Center for Theoretical Physics of the Universe (CTPU-PTC)

New physics searches via Axion-like particles

Name: New physics searches via Axion-like particles
Start: 2020-01-03T15:00:00+09:00
End: 2020-01-03T16:00:00+09:00
Location: CTPU Seminar Room

by Dr Sang Hui Im (Pusan National University)

Friday 3 Jan 2020, 15:00 → 16:00 Asia/Seoul

CTPU Seminar Room

Fourth floor IBS Building, 55, Expo-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea, 34126

Description

Axion-like particles (ALPs) may provide a portal to new physics beyond the Standard Model (SM) with naturally small couplings and mass. I will discuss physics potential of ALPs to address the problems of the SM such as weak scale hierarchy, dark matter, and matter-antimatter asymmetry. Those ALPs of phenomenological interest may be within the reach of on-going and near future experiments. I will also discuss implications from UV completion.