Coupling QCD-Scale Axionlike Particles to Gluons
Abstract
We present a novel data-driven method for determining the hadronic interaction strengths of axionlike particles (ALPs) with QCD-scale masses. Using our method, it is possible to calculate the hadronic production and decay rates of ALPs, along with many of the largest ALP decay rates to exclusive final states. To illustrate the impact on QCD-scale ALP phenomenology, we consider the scenario where the ALP-gluon coupling is dominant over the ALP coupling to photons, electroweak bosons, and all fermions for mπ ≲ ma ≲ 3 GeV. We emphasize, however, that our method can easily be generalized to any set of ALP couplings to standard model particles. Finally, using the approach developed here, we provide calculations for the branching fractions of ηc → VV decays; i.e., ηc decays into two vector mesons, which are consistent with the known experimental values.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1543177
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1612291
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC00015476; SC0015476; PHY-1607611; PHY-1607225
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 123 Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Physics; Hypothetical particle physics models; Axions; Gluons
Citation Formats
Aloni, Daniel, Soreq, Yotam, and Williams, Mike. Coupling QCD-Scale Axionlike Particles to Gluons. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.031803.
Aloni, Daniel, Soreq, Yotam, & Williams, Mike. Coupling QCD-Scale Axionlike Particles to Gluons. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.031803
Aloni, Daniel, Soreq, Yotam, and Williams, Mike. Fri .
"Coupling QCD-Scale Axionlike Particles to Gluons". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.031803.
@article{osti_1543177,
title = {Coupling QCD-Scale Axionlike Particles to Gluons},
author = {Aloni, Daniel and Soreq, Yotam and Williams, Mike},
abstractNote = {We present a novel data-driven method for determining the hadronic interaction strengths of axionlike particles (ALPs) with QCD-scale masses. Using our method, it is possible to calculate the hadronic production and decay rates of ALPs, along with many of the largest ALP decay rates to exclusive final states. To illustrate the impact on QCD-scale ALP phenomenology, we consider the scenario where the ALP-gluon coupling is dominant over the ALP coupling to photons, electroweak bosons, and all fermions for mπ ≲ ma ≲ 3 GeV. We emphasize, however, that our method can easily be generalized to any set of ALP couplings to standard model particles. Finally, using the approach developed here, we provide calculations for the branching fractions of ηc → VV decays; i.e., ηc decays into two vector mesons, which are consistent with the known experimental values.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.031803},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 3,
volume = 123,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {7}
}
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.031803
Web of Science
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