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20102026
most citedForbidden Dark Matter

217 citations · 1.9k across the 53 of their papers we have counts for

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55 papers

hep-th2026

Deconfinement on and Axion Domain Walls

Paolo Bilisco, Raffaele Tito D'Agnolo, Arthur Platschorre +1

We investigate the nontrivial dynamics on domain walls and compute their tension in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) compactified on a circle with colors and $F <…

hep-ph2025

Landscapes at Colliders

Raffaele Tito D'Agnolo, Manuel Ettengruber, Lian-Tao Wang

Theories with a large number of long-lived metastable vacua are our only concrete explanation for the puzzling value of the Cosmological Constant (CC). The energy scales where thes…

hep-ph2025

The Intrinsic Dimension of Collider Events and Model-Independent Searches in 100 Dimensions

Raffaele Tito D'Agnolo, Alfredo Glioti, Gabriele Rigo +1

The phase space of hadron collider events spans hundreds of dimensions, generating an intricate geometry that we are just starting to explore. The number of possible new physics si…

hep-ph2025

Weak Scale Triggers in the SMEFT

Pier Giuseppe Catinari, Raffaele Tito D'Agnolo, Pablo Sesma

There are no weak scale triggers in the SMEFT up to dimension six that can solve the hierarchy problem far above the weak scale. Our arguments can be used to show that the same is…

physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

A Prototype Hybrid Mode Cavity for Heterodyne Axion Detection

Zenghai Li, Kevin Zhou, Marco Oriunno +7

In the heterodyne approach to axion detection, axion dark matter induces transitions between two modes of a microwave cavity, resulting in a parametrically enhanced signal power. W…

hep-ex2025

Summary Report of the Physics Beyond Colliders Study at CERN

R. Alemany Fernández, M. Au, G. Arduini +80

The Physics Beyond Collider (PBC) Study Group was initially mandated by the CERN Management to prepare the previous European Particle Physics Strategy Update for CERN projects othe…

gr-qc2024★ 10 cited

Classical (and Quantum) Heuristics for Gravitational Wave Detection

Raffaele Tito D'Agnolo, Sebastian A. R. Ellis

We derive a lower bound on the sensitivity of generic mechanical and electromagnetic gravitational wave detectors. We consider both classical and quantum detection schemes, althoug…

hep-ph2024

A Cosmological Solution to the Doublet-Triplet Splitting Problem

Csaba Csaki, Raffaele Tito D'Agnolo, Eric Kuflik +1

We propose a model that provides a simultaneous solution to the doublet-triplet splitting problem of grand unified theories, the electroweak hierarchy problem and the strong CP pro…

hep-ph2024

A Multiverse Outside of the Swampland

Raffaele Tito D'Agnolo, Paolo Mangini, Gabriele Rigo +1

A Multiverse can arise from landscapes without de Sitter minima. It can be populated during a period of eternal inflation without trans-Planckian field excursions and without flat…

hep-ph2023

Instanton NDA and Applications to Axion Models

Csaba Csáki, Raffaele Tito D'Agnolo, Eric Kuflik +1

We present a simple set of power counting rules which allows us to easily estimate calculable instanton effects up to factors. We apply the resulting Instanton NDA to examin…

hep-ph2023

On the Dynamical Origin of the Potential and the Axion Mass

Csaba Csáki, Raffaele Tito D'Agnolo, Rick S. Gupta +3

We investigate the dynamics responsible for generating the potential of the , the (would-be) Goldstone boson associated with the anomalous axial symmetry of QCD. The sta…

hep-ph2023

Signals of Millicharged Dark Matter in Light-Shining-Through-Wall Experiments

Asher Berlin, Raffaele Tito D'Agnolo, Sebastian A. R. Ellis +1

We discuss a novel detection technique for millicharged dark matter that makes use of existing light-shining-through-wall (LSW) experiments searching for massive dark photons. Sinc…

hep-ph2023★ 8 cited

The Two Scales of New Physics in Higgs Couplings

Raffaele Tito D'Agnolo, Florian Nortier, Gabriele Rigo +1

Higgs coupling deviations from Standard Model predictions contain information about two scales of Nature: that of new physics responsible for the deviation, and the scale where new…

hep-ph2023★ 59 cited

MAGO2.0: Electromagnetic Cavities as Mechanical Bars for Gravitational Waves

Asher Berlin, Diego Blas, Raffaele Tito D'Agnolo +5

Superconducting cavities can operate analogously to Weber bar detectors of gravitational waves, converting mechanical to electromagnetic energy. The significantly reduced electroma…

hep-ph2022★ 3 cited

TF08 Snowmass Report: BSM Model Building

Patrick J. Fox, Graham D. Kribs, Hitoshi Murayama +53

We summarize the state of Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) model building in particle physics for Snowmass 2021, focusing mainly on several whitepaper contributions to BSM model bui…

hep-ph2022★ 19 cited

Searches for New Particles, Dark Matter, and Gravitational Waves with SRF Cavities

Asher Berlin, Sergey Belomestnykh, Diego Blas +33

This is a Snowmass white paper on the utility of existing and future superconducting cavities to probe fundamental physics. Superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavity technology…

physics.acc-ph2022★ 5 cited

A Muon Collider Facility for Physics Discovery

D. Stratakis, N. Mokhov, M. Palmer +66

Muon colliders provide a unique route to deliver high energy collisions that enable discovery searches and precision measurements to extend our understanding of the fundamental law…

hep-ex2022★ 1 cited

The Forward Physics Facility at the High-Luminosity LHC

Jonathan L. Feng, Felix Kling, Mary Hall Reno +233

High energy collisions at the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (LHC) produce a large number of particles along the beam collision axis, outside of the acceptance of existing L…

hep-ex2022★ 24 cited

Axion Dark Matter

C. B. Adams, N. Aggarwal, A. Agrawal +152

Axions are well-motivated dark matter candidates with simple cosmological production mechanisms. They were originally introduced to solve the strong CP problem, but also arise in a…

hep-ph2021★ 166 cited

Detecting High-Frequency Gravitational Waves with Microwave Cavities

Asher Berlin, Diego Blas, Raffaele Tito D'Agnolo +4

We give a detailed treatment of electromagnetic signals generated by gravitational waves (GWs) in resonant cavity experiments. Our investigation corrects and builds upon previous s…

hep-ph2021★ 1 cited

Learning New Physics from an Imperfect Machine

Raffaele Tito d'Agnolo, Gaia Grosso, Maurizio Pierini +2

We show how to deal with uncertainties on the Standard Model predictions in an agnostic new physics search strategy that exploits artificial neural networks. Our approach builds di…

hep-ph2021★ 32 cited

Sliding Naturalness: Cosmological Selection of the Weak Scale

Raffaele Tito D'Agnolo, Daniele Teresi

We present a cosmological solution to the electroweak hierarchy problem. After discussing general features of cosmological approaches to naturalness, we extend the Standard Model w…

hep-ph2021★ 35 cited

Sliding Naturalness

Raffaele Tito D'Agnolo, Daniele Teresi

We present a novel framework to solve simultaneously the electroweak hierarchy problem and the strong-CP problem. A small but finite Higgs vacuum expectation value and a small -…

physics.acc-ph2021★ 1 cited

Storage Rings and Gravitational Waves: Summary and Outlook

A. Berlin, M. Brüggen, O. Buchmueller +17

We report some highlights from the ARIES APEC workshop on ``Storage Rings and Gravitational Waves'' (SRGW2021), held in virtual space from 2 February to 18 March 2021, and sketch a…