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We thank Gonzalo Alonso-Alvarez, Jesus Bonilla, Pablo Quilez, and Stefan Pokorsky for useful discussions and comments on this Letter. The work of V. S. is funded by the Science Technology and Facilities Council (STFC) under Grant No. ST/P000819/1. M. B. G. and J. F. T. acknowledge support from the Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigacion (AEI) and the EU Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) through the Projects FPA2016-78645-P and FPA2017-84260-C3-2-R, respectively. The work of J. M. N. was supported by the Programa Atraccion de Talento de la Comunidad de Madrid via Grant No. 2017-T1/TIC-5202 and by Grant No. PGC2018-096646-A-I00 from the Spanish Proyectos de I + D de Generacion de Conocimiento. M. B. G. and J. M. N. acknowledge support from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grants No. 690575 (Research and Innovation Staff Exchange InvisiblesPlus) and No. 674896 (Initial Training Network ELUSIVES), as well as from the Spanish Research Agency (Agencia Estatal de Investigacion) through the Grant Instituto de Fisica Teorica Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa SEV-2016-0597. In addition, they warmly thank Venus Keus for hospitality at the University of Helsinki during the very last stages of this work.

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Nonresonant Searches for Axionlike Particles at the LHC

Publicated to:PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 124 (5): 051802- - 2020-02-06 124(5), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.051802

Authors: Gavela, M B; No, J M; Sanz, V; de Troconiz, J F

Affiliations

UAM, CSIC, IFT, Madrid 28049, Spain - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Fis Teor, E-28049 Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Sussex, Dept Phys & Astron, Brighton BN1 9QH, E Sussex, England - Author

Abstract

We propose a new collider probe for axionlike particles (ALPs), and more generally for pseudo-Goldstone bosons: nonresonant searches that take advantage of the derivative nature of their interactions with Standard Model particles. ALPs can participate as off shell mediators in the s channel of 2 -> 2 scattering processes at colliders like the LHC. We exemplify the power of this novel type of search by deriving new limits on ALP couplings to gauge bosons via the processes pp -> ZZ, pp -> gamma gamma, and pp -> jj using run 2 CMS public data, probing previously unexplored areas of the ALP parameter space. In addition, we propose future nonresonant searches involving the ALP coupling to other electroweak bosons and/or the Higgs particle.

Keywords

ConservationInvarianceStrong cp problem

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2020, it was in position 7/86, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Physics, Multidisciplinary. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 4.19. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 5.57 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 26.69 (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-17, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 54
  • Scopus: 64
  • OpenCitations: 57

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-17:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 5.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 5 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.25.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 4 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://repositorio.uam.es/handle/10486/703901

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: United Kingdom.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (GAVELA LEGAZPI, MARIA BELEN) and Last Author (de Troconiz, J. F.).