Die Doppelkopie-Relation besagt, dass Observable in einer Gravitationstheorie durch "Quadrieren" entsprechender Größen in einer Eichtheorie abgeleitet werden können. Es ermöglicht die Verwendung moderner Techniken der Eichtheorien, um Probleme wie die Streuung von Schwarzen Löchern in der Gravitation anzugehen. Wir betrachten zunächst die massive skalare Quantenchromodynamik und führen die Doppelkopie für deren Streuamplituden durch. Aus den resultierenden Amplituden rekonstruieren wir die effektive Lagrange-Funktion. Diese besteht aus einer Graviationstheorie gekoppelt an massive Skalare, ein Axion und ein Dilaton. Der entstehende Lagrangian wird explizit bis zur sechsten Ordnung von Skalarfeldern konstruiert, und es wird eine Form aller Ordnungen postuliert. Es folgt die Erforschung der Doppelkopie massiver Punktteilchen. Die Quellen werden durch Weltlinien-Quantenfeldtheorien formuliert, die mit Yang-Mills, biadjungiertem Skalar und Zwei-Form-Dilaton-Gravitation gekoppelt sind. Wir schlagen eine Doppelkopievorschrift für die eikonalen Phase vor, und explizit bis zur nächstführenden Ordnung zu überprüfen. Wir untersuchen ferner die nicht-perturbative Doppelkopie klassischer Lösungen. Insbesondere erweitern wir die Kerr-Schild-Abbildung auf den Fall eines Probeteilchens, das sich im Kerr-Schild-Hintergrund bewegt. Wir finden darüberhinaus eine neue Doppelkopie zwischen den erhaltenen Ladungen auf der Eichtheorie und den Gravitationsseiten. Schließich untersuchen wir die Post-Minkowski'sche (PM) und Post-Newton'sche Entwicklungen des gravitativen effektiven Drei-Körper-Potentials. Wir liefern auf 2PM Ebene ein formelles nicht-lokales Ergebnis und entwickeln es in der Geschwindigkeit. / This thesis focuses on the double copy relation between gauge theories and gravity and its application in the classical scattering of massive compact objects. The double copy relation states that observables in a gravitational theory can be derived from “squaring” corresponding quantities in a gauge theory. It allows using modern techniques of gauge theories to tackle problems such as black hole scattering in gravity. We first consider massive scalar quantum chromodynamics and perform the double copy procedure for the scattering amplitudes. We reconstruct the effective Lagrangian from the resulting amplitudes. It yields a gravitational theory of massive scalars coupled to gravity, axion, and dilaton. The emerging Lagrangian is constructed explicitly up to the sixth order of scalar fields, and an all-order form is conjectured. It is followed by exploring the double copy of classical massive point particles. The source objects are formulated by worldline quantum field theories coupled to Yang-Mills, bi-adjoint scalar, and two-form-dilaton-gravity. We propose a double copy prescription for the eikonal phases, and check it explicitly up to next-to-leading order. We also investigate the non-perturbative double copy of classical solutions. Specifically, we extend the Kerr-Schild mapping, which allows obtaining solutions of the Einstein equation from that of gauge theory, to the case of a probe particle moving in the Kerr-Schild background. We find a new double copy between the conserved charges on the gauge theory and the gravity sides, which works naturally for both bound and unbound states. Additionally, we study the Post-Minkowskian (PM) and Post-Newtonian expansions of the gravitational three-body effective potential. We provide a formal non-local result at 2PM and expand it in the slow-motion limit.

