Search for long-lived axions with far detectors at future lepton colliders

Jan 21, 2022
13 pages
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Abstract: (arXiv)
In our previous work [Phys. Rev. D 101 (2020) 075046], we have proposed to install FAr Detectors at the Electron Positron Collider (FADEPC) to enhance the discovery potential of long-lived particles (LLPs). In this study, we consider eight designs of far detectors with different locations, volumes and geometries and investigate their potential for discovering long-lived axion-like particles (ALPs) via the process ee+γa, aγγe^-e^+ \rightarrow \gamma \,\, a,~ a \to \gamma\gamma at future ee+e^{-}e^{+} colliders running at a center-of-mass energy of 91.2 GeV and integrated luminosities of 16, 150, and 750 ab1^{-1}. We estimate their sensitivities on the model parameters in terms of the effective ALP-photon-photon coupling Cγγ/ΛC_{\gamma \gamma} / \Lambda , the effective ALP-photon-ZZ coupling CγZ/ΛC_{\gamma Z} / \Lambda, and ALP mass mam_a for three physics scenarios: CγZ=0C_{\gamma Z} = 0; CγZ=CγγC_{\gamma Z} = C_{\gamma \gamma} and both CγZC_{\gamma Z} and CγγC_{\gamma \gamma} can freely change. The results provide references for the optimization of far detectors at future electron-positron colliders.
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  • 13 pages, 7 figures, 1 table
  • far detector: design
  • particle: long-lived
  • quantum chromodynamics: axion