Heavy neutral leptons and top quarks in effective field theory

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Main Authors: Beltrán, Rebeca, Cottin, Giovanna, Günther, Julian, Hirsch, Martin, Titov, Arsenii, Wang, Zeren Simon
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author Beltrán, Rebeca
Cottin, Giovanna
Günther, Julian
Hirsch, Martin
Titov, Arsenii
Wang, Zeren Simon
author_facet Beltrán, Rebeca
Cottin, Giovanna
Günther, Julian
Hirsch, Martin
Titov, Arsenii
Wang, Zeren Simon
contents We study the phenomenology of heavy neutral leptons (HNLs) at the LHC in effective field theory, concentrating on $d=6$ operators with top quarks. Depending on the operator choice and HNL mass, the HNLs will be produced either from proton-proton collisions in association with a single top, or via non-standard decays of top quarks. For long-lived HNLs we estimate the sensitivity reach of different detectors to various operators with top quarks and the HNLs for the high-luminosity phase of the LHC. For certain operators, ATLAS and some far detectors (MATHUSLA and ANUBIS) will be able to probe the associated new-physics scale as large as 12 TeV and 4.5 TeV, respectively, covering complementary HNL-mass ranges.
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spellingShingle Heavy neutral leptons and top quarks in effective field theory
Beltrán, Rebeca
Cottin, Giovanna
Günther, Julian
Hirsch, Martin
Titov, Arsenii
Wang, Zeren Simon
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We study the phenomenology of heavy neutral leptons (HNLs) at the LHC in effective field theory, concentrating on $d=6$ operators with top quarks. Depending on the operator choice and HNL mass, the HNLs will be produced either from proton-proton collisions in association with a single top, or via non-standard decays of top quarks. For long-lived HNLs we estimate the sensitivity reach of different detectors to various operators with top quarks and the HNLs for the high-luminosity phase of the LHC. For certain operators, ATLAS and some far detectors (MATHUSLA and ANUBIS) will be able to probe the associated new-physics scale as large as 12 TeV and 4.5 TeV, respectively, covering complementary HNL-mass ranges.
title Heavy neutral leptons and top quarks in effective field theory
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.09065