Bibhushan Shakya
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Bibhushan Shakya has a total of 19 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Katherine Freese
The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
4 shared publications - Nausheen R. Shah
Wayne State University
4 shared publications - Admir Greljo
University of Basel
2 shared publications - Alejandro Lopez
Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics Department of Physics University of Michigan 48109 Ann Arbor MI
2 shared publications - Anson Hook
School of Natural Sciences Institute for Advanced Study Princeton 08540 NJ USA
2 shared publications - Archana Anandakrishnan
The Ohio State University Columbus
2 shared publications
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 28 September 2018
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of High Energy Physics
- Vol. 2018 (9) , 169
R(D(∗)) from W ′ and right-handed neutrinos
We provide an ultraviolet (UV) complete model for the R(D (∗)) anomalies, in which the additional contribution to semi-tauonic b → c transitions arises from decay to a right-handed sterile neutrino via exchange of a TeV-scale SU(2) L singlet W ′. The model is based on an extension of the Standard Model (SM) hypercharge group, U(1) Y , to the SU(2) V × U(1)′ gauge group, containing several pairs of heavy vector-like fermions. We present a comprehensive phenomenological survey of the model, ranging from the low-energy flavor physics, direct searches at the LHC, to neutrino physics and cosmology. We show that, while the W ′ and Z ′-induced constraints are important, it is possible to find parameter space naturally consistent with all the available data. The sterile neutrino sector also offers rich phenomenology, including possibilities for measurable dark radiation, gamma ray signals, and displaced decays at colliders.
- 28 September 2018
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of High Energy Physics
- Vol. 2018 (9) , 169
Open AccessR(D(∗)) from W ′ and right-handed neutrinos
We provide an ultraviolet (UV) complete model for the R(D (∗)) anomalies, in which the additional contribution to semi-tauonic b → c transitions arises from decay to a right-handed sterile neutrino via exchange of a TeV-scale SU(2) L singlet W ′. The model is based on an extension of the Standard Model (SM) hypercharge group, U(1) Y , to the SU(2) V × U(1)′ gauge group, containing several pairs of heavy vector-like fermions. We present a comprehensive phenomenological survey of the model, ranging from the low-energy flavor physics, direct searches at the LHC, to neutrino physics and cosmology. We show that, while the W ′ and Z ′-induced constraints are important, it is possible to find parameter space naturally consistent with all the available data. The sterile neutrino sector also offers rich phenomenology, including possibilities for measurable dark radiation, gamma ray signals, and displaced decays at colliders.
- Open Access
- 19 June 2018
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of High Energy Physics
- Vol. 2018 (6) , 91
Implications of a stop sector signal at the LHC
- 19 June 2018
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of High Energy Physics
- Vol. 2018 (6) , 91
Open AccessImplications of a stop sector signal at the LHC
- Open Access$R(D^{(*)})$ from $W'$ and right-handed neutrinosWe provide an ultraviolet (UV) complete model for the $R(D^{(*)})$ anomalies, in which the additional contribution to semi-tauonic $b \to c$ transitions arises from decay to a right-handed sterile neutrino via exchange of a TeV-scale $SU(2)_L$ singlet $W'$. The model is based on an extension of the Standard Model (SM) hypercharge group, $U(1)_Y$, to the $SU(2)_V\times U(1)'$ gauge group, containing several pairs of heavy vector-like fermions. We present a comprehensive phenomenological survey of the model, ranging from the low-energy flavor physics, direct searches at the LHC, to neutrino physics and cosmology. We show that, while the $W'$ and $Z'$-induced constraints are important, it is possible to find parameter space naturally consistent with all the available data. The sterile neutrino sector also offers rich phenomenology, including possibilities for measurable dark radiation, gamma ray signals, and displaced decays at colliders.Open Access$R(D^{(*)})$ from $W'$ and right-handed neutrinosWe provide an ultraviolet (UV) complete model for the $R(D^{(*)})$ anomalies, in which the additional contribution to semi-tauonic $b \to c$ transitions arises from decay to a right-handed sterile neutrino via exchange of a TeV-scale $SU(2)_L$ singlet $W'$. The model is based on an extension of the Standard Model (SM) hypercharge group, $U(1)_Y$, to the $SU(2)_V\times U(1)'$ gauge group, containing several pairs of heavy vector-like fermions. We present a comprehensive phenomenological survey of the model, ranging from the low-energy flavor physics, direct searches at the LHC, to neutrino physics and cosmology. We show that, while the $W'$ and $Z'$-induced constraints are important, it is possible to find parameter space naturally consistent with all the available data. The sterile neutrino sector also offers rich phenomenology, including possibilities for measurable dark radiation, gamma ray signals, and displaced decays at colliders.
