Jets as a signal of Axion-Like Particles in future colliders

• Grant number: 25/03959-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: July 01, 2026
• End date: June 30, 2027
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Elementary Particle Physics and Fields
• Principal Investigator: Ricardo D'Elia Matheus
• Grantee: Rennan Gomes de Albuquerque
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 21/14335-0 - ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research: a regional center for Theoretical Physics, AP.ESP

Abstract

With the upcoming conclusion of the operation of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), after its High-Luminosity phase, attention turns towards the next generation of colliders. Among the experiments planned for the next two decades, the ones that stand out the most are the so-called Higgs Factories. The cleaner environment provided by leptonic colliders might offer a better reach when looking for new physics composed of fairly light particles, which have not been excluded by the LHC because they are weakly interacting and hard to observe under the abundant hadronic background. The aim of this project is to investigate the potential of future leptonic colliders to discover or constrain the existence of Axion-Like particles, particularly decaying in hadronic channels which were difficult to evidence in previous experiments. (AU)