Project description DEENESFRITPL Pushing physics beyond the Standard Model The Standard Model of particle physics describes the fundamental interactions and components of matter. It predicts that leptons of different generations interact in the same way. However, several recent experiments in the quark and lepton flavour sectors have shown inconsistencies regarding what we hold to be true about the Standard Model. Referred to as flavour anomalies, these deviations seem to violate the lepton flavour universality and could be the link between ordinary and dark matter. The EU-funded InterLeptons project will investigate this using data of the Belle II experiment at the Super-KEKB laboratory in Japan. Advanced techniques and deep learning tools will analyse events surrounding leptons and large missing energy in the final states to identify signals of the Belle II experiment, bringing physics one step closer to surpassing the Standard Model. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Several measurements in the quark and in the lepton flavor sectors have shown anomalies with respect to the standard model expectations and are now referred to as flavor anomalies. The Belle II experiment at the Super-KEKB laboratory in Japan is collecting data by colliding beams of electrons and positrons. The aim of this proposal is to look for physics beyond the standard model at the Belle II experiment by a) searching for the direct production of new light particles, and b) looking for deviations from theoretical predictions when performing precision tests of the standard model. The team will analyse events with leptons and large missing energy in the final states and implement the most advanced analysis techniques including, for the first time, deep learning tools in the identification of signals at the Belle II experiment. First, we will search for invisible decays of a dark Z' boson, a hypothetical particle that might also explain the anomaly reported in the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. Second, we will test with per mille precision lepton flavor universality by studying leptonic decays of the tau lepton and use the results to constrain new physics models such as those containing a lepton flavor violating Z' boson. Finally, we will search for new physics via lepton flavor violating decays of bottomonium resonances produced in initial state radiation events that, thanks also to an effective field theory approach, will allow us to interpret the search in terms of new physics mass scale and coupling constant, with an approach complementary to that of the LHC. Fields of science natural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsleptonsnatural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsquarksnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learningdeep learning Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme Topic(s) ERC-2020-STG - ERC STARTING GRANTS Call for proposal ERC-2020-STG See other projects for this call Funding Scheme ERC-STG - Starting Grant Coordinator OESTERREICHISCHE AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN Net EU contribution € 1 486 137,00 Address Dr. ignaz seipel-platz 2 1010 Wien Austria See on map Region Ostösterreich Wien Wien Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Beneficiaries (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all OESTERREICHISCHE AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN Austria Net EU contribution € 1 486 137,00 Address Dr. ignaz seipel-platz 2 1010 Wien See on map Region Ostösterreich Wien Wien Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
