Bump Hunting Inside Jets with Energy Correlators

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Main Authors: Ricci, Lorenzo, Riembau, Marc, Son, Minho
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Published: 2026
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author Ricci, Lorenzo
Riembau, Marc
Son, Minho
author_facet Ricci, Lorenzo
Riembau, Marc
Son, Minho
contents Energy correlators exhibit well-understood scaling behavior in the collinear limit, governed by perturbative QCD dynamics. We explore how this scaling regime is broken by new physics, converting precise energy correlator measurements into a broadband search for new physics. Under generic assumptions, unitarity and positivity are sufficient to classify and constrain the relevant signatures, which imprint an angular resonance on top of this smoothly scaling background. This converts the search into bump hunting within jets. As a proof of principle, we derive projected LHC sensitivity for a light hadrophilic $Z'$, finding competitive constraints with existing searches.
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spellingShingle Bump Hunting Inside Jets with Energy Correlators
Ricci, Lorenzo
Riembau, Marc
Son, Minho
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Energy correlators exhibit well-understood scaling behavior in the collinear limit, governed by perturbative QCD dynamics. We explore how this scaling regime is broken by new physics, converting precise energy correlator measurements into a broadband search for new physics. Under generic assumptions, unitarity and positivity are sufficient to classify and constrain the relevant signatures, which imprint an angular resonance on top of this smoothly scaling background. This converts the search into bump hunting within jets. As a proof of principle, we derive projected LHC sensitivity for a light hadrophilic $Z'$, finding competitive constraints with existing searches.
title Bump Hunting Inside Jets with Energy Correlators
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.28934