Probing the couplings of an axion-like particle with leptons via three-lepton final state processes at future $e^{-}p$ colliders

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Main Authors: Yue, Chong-Xing, Li, Xin-Yang, Wang, Mei-Shu-Yu, Bu, Yang-Yang
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author Yue, Chong-Xing
Li, Xin-Yang
Wang, Mei-Shu-Yu
Bu, Yang-Yang
author_facet Yue, Chong-Xing
Li, Xin-Yang
Wang, Mei-Shu-Yu
Bu, Yang-Yang
contents The axion-like particle (ALP) is one of the best motivated particles beyond the Standard Model (SM). We explore the possibility of detecting the couplings of ALP with leptons via three-lepton final state processes $e^- p \to e^- j a~(a \to \ell^+ \ell^-)$ at the LHeC (FCC-eh). For completeness, we investigate the cases where the ALP decays not only into electron and muon pairs but also into tau pairs, and perform a detailed simulation for the decays of taus. We find that the prospective sensitivities of the LHeC (FCC-eh) with the center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}=1.3~(3.5)$ TeV and the integrated luminosity $\mathcal{L}=1~ (2)$ ab$^{-1}$ to the ALP-lepton couplings are not only stronger than some existing bounds of the LHC and LEP but also complementary to the expected bounds of the CEPC and FCC-ee.
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spellingShingle Probing the couplings of an axion-like particle with leptons via three-lepton final state processes at future $e^{-}p$ colliders
Yue, Chong-Xing
Li, Xin-Yang
Wang, Mei-Shu-Yu
Bu, Yang-Yang
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
The axion-like particle (ALP) is one of the best motivated particles beyond the Standard Model (SM). We explore the possibility of detecting the couplings of ALP with leptons via three-lepton final state processes $e^- p \to e^- j a~(a \to \ell^+ \ell^-)$ at the LHeC (FCC-eh). For completeness, we investigate the cases where the ALP decays not only into electron and muon pairs but also into tau pairs, and perform a detailed simulation for the decays of taus. We find that the prospective sensitivities of the LHeC (FCC-eh) with the center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}=1.3~(3.5)$ TeV and the integrated luminosity $\mathcal{L}=1~ (2)$ ab$^{-1}$ to the ALP-lepton couplings are not only stronger than some existing bounds of the LHC and LEP but also complementary to the expected bounds of the CEPC and FCC-ee.
title Probing the couplings of an axion-like particle with leptons via three-lepton final state processes at future $e^{-}p$ colliders
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.03179