On the model dependence of fiducial cross-section measurements

Fiducial production cross-section measurements of Standard Model processes, in principle, provide constraints on new physics scenarios via a comparison of the predicted Standard Model cross-section and the observed cross-section. This approach received significant attention in recent years, both from direct constraints on specific models and the interpretation of measurements in the view of effective field theories. A generic problem in the reinterpretation of Standard Model measurements is the corrections application of to data to account for detector effects. These corrections inherently assume the Standard Model to be valid, thus implying a model bias of the final result. In this work, we study the size of this bias by studying several new physics models and fiducial phase–space regions. The studies are based on fast detector simulations of a generic multi-purpose detector at the Large Hadron Collider. We conclude that the model bias in the associated reinterpretations is negligible only in specific cases, however, typically on the same level as systematic uncertainties of the available measurements.

Tau-neutrino as a probe of nonstandard interactions via charged Higgs and W′ contribution

We discuss the impact of the presence of a charged Higgs boson and a W′ gauge boson on the tau-neutrino nucleon scattering ντ+N→τ-+X and [Formula: see text]. We show the effect of the new physics on the quasielastic, Δ-resonance and deep inelastic scattering. The measurements for the atmospheric and reactor mixing angles θ23 and θ13 in the appearance analyses νμ →ντ and [Formula: see text] are based on the Standard Model cross-section of the above processes. The measured mixing angles are changed when considering the new physics contributions to those reactions, assuming the Standard Model cross-sections. We include form factor effects in the new physics calculations and find the deviations of the mixing angles can be significant and can depend on the energy of the neutrino.

MEASURING THE NEUTRINO-NUCLEON CROSS SECTION WITH SALSA

These proceedings describe a study of the expected sensitivity of the SalSA experiment to the neutrino-nucleon cross section. We expect the measurement to be statistics limited for the events rates expected from SalSA. With 100 measured events, we expect to measure a standard model cross section with a 38% uncertainty that is dominantly statistical.