Particle Cosmology: 1980-2000A new field, Particle Cosmology, emerged at the interface of elementary particle physics and cosmology in the last two decades of the 20th century. In this chapter of the Proceedings of…Edward W. Kolb·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
Natural Phantom Dark Energy from a ZN--AxionWe present a technically natural microscopic realization of apparent phantom dark energy based on an axion coupled to N copies of two-flavor dark QCD related by a ZN exchange symmetry.…Cédric Delaunay, Admir Greljo·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
Anomaly Realization in Charge-Flux Detector CorrelatorsQuantum anomalies provide a bridge between ultraviolet properties of a theory and its infrared sector. We study how this connection appears in axial-charge-flow observables. In the simplest example,…João Barata, Ratmir Jumanov, Andrey V. Sadofyev·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
The Positivity Geometry of Photon--Dark-Photon Effective Field TheoriesWe derive positivity bounds on the complete dimension-eight effective field theory of photons and a massless dark photon. The mixed gauge sector contains twelve CP-even Wilson coefficients and an…Sayantan Chakraborty, Yash Dadhwal, Arun M. Thalapillil·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
Predictions for b-baryon lifetimes at NNLO-QCDMotivated by recent and forthcoming experimental progress, we provide updated predictions for the total decay rates of b-baryons, their lifetime ratios and their lifetimes normalised to that of the…Alexander Lenz, Maria Laura Piscopo, Aleksey V. Rusov·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
Interplay of CPT-Violating and CPT-Conserving Lorentz Invariance Violation at DUNEWe present a study of Lorentz invariance violation (LIV) in neutrino oscillations, with primary emphasis on the interplay between CPT-violating and CPT-conserving Standard Model Extension (SME)…Priyankush Deka, Arnab Sarker, Moon Moon Devi et al.·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
Dispersive estimation of the LO hadronic contribution to the muon g-2: fitting incompatible e+e- dataUsing an up-to-date compilation of σtot(e+e- hadrons) data we estimated the LO hadronic contribution to the muon anomalous magnetic moment, aμ(had,LO). Incompatibilities…V. V. Bryzgalov, O. V. Zenin·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
KX(3872) interaction and correlation functionWe investigate the K X(3872) interaction and the corresponding correlation function, assuming the X(3872) to be a molecular state of D D* and D* D with isospin I=0 and positive…Jing Song, Pedro Brandao, Eulogio Oset·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
Role of the Σ(1430)(1/2-) in the J/ψ ΛΛ π0 reactionWe study the J/ψ Λ Λπ0 reaction, an isospin violating reaction, by looking at the trios of baryon-antibaryon-pseudoscalar meson that conform a singlet of SU(3) in the u, d, s…Yu-Shan Ren, Wen-Tao Lyu, Eulogio Oset·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
Flux-integrated inclusive and pionless cross sections for charged-current neutrino scattering off 40Ar at energies available in the MicroBooNE experimentIn this work, we analyze the flux-integrated inclusive and pionless differential cross sections for neutrino scattering off argon. The cross sections are calculated using the relativistic…A. V. Butkevich, S. V. Luchuk·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
Polyakov Loops Tame Phase TransitionsWe estimate the impact of Polyakov loop (PL) contributions on electroweak phase transitions (PTs). We show that the PL, which is unavoidable in thermal gauge field theory, tends to tame thermal…Lisa Biermann, Joydeep Chakrabortty, Christoph Englert·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
Understanding the near-threshold structures in e+e- annihilation from a unified N N-interaction perspectiveNear-threshold structures have been observed in the cross sections for e+e- p p, e+e- n n and several non-baryonic final states in the vicinity of the N N thresholds.…Teng Ji, Ulf-G. Meißner·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
Vector-Meson Spin Alignment from Anisotropic Quark or Hadron CoalescenceThe distribution of particles is highly anisotropic in the initial stage of a heavy-ion collision. In this paper we demonstrate that this anisotropy induces a sizable effect on the spin alignment of…Wen-Bo Dong, Xin-Li Sheng, Yi-Liang Yin et al.·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
