of the best motivated particles beyond the Standard Model (SM). We explore the possibility of detecting the couplings of ALP with leptons via three-lepton final state processes $e^- p \to e^- j a~(a \to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-03 Chong-Xing Yue , Xin-Yang Li , Mei-Shu-Yu Wang , Yang-Yang Bu

The existence of an axion-like particle (ALP) would induce anomalous scattering of light by light. This process can be probed at the Large Hadron Collider in central exclusive production of photon pairs in proton-proton collisions by…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-08-01 Cristian Baldenegro , Sylvain Fichet , Gero von Gersdorff , Christophe Royon

Axion-like particles (ALPs) are light, neutral, pseudo-scalar bosons predicted by several extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics -- such as the String Theory -- and are supposed to interact primarily only with two photons. In…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-22 Giorgio Galanti

Axion-like particles can couple to Standard Model gluons, electroweak gauge bosons, and massive fermions. A future multi-TeV muon collider provides a favorable environment to probe axion-like particles through multiple production channels,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-07-16 So Chigusa , Sudhakantha Girmohanta , Yuichiro Nakai , Yufei Zhang

We assume the coupling of Axion-like particle (ALP) to diphoton $g_{a\gamma\gamma} \sim 0$ and accomplish detailed analyses for the $\gamma Z$ decay mode of such heavy photophobic ALPs at the high luminosity-Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC).…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-05-20 Zilong Ding , Ying-nan Mao , Kechen Wang

In models of composite Higgs dynamics new composite pseudoscalars can interact with the Higgs and electroweak gauge bosons via anomalous interactions, stemming from the topological sector of the underlying theory. We show that a future 100…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-10-31 Emiliano Molinaro , Francesco Sannino , Anders Eller Thomsen , Natascia Vignaroli

Opportunities for searches for axion-like particles (ALPs) coupling to photons in $\mathrm{e}^+\mathrm{e}^-$ collisions at the Future Circular Collider (FCC-ee) and International Linear Collider (ILC) are investigated. We perform a study of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-03-28 Patricia Rebello Teles , David d'Enterria , Victor P. Gonçalves , Daniel E. Martins

We study the collider signatures of new pions, composite particles which emerge from a TeV-scale, confining gauge theory with vector-like matter. Similar to the neutral pion in QCD, these new pions mainly decay into a pair of standard model…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-12-27 Yang Bai , Adam Martin

In this work, we explore the possibilities of producing Axion-Like Particles (ALPs) in a future $e^-p$ collider. Specifically, we focus on the proposed Large Hadron electron collider (LHeC), which can achieve a center-of-mass energy of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-01-19 Karabo Mosala , Pramod Sharma , Mukesh Kumar , Ashok Goyal

A virtual production of heavy axion-like particles (ALPs) via light-by-light scattering in pp, pPb and Pb collisions at the future 100 TeV collider FCC-hh is studied. Both differential and total cross sections are calculated. The 95\% C.L.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-18 S. C. Inan , A. V. Kisselev

Axion-like particles (ALPs) appear from spontaneous global symmetry breaking in many extensions of the Standard Model (SM). In this paper, we find bounds on ALP ($a$) model parameters at the LHC from the ALP production associated with a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-07-24 Javad Ebadi , Sara Khatibi , Mojtaba Mohammadi Najafabadi

The Electron-Ion Collider~(EIC), a forthcoming powerful high-luminosity facility, represents an exciting opportunity to explore new physics. In this article, we study the potential of the EIC to probe the coupling between axion-like…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-03-01 Reuven Balkin , Or Hen , Wenliang Li , Hongkai Liu , Teng Ma , Yotam Soreq , Mike Williams

We study the discovery potential for heavy axion-like particles (ALPs) and the perspectives for determining their coupling properties at a muon collider. Focusing on their couplings to the Standard Model (SM) gauge bosons $\gamma, Z,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-03-11 Tao Han , Tong Li , Xing Wang

