European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (Dec 2022)
Theory, phenomenology, and experimental avenues for dark showers: a Snowmass 2021 report
- Guillaume Albouy,
- Jared Barron,
- Hugues Beauchesne,
- Elias Bernreuther,
- Marcella Bona,
- Cesare Cazzaniga,
- Cari Cesarotti,
- Timothy Cohen,
- Annapaola de Cosa,
- David Curtin,
- Zeynep Demiragli,
- Caterina Doglioni,
- Alison Elliot,
- Karri Folan DiPetrillo,
- Florian Eble,
- Carlos Erice,
- Chad Freer,
- Aran Garcia-Bellido,
- Caleb Gemmell,
- Marie-Hélène Genest,
- Giovanni Grilli di Cortona,
- Giuliano Gustavino,
- Nicoline Hemme,
- Tova Holmes,
- Deepak Kar,
- Simon Knapen,
- Suchita Kulkarni,
- Luca Lavezzo,
- Steven Lowette,
- Benedikt Maier,
- Seán Mee,
- Stephen Mrenna,
- Harikrishnan Nair,
- Jeremi Niedziela,
- Christos Papageorgakis,
- Nukulsinh Parmar,
- Christoph Paus,
- Kevin Pedro,
- Ana Peixoto,
- Alexx Perloff,
- Tilman Plehn,
- Christiane Scherb,
- Pedro Schwaller,
- Jessie Shelton,
- Akanksha Singh,
- Sukanya Sinha,
- Torbjörn Sjöstrand,
- Aris G. B. Spourdalakis,
- Daniel Stolarski,
- Matthew J. Strassler,
- Andrii Usachov,
- Carlos Vázquez Sierra,
- Christopher B. Verhaaren,
- Long Wang
Affiliations
- Guillaume Albouy
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3
- Jared Barron
- Department of Physics, University of Toronto
- Hugues Beauchesne
- Physics Division, National Center for Theoretical Sciences
- Elias Bernreuther
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- Marcella Bona
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London
- Cesare Cazzaniga
- ETH Zurich-Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics (IPA)
- Cari Cesarotti
- Department of Physics, Harvard University
- Timothy Cohen
- Institute for Fundamental Science, University of Oregon
- Annapaola de Cosa
- ETH Zurich-Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics (IPA)
- David Curtin
- Department of Physics, University of Toronto
- Zeynep Demiragli
- Boston University
- Caterina Doglioni
- Fysikum, Division of Particle Physics, Lund University
- Alison Elliot
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London
- Karri Folan DiPetrillo
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- Florian Eble
- ETH Zurich-Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics (IPA)
- Carlos Erice
- Boston University
- Chad Freer
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Aran Garcia-Bellido
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester
- Caleb Gemmell
- Department of Physics, University of Toronto
- Marie-Hélène Genest
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3
- Giovanni Grilli di Cortona
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati
- Giuliano Gustavino
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
- Nicoline Hemme
- Fysikum, Division of Particle Physics, Lund University
- Tova Holmes
- University of Tennessee
- Deepak Kar
- University of Witwatersrand
- Simon Knapen
- Theoretical Physics Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Suchita Kulkarni
- Institute of Physics, NAWI Graz, University of Graz
- Luca Lavezzo
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Steven Lowette
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Benedikt Maier
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
- Seán Mee
- Institute of Physics, NAWI Graz, University of Graz
- Stephen Mrenna
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- Harikrishnan Nair
- Department of Physics, University of Mumbai, Santacruz (East)
- Jeremi Niedziela
- ETH Zurich-Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics (IPA)
- Christos Papageorgakis
- University of Maryland
- Nukulsinh Parmar
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester
- Christoph Paus
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Kevin Pedro
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- Ana Peixoto
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3
- Alexx Perloff
- University of Colorado Boulder
- Tilman Plehn
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Heidelberg
- Christiane Scherb
- PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence and Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University
- Pedro Schwaller
- PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence and Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University
- Jessie Shelton
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Akanksha Singh
- Department of Physics, University of Mumbai, Santacruz (East)
- Sukanya Sinha
- University of Witwatersrand
- Torbjörn Sjöstrand
- Theoretical Particle Physics, Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund University
- Aris G. B. Spourdalakis
- Department of Physics, University of Toronto
- Daniel Stolarski
- Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Physics, Carleton University
- Matthew J. Strassler
- Department of Physics, Harvard University
- Andrii Usachov
- Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics
- Carlos Vázquez Sierra
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
- Christopher B. Verhaaren
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University
- Long Wang
- University of Maryland
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-11048-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 82,
no. 12
pp. 1 – 66
Abstract
Abstract In this work, we consider the case of a strongly coupled dark/hidden sector, which extends the Standard Model (SM) by adding an additional non-Abelian gauge group. These extensions generally contain matter fields, much like the SM quarks, and gauge fields similar to the SM gluons. We focus on the exploration of such sectors where the dark particles are produced at the LHC through a portal and undergo rapid hadronization within the dark sector before decaying back, at least in part and potentially with sizeable lifetimes, to SM particles, giving a range of possibly spectacular signatures such as emerging or semi-visible jets. Other, non-QCD-like scenarios leading to soft unclustered energy patterns or glueballs are also discussed. After a review of the theory, existing benchmarks and constraints, this work addresses how to build consistent benchmarks from the underlying physical parameters and present new developments for the pythia Hidden Valley module, along with jet substructure studies. Finally, a series of improved search strategies is presented in order to pave the way for a better exploration of the dark showers at the LHC.
