The virtual production of axion-like particles (ALPs) in the light-by-light scattering at the CLIC collider is studied. Both differential and total cross sections are calculated, assuming interaction of the ALP with photons via CP-odd term in the La­grangian. The 95% C.L. exclusion regions for the ALP mass and its coupling constant are given. By comparing our results with existing collider bounds, we see that the ALP search at the CLIC has a great physics potential of searching for the ALPs, especially, in the mass region 1TeV-2.4 TeV, with the collision energy s $$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 3000 GeV and integrated luminosity L = 5000 fb -1 for the Compton backscattered initial photons. In particular, our limits are stronger than recently obtained bounds for the ALP production in the light-by-light scattering at the LHC.

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在 CLIC 的逐光散射中寻找类轴子粒子

研究了 CLIC 对撞机逐光散射中轴子样粒子 (ALP) 的虚拟产生。假设 ALP 与光子通过拉格朗日中的 CP 奇数项相互作用，则计算微分截面和总截面。给出了 ALP 质量的 95% CL 排除区域及其耦合常数。通过将我们的结果与现有对撞机边界进行比较，我们看到 CLIC 的 ALP 搜索具有寻找 ALP 的巨大物理潜力，尤其是在质量区域 1TeV-2.4 TeV 中，碰撞能量为 s $$ \sqrt{对于康普顿背散射初始光子，s} $$ = 3000 GeV 和积分光度 L = 5000 fb -1。特别是，我们的限制比最近获得的 LHC 逐光散射中 ALP 产生的界限更强。