Non-Canonical Nucleon Decays as Window into Light New Physics
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| author | Fridell, Kåre Hati, Chandan Takhistov, Volodymyr |
| author_facet | Fridell, Kåre Hati, Chandan Takhistov, Volodymyr |
| contents | Nucleon decays are generic predictions of motivated theories, including those based on the unification of forces and supersymmetry. We demonstrate that non-canonical nucleon decays offer a unique opportunity to broadly probe light new particles beyond the Standard Model with masses below $\sim$few GeV over decades in mass range, including axion-like particles, dark photons, sterile neutrinos, and scalar dark matter. Conventional searches can misinterpret and even completely miss such new physics. We propose a general strategy based on momenta of visible decay final states to probe these processes, offering a rich physics program for existing and upcoming experiments such as Super-Kamiokande, Hyper-Kamiokande, DUNE, and JUNO. |
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| spellingShingle | Non-Canonical Nucleon Decays as Window into Light New Physics Fridell, Kåre Hati, Chandan Takhistov, Volodymyr High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment Nucleon decays are generic predictions of motivated theories, including those based on the unification of forces and supersymmetry. We demonstrate that non-canonical nucleon decays offer a unique opportunity to broadly probe light new particles beyond the Standard Model with masses below $\sim$few GeV over decades in mass range, including axion-like particles, dark photons, sterile neutrinos, and scalar dark matter. Conventional searches can misinterpret and even completely miss such new physics. We propose a general strategy based on momenta of visible decay final states to probe these processes, offering a rich physics program for existing and upcoming experiments such as Super-Kamiokande, Hyper-Kamiokande, DUNE, and JUNO. |
| title | Non-Canonical Nucleon Decays as Window into Light New Physics |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.13740 |