Probing naturally light singlets with a displaced vertex trigger

We investigate the physics case for a dedicated trigger on a low mass, hadronic displaced vertex at the high luminosity LHC, relying on the CMS phase II track trigger. We estimate the trigger efficiency with a simplified simulation of the CMS track trigger and show that the L1 trigger rate from fake...

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Autores principales: Yuri Gershtein, Simon Knapen, Diego Redigolo
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Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/5631990d14ab45bc9450aa94123b6d48
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Sumario:We investigate the physics case for a dedicated trigger on a low mass, hadronic displaced vertex at the high luminosity LHC, relying on the CMS phase II track trigger. We estimate the trigger efficiency with a simplified simulation of the CMS track trigger and show that the L1 trigger rate from fake vertices, B meson decays and secondary interactions with the detector material can likely be brought down to the kHz level with a minimal set of cuts. While it would with any doubt be a severe experimental challenge to implement, we conclude that a displaced vertex trigger could open qualitatively new parameter space for exotic Higgs decays, exotic B decays and even direct production of light resonances. We parametrize the physics potential in terms of a singlet scalar mixing with the Standard Model Higgs and an axion-like particle with a coupling to gluons, and review a number or relevant models motivated by the hierarchy and strong CP problems, Dark Matter and baryogenesis.