Phenomenology of axion-like particles with universal fermion couplings -- revisited

Author:

Giovani Dalla Valle Garcia, Felix Kahlhoefer, Maksym Ovchynnikov, Andrii Zaporozhchenko

Keyword:

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)

journal:

TTP23-042, P3H-23-070

date:

2023-10-04 16:00:00

Abstract

Axion-like particles (ALPs) emerge in many extensions of the Standard Model as pseudo-Goldstone bosons of a spontaneously broken global symmetry. Understanding their phenomenology in high-energy collisions is crucial for optimizing experimental searches and understanding the exploration potential of future experiments. In this paper, we revise the phenomenology of ALPs with universal couplings to fermions. In particular, we analyze the hierarchy and uncertainty of the various ALP production channels depending on the proton collision energy and the placement of the experiment, and provide improved calculations of the hadronic decay modes.

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