Probing QCD Axions or axion-like particles in three-body K decays
Abstract Two-body decays like K → πa rank among the most constraining collider probes for new, low-mass, feebly interacting pseudoscalar particles a. We explore an alternative class of kaon decay modes, specifically three-body decays to ππa or μμa. The former occur at tree level, while the latter is...
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| author | Maël Cavan-Piton Diego Guadagnoli Axel Iohner Diego Martínez Santos Ludovico Vittorio |
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| description | Abstract Two-body decays like K → πa rank among the most constraining collider probes for new, low-mass, feebly interacting pseudoscalar particles a. We explore an alternative class of kaon decay modes, specifically three-body decays to ππa or μμa. The former occur at tree level, while the latter is loop-suppressed yet accidentally finite. These modes specifically leverage the accurate tracking capabilities at LHCb. We present an estimation approach for the sensitivity achievable in future searches within these channels. Our argument uses the current uncertainty in leading irreducible backgrounds identified for each channel. Our findings suggest that dedicated searches could probe f a scales between 104 and 106 TeV, highlighting their strong potential. A direct comparison with actual searches, only available in the K + → π + π 0 a channel, supports this conclusion. Finally, we show that, in these searches, reconstruction efficiency maps are such that large efficiencies are naturally aligned with regions of higher yields in Dalitz plots. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-895b15ff242d4e1691ca4b397cb1eea42025-08-20T04:01:47ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-06-012025612110.1007/JHEP06(2025)039Probing QCD Axions or axion-like particles in three-body K decaysMaël Cavan-Piton0Diego Guadagnoli1Axel Iohner2Diego Martínez Santos3Ludovico Vittorio4LAPTh, Université Savoie Mont-Blanc et CNRSLAPTh, Université Savoie Mont-Blanc et CNRSLAPTh, Université Savoie Mont-Blanc et CNRSFerrol Industrial Campus, Universidade de A CoruñaLAPTh, Université Savoie Mont-Blanc et CNRSAbstract Two-body decays like K → πa rank among the most constraining collider probes for new, low-mass, feebly interacting pseudoscalar particles a. We explore an alternative class of kaon decay modes, specifically three-body decays to ππa or μμa. The former occur at tree level, while the latter is loop-suppressed yet accidentally finite. These modes specifically leverage the accurate tracking capabilities at LHCb. We present an estimation approach for the sensitivity achievable in future searches within these channels. Our argument uses the current uncertainty in leading irreducible backgrounds identified for each channel. Our findings suggest that dedicated searches could probe f a scales between 104 and 106 TeV, highlighting their strong potential. A direct comparison with actual searches, only available in the K + → π + π 0 a channel, supports this conclusion. Finally, we show that, in these searches, reconstruction efficiency maps are such that large efficiencies are naturally aligned with regions of higher yields in Dalitz plots.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2025)039Axions and ALPsChiral LagrangianKaons |
| spellingShingle | Maël Cavan-Piton Diego Guadagnoli Axel Iohner Diego Martínez Santos Ludovico Vittorio Probing QCD Axions or axion-like particles in three-body K decays Journal of High Energy Physics Axions and ALPs Chiral Lagrangian Kaons |
| title | Probing QCD Axions or axion-like particles in three-body K decays |
| title_full | Probing QCD Axions or axion-like particles in three-body K decays |
| title_fullStr | Probing QCD Axions or axion-like particles in three-body K decays |
| title_full_unstemmed | Probing QCD Axions or axion-like particles in three-body K decays |
| title_short | Probing QCD Axions or axion-like particles in three-body K decays |
| title_sort | probing qcd axions or axion like particles in three body k decays |
| topic | Axions and ALPs Chiral Lagrangian Kaons |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2025)039 |
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