Project description
Exploring how elusive particles interact with quarks
For decades, physicists have relied on the standard model to explain the fundamental particles and forces that make up the universe. Yet, this model leaves unanswered questions about rare phenomena, such as unusual patterns in B-meson decays, that hint at undiscovered particles. Third-generation particles, like certain quarks, are thought to hold the key to uncovering new forces and particles. However, current experimental methods have struggled to detect light particles that interact with these quarks. The ERC-funded BARD project will implement an innovative technique to overcome these challenges by combining high-momentum search methods with low-momentum B-physics tools. By exploiting Large Hadron Collider Run-3 data, BARD could help uncover these elusive particles.
Objective
The Standard Model (SM) of particle physics provides a cogent, yet incomplete, description of matter and its fundamental
interactions. Many theories aim to describe particles and forces beyond the SM of particle physics, but after ten years of data taking at
the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and hundreds of experimental measurements, only one deviation from the predictions of the SM has
been observed .The Standard Model (SM) of particle physics provides a cogent, yet incomplete, description of matter and its
fundamental interactions. Many theories aim to describe particles and forces beyond the SM of particle physics, but after ten years of
data taking at the Large Hadron Collider and hundreds of experimental measurements, only one deviation from the predictions of the
SM has been observed in a series of semi-leptonic decays of B-mesons (B anomalies). It is undeniable though that the third generation
of fermion families have a special role in the SM and beyond and their study represents the pathway towards accessing new particles
and forces. Taking into account the current exploitation of LHC data and the constraints set to new particles and forces in recent
years, it is time to devote greater scientific focus to the search for new light particles that specially couple to third generation quarks.
These particles might be within reach of the LHC, but haven’t been discovered yet due to experimental limitations (triggers). BARD is
a new experimental technique that overcomes the limitations of light particle searches and provides a new way of performing data
analysis searches for these particles. BARD will achieve this goal by advancing high-momentum resonance search methods using
tools specific to the low-momentum B-physics field, in order to increase the available dataset and sensitivity for di-b-jet resonance
particles. BARD’s innovation, exploiting the full LHC Run-3 data-taking, will provide a concrete chance at
discovering these new particles.
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HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC)
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22607 Hamburg
Germany
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