Speaker
Alfredo Walter Mario Guerrera
(University of Padua)
Description
The theoretical calculation for pseudo--scalars hadronic decays $P \to M a$, with the Axion-Like-Particle escaping
the detection, is reviewed. While one-loop penguin contributions are usually considered, tree-level processes have
most often been overlooked in literature. Following the Brodsky/Lepage approach the tree-level contribution to the
ALP pseudo--scalar decay is estimated. Assuming generic ALP couplings to SM fermions, the latest NA62 results for
the $K^+ \to \pi^+ a$ decay and the present and future KOTO results for the $K^0 \to \pi^0 a$ decay are used to
study the tree-level vs one-loop interplay and provide updated bounds on the ALP--fermion Lagrangian sector.
Primary authors
Alfredo Walter Mario Guerrera
(University of Padua)
Stefano Rigolin
