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Constraining ALP-top interaction from the chromoelectric dipole moment of the top quark

Subhadip Bisal*

  • *Contact author: subhadipbisal6@gmail.com
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Phys. Rev. D 112, 055027 – Published 18 September, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/w6wh-knnp

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The couplings of axionlike particles (ALPs) to Standard Model fermions are proportional to the fermion masses, making the interaction with the top quark particularly significant. In this study, we consider an ALP that is a mixture of CP-even and CP-odd components, thereby introducing CP violation. This CP violation, in turn, gives rise to electric dipole moments (EDMs) of quarks and leptons, as well as chromoelectric dipole moments (CEDMs) of quarks. We compute the one-loop and two-loop contributions to the top quark CEDM induced by the ALP. In our calculation, we treat the external gluon as off shell with momentum q2≠0, derive the analytical results, and finally evaluate the top quark CEDM at q2=mt2, corresponding to the top quark pole mass. This value is relevant for subsequent calculations of the EDMs of the neutron and mercury. By applying current experimental bounds on EDMs and CEDMs, we derive constraints on the ALP-top quark coupling, with the strongest limit coming from the neutron EDM.

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Phys. Rev. D 112, 055027– Published 18 September, 2025
  • Received 24 July 2025
  • Accepted 3 September 2025
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