We present a search for the direct production of a light pseudoscalar $a$ decaying into two photons with the Belle II detector at the SuperKEKB collider. We search for the process ${e^+e^-\to\gamma a, a \to\gamma\gamma}$ in the mass range…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-10-21 Belle II collaboration , F. Abudinen , I. Adachi , H. Aihara , N. Akopov , A. Aloisio , F. Ameli , N. Anh Ky , D. M. Asner , T. Aushev , V. Aushev , V. Babu , S. Baehr , S. Bahinipati , P. Bambade , Sw. Banerjee , S. Bansal , J. Baudot , J. Becker , P. K. Behera , J. V. Bennett , E. Bernieri , F. U. Bernlochner , M. Bertemes , M. Bessner , S. Bettarini , V. Bhardwaj , F. Bianchi , T. Bilka , S. Bilokin , D. Biswas , M. Bračko , P. Branchini , N. Braun , T. E. Browder , A. Budano , S. Bussino , M. Campajola , G. Casarosa , C. Cecchi , D. Červenkov , M. -C. Chang , P. Chang , R. Cheaib , V. Chekelian , B. G. Cheon , K. Chilikin , K. Chirapatpimol , H. -E. Cho , K. Cho , S. -J. Cho , S. -K. Choi , D. Cinabro , L. Corona , L. M. Cremaldi , S. Cunliffe , N. Dash , F. Dattola , E. De La Cruz-Burelo , G. De Nardo , M. De Nuccio , G. De Pietro , R. de Sangro , M. Destefanis , A. De Yta-Hernandez , F. Di Capua , Z. Doležal , T. V. Dong , K. Dort , D. Dossett , G. Dujany , S. Eidelman , T. Ferber , D. Ferlewicz , S. Fiore , A. Fodor , F. Forti , B. G. Fulsom , E. Ganiev , R. Garg , A. Garmash , V. Gaur , A. Gaz , U. Gebauer , A. Gellrich , T. Geßler , R. Giordano , A. Giri , B. Gobbo , R. Godang , P. Goldenzweig , B. Golob , P. Gomis , W. Gradl , E. Graziani , D. Greenwald , C. Hadjivasiliou , S. Halder , O. Hartbrich , K. Hayasaka , H. Hayashii , C. Hearty , M. T. Hedges , I. Heredia de la Cruz , M. Hernández Villanueva , A. Hershenhorn , T. Higuchi , E. C. Hill , H. Hirata , M. Hoek , M. Hohmann , C. -L. Hsu , Y. Hu , K. Inami , G. Inguglia , J. Irakkathil Jabbar , A. Ishikawa , R. Itoh , P. Jackson , W. W. Jacobs , D. E. Jaffe , E. -J. Jang , S. Jia , Y. Jin , C. Joo , A. B. Kaliyar , J. Kandra , G. Karyan , Y. Kato , H. Kichimi , C. Kiesling , C. -H. Kim , D. Y. Kim , H. J. Kim , S. -H. Kim , Y. -K. Kim , T. D. Kimmel , K. Kinoshita , C. Kleinwort , P. Kodyš , T. Koga , S. Kohani , I. Komarov , S. Korpar , T. M. G. Kraetzschmar , P. Križan , P. Krokovny , T. Kuhr , M. Kumar , R. Kumar , K. Kumara , S. Kurz , Y. -J. Kwon , S. Lacaprara , C. La Licata , L. Lanceri , J. S. Lange , I. -S. Lee , S. C. Lee , P. Leitl , D. Levit , P. M. Lewis , C. Li , L. K. Li , Y. B. Li , J. Libby , K. Lieret , L. Li Gioi , Z. Liptak , Q. Y. Liu , D. Liventsev , S. Longo , T. Luo , C. MacQueen , Y. Maeda , R. Manfredi , E. Manoni , S. Marcello , C. Marinas , A. Martini , M. Masuda , K. Matsuoka , D. Matvienko , F. Meggendorfer , F. Meier , M. Merola , F. Metzner , M. Milesi , C. Miller , K. Miyabayashi , R. Mizuk , K. Azmi , G. B. Mohanty , H. -G. Moser , M. Mrvar , F. J. Müller , R. Mussa , I. Nakamura , M. Nakao , H. Nakazawa , A. Natochii , C. Niebuhr , N. K. Nisar , S. Nishida , M. H. A. Nouxman , K. Ogawa , S. Ogawa , H. Ono , P. Oskin , H. Ozaki , P. Pakhlov , A. Paladino , A. Panta , E. Paoloni , S. Pardi , H. Park , S. -H. Park , B. Paschen , A. Passeri , A. Pathak , S. Patra , S. Paul , T. K. Pedlar , I. Peruzzi , R. Peschke , M. Piccolo , L. E. Piilonen , G. Polat , V. Popov , C. Praz , E. Prencipe , M. T. Prim , M. V. Purohit , N. Rad , P. Rados , R. Rasheed , M. Reif , S. Reiter , M. Remnev , I. Ripp-Baudot , M. Ritter , M. Ritzert , G. Rizzo , S. H. Robertson , D. Rodríguez Pérez , J. M. Roney , C. Rosenfeld , A. Rostomyan , N. Rout , D. Sahoo , Y. Sakai , D. A. Sanders , S. Sandilya , A. Sangal , L. Santelj , Y. Sato , V. Savinov , B. Scavino , C. Schwanda , A. J. Schwartz , R. M. Seddon , Y. Seino , A. Selce , K. Senyo , J. Serrano , M. E. Sevior , C. Sfienti , J. -G. Shiu , A. Sibidanov , F. Simon , R. J. Sobie , A. Soffer , E. Solovieva , S. Spataro , B. Spruck , M. Starič , S. Stefkova , Z. S. Stottler , R. Stroili , J. Strube , M. Sumihama , T. Sumiyoshi , D. J. Summers , W. Sutcliffe , H. Svidras , M. Tabata , M. Takizawa , U. Tamponi , S. Tanaka , K. Tanida , H. Tanigawa , P. Taras , F. Tenchini , D. Tonelli , E. Torassa , K. Trabelsi , M. Uchida , T. Uglov , K. Unger , Y. Unno , S. Uno , P. Urquijo , Y. Ushiroda , S. E. Vahsen , R. van Tonder , G. S. Varner , K. E. Varvell , A. Vinokurova , L. Vitale , E. Waheed , M. Wakai , H. M. Wakeling , C. H. Wang , M. -Z. Wang , X. L. Wang , A. Warburton , M. Watanabe , S. Watanuki , J. Webb , S. Wehle , M. Welsch , C. Wessel , J. Wiechczynski , H. Windel , E. Won , L. J. Wu , X. P. Xu , B. Yabsley , W. Yan , S. B. Yang , H. Ye , M. Yonenaga , C. Z. Yuan , Y. Yusa , L. Zani , Q. D. Zhou , V. I. Zhukova

We provide an introduction to searches for axions and Axion-Like Particles (ALPs) at colliders. After covering the basics of collider physics, with a focus on production and detection of new particles, we give a rather broad introduction…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-05-02 Michele Tammaro , Jure Zupan

Dark axion portal connects an axion-like-particle (ALP), which can be the QCD axion, with the SM by the coupling to a photon and a dark photon, leading to a rich and distinct phenomenology related to dark matter, astrophysics, and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-31 Krzysztof Jodłowski

New pseudo-scalars, often called axion-like particles (ALPs), abound in model-building and are often associated with the breaking of a new symmetry. Traditional searches and indirect bounds are limited to light axions, typically in or below…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-11 Ken Mimasu , Verónica Sanz