Quantum decoherence: a study applied to quarkonium-like bound states in strongly interacting matterWe study the quantum decoherence of a bound state interacting with a reservoir of strongly interacting matter within the framework of open quantum systems. The bound state is modeled as a quantum…Gabriele Coci, Salvatore Plumari, Giuseppe Falci·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
Non-Unitarity Effects and Fake CP Violation in Neutrino Oscillation ExperimentsFuture long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments aim to establish leptonic CP violation and determine the neutrino mass ordering with unprecedented precision. However, these measurements can be…Pratima Singh, Alina Naqvi, Suhani Yadav et al.·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
Radiative Breaking of Two-Zero Neutrino Mass Minors: Revisiting the U(1)Lμ-Lτ ModelThe two-zero minor structure predicted by flavor symmetries is usually discussed as a tree-level relation among low-energy neutrino parameters. We point out that this relation can be significantly…Masahiro Ibe, Jun Miyamoto, Satoshi Shirai·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
ggxy: Fast and flexible NLO QCD corrections to gluon-initiated processesWe present the C++ library ggxy, which can be used for the fast and flexible calculation of partonic and hadronic cross sections to gluon-initiated top-mediated processes such as gg HH, as well…Daniel Stremmer·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
A Quantitative Framework of Nonperturbative QCD from Topological Vacuum with Application to Parton StructuresThis dissertation develops a quantitative framework that provides a physical picture for non-perturbative QCD based on the topological structure of the QCD vacuum. By integrating out the ultraviolet…Wei-Yang Liu·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
A resonance-aware MC@NLO QCD+EW-matched calculation of lepton-pair productionAs we approach HL-LHC, there is a growing need for increased precision in theoretical predictions so that meaningful comparisons with experimental data can be made. It is no longer sufficient to…Lois Flower, Joanne Roper, Marek Schönherr·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
Radiative decays of X(3872) within D D* molecular frameworkWithin the framework of nonrelativistic effective field theory, we calculate the radiative decay width of the process X(3872) D D γ while taking into account the DD final-state…Hao-Dong Cai, Run-Hao Chen, Yuan-Jun Gao et al.·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
Anisotropic electron scattering and Migdal effect in semiconductor detectorsCryogenic semiconductor detectors are widely used in dark matter direct detection. Electronic excitations in these materials can be caused either by direct dark matter electron scattering events, or…Aula Al-Adulrazzaq, Paolo Settembri, Sebastian Sassi et al.·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
Compactness, mass spectra, and strong stability of singly heavy tetraquarksWe propose a Coulomb-like parameterization in terms of bag radius of the short-range chromo-electric interaction between heavy quarks and strange quarks within the framework of the MIT bag model for…Wen-Nian Liu, Kai-Kai Zhang, Duo-Jie jia et al.·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
Interpreting Parton Distributions with Shapley ValuesWe show that Shapley values can be used to trace how individual parton distributions (PDFs) shape the theory predictions for high-energy observables computed from them. This provides a tool for…Raphaël Bonnet-Guerrini, Stefano Carrazza, Stefano Forte et al.·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
Dark matter energy exchange in stars orbiting supermassive black holesStars on tight orbits around the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center pass through regions where the dark matter~(DM) density may be strongly enhanced. We compute the orbit-averaged…Stephan A. Meighen-Berger, R. Andrew Gustafson, Nicole F. Bell et al.·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn
Effective Color Dipole Approach to Color Transparency in ρ0 ElectroproductionWe investigate nuclear transparency in exclusive ρ0 electroproduction on 12C and 56Fe nuclei within a multi-channel final-state interaction (FSI) framework that explicitly incorporates…Tae Keun Choi, Kook-Jin Kong, Byung-Geel Yu·Jul 7, 2026SaveLearn