- Open Access
On NMSSM Higgs Search Strategies at the LHC and the Mono-Higgs Signature in Particular
We study the collider phenomenology of the extended Higgs sector of the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (NMSSM). The region of NMSSM parameter space favored by a 125\,GeV SM-like Higgs and naturalness generically features a light Higgs and neutralino spectrum as well as a large $\mathcal{O}(1)$ coupling between the Higgs doublets and the NMSSM singlet fields. In such regimes, the heavier Higgs bosons can decay dominantly into lighter Higgs bosons and neutralinos. We study the prospects of observing such decays at the 13\,TeV LHC, focusing on mono-Higgs signatures as probes of such regions of parameter space. We present results in a model-independent framework as well as in the NMSSM. In the NMSSM, we find that the mono-Higgs channel can probe TeV scale Higgs bosons and has sensitivity even in the low tan$\beta$, large $m_A$ regime that is difficult to probe in the MSSM. Unlike for many conventional Higgs searches, the reach of the mono-Higgs channel will improve significantly with the increased luminosity expected to be collected at the LHC in the ongoing and upcoming runs.Open AccessOn NMSSM Higgs Search Strategies at the LHC and the Mono-Higgs Signature in Particular
We study the collider phenomenology of the extended Higgs sector of the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (NMSSM). The region of NMSSM parameter space favored by a 125\,GeV SM-like Higgs and naturalness generically features a light Higgs and neutralino spectrum as well as a large $\mathcal{O}(1)$ coupling between the Higgs doublets and the NMSSM singlet fields. In such regimes, the heavier Higgs bosons can decay dominantly into lighter Higgs bosons and neutralinos. We study the prospects of observing such decays at the 13\,TeV LHC, focusing on mono-Higgs signatures as probes of such regions of parameter space. We present results in a model-independent framework as well as in the NMSSM. In the NMSSM, we find that the mono-Higgs channel can probe TeV scale Higgs bosons and has sensitivity even in the low tan$\beta$, large $m_A$ regime that is difficult to probe in the MSSM. Unlike for many conventional Higgs searches, the reach of the mono-Higgs channel will improve significantly with the increased luminosity expected to be collected at the LHC in the ongoing and upcoming runs. - Open Access
- 29 June 2017
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 95 (11) , 115036
NMSSM Higgs boson search strategies at the LHC and the mono-Higgs signature in particular
We study the collider phenomenology of the extended Higgs sector of the next-to-minimal supersymmetric Standard Model (NMSSM). The region of NMSSM parameter space favored by a 125 GeV SM-like Higgs and naturalness generically features a light Higgs and neutralino spectrum as well as a large coupling between the Higgs doublets and the NMSSM singlet fields. In such regimes, the heavier Higgs bosons can decay dominantly into lighter Higgs bosons and neutralinos. We study the prospects of observing such decays at the 13 TeV LHC, focusing on mono-Higgs signatures as probes of such regions of parameter space. We present results for the mono-Higgs reach in a framework easily applicable to other models featuring similar decay topologies. In the NMSSM, we find that the mono-Higgs channel can probe TeV scale Higgs bosons and has sensitivity even in the low , large regime that is difficult to probe in the MSSM. Unlike for many conventional Higgs searches, the reach of the mono-Higgs channel will improve significantly with the increased luminosity expected to be collected at the LHC in the ongoing and upcoming runs.- 29 June 2017
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 95 (11) , 115036
Open AccessNMSSM Higgs boson search strategies at the LHC and the mono-Higgs signature in particular
We study the collider phenomenology of the extended Higgs sector of the next-to-minimal supersymmetric Standard Model (NMSSM). The region of NMSSM parameter space favored by a 125 GeV SM-like Higgs and naturalness generically features a light Higgs and neutralino spectrum as well as a large coupling between the Higgs doublets and the NMSSM singlet fields. In such regimes, the heavier Higgs bosons can decay dominantly into lighter Higgs bosons and neutralinos. We study the prospects of observing such decays at the 13 TeV LHC, focusing on mono-Higgs signatures as probes of such regions of parameter space. We present results for the mono-Higgs reach in a framework easily applicable to other models featuring similar decay topologies. In the NMSSM, we find that the mono-Higgs channel can probe TeV scale Higgs bosons and has sensitivity even in the low , large regime that is difficult to probe in the MSSM. Unlike for many conventional Higgs searches, the reach of the mono-Higgs channel will improve significantly with the increased luminosity expected to be collected at the LHC in the ongoing and upcoming runs. - 1 May 2017
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Vol. 2017 (05) , 027
Cosmological imprints of frozen-in light sterile neutrinos
- 1 May 2017
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Vol. 2017 (05) , 027
Cosmological imprints of frozen-in light sterile neutrinos
- Open Access
- 11 April 2016
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of High Energy Physics
- Vol. 2016 (4) , 1-28
MSSM A-funnel and the galactic center excess: prospects for the LHC and direct detection experiments
- 11 April 2016
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of High Energy Physics
- Vol. 2016 (4) , 1-28
Open AccessMSSM A-funnel and the galactic center excess: prospects for the LHC and direct detection experiments
- Open Access
MSSM A-funnel and the Galactic Center Excess: Prospects for the LHC and Direct Detection Experiments