In dieser Arbeit werden einige zukünftige Aspekte der Higgs-Messungen ein Jahrzehnt nach seiner Entdeckung untersucht, wobei der Schwerpunkt auf dem Potenzial für zukünftige Läufe des Large Hadron Collider (LHC) liegt. Insbesondere sollen anspruchsvolle Kopplungen des Higgs, wie seine Selbstkopplung und die Wechselwirkung mit leichten Quarks, untersucht werden. Der erste Teil gibt einen Überblick über die Higgs-Physik innerhalb der effektiven Feldtheorie des Standardmodells (SMEFT). Der zweite Teil befasst sich mit der Single-Higgs-Produktion, beginnend mit einer Zweischleifenberechnung der Gluonenfusionskomponente von Zh, um deren theoretische Unsicherheiten zu reduzieren. Dann wird das Potenzial für die Einschränkung der trilinearen Higgs-Selbstkopplung aus Einzel-Higgs-Raten erneut untersucht, indem ebenso schwach eingeschränkte Vier-Schwer-Quark-Operatoren einbezogen werden, die bei der nächsthöheren Ordnung in die Einzel-Higgs-Raten eingehen. Diese Operatoren korrelieren in hohem Maße mit der trilinearen Selbstkopplung, was sich auf die Anpassungen auswirkt, die für diese Kopplung anhand von Einzel-Higgs-Daten vorgenommen wurden. Der dritte Teil konzentriert sich auf die Higgs-Paarproduktion, einen wesentlichen Prozess zur Messung der Higgs-Selbstkopplung, und setzt eine multivariate Analyse ein, um ihr Potenzial zur Untersuchung der leichten Yukawa-Kopplungen zu untersuchen; dadurch wird die Empfindlichkeit der Higgs-Paarproduktion für die leichten Quark-Yukawa-Wechselwirkungen erforscht. Schließlich werden im vierten Teil einige Modelle vorgestellt, die darauf abzielen, die jüngsten Flavour-Anomalien im Lichte einer globalen SMEFT-Bayesian-Analyse zu erklären, die Flavour- und elektroschwache Präzisionsmessungen kombiniert. / This thesis investigates some future aspects of Higgs measurements a decade after its discovery, focusing on the potential for future runs of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). In particular, it aims to probe challenging couplings of the Higgs like its self-coupling and interaction with light quarks. The first part provides an overview of Higgs physics within the Standard Model Effective Field theory (SMEFT). The second part is about single-Higgs production, starting with a two-loop calculation of the gluon fusion component of Zh to reduce its theoretical uncertainties. Then, the potential for constraining the Higgs trilinear self-coupling from single Higgs rates is revisited; by including equally weaklyconstrained four-heavy-quark operators entering at the next-to-leading order in single Higgs rates. These operators highly correlate with the trilinear self-coupling, thus affecting the fits made on this coupling from single Higgs data. The third part focuses on the Higgs pair production, an essential process for measuring Higgs-self coupling, employing multivariate analysis to study its potential for probing light Yukawa couplings; thereby exploring the sensitivity of Higgs pair production for the light-quark Yukawa interactions. Finally, the fourth part showcases some models aiming to explain the recent flavour anomalies in the light of a global SMEFT Bayesian analysis combining flavour and electroweak precision measurements.

Einer der finalen Schritte in Simulationen von Gitter Quantenchromodynamik (QCD) oder Gittereichtheorie ist die Kontinuumsextrapolation, um die eigentliche Kontinuumsphysik zu extrahieren. Diese Extrapolation beruht stark auf Annahmen über die asymptotische Abhängigkeit vom Gitterabstand, was zu systematischen Unsicherheiten des Kontinuumslimes führt. In klassischen Feldtheorien ist die asymptotische Form schlicht eine Potenzreihe im Gitterabstand, wobei die führende Potenz von der gewählten Diskretisierung auf dem Gitter abhängt. Die Quantenkorrekturen in Gitter QCD und Gittereichtheorie brechen dieses Verhalten. Für asymptotisch freie Theorien wie Gitter QCD werden die ganzzahligen Potenzen im Gitterabstand mit einer Potenz der laufenden Kopplung multipliziert. Die führenden Potenzen in der Kopplung lassen sich wiederum aus den anomalen Dimensionen von höher-dimensionalen Operatoren bestimmen, die eine Basis für eine Symanzik Effektiven Feldtheorie bilden. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit werden die führenden Potenzen in der Kopplung für die Wilson oder Ginsparg-Wilson (GW) Wirkung bestimmt, die für spektrale Größen wie Hadronmassen beitragen. Die untere Schranke des Spektrums dieser Potenzen liegt nahe null für Gitter QCD mit Wilson oder GW Quarks, weshalb keine Probleme durch eine verschlechterte Konvergenz zum Kontinuumslimes zu erwarten sind. Allerdings ist das Spektrum der führenden Potenzen sehr dicht. Dadurch lässt sich der Operator der minimalen Basis mit dominierendem Beitrag zu den Gitterartefakten schlecht bestimmen und ein kompliziertes Zusammenspiel der verschiedenen Beiträge zu den Gitterartefakten ist möglich. Nun, da die führenden Korrekturen der Gitterwirkungen mit Wilson und GW Quarks zur klassischen Potenz im Gitterabstand bekannt sind, sollten diese für die Kontinuumsextrapolation genutzt werden, sowohl für den Ansatz der Extrapolationsfunktion als auch als Orientierungshilfe, um die inhärente systematische Unsicherheit des Kontinuumslimes abzuschätzen. / One of the final steps in simulations of lattice Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) or lattice pure gauge theory is the continuum extrapolation to extract the actual continuum physics. This extrapolation relies heavily on assumptions regarding the asymptotic dependence on the lattice spacing, which introduces an inherent systematic uncertainty to the continuum limit. In classical field theories the asymptotic form is a power series in the lattice spacing, where the leading power depends on the chosen lattice discretisation. The quantum nature of lattice QCD and lattice pure gauge theory spoils this behaviour. For asymptotically free theories like lattice QCD the integer powers in the lattice spacing are multiplied by an additional power in the running coupling. The leading powers in the coupling can be determined from the anomalous dimensions of higher dimensional operators, which form a minimal basis of a Symanzik Effective theory. The scope of this thesis is to compute the leading powers in the coupling for the Wilson or Ginsparg-Wilson (GW) action relevant for spectral quantities like hadron masses. The lower bound of these powers is close to zero for lattice QCD with Wilson or GW quarks such that no problems from a reduced convergence towards the continuum limit are to be expected. However the spectrum of leading powers is very dense. The operator of the minimal basis with dominant contributions to the lattice artifacts is thus hard to determine and complicated interplay of the contributions from the various operators is possible. Now the leading corrections from lattice actions with Wilson or GW quarks to the classical power in the lattice spacing are known and should be used when performing the continuum extrapolation both through explicit use in the fit ansatz and as an orientation to estimate the systematic uncertainty inherent to the continuum limit.