The pseudoscalar resonance or "A-funnel" in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model~(MSSM) is a widely studied framework for explaining dark matter that can yield interesting indirect detection and collider signals. The well-known Galactic Center excess (GCE) at GeV energies in the gamma ray spectrum, consistent with annihilation of a $\lesssim 40$ GeV dark matter particle, has more recently been shown to be compatible with significantly heavier masses following reanalysis of the background. In this paper, we explore the LHC and direct detection implications of interpreting the GCE in this extended mass window within the MSSM A-funnel framework. We find that compatibility with relic density, signal strength, collider constraints, and Higgs data can be simultaneously achieved with appropriate parameter choices. The compatible regions give very sharp predictions of 200-600 GeV CP-odd/even Higgs bosons at low tan$\beta$ at the LHC and spin-independent cross sections $\approx 10^{-11}$ pb at direct detection experiments. Regardless of consistency with the GCE, this study serves as a useful template of the strong correlations between indirect, direct, and LHC signatures of the MSSM A-funnel region.Open AccessMSSM A-funnel and the Galactic Center Excess: Prospects for the LHC and Direct Detection Experiments
The pseudoscalar resonance or "A-funnel" in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model~(MSSM) is a widely studied framework for explaining dark matter that can yield interesting indirect detection and collider signals. The well-known Galactic Center excess (GCE) at GeV energies in the gamma ray spectrum, consistent with annihilation of a $\lesssim 40$ GeV dark matter particle, has more recently been shown to be compatible with significantly heavier masses following reanalysis of the background. In this paper, we explore the LHC and direct detection implications of interpreting the GCE in this extended mass window within the MSSM A-funnel framework. We find that compatibility with relic density, signal strength, collider constraints, and Higgs data can be simultaneously achieved with appropriate parameter choices. The compatible regions give very sharp predictions of 200-600 GeV CP-odd/even Higgs bosons at low tan$\beta$ at the LHC and spin-independent cross sections $\approx 10^{-11}$ pb at direct detection experiments. Regardless of consistency with the GCE, this study serves as a useful template of the strong correlations between indirect, direct, and LHC signatures of the MSSM A-funnel region. - 1 January 2016
- Published by AIP Publishing in AIP Conference Proceedings
- Vol. 1743 (1) , 020012
Dark matter from PeV physics and the neutrino sector
It is well known that the neutrino sector can provide a dark matter candidate in the form of a light sterile neutrino. This note discusses a framework that naturally leads to light (keV-GeV) sterile neutrino dark matter produced via the freeze-in mechanism: a modified, low energy seesaw with the right-handed neutrinos charged under a new symmetry broken by a PeV scale vacuum expectation value. This framework can accommodate the recently observed 3.5 keV X-ray line, while a straightforward extension, using the new symmetry and the PeV energy scale, can explain the PeV energy neutrino events at IceCube. Together, these can therefore be taken as hints of the existence of a PeV scale neutrino sector.
- 1 January 2016
- Published by AIP Publishing in AIP Conference Proceedings
- Vol. 1743 (1) , 020012
Dark matter from PeV physics and the neutrino sector
It is well known that the neutrino sector can provide a dark matter candidate in the form of a light sterile neutrino. This note discusses a framework that naturally leads to light (keV-GeV) sterile neutrino dark matter produced via the freeze-in mechanism: a modified, low energy seesaw with the right-handed neutrinos charged under a new symmetry broken by a PeV scale vacuum expectation value. This framework can accommodate the recently observed 3.5 keV X-ray line, while a straightforward extension, using the new symmetry and the PeV energy scale, can explain the PeV energy neutrino events at IceCube. Together, these can therefore be taken as hints of the existence of a PeV scale neutrino sector.
- Open Access
Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter from Freeze-In
A sterile neutrino is a well-motivated and widely studied dark matter candidate. The most straightforward realization of sterile neutrino dark matter, through the Dodelson-Widrow mechanism, is now ruled out by a combination of X-ray and Lyman-\alpha measurements. An alternative production mechanism that is becoming increasingly popular in the literature is the freeze-in mechanism, involving frameworks where a feeble coupling to a particle - usually a scalar beyond the Standard Model - in the thermal bath results in a gradual accumulation of the sterile neutrino dark matter abundance. This article reviews the various motivations for realizing such frameworks in the literature, their common characteristic features, and phenomenological signatures.
Open AccessSterile Neutrino Dark Matter from Freeze-In
A sterile neutrino is a well-motivated and widely studied dark matter candidate. The most straightforward realization of sterile neutrino dark matter, through the Dodelson-Widrow mechanism, is now ruled out by a combination of X-ray and Lyman-\alpha measurements. An alternative production mechanism that is becoming increasingly popular in the literature is the freeze-in mechanism, involving frameworks where a feeble coupling to a particle - usually a scalar beyond the Standard Model - in the thermal bath results in a gradual accumulation of the sterile neutrino dark matter abundance. This article reviews the various motivations for realizing such frameworks in the literature, their common characteristic features, and phenomenological signatures.