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One of the primary targets of current and especially future cosmological observations are light thermal relics of the hot big bang. Within the Standard Model of particle physics, an important thermal relic are cosmic neutrinos, while many interesting extensions of the Standard Model predict new light particles which are even more weakly coupled to ordinary matter and therefore hard to detect in terrestrial experiments. On the other hand, these elusive particles may be produced efficiently in the early universe and their gravitational influence could be detectable in cosmological observables. In this thesis, we describe how measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and the large-scale structure (LSS) of the universe can shed new light on the properties of neutrinos and on the possible existence of other light relics. These cosmological observations are remarkably sensitive to the amount of radiation in the early universe, partly because free-streaming species such as neutrinos imprint a small phase shift in the baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) which we study in detail in the CMB and LSS power spectra. Building on this analytic understanding, we provide further evidence for the cosmic neutrino background by independently confirming its free-streaming nature in different, currently available datasets. In particular, we propose and establish a new analysis of the BAO spectrum beyond its use as a standard ruler, resulting in the first measurement of this imprint of neutrinos in the clustering of galaxies. Future cosmological surveys, such as the next generation of CMB experiments (CMB-S4), have the potential to measure the energy density of relativistic species at the sub-percent level and will therefore be capable of probing physics beyond the Standard Model. We demonstrate how this improvement in sensitivity can indeed be achieved and present an observational target which would allow the detection of any extra light particle that has ever been in thermal equilibrium. Interestingly, even the absence of a detection would result in new insights by providing constraints on the couplings to the Standard Model. As an example, we show that existing bounds on additional scalar particles, such as axions, may be surpassed by orders of magnitude.

Des progrès expérimentaux importants sont en cours dans l’étude des désintégrations rares de mésons contenant un quark beau et impliquant un quark étrange et une paire de leptons. Le travail présent mesure la portée indirecte de ces progrés sur des extensions supersymétriques du modèle standard. Même dans des modèles contraints, les limites indirectes ainsi obtenues peuvent dans certains cas être plus fortes que celles provenant de la recherche directe de particules supersymétriques. La précision gagnée par les facteurs de forme et les corrections d’ordre supérieur nouvellement implémentés dans le programme public ”SuperIso” montrent alors leur importance. / There are fast progresses in the experimental study of rare decay sof mesons containing a b-quark, and involving a pair of leptons and an s-quark. The present work measures the indirect implications of these progresses on the supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model. Even within constrained models, the indirect limits obtained in this way can in some cases be stronger than those coming from direct searches of supersymmetric particles. The accuracy gained by the form factors and higher order corrections newly implemented in the public code ”SuperIso” are then fully relevant.

This thesis presents the search for New Physics in events with four top quarks using the data collected in proton-proton collisions by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. The dataset corresponds to the one taken during all 2011 at √s = 7 TeV and a part of 2012 at √s = 8 TeV. The analysis focuses on a final state with two leptons (electrons and muons) with the same electric charge. This signature is experimentally favored since the presence of two same-sign leptons in the final state allows to reduce the background coming from Standard Model (SM) processes. The results are interpreted in the context of a low energy effective field theory, which assumes that New Physics at low energy can manifest itself as a four right-handed top contact interaction. In this context, this analysis allows testing a class of beyond-the-SM (BSM) theories which at low energy can manifest in this way. Backgrounds to this search have been estimated using simulated samples and data-driven techniques. Different sources of systematic uncertainties have been also considered. The final selection of events has been optimized by aiming at minimizing the expected upper limit on the four tops production cross-section in case of no signal events found. The signal region is then analyzed by looking for an excess of events with respect to the predicted background. No excess of events has been observed, and the observed upper limit on the four tops production cross-section has been computed. This limit is then translated to an upper limit on the coupling strength C=2 of the model. An upper limit on the four tops production cross-section in the SM has been also computed in the analysis performed at √s = 8 TeV. In addition to the physics analysis of the four tops signal, some studies about the LASER calibration system of the ATLAS Tile calorimeter are presented. In particular, they are related to the photodiodes system used to measure the intensity of the laser light in the LASER system.

Orientador: Vicente Pleitez / Resumo: O Modelo Padrão Efetivo é apresentado como um método consistente de parametrizar FísicaNova. Os conceitos de Matching e Power Counting são tratados, assim como a Expansão emDerivadas Covariantes introduzida como alternativa à construção do conjunto de operadoresefetivos resultante de um modelo UV particular. A técnica de integração funcional é aplicadaem casos que incluem o MP com Tripleto de Escalares e diferentes setores do modelo 3-3-1 napresença de Leptons pesados. Finalmente, o coeficiente de Wilson de dimensão-6 gerado a partirda integração de um quark-J pesado é limitado pelos valores recentes do parâmetro obliquo Y. / Doutor

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